Filippo Romano is a London-based graphic designer with over six years of experience working across branding and visual identity.

His recent work focuses on scanning surfaces found around London including walls, posters, tags and graffiti. Instead of taking photos, he uses a portable scanner to collect textures directly from the street, building abstract layered pieces from what he finds. Moving the scanner by hand creates distortion and imperfections that change how the surface is captured, giving a different result each time.

Working this way also documents how quickly street art changes. Posters get covered, graffiti disappears and walls are repainted, so scanning becomes a way of recording moments that might not exist the next day. The work acts as an archive of these everyday changes, turning overlooked parts of the city into new graphic compositions.

Artist Note

The tags, street markings used within this work are not my own. They are part of the public environment and are documented as found across London. If you recognise your work or tag within any piece and would like to be credited, please email me directly. I am happy to acknowledge original artists and direct any traffic or attention towards your work.