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The Vault of Culture is an edited, semi-scholarly space devoted to publishing a wide range of approaches to a variety of cultural and aesthetic objects: https://www.vaultofculture.com/
The “Ennui sur Blasé” metro map in The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson, 2021) resembles an NST variant (particularly the “lignes” map displayed in various exhibitions): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1483: The French Dispatch (2021) — The Vault of Culture
The “Ennui sur Blasé” metro map in The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson, 2021) resembles an NST variant (particularly the “lignes” map displayed in various exhibitions).
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Classic string boards appear in a key location in MindsEye (Build a Rocket Boy, 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1482: MindsEye (2025) — The Vault of Culture
Classic string boards appear in a key location in MindsEye (Build a Rocket Boy, 2025).
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A classic string board appears in the introduction of Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator (Nick Nieuwoudt & Dominik Latos, 2026): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1481: Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator (2026) — The Vault of Culture
A classic string board appears in the introduction of Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator (Nick Nieuwoudt & Dominik Latos, 2026).
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Building on the motif of a variant cover for issue #1, red string appears on the cover and interiors of Land of Never #2 (Mad Cave, 2026): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1480: Land of Never #2 (2026) — The Vault of Culture
Building on the motif of a variant cover for issue #1 [NST #1456], red string appears on the cover and interiors of Land of Never #2 (Mad Cave, 2026).
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A classic string wall appears in John P. McNamee’s “Guess I’m the problem” cartoon, posted to instagram (27 July 2026): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1479: "Guess I'm the problem" (2026) — The Vault of Culture
A classic string wall appears in John P. McNamee’s “Guess I’m the problem” cartoon, posted to instagram (27 July 2026).
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In addition to an early example in the game, a classic, pixelated board appears in Echo Generation (Cococucumber, 2021): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1478: Echo Generation (2021) — The Vault of Culture
In addition to an early example in the game, a classic, pixelated board appears in Echo Generation (Cococucumber, 2021).
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A classic board, with rubber-band instead of string, appears in Silent Hours (dir. Mark Greenstreet, 2021): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1477: Silent Hours (2021) — The Vault of Culture
A classic board, with rubber-band instead of string, appears in Silent Hours (dir. Mark Greenstreet, 2021).
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Strategic red string appears on a war map in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (dir. Susanna White, 2010): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/2026/0...
NST #1476: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) — The Vault of Culture
Strategic red string appears on a war map in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (dir. Susanna White, 2010).
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A classic string board appears in A Haunted House 2 (dir. Michael Tiddes, 2014): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1475: A Haunted House 2 (2014) — The Vault of Culture
A classic string board appears in A Haunted House 2 (dir. Michael Tiddes, 2014).
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Classic investigation boards appears in Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Headfirst Productions/Bethesda Softworks, 2006): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/2026/0...
NST #1474: Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2006) — The Vault of Culture
Classic investigation boards appears in Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Headfirst Productions/Bethesda Softworks, 2006).
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An installment of “Menopause Cop” features a “wish I could murder board” versus a paltry “murder board from the case” in Urzila s01e03 (ABC iView, 2026): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1473: Urzila s01e03 (2026) — The Vault of Culture
An installment of “Menopause Cop” features a “wish I could murder board” versus a paltry “murder board from the case” in Urzila s01e03 (ABC iView, 2026).
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A delightful explainer video from the Buckinghamshire Archives (@bucksarchives.bsky.social) posted to Bluesky on 14 July 2026 contains a cheeky stringboard toward the end: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1472: "Who doesn't love a bit of gossip?" Buckinghamshire Archives (2026) — The Vault of Culture
A delightful explainer video from the Buckinghamshire Archives posted to Bluesky on 14 July 2026 contains a cheeky stringboard toward the end.
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Walt Disney’s “Flywheel” diagram, describing its many internal promotional mechanisms, prepared for investors in 1957, resembles the classic form of the “it’s all connected” diagram: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1471: Disney Flywheel diagram (1957) — The Vault of Culture
Walt Disney’s “Flywheel” diagram, describing its many internal promotional mechanisms, prepared for investors in 1957, resembles the classic form of the “it’s all connected” diagram.
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The trailer for the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2027) contains a classic investigation wall: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1470: Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (2027), trailer — The Vault of Culture
The trailer for the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2027) contains a classic investigation wall.
