ISMAEL BENNANI, RONAN DERIEZ (open artists)

Wild Style, «untitled» wall painting.

Wild StyleFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other uses, see Wild Style (disambiguation).Wild style is a complicated and intricate form of graffiti. Due to its complexity, it is often very hard to read for people who are not familiar with it. Usually, this form of graffiti incorporates interwoven and overlapping letters and shapes. It may include arrows, spikes, and other decorative elements depending on the technique used. The numerous layers and shapes make this style extremely difficult to produce homogeneously, which is why developing an original style in this field is seen as one of the greatest artistic challenges to a graffiti writer. Wild style pieces are also known as «burners», meaning «hot» as fire. Wild styles are seen as one of most complicated and difficult tags often used to get an artist’s work seen (rather than to put a political message or any other message across)The original pioneers of wild style were Tracy 168 and Stay High 149, and later such notables as Zephyr advanced the highly personalized styleHelveticaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about the Helvetica typeface. For the Confederation Helvetica, see Switzerland.For the documentary, see Helvetica (film).Helvetica is the name of a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss graphic designer Max Miedinger.Director Gary Hustwit has produced a documentary on Helvetica, simply called Helvetica. It was released in 2007 to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the typeface’s introduction. In the film, graphic designer Wim Crouwel says, « Helvetica was a real step from the 19th Century typeface. … We were impressed by that because it was more neutral, and neutralism was a word that we loved. It should be neutral. It shouldn’t have a meaning in itself. The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface.»