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Hanging Graffiti: Street mobiles that celebrate a designer's love of typography

If you love typography, positive quotes and street art as much as Switzerland-based French visual artist Stéphane Koyama-Meyer – also known as Traz – then you'll hugely appreciate his ongoing project of Street Mobiles, where the three disciplines are combined to bring beautiful hanging quotes to the streets.

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Person sitting by a waterfront with colourful hanging metal letters spelling "Be The Change" suspended above the water and city skyline behind

Crafted from reclaimed materials such as metal, aluminium and plastic, each mobile offers different colours and textures to make up one or two words from inspiring quotes and motivational messages; often borrowed from some of the world's greatest poets, philosophers and even hip-hop artists.

What does Traz hope to get out of the project? To give everyone a break from their daily routine and help them adopt a positive mindset: "My attempt is to provide a visual break in a world filled with standardised graphic codes."

Born in Mulhouse, France and a graduate of Visual and Graphic Arts from Strasbourg and Besancon, Traz now lives and works in Basel. He has exhibited all over the world, won an international art contest organised by Crestock and his work has been published in various books, including Book of Creation and Generation T. He's also co-founder of the Back To Type art collective. To discover more, visit his website at Traz.fr.

Blue and gold metallic letters spelling "BURN Daylight" hanging from strings against a weathered stone wall, part of Traz's Street Mobiles project
Person standing on a lamp post installing a hanging typographic mobile on a street corner beside a blue directional sign and storefronts
Blue and red hanging street mobile spelling "Be the Change" by artist Traz against a bright blue sky with sun glare
Person reaching up to touch a hanging street mobile spelling "HEY" attached to a brick wall above a bicycle
Traz's street mobile hanging from a drainpipe on a brick wall, with yellow "HEY", white "WAKE" and a blue cloud shape spelling "UP" in yellow letters
Hanging street mobile by Traz with orange and yellow "Human" sign above blue graffiti-style lettering reading "Capter" and navy "All" below, suspended against a white wall
Hanging street mobile by Traz with gold and black lettering reading "Rester Calm" suspended from tree branches with green foliage
Colourful hanging mobile with yellow "Be", purple "Bold" and pink text spelling out an inspirational message, suspended from wires against a white wall
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