Type as visual identity: a walk through New Haven, Connecticut
Attached to almost every building facade is a sign or logo; a way of displaying to observers what lives inside. The name or brand is often accompanied with some indication as to what is behind the facade: coffee, crafts, crawfish - we get an immediate impression from these descriptions. Yet we gather so much more about what is inside through the appearance of these signs; whether we choose to enter is about more than the written description, it's about whether we feel a conne
INTERVIEW: Street art isn't bound by gender, culture or age
"Berlin has a very long history of street art, graffiti and urban art. Urban art needs free spaces and Berlin offered these spaces in the 1980s a lot. Not just the Berlin wall – vacant buildings were also a playground for international street artists". Yasha Young is the director and curator of the recently opened URBAN NATION – the world’s first major institution focused on the cultivation and recording of street art and graffiti. The museum opened late last month after Youn
