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  • Philadelphia Graffiti Handstyles — Street Penmanship, from Gangster Prints to Wickeds

    Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, France

    Philadelphia has never had the mainstream aura of New York, and its writing has stayed largely off the record. Yet few cities have produced a scriptural texture of their own — a shared way of shaping letters that goes beyond the individual signature. Some local writers call this American metropolis "Whip City": in the sense […]

  • Rideaux de Fer #2 — Paris shutters, special Lutes

    Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, France

    On Friday, 16 October, Nespo is back at Le Grand Jeu to launch the second volume of Rideaux de Fer, his zine devoted entirely to the painted shutters of Paris. The idea hasn't changed since issue one. When a shop closes for the night, its shutter becomes a wall, and graffiti writers have been using […]