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    Dain 1943 – who hell he?

    August 12, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

    Caught this great little piece of street art in Shoreditch yesterday, and thought I’d try to find out the story behind the man… but to no avail. I DID however [...]

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    art, curiouser, London

    Posterboy – New York’s answer to the Shoreditch Decapitator…

    January 28, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

    There’s something really appealing about the mash-up of broadcast and outdoor media for artistic/social commentary purposes – it often brings out some painful truths. From old-school audio-pirates like Douglas Kahn [...]

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    advertising, art, general brilliantness
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    The commodification of the street

    October 14, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Not much to say here really, except that some auction house has tried to get really “cool” by hosting their exhibition/sale of street art in Shoreditch. Pity they tacked their [...]

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    Gorgeous Swiss street art in Dalson carpark

    October 11, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Check out this smashing piece of work from the rooftop of the studios at enjoythis (all ex-glue designers from my team, and smashing they are too!).

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    art, London
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    Looks pretty and is obviously some kind of political statement…

    October 5, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    But the exact nature of the meaning eludes me. Still, it really jumps out at you…

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    art, London
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    The Decapitator is back!!!

    October 2, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    My favourite secret squirrel, the Shoreditch Decapitaor, is back doing what he does best. This was taken on Great Eastern Street this morning, on the way to work…

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    advertising, general brilliantness, life outside work, London
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    SHoreditch Decapitator strikes again!

    September 28, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Yay! The Shoreditch Decapitator is so good Just came across this piece from last year that I’d missed… And in New York more recently:

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    advertising, art, curiouser, London
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    Is this TISM?

    September 17, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Or just some other balaclava-clad personage gracing the walls of Shoreditch? (For those of you that are unfamiliar with TISM – you really missed out on being a teenager in [...]

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    art, London
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    The incredible cup typographers of Shoreditch

    September 14, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

    Travelling down from Angel last week, I saw large cup letters rising up above Old St tube. On closer inspection, they were made from plastic cups stuck though wiring. Pixel-stylee. [...]

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    art, general brilliantness, London, places i've been

    the serif-text bandit strikes again…

    August 9, 2007by laurajb 1 Comment

    Absolutely no idea who is behind all of this fantastic typographical decoration around Shoreditch, but I love it!

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    art, London

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