A Cool Way to Combat Ugly Graffiti
Design Crack — May 21, 2007 — Art & Design
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What is the Graffiti Report Card?
The Graffiti Report Card is a mechanism that you can use to judge graffiti. It's a sticker with an arrow on it that points to the graffiti. The sticker has a number of categories you can judge the graffiti on as well as a space to write your own comments. The way you use the Graffiti Report Card is you:
1: Find a piece of graffiti you love or hate.
2: Print out the PDF I've included in this article (HERE)
3: Fill out the graffiti report card with your comments
4: Stick it up on the wall next to the graffiti
5: Take a picture and send it to me
6: Buy a T-shirt Grim Reaper T-Shirt
What is the background of the Graffiti Report Card?
It's a project I started a couple of months ago after seeing my neighborhood (The Mission District of San Francisco) receive an amazing amount of ugly, large, and talentless graffiti. I wanted a way to combat the ugly graffiti while at the same time give praise to the talented graffiti writers who I feel make the streets more beautiful. It occurred to me, that many of our local taggers don't realize how ugly and talentless their graffiti is, so I wanted to give them some feedback.
I did some research and found the perfect project called the Graffiti Critique. The Graffiti Critique is a form you use to critique graffiti which suited my purposes well. I contacted Drew Heffron, the person who created the Graffiti Critique who was supposedly giving out this form as a PDF. I really love the design and execution. I had no luck getting the form though, so I just created my own.
The Graffiti Report Card is a mechanism that you can use to judge graffiti. It's a sticker with an arrow on it that points to the graffiti. The sticker has a number of categories you can judge the graffiti on as well as a space to write your own comments. The way you use the Graffiti Report Card is you:
1: Find a piece of graffiti you love or hate.
2: Print out the PDF I've included in this article (HERE)
3: Fill out the graffiti report card with your comments
4: Stick it up on the wall next to the graffiti
5: Take a picture and send it to me
6: Buy a T-shirt Grim Reaper T-Shirt
What is the background of the Graffiti Report Card?
It's a project I started a couple of months ago after seeing my neighborhood (The Mission District of San Francisco) receive an amazing amount of ugly, large, and talentless graffiti. I wanted a way to combat the ugly graffiti while at the same time give praise to the talented graffiti writers who I feel make the streets more beautiful. It occurred to me, that many of our local taggers don't realize how ugly and talentless their graffiti is, so I wanted to give them some feedback.
I did some research and found the perfect project called the Graffiti Critique. The Graffiti Critique is a form you use to critique graffiti which suited my purposes well. I contacted Drew Heffron, the person who created the Graffiti Critique who was supposedly giving out this form as a PDF. I really love the design and execution. I had no luck getting the form though, so I just created my own.
Trend Themes
1. Graffiti Feedback Systems - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a digital platform or mobile app that allows users to provide feedback on graffiti, helping artists improve their skills and beautify neighborhoods.
2. Graffiti Tagging Analysis - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilize artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to automatically analyze and categorize graffiti tags based on style, quality, and artistic value.
3. Graffiti Art Recognition - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a machine learning algorithm that can identify and recognize different graffiti art styles, enabling better documentation and understanding of graffiti culture.
Industry Implications
1. Urban Beautification - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new technologies and strategies for tackling graffiti and enhancing the visual appeal of cities and urban areas.
2. Art Education - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Innovate in the field of art education by incorporating graffiti as a legitimate art form, offering workshops and programs that teach graffiti techniques and foster creativity.
3. Community Engagement - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create community-driven initiatives that encourage residents to actively participate in graffiti assessment and improvement, fostering a sense of ownership and pride in their neighborhoods.
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