Top 20 Innovations in Graffiti - From Graffiti Chocolate Bars to Graffiti Robots (GALLERY)

If your a regular at Trend Hunter, you’ll probably guess that I love graffiti.  Accordingly we’ve featured dozens of posts in the category from Banksy to technologies like the GraffitiWriter Automated Graffiti Robot. 

This list features the top 20 innovations in the world graffiti, contributed by our global network of Trend Hunters.

Graffiti in New Places

Graffiti Chocolate Bars

A year and a half ago, we covered Artist Bars, which were being sold by Chocolate Bar NYC.  The artistic wrappers helped to support local artists.  Now, the same concept has been extended to a new line of Graffiti Chocolate Bars.  Buy the bars one at a time, or buy a set of 12, which comes in a lu… [More]

Graffiti Dinnerware - New York Delft Tableware (GALLERY)

Start with classic porcelain design, and funk it up with graffiti inspired scenes from NYC.  That’s the plan with New York Delft Tableware by Lovegrove & Repucci.  The collection will cost you $80 per piece, which is a small price to pay to dine on plates that have taxi cabs, street vendors and deli… [More]

Currency Graffiti (GALLERY)

Throughout history, people have used currency to vent about virtually everything. From injustice & fighting the corporate power, to any other brain fart they can think up.  I have always been a big fan of graffiti as it’s uncensored deep thoughts. Of course, it goes without saying, some opera are be… [More]

Graffitecture - Graffiti That Embraces Your Home (GALLERY)

Graffitecture is a book that suggest how street art can be brought into the home as a way of life.  The end result is an original and cool.  All you have to do is find a graffiti punk to paint your house for you.  Give him some spray, take him into your home and give him the idea of what you want. W… [More]

Graffiti T-Shirts - New Line from Fresh Decay

Designer t-shirts have never been hotter.  Proof of this can be found in the new line of designer t-shirts at Beautiful Decay.  The website describes that the company was, “Founded on the theory that “ if you can’t find it, You make it.  Beautiful/Decay was created to bridge the gap between art and … [More]

New Styles of Graffiti

Geek Graffiti

Remember Nerd Art Paintings?  Well, now we have Geek Graffiti, proving that vintage Nintendo games never lose their cool. 

Even in the graffiti counter-culture there’s always room for retro pixels. [More]

L.A.S.E.R. Tag - Laser Makes Every Building A Billboard (VIDEO)

Graffiti Research Lab’s Laser tag system brings ‘Tagging’ out of a can and into the high-tech world we live in. GRL unleashed their system in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and is encouraging surrounding artists to get learn about this high-tech tagging machine. GRL is even offering a ‘How-To’ on… [More]

High Tech Graffiti - LED Throwies (GALLERY)

Graffiti Research Lab is a high tech group dedicated to “outfitting graffiti artists with open sourced technologies for urban communication”.  What does that mean?  High Tech Graffiti!  According to Graffiti Research Lab, “LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surfac… [More]

Reverse Graffiti - Cleaning Your Message into the Wall

A UK ad firm, Symbollix, is helping advertisers to spread their messages by using reverse graffiti.  Reverse Graffiti means cleaning your message into a wall through cleaning or restoration.  The company claims its ads are non-permanent and environmentally friendly. [More]

Graffiti in Advertising

What Looks Like Graffiti Could Really Be an Ad

The images are painted directly onto building walls in urban areas, graffiti-style. Wide-eyed kids, portrayed in a stylized, comic-book rendering, pose with a mysterious, hand-size gadget. One licks his like a lollipop. Another is playing paddleball with the thing.
What looks like artful vandalism, … [More]

Guerrilla Paper - Empower Yourself with Designer Graffiti (GALLERY)

Motorola launched Guerilla Paper which is basically designer graffiti.  This concept of guerrilla paper is that you can personalize or transform anything using the signature paper.  This enables you to become a designer of urban landscape, personal places or personal objects.  You start off by dow… [More]

Adidas Embraces Graffiti - 7 Top Graffiti Artists Commissioned to Plaster Subway (GALLERY)

Adidas is embracing graffiti in its latest project, End to End.  The project is a 3 day, 7 graffiti artist adventure in which a subway carriage will be plastered with graffiti, from ‘end to end’.  “Adidas and Foot Locker gathered some ofthe best graffiti artist in the world to work together on a tot… [More]

Graffiti Technology

Protest 2.0 - Online Dot Matrix Graffiti Bike (VIDEO)

Do you remember the GraffitiWriter Remote Controlled Truck?  Now the same concept has been applied to a bike with a purpose. Meet the latest techy, wise and environmentally conscious protest ever. Design and computer geek Joshua paints the streets of New York just before the Republican Convention w… [More]

Video Hacking - Add Graffiti to YouTube Streaming Videos

New widgets are making it easy for users to hack videos (including those on YouTube) to add graffiti and sarcastic commentary.  For example, Vidavee Graffiti enables you to load a video directly from YouTube and then mess with it.  Some of the features are rather corny, but it is very easy to use. … [More]

Drawball - Collaborative Graffiti Art Online (GALLERY)

This is the collaborative web community art. This art space is for anyone who want to show off your art skills. And you can draw it anywhere anytime. [More]

Pixel Roller - Enhance Your Graffiti (VIDEO)

The “PixelRoller” project is a collabortive investigation into a new creative tool between Stuart Wood MA (RCA) Interaction Design and Florian Ortkrass MA (RCA) Design Products. PixelRoller is a paint roller that paints pixels, designed as a rapid response printing tool specifically to print digita… [More]

GraffitiWriter Automated Graffiti Robot - FINALLY!

Finally, it’s what I’ve always been waiting for!  A 9.3 MPH robotic grafitti robot!  GraffitiWriter can be controlled remotely and programmed to ‘write text’ (which is code for spray paint your propaganda everywhere).  In other words, you can replace your old remote control car (the one with the spr… [More]

Random Graffiti Posts

The Graffiti Report Card - A Cool Way to Combat Ugly Graffiti

What is the Graffiti Report Card? The Graffiti Report Card is a mechanism that you can use to judge graffiti. It’s a sticker with an arrow on it that points to the graffiti. The sticker has a number of categories you can judge the graffiti on as well as a space to write your own comments. The way… [More]

Train Graffiti Kit for Your Home

No one likes being caught by the fuzz and this handy train means you break the law from the safety of your own sofa… The kit comes with your own train and a sheet of graffiti transfers. Throw in some marker pens and the sky is your limit as you tag away to your hearts content. It is rumored tha… [More]

Banksy Launches Website - Has the World’s Most Controversial Graffiti Artist Gone Mainstream? (GALLERY)

Banksy, the world’s most famous (and elusive) graffiti artist, has launched a website.  The site showcases his work and provides advice for creating your own graffiti.  For example, Banksy notes, “Be aware that going on a major mission totally drunk out of your head will result in some truly specta… [More]