Corporate graffiti team building workshop in London with Paintbox Graffiti

Why Graffiti Workshops Make Great Team Building

Most team-building days blur into one. An afternoon with spray cans doesn't. A graffiti workshop gets everyone off their laptops and working on one shared piece, and your team goes home with something they actually made together.

Here's how a corporate graffiti workshop with Paintbox works, and what to think about when you book one for your team in London.

Corporate graffiti team building workshop in London with Paintbox Graffiti

Why graffiti works for team building

  • Nobody needs experience. Total beginners and the quietly competitive start on a level playing field.
  • It's properly collaborative. Teams plan a piece together, split the letters, characters and backgrounds between them, then bring it all together on one wall.
  • It's hands-on. People talk more when they're busy doing something, and it's hard to check emails holding a spray can.
  • You leave with something real. A finished piece and photos from the day, not just a group shot in a meeting room.

How a corporate session works

Corporate workshops run for three hours, an hour longer than our private group sessions, so there's time to plan a piece properly and finish it together. Every session is led by working mural artists and covers:

  • Spray paint safety, masks, gloves and setup
  • Cap types, pressure control and can handling
  • Letter styles, outlines, fills, fades and shadows
  • Planning a piece from sketch to painted surface

From there, the team paints a shared mural on the day. We can work your company name, logo or brand colours into the design, and larger teams can be split across several walls and artists.

Team painting together at a Paintbox Graffiti corporate workshop in London
Painting together at one of our corporate sessions.

Where it happens

We can run your session at our base in New Cross, South East London, in the Leake Street tunnels at Waterloo, at another legal wall in London, or at your own office or venue. We've even run workshops on a theatre stage: see how four groups painted the set for Carmen at Blackheath Halls.

What's included

  • Spray cans, caps, masks, gloves and hazmat suits for everyone
  • All painting surfaces and clean-up
  • Artist guidance from start to finish
  • Photography and content capture for internal comms or social media, if you want it

Things to think about when you book

  • Indoors or outdoors: for indoor venues we can use lower-odour water-based spray paint. It costs more than standard paint, so it's priced separately.
  • Team size: sessions are tailored to your team, from a small department to a whole company split across multiple walls.
  • Dates: book as early as you can, especially for larger teams and busy periods.

How much does it cost?

Corporate workshops are quoted individually based on team size, venue and what you want the session to produce. Our graffiti team building page has the full details, or send us your team size, preferred dates and location and we'll come back with a price.

Booking for friends, family or a birthday instead? Our private graffiti workshops are two hours long and bookable online for groups of 3 to 20.

See what we do

Have a look at our mural portfolio and brand activation work, or pop into the shop at 389 New Cross Road to meet the team.

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