Frequencies: Graffiti Chic

[Frequencies is a semi-regular post series focusing on the random design/pop/pointless/happening trends I pick up on from time to time.]


Graffiti has crossed over to the gallery scene some time ago, but art galleries were just the beginning...


The spray can is now a high-end accessory:




Advertisers have long caused a blight on our public landscapes for years using government-sanctioned billboards, environmental advertising and signage. But they're now embracing the practice of illegal public defacement, too, using graffadi to sell more Stuff™:


[For more info on graffadi and other "underground" marketing tactics, see Anne Elizabeth Moore's book, Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing and the Eroision of Integrity.]


And if you want to get your hands dirty but can't deign to use run-of-the-mill Krylon, try Krink: