{"id":9256,"date":"2019-12-17T13:13:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T18:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/?p=9256"},"modified":"2019-12-18T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:30:01","slug":"style-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/?p=9256","title":{"rendered":"Style Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Inspired by Phase2 RIP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>Style Writers<\/em> by VANDAL NYC.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"920\" src=\"http:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters-920x920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters-920x920.jpg 920w, https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StyleWriters-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Style Writers - Draw Me Thursdays #graffiti\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nMFDwWZd_s4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Phase2 passed away this week. He is credited with creating and pioneering softies aka bubble letters in the late 70s. He was the first writer that I heard say that graffiti was not a term that he preferred, but was in fact used by media and authorities to vilify the style writers. His bubble style, as well as the use of arrows that he introduced (yes, he did that, too) is ubiquitous.<br><br>Lonny Wood aka Phase2 is also the architect of the iconic hip hop party flyers that used clean geometric shape frames with shooting 3d stars and cut-out photos of DJs and performers. His impact on hip hop culture was monumental and key to the aesthetic that so many millions fell in love with.<br><br>I&#8217;m grateful to have met him and talked art and music on a number of occasions, including the times he came to catch my sets when Konkrete Jungle was at the Pyramid. Who knew he was a &#8220;True&#8221; junglist??? A DJ, an artist, a scholar of the culture, and an original style master.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/phase2rip?epa=HASHTAG\">#PHASE2RIP<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/stylewriters?epa=HASHTAG\">#StyleWriters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Phase2 RIP Style Writers by VANDAL NYC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[836,163,1537],"tags":[1781,1783,1663,812,1789,1667,1780,561,1591,1823,1778,1192,880,1779,1786,1581,1825,1081,1045,525,1788,1824,1784,1665,1782,1787,1287,600,736,1666],"class_list":{"0":"post-9256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-inspiration","7":"category-my-art","8":"category-video","9":"tag-50words","10":"tag-artoftype","11":"tag-bigtimewriters","12":"tag-contemporary-art","13":"tag-designspiration","14":"tag-digitalkonfusion","15":"tag-goodtype","16":"tag-graffiti","17":"tag-hand-lettering","18":"tag-hand-lettering-inspiration","19":"tag-handmade","20":"tag-handstyle","21":"tag-inspiration-2","22":"tag-lettering","23":"tag-letteringdaily","24":"tag-motiongraff","25":"tag-phase2rip","26":"tag-rip","27":"tag-serge-milli","28":"tag-serge-milstein","29":"tag-sketchyvandal","30":"tag-style-writers","31":"tag-thedailytype","32":"tag-thenaturals","33":"tag-type-gang","34":"tag-typematters","35":"tag-typography","36":"tag-vandal","37":"tag-vandalnyc","38":"tag-xtccrew","39":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"VANDALNYC","author_link":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9259,"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9256\/revisions\/9259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djvandal.com\/artnerd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}