Culture

Culture is a word of many meanings, it can be about your background, creative expression, evolution, trends, and world news. Here you will find all sorts of articles about popular culture, images from around the world, ancient cultures, self improvement, and world news.

Parkour – David Belle

by Andy Ball March 3, 2010
david belle

David Belle is widely appreciated to be the creator of Parkour and Free Running. He is also a stuntman and actor. His military training and early gymnastic, athletic, climbing and martial arts training acted as the foundations on which his creation of Parkour and Free running was built.
The Best of David Belle´s Videos
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Artistic Japanese Manhole Covers

by Andy Ball February 20, 2010
japanese manhole covers

The Japanese like to bring artistic design to the most unexpected and mundane canvases. Where most people see a plain or boring necessity, the people of Japan often see an opportunity to create an interesting or unique piece of art. Following on from our post about Creative Japanese Barcodes, where Japan took the uninventive consumer [...]

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Creative Japanese Barcodes

by Andy Ball February 20, 2010
japanese barcodes

Barcodes are often nothing more than a dull emblem of our consumer civilisation. Barcodes are seen as a necessary unwanted scar on a products artistic packaging design and the last thing you think when you look at a barcode is art. But why does it have to be this way? Japanese design company D-Barcode create [...]

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The Door to Hell

by Andy Ball February 11, 2010
the flaming crater

In the expansive Karakum desert of Turkmenistan, near the 350 person village of Derweze, is a 328 feet wide hole. This hole has been on fire, continuously, for the last 38 years.

Known as the Darvaza Gas Crater or the “Door to Hell” by locals, the crater can be seen glowing for miles around.

The hole is [...]

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Adidas Originals – Star Wars Collection

by Jacques Jones February 10, 2010
Adidas Originals - Star Wars Collection

Adidas have always been one of the most innovative brands in the apparel market sector and this just goes to show that they have no plans to let that reputation go to pot. Adidas, probably with one of their most obscure ad campaigns to date have thrown David Beckham, Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk, Darth Vader, [...]

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Exit Through The Gift Shop

by Jacques Jones January 23, 2010
Banksy Film - Exit Through The Gift Shop

Exit Through The Gift Shop is the film debut from the renowned street artist Banksy which gets its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and a general UK cinema release date of March 5th. When asked about the film Banksy is reported to have said “It’s the story of how one man set out to [...]

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Anara Tower – Dubai

by Andy Ball January 23, 2010
anara tower dubai

Despite recent financial concerns in the media Dubai is continuing to build some of the most amazing buildings in the World and setting all kinds of architectural landmarks. Following on from the Worlds tallest building, the Burj Dubai, the powers that be in Dubai have announced plans to build the Anara Tower, which may well [...]

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Gorillaz New Album Plastic Beach – Stylo

by Jacques Jones January 20, 2010
Gorillaz New Album

Gorillaz are back after a half decade hiatus and are bringing more friends than ever. The cameos and features on the album are diverse, eclectic and just down right special. From Snoop Dogg to Kano, and from classic Bobby Womack to the hip hop impresario Mos Def the album is tipped to be the best [...]

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Now Until Then – The Chronicles of a Serial Crate Digger 2

by Jacques Jones January 14, 2010
Remix Collection Part 2 - Now Til Then

We know your ear’s are hungry so here’s the follow up to our first installment of the Now Until Then Remix Series. So to click of part two some nice smooth dance that everyone knows but everyone still loves then we will go into some hip hop covers some obscure electro, soul, drum and bass, [...]

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