Archive nº 001Graffiti & street art, catalogued

The walldeservesa record.

A graffiti and street-art archive: walls, writers’ styles and city routes, documented and credited. Curated like a museum catalogue, kept on the street.

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A long sunlit concrete wall beside railway tracks covered in colourful abstract spray-paint pieces
Wall 014 · Hall of fame · Photographed 2026

(01) The archive

Every wall gets a file.

Each wall is documented the same way: where it is, when it was photographed, what style it is and who made it. The entries below show the catalogue format.

Close-up of layered pink, black and white spray paint with drips on rough concrete
Detail 014-ALayered spray, overspray and drips · Photographed 2026
014Wall · Hall of fame
Location
Rail embankment, outer district
Photographed
2026
Style
Wildstyle piece
Credit
[Writer name, as given]
027Wall · Underpass
Location
Pedestrian underpass, city centre
Photographed
2026
Style
Throw-ups
Credit
[Writer name, as given]
031Wall · Permission wall
Location
Legal yard, riverside
Photographed
2026
Style
Mural
Credit
[Writer name, as given]
042Wall · Alley
Location
Side alley, old town
Photographed
2026
Style
Paste-up and stencil
Credit
[Writer name, as given]

(02) Styles index

Learn to read the wall.

  1. 01TagA writer’s signature, quick and usually one colour.
  2. 02Throw-upFast, rounded outlines with a quick fill, built for speed.
  3. 03PieceShort for masterpiece: multi-colour, planned and detailed.
  4. 04WildstyleInterlocking letterforms, hard to read on purpose.
  5. 05StencilCut templates sprayed through for crisp, repeatable images.
  6. 06Paste-upPosters made elsewhere and pasted onto the wall.
  7. 07MuralLarge wall paintings, often commissioned or permitted.

(03) City routes

Walk it. Stop by stop.

Routes string documented walls into walking tours, with stops numbered in the order you meet them. Always on public ground, always on foot.

  1. 1

    Rail embankment

    Wall 014 · Hall of fame

  2. 2

    Pedestrian underpass

    Wall 027 · Throw-ups

  3. 3

    Side alley

    Wall 042 · Paste-up and stencil

  4. 4

    Legal yard

    Wall 031 · Mural

  5. 5

    Loading dock

    Wall 058 · Tags

(04) Ethics

Credit the writer.

01

We credit

Every entry names the writer or crew wherever we know it, in the form they use.

02

We remove on request

Writers can ask for their work to be changed or taken down. We do it, no questions asked.

03

No trespass, ever

We never document painting in progress or publish anything shot while trespassing.

04

No vandal promotion

We do not celebrate damage to property or to other writers’ work, and we do not run buff-hunts.

(05) Submit a wall

Found a wall? Send it in.

Send us a photo taken from public ground, with the details below. We will check it, file it and credit it.

  • Photo, shot from public ground
  • Area (not the exact address)
  • Date photographed
  • Style, if you know it
  • How the writer wants to be credited
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