Posts tagged pop culture
‘Moreing’ - Boosted Inspiration Series Part 1.
A new trend sure to be followed by hipsters globally ‘Moreing’ - the art of more as showcased in this quirky new ad campaign from Boost chocolate bars.
The Boosted Inspiration Series uncovers the rise of this supposed trend following Leo Addison, an ‘inspirational visionary,’ who is out to start the next big, fashion and art thing!
AND yes, we are well aware we’ve over-used the inverted-comma to highlight the ironic nature of this ‘cool’ trend but we couldn’t help ourselves.
Cassetteboy x BBC News Mash-up.
Made from 15 editions of the BBC’s News at Six during January 2012 check out the latest video from the sample-extraordinaire duo, Cassetteboy.
Follow their musings and new mixes at twitter.com/cassetteboy
The Simpson’s Lady Gaga Guest Appearance.
Here is pop culture ‘icon’ Lady Gaga’s cameo in the 23rd season of the longest-running primetime scripted American television program to date. Due to appear in the finale of the show which recently reached its 500th episode, the question is, who will feature in the next two seasons to meet if not surpass the fame of the American singer.
Make your guesses known.
Posters for the upcoming Tate Modern Damien Hirst retrospective.
The Tate have released a series of posters to promote their forthcoming retrospective exhibition set to launch on April 4, 2012 for five months.
Including the above 2006 detail ‘Sympathy in White Major - Absolution II’ and the below ‘Lullaby, The Seasons’ from 2002, you can check out the other designs at their official Facebook page.
LEGO Taxidermy Deer Kit.
Whilst it may not be official, this taxidermy deer LEGO kit is still pretty cool. Created by David Cole the $28 kit also comes with assembly instructions.
WANT.
Alternate Drive Posters.
Yes, yes, we have raved about Drive for most of this year but to hell with your objections, it’s totally worthy of our admiration.
Catering to our addiction of this achingly-cool cult movie (soon to be a classic), Empire have provided us with 14 of the alternate versions of the final design by Rich Andrews of Empire Design.
We’ve handpicked our particular favourites below with the final product above but click here for the complete range.
Hip-Hop-orchestra - 4 Strings & an 808.
Check out this Hipster Orchestra tackle Hip-Hop in their signature style.
The collective of classical musicians take on instrumentals from the likes of Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, 2pac, Jay-Z and many more.
The brainchild of Jingle Punks, the group has previously covered such tracks as “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Seven Nation Army”.
VERY COOL.
Future Fossils by Bughouse.
Check out these individually cast and distressed symbols of technology that have now become carbon-dated icons of pop culture.
Moulded from cement and designed by Bughouse, the items range from $65 USD upwards.
CULTURE JUNKIE LIKES: Soft Guerilla Art by Kyle Bean.
Check out this rad new series of works by British handcraft artist Kyle Bean entitled ‘Soft Guerilla.’
Featuring ordinarily harmful devices such as knives, grenades, explosives and machine guns re-created out of less-than-deadly objects like feathers and Jelly, toast and ice cream.
ENJOY.
Wrappers Delight.
Christmas wrapping paper you can rap your gifts to featuring lyrics from some of the most iconic hip-hop tracks including Eminem, Run DMC and The Sugarhill Gang.
Pretty funkin’ rad, get yours at www.rappingpaper.co.uk.
An Animated Tribute to “Drive”.
Check out this animated short paying tribute to one of our favourite movies this year, Drive. Directed by Tom Haugomat and Bruno Mangyoku, the duo focus on some of the most bloody and tense scenes from the film.
The video really captures that dark tone seen throughout ’Drive’ and combined with Glass Candy’s ‘Digital Versicolor’ track, we could watch this repeatedly much like the original.
ENJOY.
Dazed & Confused: 20 + 20 Covers Project By Rankin.
Dazed & Confused have unveiled a series of 20 different covershots by co-founder Rankin, featuring the likes of Kate Moss, Pharrell Williams, Chloe Sevigny, Eva Green and Alicia Keys to mark the finale of their 20th Anniversary celebrations.
The London based magazine compiled a set of unique covers, featuring some of the most iconic individuals from Dazed’s past with a gatefold pullout including the pop culture heroes of the future as chosen by each celebrity.
Each issue also includes a series of interviews in which Dazed speaks to the legendary names featured, including PJ Harvey, Damien Hirst, Bjork, and Pharrell Williams, alongside new young stars such as Little Dragon, Jamie Woon, S.C.U.M, and Josephine de la Baume.
A series of webisodes were also created which will premiere on DAZEDTV.com.
“Muscle Man Marc” Jacobs South Park Cameo.
American fashion designer Marc Jacobs is the latest famed pop-culture figure to feature on the cult adult animation, South Park.
The cameo sees Jacobs adding the voice to a doll on the episode, “Ganging Up On The One Percent.” in which Cartman hosts a tea party with his other toys to discuss the whereabouts of his favorite stuffed animal, Clyde Frog.
Coincidently, Marc Jacobs actually has a Clyde Frog tattoo on his forearm, as well as one of Cartman’s other stuffed toys, Rumpletumskin so it kind of makes sense for him to feature.
Head to www.southparkstudios.co.uk to see the whole episode.
Pop Art by Mr. Whaite.
An artist who has caught our attention for their use of popular culture and neon is British based designer, Mr. Whaite.
Creating some rather terrific animated GIF-posters for some retro-classic movies inspired by neon-signage, Mr. Whaite also designs some more contemporary portraits of recognisable actors combining props and costumes from previous films which can be seen below.
To view more of his work, head to mrwhaite.tumblr.com
Neon Posters.
Portraits.
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