Awesome Graffiti

You’ve probably seen pictures of this crazy room floating around the Web. Watch the video to see how graffiti artist Tilt and his friends created the split-personality Panic Room at Au Vieux Panier.

French custom artist Oskunk gives us a peek of his workflow, using Sega’s last console as his canvas. Dude’s got some steady hands. Check out more of his art on his website and on his Flickr page.

Corridor Digital continues to knock it out of the park with their action and effect-filled short films. Their latest clip perfectly blends the unlikely pairing of graffiti with street fighting.

Food Finish are ethanol-based edible spray paints. They are odorless and tasteless, so feel free to tag your food, cutlery and kitchen ware with it. Available in gold, silver, red and blue.

The risk of being caught may be thrilling to some graffiti artists, but if you’d rather play it safe, try this neat app. Create virtual graffiti in the real world then share your work via geotagging.

London-based street artist D*Face attached a “spray paint skateboard interface” to the underside of a bunch of skateboards, found an empty swimming pool and let the skaters do their thing.

Hone your tagging skills and divert your inner rebel with Trains of Fame miniature train cars. Each car measures 20x4x2 inches and is made of ABS plastic. Tiny spray paint cans not included.

Time-lapse video of the talented graffiti artist Jim Vision creating a 65-foot Tron: Legacy mural in London. The video was shot over 4 days using two Canon 5D MK 2 cameras and a 3D rig.

Because we all need to smile today: check out Adam Nilsson’s self-titled instrument of mass destruction, a complicated technical solution to aid in simple acts of vandalism art. (Thanks Robert!)

How can Marc Cameron and Mark Brown improve on their prior light graffiti car images? With enhanced light, cleaner lines and more elite motors, like the Ariel Atom and Ferrari 458 Italia.

London-based street artist Alexander Farto aka Vhils made these amazing layered portraits by painting and etching on walls. Watch Vhils at work here. Check out more of his work on his website.

Sprayground’s Graffiti Utility Backpack is built from tough coated cotton canvas, holds 8 spraycans in a faux-fur lined front compartment and can also hold a laptop, markers, tips and skateboard.

Urbankind offers a cool collection of one-off furniture pieces (think mid-century mod), made more urban by designs from some of the best UK graffiti artists (think Dan Innes and Mark Hooley).

TASCHEN’s beautiful 320-page hardcover book chronicles some of the most original and creative graffiti and urban art around the world. Get a sneak preview of the book here.

The Graffomat vending machine is fully stocked with graffiti supplies, including spray paint and ski masks, just in case you run out mid-spray while creating a mural in a dark alley at 4 am.

Global graffiti artist Banksy’s premiere film took Sundance by storm. The comedic documentary pulls us into the underground street art world, and attempts to capture the elusive Banksy on film.

The EyeWriter Project helps ALS-sufferer and LA graffiti artist Tony Quan to create again; it’s a low-cost ($50) eye-tracking apparatus that uses the PS Eye and open source software.

Graffiti doesn’t get much respect as an art form, but it looks pretty cool as furniture. These pieces are by industrial designer Luis Alicandu, who is also an editor at design blog MoCoLoCo.