You’re about to be the most interesting person at your next cocktail party, client dinner, or 8 hour QBR meeting.
Welcome to Click Clique, the monthly creative culture wrap up curated by the Wpromote Creative Department.
Pop by for a quick blast of fascinating, inspiring, imaginative, and straight-up weird bits bubbling up in culture. Then go forth and dazzle your friends and colleagues with a few epic nuggets of cultural gold.
01
One book that will never be available on your Kindle.
LA's Central Library is currently displaying 'the world's largest pop-up book' which measures 31 by 20 feet when open, and weighs nearly a ton. L.A.-based artist and printmaker Daniel González conceived it as a monumental ode to knowledge, discovery, and imagination. Don't even think of trying to sneak this one out past the dozing librarians.
02
Peanut allergy? You might want to skip this one.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands is paying tribute to Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers by re-creating Pindakaasvloer—a famous artwork of his made entirely from peanut butter. Schippers, who died last month, was famous for his absurdist art and sense of humor. Two employees spent several days spreading 800 pounds of smooth peanut butter (roughly 15,000 sandwiches worth!) across a 270-square-foot hexagon. Wonder how many weeks it'll take for them to clean it up?
03
Fighting crime with duct tape...and well, more crime.
A Mexican vigilante dubbed “Batman” is wanted by police for allegedly chasing down suspected motorbike thieves around town and taping them to lampposts. The alleged thieves also had mustaches, cat whiskers and the Spanish word for “thief” scrawled on their faces, with the stolen motorbike propped in front of them for good measure. Please, please, please let this somehow become the plot to the next Batman movie.
04
And now, the latest installment of "Japan Invents The Weirdest S*** Ever."
To help people cope with increasingly hot summers, a Japanese company has debuted a one-person cooling booth that its makers describe as a "human refrigerator." Inspired by Japan's ubiquitous refrigerated vending machines, the Do Hiemon Box is designed to cool the human body quickly. According to the company, users begin to feel noticeably cooler within about five minutes. Spending 10 minutes inside can reduce the symptoms of heat exhaustion by lowering body temperature quickly. And spending the next several centuries inside will give you a decent shot at being resurrected once a future Japanese company figures out cryonics.
05
Definitely don't dwell on what this robot fight means for humanity's survival.
At the world's first 'robot fighting competition' in Shenzen, China, two humanoid robots threw punches and dazzling spinning kicks at each other in a head-to-head, MMA style bout. That is, until one of the robots litererally lost his head. The decapitated robot fought on without missing a beat, and boy are we screwed if the robots ever decide to turn against us.
06
Don't bother asking this man to use his inside voice.
An Australian air conditioner repairman has set the world record for the loudest ever shout by an individual. He yelled the word “now” at 122.4 decibels, a level comparable to a jet aircraft taking off. His shout was recorded in a radio studio by a professional acoustic engineer and with witnesses present. In related news, those people are now deaf.
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What's the Wpromote Creative team listening to?
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