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Often times, horror movie posters turn out to be better than the films they’re selling. While we’re just as ready as the next folks to admit that some of our all-time favorites come from the horror section, it seems fair to say that the vast majority are very poor. That’s certainly what struck us while [...]

Fans of product design and strange gadgetry that we are, our fashion sense tends to be a few micro-seconds behind the very tippy point of the cutting edge. That’s why Listicles’ seizes upon every opportunity to marry our love of the obscure and bizarre to high fashion and style. One such opportunity recently fell right [...]

It seems like most major professional sports teams in the U.S. have undertaken a stadium change in the last ten years. In New York alone we have the new Mets stadium Citi Field, Yankee Stadium, and the Meadowlands’ Jets stadium all under construction. There are also more long term (likely imaginary) plans for a new [...]

We find it fascinating that both the Republicans‘ and Democrats‘ zoological shorthands come from Thomas Nast cartoons. Supposedly today’s press is supremely powerful, but back in the 19th century clever satire could eventually become official signage. Today, the best we can do is delightful postmodern bricolage and pastiche, taking wonderful symbols like those popularized by [...]

By now we’ve all see the Obamaguration satellite pictures, which brought home once again the tremendous power of the space-bird’s eye view. Of course, there are also the various creepy government surveillance possibilities of satellite imagery, but we feel those have been adequately explored in several Hollywood blockbusters. No, for us satellite images are simply [...]

It’s inauguration day, the second sort-of holiday in a row for many Americans, and as with every festive occasion in our great land, it’s a perfect occasion to peddle completely useless gifts. Over the last few days we’ve witnessed a veritable internet groundswell of items about Barack Obama memorabilia (hereafter “Obamarabilia” for short). In a [...]

A few years back (we can’t say how many) we took an American Politics 101 class during our freshman year of college and learned all about the American tradition of Gerrymandering. Aside from the tactical partisan redistricting practice’s funny name, we didn’t think a whole lot of it, and the knowledge quickly sank into an [...]

Those tireless recyclers and re-users over at TreeHugger point us to the results of a Chilean design competition co-sponsored by Remade in Chile and Puma. The goal put to design students was to create useful and/or pleasant objects from old Puma sneakers and promotional materials. Here are the most impressive results, 8 Objects Fashioned from [...]

With the Early Oscars (a.k.a. The Golden Globes) confirming our suspicions of a fairly mediocre award season ahead, and with the real Oscar nominations announcements only ten days away, we here at Listicles are taking refuge in the comforts of the past.
Perpetually disappointed by the marquee nominees and winners, we’re always most pleasantly surprised by [...]

As much as we enjoy watching old fast food commercials, we find that the most exciting advertising innovations these days are in print and digital ads. We’re especially impressed by whiz-bang Photoshop effects because of the inumerable days we’ve spent trying to tweak our Facebook profile pictures. With those long, largely ineffectual hours in mind, [...]