But one new invention could put paid to all that – a sticker book full of graffiti creations by some of the world's best street artists.Now would-be graffers can walk around sticking up masterpieces all over their favourite patch (although we should warn you this is just as illegal as the real thing).
The love affair with 'stickerbombing' – or slapping stickers on street furniture with merry abandon – has a long history with young rebels.
But only now has a collectable, fully peelable sticker book with more than 250 specially commissioned stickers been developed.
London-based agency Studio Rarekwai took up the challenge with writers Ryo Sanada and Suridh Hassan compiling Stickerbomb, their newly released book.
