What is Hip-Hop Architecture? A textbook definition would read something like this: A design movement embodying the collective creative energies native to young denizens of urban neighborhoods. Its ...
The visual evolution of Hip-Hop culture will be the center of a new book from legendary Hip-Hop designer Cey Adams and photographer Bill Adler. Titled DEFinition: the Art and Design of Hip Hop, the ...
Toward the end of PBS’s classic 1983 documentary “Style Wars,” teenage graffiti artists Erni Vales and Cey Adams are answering questions about the art form transitioning from New York City subway ...
Discover how urban culture drives modern digital entertainment trends. From the iconic tech link of Mark Zuckerberg and ...
On a mild afternoon in Washington, D.C., a makeshift stage has formed in the entryway of the District Architecture Center. Middle-schooler Iyana Benjamin adjusts the arms of her gold-rimmed, circular ...
What does hip-hop mean to you? Music certainly, as well as street art, fashion and dance. But how about hip hop architecture? There’s a growing community of black designers that thinks the culture ...
Hip-hop jewelry does a lot of heavy lifting in a new exhibition in Manhattan. It signifies elite membership, romantic courtship and ambition for greatness. By Seph Rodney See more of our coverage in ...
On July 1, the United States Postal Service issued a new set of stamps composed of four hip-hop designs based on the four elements of the lifestyle: rapping, DJing, break dancing, and graffiti art.
If you enjoy belting out your favorite hip-hop track and aspire to design towering urban skyscrapers, you may be in luck. While hip hop and architecture might seem like an unlikely combination, they ...
The Air Jordan 4 "Musik" channels the flash and style of early-2000s hip-hop with metallic gold accents, premium materials, ...