Hipsters

Some of the World’s Most Beautiful Skate Decks Come From the Back of This Truck

Craftsmanship. Beauty. Customization. Brooklyn. DL Skateboards, purveyors of skate decks and owners of impressive arm tattoos, specializes in all four. And they do it all from the back of a box truck that they picked up in New Hampshire. Cool Hunting takes an extended look at Lauren Andino and Derek Mabra, the duo that make…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 29

Brooklyn hipsters try to guess what the Higgs Boson is

If you’ve been following the excitement about yesterday’s Higgs Boson discovery, now’s your chance to feel vaguely smug. Vice Magazine’s Motherboard went out in Brooklyn and asked hipsters what the Higgs Boson is — and their answers may alarm you somewhat. Science literacy is taking a back seat to hairstyle mechanics in this country, judging…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 5

The Hipster X-Men were feared and loathed by humanity before it was cool

What if Wolverine worked as an artisanal maple syrup farmer who made side cash ironically fronting a Bryan Adams cover band with his single-monikered, flannel-wearing friends “Puck” and “Sasquatch?” Then he’d probably be hanging out with some of these X-Hipsters designed by Nate Bellegrade. It looks like Emma Frost plays the role of the strung-out…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 23

Hipster Ariel and Harry Potter aren’t too cool for cosplay

So it seems that hipster cosplay is officially a thing, but at least it’s a pretty funny thing when it’s done well. Hipsters Ariel and Harry prove that cosplay — and making fun of hipsters — is never too mainstream. Hipster Ariel is most likely inspired by the Hipster Ariel meme, but that doesn’t mean…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 14

Thanks to time travel, Hipster Companion did everything before it was cool

New companion Jenna-Louise Coleman hasn’t even been on an episode of Doctor Who yet, but she’s already a meme. That’s because she’s the Hipster Companion, on the cutting edge of everything in time and space. The Hipster Companion tumblr is the bespectacled brain child of the fabulous Jill Pantozzi and Chris George. There are only…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 31

Hipster He-Man and Other High-Fashion Cartoon Heroes

He-Man has been around since 1980, and it’s high time he got a wardrobe update. Illustrator Fabian Ciraolo is happy to oblige, designing new looks for the prince of Eternia and other cartoon favorites: the Thundercats, Jem, Captain Planet, and She-Ra all earn themselves a fashion makeover. Ciraolo’s Oldschool Heroes series does look like it…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 24

Skinny Jeans: The Staple of a Well-Dressed Geek’s Wardrobe

Skinny jeans have been mocked in song, and at least one unfortunate guy has been roughed up for wearing them. Yet the skinny denim style is not waning. Quite the contrary! Slim-fit denim has moved beyond weird or femmy or punk rock and it’s now simply the mark of a sharp-dressed man. About which every…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Feb 24

From Winston Churchill to Andre 3000: The Ecclectic Appeal of the Bow Tie

No one wears ties anymore. Even fewer people wear bow ties. They’re really freaking hard to tie, for one. And the resulting aesthetic is, shall we say, unusual. But when Brad Goreski, fashion stylist to celebrities and designer Kate Spade, chose his outfits for the Fall and Winter 2012 fashion shows this past week in…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Feb 17

Elderly future hipsters reminisce about the Internet’s glory days

Once hipsters start collecting social security, how will all those ironic t-shirts and QR code tattoos hold up? Will the future elderly tell their grandchildren about their nebulous community manager jobs and funny cat videos? This video stares 50 years into the future, when aging hipster remember the golden age of the Internet. This is…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 10

What Does It Mean to Be a Photographer These Days?

According to the most popular definition on Urban Dictionary, it’s “what just about every scene kid and hipster under the age of 25 calls themselves these days. Many own Canon Rebel xtis and rely heavily on cropping and Photoshop filters to give their otherwise mundane photos an “artsy” feel.” Continuing on, our wisecrackin’ dictionary writer…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 20

Pocket Hipster Tells You How Terrible Your Taste in Music Is and Suggests Cool Indie Music to Listen to Instead

Look at that fucking hipster. With his suspenders, fixed gear bike and ironic mustache. What the hell is he good for? Anything? Yes, actually! Hipsters are fantastic at suggesting good music and that’s exactly what this iPhone app does. Pocket Hipster berates your crappy music taste (which all hipsters do) and suggests indie music to…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 25

At last scientists offer a possible explanation for urban hipsters

We’ve all seen the movie set-ups. Some fresh young thing gets off a bus from nowheresville and walks breathless through the Big City. They gape at the tall buildings, the fast cars, and the strange people. Look! There’s a guy with three assistants all dressed in matching uniforms! There’s a woman with a mohawk! Over…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 24

