Don Stone | From Here to Fame

Don Karl aka Stone is a graffiti writer, author and publisher. He started to write graffiti in 1983, as one of the first writers in Germany. In 1986, he published his first book on train writing “Die Züge gehören uns” (The trains belong to us) with Heyne Verlag. Many books and articles have followed since. Over the years, he has participated in and curated various international urban art exhibitions and projects, such as Cubabrasil and White Wall Beirut. His ongoing project Arabic Graffiti, resulted in three books and countless exhibitions, events and collaborations in Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, France and other countries. He is part of the Homeland Hackers, The Arabian Street Artists. He has extensive professional experience as a publisher and currently runs From Here To Fame Publishing and is partner at On The Run.