# The Graffiti Report Card A Cool Way to Combat Ugly Graffiti By Design Crack | Published 2007-05-21 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-graffiti-report-card-a-cool-way-to-combat-ugly-graffiti References: [designcrack](http://designcrack.com/v2/2007/05/19/the-graffiti-report-card-ugly-graffiti-haters-unite/) 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 you use the Graffiti Report Card is you: 1: Find a piece of graffiti you love or hate. 2: Print out the PDF I've included in this article (HERE) 3: Fill out the graffiti report card with your comments 4: Stick it up on the wall next to the graffiti 5: Take a picture and send it to me 6: Buy a T-shirt Grim Reaper T-Shirt What is the background of the Graffiti Report Card? It's a project I started a couple of months ago after seeing my neighborhood (The Mission District of San Francisco) receive an amazing amount of ugly, large, and talentless graffiti. I wanted a way to combat the ugly graffiti while at the same time give praise to the talented graffiti writers who I feel make the streets more beautiful. It occurred to me, that many of our local taggers don't realize how ugly and talentless their graffiti is, so I wanted to give them some feedback. I did some research and found the perfect project called the Graffiti Critique. The Graffiti Critique is a form you use to critique graffiti which suited my purposes well. I contacted Drew Heffron, the person who created the Graffiti Critique who was supposedly giving out this form as a PDF. I really love the design and execution. I had no luck getting the form though, so I just created my own. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.5/10 - Popularity: 34% | Activity: 34% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Graffiti](https://www.trendhunter.com/graffiti) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Graffiti Feedback Systems:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a digital platform or mobile app that allows users to provide feedback on graffiti, helping artists improve their skills and beautify neighborhoods. - **Graffiti Tagging Analysis:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilize artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to automatically analyze and categorize graffiti tags based on style, quality, and artistic value. - **Graffiti Art Recognition:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a machine learning algorithm that can identify and recognize different graffiti art styles, enabling better documentation and understanding of graffiti culture. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Urban Beautification:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new technologies and strategies for tackling graffiti and enhancing the visual appeal of cities and urban areas. - **Art Education:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Innovate in the field of art education by incorporating graffiti as a legitimate art form, offering workshops and programs that teach graffiti techniques and foster creativity. - **Community Engagement:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create community-driven initiatives that encourage residents to actively participate in graffiti assessment and improvement, fostering a sense of ownership and pride in their neighborhoods. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Enigmatic Graffiti Incidents](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enigmatic-graffiti.md) - [Collaborative Campus Beautification Programs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/campus-beautification.md) - [Confectionary Graffiti Murals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jolly-rancher-gummie.md) - [Mural Design Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/art-by-squares.md) - [Provoking Graffiti Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/david-ruggeri.md) - [Upcycled Skateboard Projects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/project-rpsd.md) - [Home Report Analyzers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-bad-ugly-homes.md) - [Graffiti Culture Art Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/1970s-graffiti-today.md) - [Art-Promoting Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beige-billboards.md)