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A Look At The Astonishingly Bizarre Art Of The 1980s

A Look At The Astonishingly Bizarre Art Of The 1980s

Alex Wain July 10, 2012 0

Ah the 80′s, where Saturday cartoons veered from random to the homo-erotic, where big cans of hairspray fixed up even bigger hair, where geometric shapes, bold fonts and neon colours adorned every item of clothing &

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Modern Gadgets Re-Imagined As Retro Devices

Modern Gadgets Re-Imagined As Retro Devices

Alex Wain July 9, 2012 0

Alex Varanese has well over 600,000 views of his graphic design work on his Behance profile, it’s not hard to see why. He recently created a new body of work titled “ALT/1977: WE ARE NOT

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A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll In 100 Riffs

A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll In 100 Riffs

Matt Knight July 5, 2012 1

Rock N Roll is an important part of popular culture and a key ingredient is the “Guitar Riff” that intros or defines the sound, groove and mood of a track. Since early 50′s rock

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10 Worst Book Covers In The History Of Literature

10 Worst Book Covers In The History Of Literature

Alex Wain June 15, 2012 45

Prepare to be stunned, baffled, confused and probably offended! We’ve selected 10 abominations that are the legitimate covers, of some of the least read books in the world. Some utterly defy belief, others are

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Fantastically Re-imagined Superheroes & Celebrities

Fantastically Re-imagined Superheroes & Celebrities

Alex Wain June 10, 2012 1

We absolutely love the vibrant, colourful and creative work of illustrator Fabian Ciraolo, who hails from Chile. He takes some of the very best animated superheroes from your childhood (Thundercats & He-Man) mixes in

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Strange & Fascinating Presidential Campaign Posters

Strange & Fascinating Presidential Campaign Posters

Jeremy Bowell June 6, 2012 0

Posters have been a mainstay of the political landscape for many years. Some are used to demonize opponents while others are used to inspire. We live in a world where the 24 hour news

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Heavy Weapons & Military Guns Recreated In LEGO

Heavy Weapons & Military Guns Recreated In LEGO

Alex Wain June 1, 2012 0

LEGO was probably one of the coolest “toys” you could have a kid. If you had a LEGO pirate ship like me, rest assured your neighbours & friends were envious! There’s two dynamics when

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20 Classic & Stylish Playboy Pin-Up Girls

20 Classic & Stylish Playboy Pin-Up Girls

Alex Wain May 31, 2012 1

Way way back in the late 1890s, glamour models started having their photographs taken and as a result men the world over would pin these saucy images to their walls, lockers, vehicles you name

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10 Photos Of A Retro Arcade Before Video Games

10 Photos Of A Retro Arcade Before Video Games

Alex Wain May 11, 2012 0

Rewind back to the late 1960’s, before the arrival of video games with their flashing screenings and wide range of  monotone bleeps & blips and you’ll find that arcade halls were an entirely different

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The Worst Book Titles In The History Of Literature

The Worst Book Titles In The History Of Literature

Roberto Damante April 23, 2012 5

We all know that a comma and the right syntax makes all the difference. But sometimes we just look back at the editors and wonder what on earth they were thinking. This selection of

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