# Estate Graffiti The Bizarre 'Plattenbauten' Stencils and Cardboard Art by EVOL By TrendHead | Published 2009-05-05 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/housing-estate-graffiti-the-bizarre-housing-block-stencil-and-poster-art-by References: [todayandtomorrow.net](http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/05/05/evol/) & [evoltaste](http://www.evoltaste.com/) This rare style of [graffiti](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enigmatic-graffiti) belongs to EVOL, a street artist based in Berlin. He makes these really grey, mundane stencil posters of [big building blocks and housing estates](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-eades) which he then plasters on city objects and walls, thus creating smaller estates within the city. Some of the pictures are paintings on cardboard which EVOL also places in public places. The series is called “Plattenbauten”. An exhibition showing some of his [bizarre housing block street poster art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/casa-polly) is on at the Wilde-Gallery in Berlin until the end of the month. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.3/10 - Popularity: 81% | Activity: 41% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Stencil Street Art:** Exploring opportunities to innovate and disrupt the traditional graffiti art scene through the use of stencils. - **Urban Installation Art:** Discovering new ways to create smaller-scale housing estates within cities through unique artistic installations. - **Cardboard Art:** Exploring unconventional materials such as cardboard to create visually striking and thought-provoking public artworks. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Street Art:** The street art industry can benefit from incorporating stencil-based techniques to create intricate and detailed artworks in less time. - **Art Galleries:** Art galleries can seize disruptive innovation opportunities by showcasing urban installation art that blurs the line between traditional graffiti and fine art. - **Advertising and Marketing:** The advertising and marketing industry can explore using cardboard art installations as a creative and attention-grabbing way of promoting products or brands. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Collaborative Monochromatic Art Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/collaborative-monochromatic-art-exhibition.md) - [Interactive Typo Art Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/loveegolov.md) - [Bubblegum Street Art Buildings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hubbabubbabuilding.md) - [Digital Graffiti NFTs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/graffiti-wall-collection.md) - [Pixelated Illusion Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/van-b.md) - [Graffiti Culture Art Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/1970s-graffiti-today.md) - [Graffiti Ski Streetwear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elho-x-andr-saraiva.md) - [Provoking Graffiti Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/david-ruggeri.md) - [Suburban-Inspired Art Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/suburbaninspired-art-exhibition.md)