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Buildings and posters and carbon

Buildings and posters and carbon

Carbon is a bit of a dirty word in 2022. But it doesn’t have to be.  Maybe it should be the start of a conversation We might begin by acknowledging…
Phantom Billstickers: The Book

Phantom Billstickers: The Book

Jim Wilson is the man behind Phantom Billstickers, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. A prolific writer and blogger, the book features extracts from many of Wilson’s unpublished manuscripts…
Let’s talk about dollars and cents

Let’s talk about dollars and cents

As a property owner, you’re in the landlord business. Our clients – whether they’re indie bands or world-famous brands – are in the entertainment and marketing businesses. And Phantom Billstickers?…
Phantom Goes Global

Phantom Goes Global

No, New Zealand’s billstickers haven’t launched an international subsidiary. Nor have we started pasting up posters in Oslo or Abidjan (yet). But we have been checking out some of the…
There’s a Tiger on the prowl. Watch out!

There’s a Tiger on the prowl. Watch out!

Tigers! Tigers with lasers! Tigers are cool. Tiger Crystal Ultra Low Carb is also extremely cool, especially when you crack one straight from the fridge. A brand like this deserves a thrilling…
40 years with glue in our hair

40 years with glue in our hair

  Phantom started sticking posters to walls way back in 1982. That’s an awful lot of gluey buckets, flyaway paper and 4am starts. It’s been one helluva ride. So what…
This is rough

This is rough

Poetry written by those living on the street At Phantom Billstickers, we’ve been pasting poems in public almost as long as we’ve been printing posters. But we’ve never taken part…
If walls could speak…

If walls could speak…

Painting the streets with poetry Coming soon to a wall near you: 14 fresh new voices from Tāmaki Makaurau. Spoken Walls is what happens when the voices of our rangatahi…
Raise a flag, raise funds for Ukraine

Raise a flag, raise funds for Ukraine

Show your true colours Stunned by the news coming out of Ukraine? Us too. We were wondering what we could possibly do to help when this campaign from Colenso BBDO,…
Is this your next holiday?

Is this your next holiday?

Phantom reached the unaware so Motueka could sell its wares The sun shines a lot in the Motueka region. As well as an enviable climate, it boasts golden beaches, vineyards,…
Art, enabled by you

Art, enabled by you

At Phantom, we think street posters have an essential role to play in our country’s culture. The arts don’t just take place behind closed doors. They need a public stage.…
Interview – David Merritt

Interview – David Merritt

Renegade poet David Merritt has been absent from the poetry scene for the last couple of years. We caught up with him to chat about his off-grid lifestyle and what…
Phan Mail 209

Phan Mail 209

The Wall of Wolfe Street The Wolf of Wall Street is a Martin Scorsese film telling the story of charismatic, drug-taking financiers and bullshitters in 1980s New York. The Wall of…
Interview – Ben Brown

Interview – Ben Brown

Tuia! Tui – Tuia! Tuia te hā. Tuia te kupu. Tuia te kōrero. Tāu te māramatanga… Tihei Mauri  Ora… Tēna Koutou e hoa mā, e pēhea ana te hararei? Whakahari…
Phantom Goes Global

Phantom Goes Global

No, New Zealand’s billstickers haven’t launched an international subsidiary. Nor…
This is rough

This is rough

Poetry written by those living on the street At Phantom…
Phan Mail 209

Phan Mail 209

The Wall of Wolfe Street The Wolf of Wall Street is…