1.1 Icon: KAWS

Brian Donnelly, AKA as “Kaws” is an American artist and designer from New Jersey, who specializes in merging the world of graffiti with commercial design. Kaws’ unique style comes from his artist ability of adapting to whatever canvas he chooses, with the aim of making a cohesive piece of work which looks like it belongs on the canvas. He wanted to integrate his artwork with the preexisting commercial imagery in order to create a new visual experience with his own personal signature, the famous Skull head design. His work in the recent years has caught the attention of many celebrities that landed him some large projects, like (just to name a couple): Album Cover for Kanye West “808s and Heartbreaks” and his 121 foot long inflating signature skull figure that was floating in the Victorian Harbour, Hong Kong. I find his work extremely inspiring, especially with his creative thought process of combing two completely different avenues of design and creating something unique. He also recently developed an augmented reality app which allows you to apply his art with the real world though your phone camera! (example below of me using the app outside my house)