Along with the wonder goals, penalties, sending offs and pitch invasions, some of football’s most memorable moments have come in the form of the undershirt celebration: hastily scrawled or ironed-on messages expressing political views or religious beliefs, which players would lift their shirt to reveal after scoring a goal.
Source: I Belong to Jesus: a Loving Homage to the Undershirt Goal Celebration – Creative Review
Using public street fixtures as printing elements, the artist collective behind Berlin-based Raubdruckerin (pirate printer) produces shirts and bags imprinted with manhole covers, vents, and utility grates. The overlooked geometric patterns and typographic forms of urban signage make surprisingly nifty graphics for shirts. The collective applies ink directly to the streets and prints on-site in locations like Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Paris and then sell their creations through an online shop.
Source: Pirate Printers: Shirts and Totes Printed Directly on Urban Utility Covers | Colossal
There are many theories, but no one is quite sure where the practice of throwing shoes over raised urban infrastructure started. Some suggest bullies take shoes from other kids and toss them over power and telephone lines; other think it could be a way of marking gang or drug-dealing territories. Or perhaps people just make and lose bad bets, paying the price with sore feet.
Source: Anti-Gravity Boots: London Shoe Artwork Defies Laws & Physics | Urbanist
Delivery startup goPuff offers anything you’d expect from your local shop, even when other competitors have closed for the night.
Source: Building A Convenience Store For The On-Demand Economy – PSFK
To ride the wave of the next big thing in social media, it often takes a lot of trial-and-error, a good deal of trendspotting, and some courage to try new things. I’ve spent some time reading up on what’s to come for social media and I’d love to get your thoughts on three new trends that might be monumental.
Source: 3 Soon-To-Be Social Media Trends You Can Profit On | The Next Web