Watch a MacBook Air Get Blown Up With Dynamite

What to do with your aging MacBook Air now that Apple’s introduced two shiny new models? Blow it up, of course. Blow it up with two sticks of M-1000 dynamite. https://gizmodo.com/new-macbook-airs-faster-lighter-instant-on-30-day-s-5668810 Since there were hipsters involved, I’m assuming the whole project was conceived somehow ironically. But ultimately they’re right; there’s something poetic about a MacBook…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 25

Geeks Versus Hipsters

It makes me sad—emo-kid sad. Why do so many self-proclaimed geeks hold so much disdain for so-called hipsters? Geeks are—by most definitions—obsessive. Sure, there are garden-variety geeks who are interested in computers, videogames, and science fiction, but we’ve generally come to accept that people can geek out on just about anything: sewing machines; exobiology; turnip…

Tech News Joel Johnson Oct 4

In mythical Brooklyn, the Karma Police are very real

In Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell, hipsters rub elbows with minor deities, angels spend their downtime getting stoned, and followers of Richard Dawkins are seen as irrational loonies. It’s also a world where bad karma has very real consequences. Darwin Carmichael is a typical Brooklynite. He lives in a dingy walk-up. He rides a…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Aug 14

28 Ways Microsoft Could Market the Kin to Non-Hipster Demographics

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to help Microsoft take aim at some demographics other than hipsters. And while technically these entries fit that criteria, I’m not sure how many phones they’d sell. Yikes. https://gizmodo.com/hey-microsoft-enough-with-the-hipsters-5516318

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 20

Help Microsoft Market to Demographics Other Than Hipsters

So Herrman thinks Microsoft needs to cool it with marketing to hipsters. OK! Let’s help them out by creating some marketing materials that aim at some underrepresented demographics. https://gizmodo.com/hey-microsoft-enough-with-the-hipsters-5516318 Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with Microsoft Marketing in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs under 800k in size,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 16

Hey Microsoft: Enough With the Hipsters

Do you wear silly hats? Glasses that cover more than 35% percent of your face? Have a beard, even though you can’t fully grow one? Wear jeans that fit extraordinarily well? Love coke? Then you’ll adore Microsoft’s Kin, in theory! https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-kin-the-perfect-phone-for-sidekick-fans-5515236 If there’s one word that comes to mind when you see Microsoft’s Kin marketing…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 13

New Hipster Affectation: Urban Oil Prospecting (Cardigan Not Included)

This DIY oil detector, essentially a modified metal detector, is the hottest new accessory for city-dwelling hipsters worldwide. Plus, it matches terrifically with a beard. The metal detector is outfitted with a relatively inexpensive “combustible gas sensor” that can detect pockets of oil, and the creator notes that the entire mod can be completed for…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 8

USB Awesome Laptop Speaker Is Bendy, Looks Vintage-y

If this self-declared Awesome Laptop Speaker is like most of the wares you buy at Urban Outfitters, you’re probably paying a hefty markup for poorly made crap on the basis of its pseudo-vintage aesthetics (and it matches your MBP!). But supposedly this USB speaker (which is, admittedly, attractive) will pump out The Arcade Fire with…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan May 16

Some of the World’s Most Beautiful Skate Decks Come From the Back of This Truck

Brooklyn hipsters try to guess what the Higgs Boson is

The Hipster X-Men were feared and loathed by humanity before it was cool

Hipster Ariel and Harry Potter aren’t too cool for cosplay

Thanks to time travel, Hipster Companion did everything before it was cool

Hipster He-Man and Other High-Fashion Cartoon Heroes

Skinny Jeans: The Staple of a Well-Dressed Geek’s Wardrobe

From Winston Churchill to Andre 3000: The Ecclectic Appeal of the Bow Tie

Elderly future hipsters reminisce about the Internet’s glory days

What Does It Mean to Be a Photographer These Days?

Pocket Hipster Tells You How Terrible Your Taste in Music Is and Suggests Cool Indie Music to Listen to Instead

At last scientists offer a possible explanation for urban hipsters

Watch a MacBook Air Get Blown Up With Dynamite

Geeks Versus Hipsters

In mythical Brooklyn, the Karma Police are very real

28 Ways Microsoft Could Market the Kin to Non-Hipster Demographics

Help Microsoft Market to Demographics Other Than Hipsters

Hey Microsoft: Enough With the Hipsters

New Hipster Affectation: Urban Oil Prospecting (Cardigan Not Included)

USB Awesome Laptop Speaker Is Bendy, Looks Vintage-y

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