Wordsmith – A WEEKLY DESIGN STORY

Wordsmith: Who needs a pen when you can use a broom? More beautiful type work by Niels Shoe Meulman. Singapore. Watch the video below!

Niels Shoe Meulman (also known as Shoe) is an internationally known artist, a wordsmith and a graphic designer. He is born, raised and based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Meulman began tagging ‘Shoe’ in 1979 and became a graffiti legend by the time he was 18. In the eighties he met New York artists like Dondi, Rammellzee, Haze, Quik and Keith Haring. He then formed the Crime Time Kings with Bando from Paris and Mode2 from London. Together they gave graffiti in Europe its own distinctive style. In the Nineties he furthered his technique by apprenticing under the Dutch graphic design master Anthon Beeke. In the years after, he ran his own design company, Caulfield & Tensing and was partner in advertising agency Unruly, which he later turned into brand for silk scarves and a gallery.