Tag: street art

This First Transgender Doll Aims to Educate Kids About Gender Identity

To an adult, a child's toy may appear to be nothing but a colorful piece of plastic that clutters the lounge room floor. But in reality, a simple toy can be an incredibly powerful educational tool for the young minds that engage with them. That's why a toy manufacturer in Canada has developed Sam, the world's first transgender doll. Sam is designed to educate, not...

This New Digital Urn Makes us Approach Death in a Radically Different Way

The traditions of burial and cremation after death are near universal practices that have come to be recognized as fundamentally human signs of respect for our dead. We have buried our dead for over 100,000 years and traditions of cremation stretch back 20,000 years; these are ancient signals of love, empathy, and belief in afterlife utterly unique to our species and culture. However, as...
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These Glow in the Dark Murals Hide a Message Only Revealed at Night

In the daylight, the urban murals of Reskate Studio appear to be simple silhouettes. Bunnies, loaves of bread and ringed planets stretch across walls...

This Artist Covers Hateful Post Election Graffiti With Love Messages

On November 11, artist and sign painter Olivia Trimble was in bed when she found out that a hate message had been graffitied onto...

Street Artist Lor-K: ‘I Turn Old Mattresses Into Food Sculptures’

"I am passionate about the urban area and everything it entails... I think the city is an experimenting ground where it's possible to interact with...

Sea Walls Festival: Striking Murals are an SOS About the State of our Seas

In March this year, a team of 50 volunteers including 30 international street artists gathered in the small seaport town of Napier, New Zealand...

Street Artist JR Makes the Louvre Pyramid Disappear

Notorious street artist JR has once again captured the attention of the world with his special brand of paste-up art. In his most recent...

Artist Creates Powerful Carvings on Walls of Palestinian Refugee Camp

Barcelona-based artist Pejac is known for his artworks that skillfully reinvent the public space, often speaking on sensitive social and environmental issues. Recently, in...

This Has to be the Most Complex Mural Ever Done

Mokattham Mountain overlooks the Egyptian slum of Manshiyat Naser, famously known as Garbage City. It's a Cairo neighborhood comprised of decrepit buildings. Bags of...

International Street Artists Send a Major SOS About the State of our Seas

“By 2050 our oceans will be commercially extinct if we don’t change now. Life on the land exists only because of life in the...

Artist Brings Beating Heart Mural to Life With Stop Motion Technique

Croatian street artist Lonac recently showed the world that his paintings are truly alive, with his latest work literally appearing to pulse with blood. In...

Street Artist Honors Spain’s Health Workers With a Powerful Trio of Murals

A Spanish street artist honors health workers on the front lines fighting the coronavirus.

Street Artist Spreads Powerful Message About the State of the World

Spanish artist Pejac creates art in various forms and contexts, all with a simple, yet perspective-shifting quality that makes it distinctly his own. His...

The ‘Googly Eye Movement’ is Taking Over the Streets All Around the World

A new and adorable movement has erupted quite unexpectedly in recent times, and it's making the streets a whole lot friendlier. Novelty googly eyes have been popping...