To outsource or not to outsource seems to be the question for new GOP mayor Kevin Faulconer, generally a privatization proponent, in the wake of a report by the city auditor's office on failures in ...

“Anytime someone adds embellishment, like curlicues on the F here, it’s for the sake of vanity. The writer is looking for affirmation.” “The larger the writing, the more the writer is an extrovert.

Graffiti writing as a common form of street art makes a lot of sense in a place like Los Angeles. Long, frequent commutes make boulevards and freeways the ideal canvas for artists to get eyes on a ...

Some thirty years have passed since the award-winning film “Style Wars” was released, bringing to the world’s attention the little-understood graffiti culture of 1980s New York. Now a new documentary ...

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A federal court ruling that dismissed a seven-year-old patent infringement lawsuit against PalmOne’s Graffiti handwriting recognition system will be appealed by Stamford, Connecticut-based Xerox ...

Zephyr, Janette Beckman – Run DMC, New York City, 1986. As graffiti writers rose to prominence during the early 1970s, hip hop was a logical partner. With similar identities in the same culture, it ...

The Sign: It's called wildstyle – a fitting description of the type of graffiti writing that Houston artist Gonzo247 favors. You've seen it around. It's colorful and intricate, mobilizing tangles of ...