The Culture of Counterfeit

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Shanzhai refers to the massive counterfeit market in China, encompassing everything from imitation smartphones and sneakers to bootleg shampoo and Coca-Cola. With the sustained rise in consumer culture in China, along with the confluence of globalization and the internet, Shanzhai has recently begun to transcend commerce into its own culture—and even a form of art. In Chinese culture, copying is considered a form of endearing …

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared: A Lesson About Time

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By way of an incredibly bonkers new musical short film, award-winning comedy duo Becky&Joe are seeking to educate viewers on the concept of time. This Dazed Digital exclusive follows a singing and dancing clock along with a gaggle of puppets as they transcend space and time. One step beyond a mind trip and dripping with nonsense and color, the video does shed some light on …

Capturing the Polar Vortex

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Unless you were able to experience it in person, it’s tough to describe what it feels like to be trapped in a weather system that broke free of the Arctic. But these 14 photographs just about do the trick. Whether of a Spiderman-clad runner jogging in polar vortex temperatures or of arctic sea smoke rising off of Chicago’s Lake Michigan, the images captured effectively drive …