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Odes To The Air Max, The Cool Kid’s Nike

Nike asked six artists and designers to enhance the hipster aura around the Air Max, which turns 25 this year.

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SW Vehicles: Tie/D Defender

The TIE/D Defender, commonly known as the TIE Defender, was a high-performance TIE series starfighter developed for the Imperial Navy by Sienar Fleet Systems shortly before the Battle of Endor. Representing a shift in starfighter design from previous TIE models, the ship featured a hyperdrive as well as deflector shields to allow it to operate independently of Imperial capital ships. The ship’s speed and agility, combined with its firepower, made it arguably the most advanced starfighter available at the time.  [Wikia]

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“You can’t beat a cock and balls as graffiti”

Psychotherapist Philippa Perry explains why the depiction of a penis and testicles  is still so often the vandal’s symbol of choice:

Speed is one simple answer, the quickly drawn shape often looking more like a cartoon of a dog’s bone than a realistic rendition of male genitalia, but it is easy to draw and easy to recognise. It’s ultimately a male form of rebellion, too – I cannot find any example of female graffitists who have used it, probably because you need a certain amount of testosterone to want to mark territory with symbolic pork sword weaponry.

Photographs: The Paolo da San Leocadio fresco, with a 17th-century workman’s embellishment, left. Photograph: J Cuellar/El Mundo; The Long Man of Wilmington, East Sussex, as it temporarily appeared in 2010. Photograph: M & Y Agency Ltd / Rex Features