Tag: Culture


Welcome to Japanese Metal Idol Music

I’m not sure what I watched last night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Strangely enough, I get it. Think Slayer meets J-Pop. Headbangers, deal with it and enjoy!

House of Vans at 50

Vans was founded in 1966 by brothers Paul and Jim Van Doren and their business partners Gordon Lee and Serge Delia. The brand’s first store was located in Anaheim, California and by the late 1970s, it had opened 70 shops in the state and gained a loyal following of West Coast surfers and skaters. Today, Vans has 415 shops around the world and two skate park-cum-entertainment venues in London and Brooklyn.

Source: Vans at 50 – Creative Review

Turning Random Posts Into Stunning Movie Posters

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After: Obsession

A user that goes by the name of u/Your_Post_As_A_Movie takes the images that other Redactors post and turns them into awesome movie posters.

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After: The Cricket Glass

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Source: This Reddit User Has Been Turning Random Posts Into Stunning Movie Posters – UltraLinx

Vintage Vespa Office Furniture

Just when you thought classic Vespa scooters were only meant for posing on when the sun comes out, Spanish studio Bel & Bel come up with a brilliant way that ensures you can be sitting on one all year round. Taking parts from the old scooters the repurpose them as swivel chairs which can be made up in a large variety of colors.

Source: Vintage Vespa Parts Get Turned into Modern Office Furniture – BlazePress

Artworks That Look Like Photographs of 20th Century Buildings

At first glance, you’d mistake these somewhat dark images of brutalist and modernist buildings to be photographs. However, each one has been manipulated to become something else. By using photorealism and graphic design to create each artwork, Geebird & Bamby are able to merge art, design, architecture, photography and cinema from the last century.

Source: The New World: Artworks that look like photographs of 20th century buildings | Creative Boom