Two huge murals covering the entire side of an old colonial building.
26june26
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: MURALIZING COLONIALISM
Tag: Graffiti
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: RELAX, BART
June 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: ANIME WALLS
June 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: BROS
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: 🌳 “CHIẾN DỊCH TÌNH NGUYỆN MÙA HÈ XANH” = Green Summer Volunteer Campaign
🌳 “CHIẾN DỊCH TÌNH NGUYỆN MÙA HÈ XANH” = Green Summer Volunteer Campaign – This is a major, annual volunteer program in Vietnam, primarily organized for university and college students.
21june26
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳: EVERYDAY LIFE IS ICONIC
The French Colonial Era (Late 1920s)
🇻🇳 Built around 1926–1927 by the French, it was originally named the Catinat Building (as Đồng Khởi street was then called Rue Catinat). It was designed as a luxury Art Deco/Early Modernist mixed-use complex.
🇻🇳 The ground floor housed high-end commercial businesses, including the famous Société Indochinoise de Transports (SIT).
🇻🇳 The upper floors were designed as upscale residential apartments for wealthy French officials, expatriates, and the elite class of Indochina.
An extreme and fascinating example of a Vietnamese “super-thin tube house” (nhà siêu mỏng).
June 2026
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳: TOKIDOKI NOMAD T-SHIRT 2 by ©️JAHA 1
This design is inspired by the iconic red plastic stools of Vietnam, my Adidas Sambas, Vietnamese coffee, my field notes journal writing, graffiti, photography (camera slung over the shoulder,) some of the places I’ve been fortunate enough to live in and travel to…and the masterpiece novel I just finished by Fernando Pessoa: “The Book of Disquiet.”
*Design 3 is ready, but production is on hold due to a weeklong Vietnam holiday and my impending departure to Cambodia. I’ll try to pick things up from there.
27aug26
SAIGON, VIETNAM 🇻🇳 STREET ART: MONKEY ON THE RIO
22may26
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 STREET ART: BUDDHA by YI KAKADA
Yi Kakada (often known as Kakada Yi) is a prominent, self-taught contemporary Cambodian street artist and muralist. Born in 1996 in Battambang province—historically the artistic hub of Cambodia—he has become a recognizable figure in the Kingdom’s flourishing urban art scene.
One of Kakada’s most famous physical talents is his ability to paint ambidextrously. He can draw different images with both hands simultaneously, a skill that often captivates audiences during live painting showcases. He is also recognized for creating “two-canvas” paintings that seamlessly merge to tell a singular story.
Kakada’s journey to becoming a full-time artist is marked by resilience. He lost both of his parents at an early age and faced severe financial hardship, which forced him to drop out of high school. He moved to Phnom Penh with his siblings to look for opportunities, relying entirely on his raw talent.
Without formal art school training, he mastered his craft through hands-on practice, initially using standard house paint because expensive spray cans were out of reach. His breakthrough came when he won first place in the “Asian Drawing Category” in a competition organized by UNESCO.
7june26
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭 STREET ART: 🪶
17june26