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About This Book:Stickers features approximately 4,000 stickers from the exploding, vibrant world of street art, DIY culture, music, and branding. Cheap, democratic, easy to "tag," and not always fast to fade, the sticker has been an ever-present medium—from the New York and London underground punk scene to skate culture and political expression. Celebrating the graphics of this street-art medium, Stickers illustrates the timeline of this pastime, from counterculture to politics. Stickers includes approximately 4,000 sticker graphics organized by categories and themes, with works by such diverse artists as Raymond Pettibon and Jenny Holzer; street artists such as Banksy, Neck Face, and Barry McGee; and amateur artists who "tag" the streets anonymously. With texts from artists and writers, including Swoon, Stanley Donwood, ESPO, Clayton Patterson, Carlo McCormick, and Michael Betancourt, Stickers illustrates not only the visual and social history of sticker art but also the personal relationship that street artists and pedestrians alike have with stickers. Packaged in an oversized clamshell box, the deluxe edition features 23 large, original die-cut stickers, many of which are signed by the artist.



About the Authors

DB Burkeman fell in love with stickers and street art at an early age via skateboarding and punk rock, but made a name for himself DJing between his homes in London and New York.

Shepard Fairey is an artist and graphic designer who is known around the world for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign and the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.

Carlo McCormick is a curator, cultural critic, and the author of numerous books. He is the senior editor at Paper Magazine.

Jasmine Solano is a Brooklyn-based rapper and DJ whose debut single, “That’s Not It” is set to become an underground favorite in 2010. Born in Philadelphia, her career began after she took an opportunity to host her own radio show called, The Secret Spot, featured on Boston’s WERS 88.9FM in which she received the Urban Music Award for Best Female Radio Personality. After moving to New York, Jasmine and DJ Wonder released “That’s Not It” and circulated a variety of her DJ remixes around the blogosphere, arousing a good deal of buzz for the rapper in the process as well as an opening slot on an international tour with punk/hip-hop group Ninjasonik. Her infamous monthly party, Electric Punanny with New York City’s downtown stars Melo-X, Roxy Cottontail and Phone By Tone has spread worldwide. Jasmine Solano has produced a variety of indie videos with Va$htie, managed small indie labels and continues to DJ as the darling of the New York City downtown nightlife. She’s been featured in a variety of publications and has performed as a rapper at Miami’s Winter Music Conference, Lyricist Lounge, Rock The Bells and MySpace Music Shows including opening slots for Ghostface, Rakim, The Clipse and Sean Kingston. Since then, she’s also gone on tour with Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids and is the host of online radio show, Frank Radio on Frank151.com. Jasmine just wrapped up the “Deal Or No Deal Tour” as Wiz Khalifa’s official DJ, performing & djing in a sold out, 60 city nation-wide tour across the US.

have written this bare-bones bio in an attempt to catalog some of the important events in my life, good & bad. It has been quite strange remembering & writing it -- you can tell from my almost distanced tone throughout -- almost like watching a movie about someone else.

To start: born & schooled in London -- really can't call it educated -- except, perhaps, in misery, as I am hopeless at academics & sports & suffer from an extreme lack of confidence & self-esteem. I'm even terrible at socializing -- am still not that good at it. So: drop out at 14, barely able to read or write, a fact I now deeply regret. I believe if I had done better with my education I would have been better able to control & steer my career & ultimately my destiny -- instead of ducking & diving my way through life & leaving so much to the luck of the gods. Over the years, I have become somewhat self-educated in subjects that interest me; I have a decent appreciation & knowledge of contemporary & street art, as well as an almost encyclopedic knowledge of underground & popular music since the '60s. I consider myself extremely lucky to have been able to use this knowledge of things that I'm passionate about in my work life. Truth be known, I'm unemployable in terms of a normal job.