Whole Car Poetry is a very special project, or rather, let's say that it is undoubtedly a unique work of its kind. It tells (through images) the unbridled passion for wholecars of a writer very well known in the Italian scene of graffiti on trains, Hepo.

The title of the book makes one think of poetry but perhaps it would be more representative to imagine these texts as a rap text without music, given the themes, the words and the world to which these lines are addressed. At a first glance this parallelism might seem far-fetched but it is instead of fundamental importance to be able to enjoy the writer in question. Among the writers that accompany Hepo in some of the photos of the many wholecar and wholetrain published we find Ciak, Humen, Hekto and others. The photos, needless to say, are really beautiful. From the texts you can recognise an uncommon talent.

Intro signed by Trota and Danno of Colle der Fomento. A beautiful book at a very honest price. Recommended!

Measures: 28x17.5 cm

20 years of street photography and bombing from Copenhagen, Denmark. 132 pages of tags and throw-ups from the Danish capital, presented in a black-and-white pocket-sized book. The monochrome images reflect the raw expression of the tags, combining street photography with a punk vibe reminiscent of 90s fanzines.

Some of Denmark’s most well-known names are mixed with new young bombers in a wide variety of styles – from the cleanest tags to the dirtiest and most chaotic. Featured artists include Kegr, Tomcat, Rens, Birds, Moas, Raks, Feff, Jetset, Grape, Peach, Sabe, Cave, Ouze, Føte, Sleep, Helmet, Ond, Tvod, Lips, Snoph, Kmer, Beta, Teen, Black, Sazer, and many more.

The book is produced by TagsAndThrows, which started as an Instagram account in the early 2000s and has since become the world’s largest platform for documenting graffiti’s rawest form of expression – bombing: tags and throw-ups. TagsAndThrows has previously released two books and several bombing documentaries.

Pages: 132
Format: 130 x 180 mm, Soft Cover
Language: English

Volume 1

I grew up in the Bronx New York, and graffiti, hip hop, and break dancing was the expression of time. I always loved the arts of expression, and in these times, it seems like those liberties are fading. I want to create books that will not only let people view the art that moved me so much, but to allow them to join in on the fun and actually get the feel of understanding the art, by tracing over my pieces until they learn to create their own styles. Upon completing their first piece, they will fall in love with creating graphic masterpieces. SKIP and COAST from STYLEMASTERS.

• 94 Pages

Author: Kai Hendrik Schlusche

There are some name-writing graffiti artists that are arguably reminiscent of the 20th century Expressionists and their self-referential positions.

Using the example of Basel graffiti legend Sigi DARE von Koeding, who died at an early age, the author explores whether everything that Expressionism originally represented and still stands for today can be rediscovered in the brightly coloured, expressive works of one of the best name-writers.

• ISBN 9783422802315
• Published By Deutscher Kunstverlag
• Paperback, 176 pages. 191 colour illustrations, 25 x 23 cm

Author: Claudia Walde

Classic graffiti lettering and experimental typographical forms lie at the heart of street culture and have long inspired designers in many different fields. But graffiti artists, who tend to paint the same letters of their tag again and again, rarely design complete alphabets.

Claudia Walde spent over two years collecting alphabets by 154 artists from thirty countries to show the many different styles and approaches to lettering within the graffiti and street art cultures. All of the artists have roots in graffiti. Some are world renowned such as 123 Klan (Canada), Faith47 (South Africa), and Hera (Germany); others are lesser known or only now starting to emerge.

Each artist received the same instructions: design all twenty- six letters of the Latin alphabet within the limits of a single page of the book. How they approached this task and selected the media with which to express their ideas was entirely up to them, and the results encompass not just street art but sketches, sculpture, digital art, and photography.

Softcover, 320 pages, 400 colour illustrations, 8.5" x 11" x 1.2"

Distinctive hand style lettering is an essential skill for artists and designers. Deftly executed hand crafted letter forms are a nearly forgotten art in an age of endless free fonts. Graffiti is one of the last reservoirs of highly refined, well practiced penmanship.

The most reviled and persecuted form of Graffiti, the Tag, is seldom appreciated for the raw beauty of its skeletal letter forms. Most tags are removed immediately, and thus the casual viewer seldom has a chance to discern the difference between entry level and advanced hand styles.

Within the pages of Flip the Script, author Christian Acker has systematically analyzed the best graffiti hand styles, contextualizing the work of graffiti writers from around the United States. Acker presents the various lettering samples in a clean organized format, giving the material a proper, formal treatment evoking classic typography books.

224 pages, Hardcover

Taking inspiration from their entire archives, the fourth volume extracts the absolute essence of Flight Mode. Again augmented, the concept gravitates around a nucleus we all call home. Bigger edition, more pages, increased quality in both content and feel. Including international works by acclaimed artists such as Edward Nightingale, Ixap, Alone, Sfaer and many more.

The book is printed in an limited edition of 650 copies.

200 × 240 mm, Hardcover

• 170 x 240 mm
• Hand – numbered
• 64 Full coloir pages
• Limited to 50 copies

Published by U•DIG Amsterdam, specialists in working with artists from the world over to bring you obscure collections of great content that we can all dig.