Brighton based designer Kyle Bean is a master at making humorously ironic artistic creations. CUT Magazine features his paradoxical collection, Harmless Weapons, with photographs taken by Sam Hofman. Taking ordinary objects and infusing them with “violent” imagery, Bean creates objects that are just plain funny. Bullet Candles, Jello Grenades, Feather Knives, Bread Knuckledusters — dangerously […]
15
Dec
The "Harmless Weapons" series by Kyle Bean
1
Jul
Omsk167 takes us there criminal POV style
A German graffiti artist with the handle Omsk167 has uploaded several videos of him bombing walls while using a helmet camera. We’ve seen this POV work done many times in various applications, but I’ve yet seen it applied to someone doing graff. Very clever. If you wanna see more, there are several more videos of […]
28
Mar
From Cyanide Gas Guns to CIA Rectal Escape Kits
WIRED has an excellent collection of Cold War Era Spy Gear posted, all originating from espionage works between the USSR and USA. A bunch of really cool pieces, such as a Turd Transmitter (a crap-shaped homing beacon spies would drop to transmit bombing targets to pilots) and a C.I.A. Rectal Escape Kit (both in gallery […]
19
Jan
The secret world of Berlin's underground subculture
A peek into the art of train writing in Berlin, Unlike U: Trainwriting In Berlin tells the true behind-the-scenes story of underground graf writing in Berlin — specifically, their obsession with focusing on trains. Sure we’ve shown videos where kids bombed an entire train in 3 minutes (damn!), but this documentary by Henrik Regel & […]
18
Nov
The 3 Minute Graffiti Bomb
Absolutely amazing what this graffiti crew gets done in a 3 minute stop to this train in Germany. I’m not entirely sure it was done in 3 minutes, regardless bombing a whole train that quickly takes efficiency, daring and skills. Now that’s what I call organization, kids!
