Archive for the 'Culture' Category

March 14th, 2012
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Banksy :: You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat

via Uncrate 'We're not sure whether an Academy Award nomination lowers or heightens your street cred, but in either case, we're pretty sure Banksy doesn't care. Banksy: You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat ($23) is the latest book dedicated to the subversive street artist's work, spanning over 220 pages and featuring images and texts covering the ...
February 28th, 2012
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miAdidas Contest Winner Won Jae Lee Shares His Winning Boots

Remember that contest we did with adidas awhile ago where readers submitted designs for their own pair of customized adidas adiZero F50 boots? Well Won Jae Lee put in work via Facebook and got his network of folks to vote for his design. He posted this pic on our Facebook page this week after receiving his pair of boots in the mail. Fully customized to ...
January 31st, 2012
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Art :: “Last Year” by Sage Vaughn at Known Gallery

Some words taken from knowngallery.com: Known Gallery started off this year with “Last Year”, a show of new works by Sage Vaughn and a very special guest, Sage’s first solo exhibition at Known Gallery, featuring new large-scale woven editions based on paintings and collages from his ongoing ENVELOPE SERIES. Contrasting the nonchalant qualities ...
December 14th, 2011

Video :: Takanakuy aka Peruvian Punching Festival aka End of the year fight club

“Peruvian Punching Festival” aka End of the year fight club from cbs: "People who are angry or who have a conflict with someone wait for this," festival-partaker Ricardo Mena told Reuters. "Now they can fight. Everything is solved here and after we are all friends. There's no grudge later. They don't fight again further down the line." **this ...
November 2nd, 2011

Video : Jay Z talks performing at Glastonbury and his effect on sports apparel : “Tanning Effect” with Steve Stout :: Part 2

Jay Z talks performing at Glastonbury and his effect on sports apparel : “Tanning Effect” with Steve Stout :: Part 2 There was a great response to part 1 of this interview with Jay Z and a lot of people checked out it, so we were definitely excited to see the continuation of this. If you missed part 1, check it out here, and then hit the jump ...
October 28th, 2011

Jay Z talks hip hop, Watch the Throne, Culture, Cristal and the “Tanning Effect” with Steve Stout :: Part 1

Jay Z talks hip hop, Watch the Throne, Culture, Cristal and the "Tanning Effect" with Steve Stout :: Part 1 Steve Stoute is an author, entrepreneur, advertising executive and American record executive who released his first book "The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy" on September 8, 2011. In ...
October 27th, 2011

Wong Wong Collection No 7 – Trophy

Creative outfit Wong Wong is releasing a trophy series recognizing the best and worst of football. Edition One: Best Dive - The best dive trophy shall be awarded to the player who is judged to have best executed the art of the dive and successfully deceives the referee. Worst Tackle - The worst tackle trophy shall be awarded to the player who ...
October 27th, 2011

Married to Soccer

We get a lot of great emails sent in, but unfortunately we are unable to share all of them. However, this email sent in by Tony Carter was impossible not to share. Here is a little of what Tony had to say "This past Saturday I proposed to my girlfriend at the soccer fields where we met playing co-ed soccer, at Atlanta Silverbacks Park. On the field ...