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Welcome to STYLEFILE #62: SEEN

Richard Mirando, better known as SEEN from the Bronx is for sure one of the most famous stylewriter in the world – if not the most famous of all time. His iconic pieces on the New York City subway and walls across the big apple rank among the most influential works graffiti has ever pro-duced. With countless wholecars and window-downs, wild style-masterpieces and throw-ups he shaped the golden years of New York subway graffiti like no one else. And even after more than 50 years after his first train in 1973, Richie still picks up a spray can almost every single day in his Las Vegas Studio. For an insight into his motivation – back then and today – we invite you to join the ROBOTfile!

Release ==> 01.11.2026

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#SEEN #godfatherofgraffiti #unitedartists #stylefilemagazine #robotfile #stylewriting #graffiti #graffitimedia #graffitimagazine #graffitibook

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Wishing SEEN a Happy 65th Birthday!! 🎂🥳🎉
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#seen #graffiti #godfatherofgraffiti #handlettering #sharpieart

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Thank You Utrecht
Thank You Centraal Museum
Thank You Graffiti!
Thank You Ned!

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This is me in 1987 no B.S app
Wearing my Original Seen U.A
Hand painted custom T.Shirt that Duel bought back for me.
80's Hip Hop life was very new uncharted & raw and we were discovering and finding our own identity with New York laying down the foundation and rules.
We absorbed it and eventually through trial and era we made our own unique version of it from the art to the music.
It was one big family back then regardless of race colour and creed it was and will always be
About the skillz and integrity.
Peace one love.

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JASONE | SGB — Part I

I drove into Kalamaria.

Then I walked into his house. On the table: an enormous blackbook. Worn leather. Heavy. Almost like an ancient Bible.

Jasone opened it.

Before graffiti, there was a bboy. In Alexandroupoli, in the 1980s, Dimitris discovered breakdancing. After his father retired from the army, the family returned to Saloniki.

Then came hip-hop. Records. Walk This Way. Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. on repeat.

In 1991, Style Wars appeared on Greek television. SEEN. T-Kid. CES. Something clicked. He started writing.

In 1992, Dee-71 gave him Subway Art and Spraycan Art. Jasone studied every page, trying to understand letters and characters as one.

Then came the trains. The first car was a well-prepared mission: sketch, calculations, panels. SGB crew prepared the silver base. Jasone came behind with the letters. Less than 45 minutes.

Later, he handed a photo of that train to SEEN, one of his idols.

September 1995, Jasone met Bizare, that day TXC would perform at the festival.

The Kerts twins, Artemios, Bizare and Jasone went out to paint.

The beginning of their bond: brothers in arms.

In 1996, Bizare painted his first, and only train, with Jasone and Ore.

To Jasone, Bizare was the king of characters. When Bizare was around, Jasone preferred not to paint a character.

Then came Sparvar. Better paint. More colours. Cleaner lines. Finer details. Smaller characters. It took Jasone to the next level.

Then Loomit opened another door: 3D. "I kept my style, but it was 3D from then.”

Jasone never simply followed graffiti. He absorbed it. Transformed it. Pushed it further. The names that inspired him eventually became people he met: SEEN, CES, Cowboy 69, Mode2 and Loomit.

Then Jasone became a writer another generation looked up to. 12os Pithikos and Zissis told me Jasone was their hero, like Superman or Spider-Man to other kids.

At the end, I asked Jasone to write his name as in 1991. He laughed and wrote it. JASONE, 2026. "More angry.” Thirty-five years. Two names, different energy.

Kalamaria: Walls were still there. Jasone isn’t just part of Greek graffiti history. He is one of the reasons it has a history to tell.

#greekgraffiti

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@classicseen 🤴🏼🇺🇸

#seen #riffbear

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As @instaseen on a TV screen.
Canvas Tribute to @classicseen @graffitiloser ‼️
#graffitigram #graffiticanvas #hiphopculture #canvas #graffiticulture

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未試過砌graffiti artwork
今日揀咗 “God of Graffiti” SEEN嘅
“Bubble Letter” series

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#graffiti #streetart #seen #artist #classicseen

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FATCAP — NEW YORK ISSUE, PART ONE — 1996

By 1996, Tommy Tee and GOAL’s FatCap had been coming out of Oslo for seven years. For this one, they pointed the whole magazine straight at New York.

NEW YORK ISSUE — PART ONE.

And put COPE2 on the cover.

COPE standing trackside with painted steel behind him, holding up subway destination roll signs. If he still has those today, let’s just say they’re not cheap.

This issue was no joke. When I saw it, it was a must-have. COPE on the cover told you everything you needed to know about where this one was going.

Open it up and the names start coming fast:

SEEN. BIO. BG183. SOZE. CEM. NICER. IZ THE WIZ. GUZ. TYME. DAZE. IVORY. COPE. T-KID. DERO. DASE. REAS. GOAL.

That spread feels like somebody emptied a box of New York flicks onto the table.

And remember: this is FatCap, a Norwegian graffiti magazine, doing an entire New York issue.

Then the back cover sets up what comes next:

“Check the graffiti legend SEEN special in the next FatCap (N.Y. iss. part 2) coming soon!!”

Six SEEN trains underneath.

Basically:

New York deserves another issue.

The back-cover photo caught something I couldn’t get rid of. That white streak down the right side is glare.

Some graffiti mags were photocopied, stapled and rough. Others were printed full color on glossy stock.

This one shines back at you. Like it should.

I could fight the reflection. I’d rather leave it. The finish is part of the artifact too.

And on the front, one price sticker slapped over another.

September ’96. $4.25.

Even the price has layers.

COPE on the cover. A ridiculous New York lineup inside. SEEN waiting on the back.

And this was only Part One.

#TheAerosolArchive #FatCapMagazine #TommyTee #GOAL #COPE2 #SEEN #NewYorkGraffiti #GraffitiMagazine #GraffitiHistory

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⌛️✨📚
Ce que j’ai particulièrement aimé à l’exposition « Beyond The Streets » c’est aussi la partie consacrée aux premières heures du mouvement hip-hop à Paris, avec notamment les photographies de @mailucas_photo, @sophiebramly et Yoshi Omori, les collections de fanzines, T-shirts, flyers de concerts et les vitrines d’archives qui racontent cette époque où tout était encore à inventer. J’ai revu des documents et des objets qui m’ont renvoyé direct à mon adolescence. ✨

Et puis il y a la boutique imaginée par @sarahandelman… où j’ai probablement passé presque autant de temps que dans les salles d’exposition et dépensé nettement plus que de raison. Mais je n’ai absolument aucun regret ! 😊💉

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COVERUP 💥
@xtremetattooink

@FUTURALABORATORIES
@InstaSEEN
@obeygiant
@marthacoopergram
@mrcopetwo

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" Arf ! Pas ma taille !:| "
Surprenante coïncidence :
Trouvé cette nuit roulé en boule sur un banc de la rue Colaincourt... Col découpé grossièrement au ciseau. Ce qui est stupéfiant c'est que je portais moi-même exceptionnellement un t-shirt collector de Seen au moment où j'ai mis la main sur celui-ci. Étonnant non ?
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