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Back in the day, when speakers were the size of bookcases, we used them as pieces of furniture. They held picture frames, candles, and other knickknacks designed to disguise them. The reason? They were ugly as hell. Now, JLA is reintroducing a larger sound system, only this team it's made…
"You've died of dysentery." "You have typhoid." "You shot 2,000 pounds of meat but will be able to carry back only 200 pounds with the help of party members." If the previous phrases mean anything to you, listen up. Travel Oregon took everyone's favorite wagon adventure and updated it for…
We introduced you to Love Hultèn about two years ago, when the company released this Battleship-esque gaming console. Now the studio that blends tech with stunning craftsmanship is back with Cary42, a video game console inspired by attaché cases. Handcrafted from wood, Cary42 comes packed with 100 classic games, but…
The long-awaited reveal of the new Jeep Wrangler finally went down the other day, as the team at Jeep released the first images of a non-camoed 2018 Wrangler. Here it is in all its glory. As you can tell, Jeep didn't try to reinvent the wheel here. The 2018 Jeep…
As kids, there was no movie prop we wanted more than the lightsaber Luke Skywalker wielded in Return of the Jedi. As a matter of fact, we can't think of a movie prop we want more as an adult, unless you consider a time-traveling DeLorean a "prop." Well, it looks like the…
If Doc Brown needed to take a few passengers back to the future, the DeLorean would have been a poor choice. Let's be honest, space was not the DeLorean's strong suit. The perfect vehicle for hitting 88 mph with some friends and family is this 1967 VW Bus Bus outfitted…
If you put down the cash for one of Taylor Stitch's recently released Moto Jackets but don't have the bike to match, the menswear label has you covered. Taylor Stitch teamed with Alta Motors, an electric bike builder based in Brisbane, California, for a custom take on the brand's Redshift EX…
A dull knife is a dangerous knife. For performance and safety in the kitchen, a sharp blade is a necessity. That's why Habitat knives grabbed our attention. We first introduced one of these knives to you last year. It was a chef's knife that leveraged a patented alloy developed by…
Christo Guelov is an artist from Madrid who must have played with LEGO blocks when he was younger. Why? Well his latest installation looks like a real-life version of a toy bridge we must have built 100 times when we were kids. As part of the "Let's Color Gothenburg" project,…
About a year ago, fed up with traffic, Elon Musk tweeted about solving roadway congestion via a series of tunnels and tracks that shuttle your car past the backup. The Boring Company, as the project was dubbed, seemed too insane to be taken seriously. Then we remembered the man piloting…
In the pantheon of well-known watches, Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona has always stood above the crowd. Now, the watch Newman wore every day for 15 years has some numbers to back that up. Paul Newman's Daytona sold for a whopping $17,752,500 (including buyer's premium) at auction this past week in…
If you're an avid Cool Material reader, you're familiar with The Race of Gentlemen, an event held every year in Wildwood, New Jersey, in which guys and gals don old-timey outfits and race vintage bikes and cars up and down the beach. It's a sight to behold. If you've never been lucky…
The standard flask was not built for sharing. Not only does one not hold that much booze, but it requires you to swap some saliva with your drinking buddy. The Firelight Flask is a flask built for sharing. Included are two tumblers and a large, 750ml flask, which is enough…
As temps dip, surfers need to layer up before hitting the beach. While traversing the cold, hard, wet ground on their way to catch a few waves, proper footwear is in order. Luckily, Vans, a brand that knows a thing or two about action sports, partnered with British surf brand…
Stranger Things returns today and it has us craving all things '80s. So excuse us while we pump some Michael Jackson while trying to cop these new Reebok Ex-O-Fit sneakers. In collaboration with Bait, the sneakers pay homage to the Netflix series with a Stranger Things logo on the sole. Without…