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The trailer for the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2027) contains a classic investigation wall: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1470: Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (2027), trailer — The Vault of Culture
The trailer for the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2027) contains a classic investigation wall.
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A classic investigation board with string appears in Blade: The Series s01e03 (Spike, 2006): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1469: Blade: The Series s01e03 (2006) — The Vault of Culture
A classic investigation board with string appears in Blade: The Series s01e03 (Spike, 2006).
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A classic string board appears in The Bear s04e02 (FX, 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1468: The Bear s04e02 (2025) — The Vault of Culture
A classic string board appears in The Bear s04e02 (FX, 2025).
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A classic red-string wall appears in Past Life (dir. Simeon Halligan, 2026): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1466: Past Life (2026) — The Vault of Culture
A classic red-string wall appears in Past Life (dir. Simeon Halligan, 2026).
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Rob Matthews’s Entopic Graphomania series, connecting the use of a single letter across a page, produces related variants: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1467: Rob Matthews, "Entopic Graphomania" — The Vault of Culture
Rob Matthews’s Entopic Graphomania series, connecting the use of a single letter across a page, produces related variants.
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As expected, the cover of Andrew McKenzie-McHarg’s The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory (Princeton University Press, 2026) features a hand-drawn variant on its cover: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1464: The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory (2026) — The Vault of Culture
As expected, the cover of Andrew McKenzie-McHarg’s The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory (Princeton University Press, 2026) features a hand-drawn variant on its cover.
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A classic full-wall variant appears in Chapter 51 (dir. Tyler Shields, 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1463: Chapter 51 (2025) — The Vault of Culture
A classic full-wall variant appears in Chapter 51 (dir. Tyler Shields, 2025).
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A small string element appears on one investigation board in Metro Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver, 2019): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1462: Metro Exodus (2019) — The Vault of Culture
A small string element appears on one investigation board in Metro Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver, 2019).
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A classic corkboard variant appears throughout The Kleptocrats (dirs. Sam Hobkinson & Havana Marking, 2018): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1461: The Kleptocrats (2018) — The Vault of Culture
A classic corkboard variant appears throughout The Kleptocrats (dirs. Sam Hobkinson & Havana Marking, 2018).
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Ned Leeds has a classic investigation wall behind him in his overview of his Spidey Tracker (part of the promotion for the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day [2026]), as seen on social media: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1460: Ned Leeds, Spidey Tracker ad (2026) — The Vault of Culture
Ned Leeds has a classic investigation wall behind him in his overview of his Spidey Tracker (part of the promotion for the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day [2026]), as seen on social media.
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The menu screen of Hidden Objects - Items Find (AAG Brothers Software Design, 2026): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1459: Hidden Objects - Item Find (2026) — The Vault of Culture
The menu screen of Hidden Objects - Items Find (AAG Brothers Software Design, 2026).
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Key locations on a classic fantasy map are connected by string in Red Sonja (dir. M.J. Bassett, 2025): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1458: Red Sonja (2025) — The Vault of Culture
Key locations on a classic fantasy map are connected by string in Red Sonja (dir. M.J. Bassett, 2025).
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Social media promotion for San Jose State University’s “Deep Dive in F5VE,” such as this ad for an interview with Artie Patel (2026), uses digital red string: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1457: SJSU's "Deep Dive in F5VE" (2026) — The Vault of Culture
Social media promotion for San Jose State University’s “Deep Dive in F5VE,” such as this ad for an interview with Artie Patel (2026), uses digital red string.
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The Sebastián Píriz variant cover for Land of Never #1 (Mad Cave, 2026) features some classic red string: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1456: Land of Never #1 (2026), Sebastián Píriz cover — The Vault of Culture
The Sebastián Píriz variant cover for Land of Never #1 (Mad Cave, 2026) features some classic red string.
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Trailers for Pressure (dir. Anthony Maras, 2026) promise at least one classic planning variant: www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1455: Pressure (2026) — The Vault of Culture
Trailers for Pressure (dir. Anthony Maras, 2026) promise at least one classic planning variant.
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A nice obsessive wall (and floor) appears in Warner Bros.’s Jason Blum’s Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (dir. Lee Cronin, 2026): www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/20...
NST #1454: Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) — The Vault of Culture
A nice obsessive wall (and floor) appears in Warner Bros.’s Jason Blum’s Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (dir. Lee Cronin, 2026).
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