This graffiti countdown features the top graffiti and counter culture art trends in Q1 2009. The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views) and our graffiti trend database , which now has more than 2508 graffiti trends.- Street artists use graffiti to communicate their views on societal issues in a subversive and often taboo way. The global recession caused consumers to look at corporations and large institutions with a jaded eye; street artists' works gave this widespread angst a voice. Mainstream marketers and ad agencies are picking up on this phenomenon by integrating street art and graffiti cues into incisive outdoor campaigns.