[Best Of 2013] A Roundup Of Our End Of The Year Lists

Though you may be at your wit’s end when it comes to end of the year roundups, we wanted to make things easy for our readers and put all of our Best of 2013 lists together in one succinct spot. 

There were many good ones around the web, but few sites that zoned in on both the best GIFs and the best viral art installations of 2013. So kill some time before you head to the warzone known as your public shopping outlet, and revisit our best picks from the past year. 

The Year In Emoji

We started things off with the Year in Emojis, including emoji wallpaper, art history, and iPhone apps. After we published this list, Oneohtrix Point Never released an emoji-centric music video that even got its own transcription on AdHoc. 

The Year In Music Videos

Rather than arbitrarily pick our favorite clips of the year, we decided to do a throwback and organize our favorite videos, high school year book style. We awarded superlatives to our favorite artists–including Most Spirited for Beach House’s “Wishes” and Class Clown for Mac Demarco’s “Dreamin”.

The Year in Fashion x Tech

Our Viral Style columnists put together the craziest things they found at the intersection of fashion and technology this year–from fake digital girlfriends to the work of Asher Levine and Will Fry. 

The Year In GIFS

Believe what you want, it’s pronounced “jif” like the peanut butter (though, to be honest, we still use the hard “ga” sound). Regardless of your pronunciation bias, Creators Project favorites, Reed + Rader, were kind enough to pick their favorite wiggling images from the past year, including moving images of Banksy, Batman comics, and their own awesome fashion shoots. 

The Year In Architecture

Our friends at Architizer picked out some of this year’s best (mind-boggling) constructions, including works by the ever-iconic Zaha Hadid, and Frank Gehry. Take a look at their list–and who knows, maybe some of their picks will become future legends of Gehry status. 

The Year In Viral Art

By now you’ve seen thousands of selfies at the Kusama exhibition (or, more realistically, bored/humorous tweets from the line outside the Rain Room). Well, we compiled a list of the most selfie-worthy exhibitions of the year. These are the most viral, brag-to-your-family pieces of the year. Just don’t get those 1000-yard stare flashbacks while reminded of the waiting lines. 

The Year In Creativity 

The Creators Project Editor-In-Chief did a round-up of the best in creativity throughout the year. There is so much stuff in here that your mind may explode all over your face. Be weary, but get excited. 2013 was a crazy year–we can’t wait for the insanity that will inevitably be on our 2014 Year’s End Lists. We need a breather first, though…

To check out a few other cool lists from around the web, check out these:

Fader’s Listmania

My Modern Met’s Photos Of The Year

Fact Magazine’s Best Album Covers

Happy Holidays!