Wylie Overstreet
The Messograf Pen
Your average guy uses an an average pen: unremarkable and cheap. It writes, and that's the extent of its talents (maybe you occasionally use it to pensively chew on). But considering we all use a writing implement virtually every single day, it makes sense that aforementioned implement incorporates a little…
Sharpie Stainless Steel Permanent Marker
You likely gained an affinity for Sharpie markers sometime in college, when you were adorning your friend's forehead with the appropriate motifs of vulgarity and genitals. Along those lines, you likely learned about the ink's astounding resilience when your friend returned the favor the night before your Geo final. Times…
A History of the World According to Facebook
Towards the end of last year, I found myself up against an article deadline for this website while a few cocktails deep. This is not a great place to be, because a) you’re short on time, b) anything you write seems totally awesome, and c) it isn’t. You submit it…
The New Art
This post is brought to you by Saab. At Saab, we believe in independent thinking. It’s in everything we do. Learn more here. Graffiti has existed for decades as simple gang tags on street corners, illegible writing on subway cars, or bathroom stall words of wisdom on penis size and/or…
Bizarre World Records
This post is brought to you by Saab. At Saab, we believe in independent thinking. It’s in everything we do. Learn more here. World records are usually spoken of in terms of the professional athlete, with time, distance, speed and strength being the facto units of measurement. But as any…
Bizarre World Records
This post is brought to you by Saab. At Saab, we believe in independent thinking. It’s in everything we do. Learn more here. World records are usually spoken of in terms of the professional athlete, with time, distance, speed and strength being the facto units of measurement. But as any…
5 Iconoclasts and their Moment
Over the eons, the arc of human history has been bent towards a new future by many things: the invention of the wheel, the signing of the Magna Carta, the Renaissance, the split atom, a modified DeLorean. Many contend that history is shaped slowly, by the ebbs of cultural and…
Behind Simple Ingenuity: The stories behind some of the simplest–and most brilliant–inventions ever
This post is brought to you by Saab. At Saab, we believe in independent thinking. It’s in everything we do. Learn more here. Some of the greatest inventions of the modern era--the microprocessor, the internal combustion engine, Bloody Marys--took years of development and contain complex systems and parts working in…
Apps We Wish Existed
In the last several years, Apps have become ubiquitous in everyday life. They have cute names like Shazam or Emoji, and do cute things like read barcodes or slice digital fruit. And while that's great, we at Cool Material sometimes wish we had Apps that could do... well, more. A…
Charlie Sheen’s Crossword Leaked
New twists in Charlie Sheen's well-publicized Oct. 26th bender just don't stop coming. The details of the night have been colorful enough already--a drunken, drug-addled, and very naked Sheen tearing apart his Plaza hotel room in search of his missing wallet and watch while a terrified pornstar cowered in the…
What Mark Zuckerberg Could Buy with His $6.9 Billion
A few weeks ago 26 year-old Mark Zuckerberg—the founder of Facebook, for those of you who’ve been living in a cave—was recently ranked on the Forbes 400 at #35 with 6.9 billion dollars. This is an exceptionally large amount of money. So large, in fact, it can be hard to comprehend,…
Linear Edge Track Artwork
If you think these are abstract pieces of line art, you're not a racing fan. These are the furthest thing from abstract, actually; they're perfect reproductions of some of the world's most vaunted race tracks. From Le Mans to Donnington Park to Laguna Seca, these tracks have seen many a…
75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking
If you and your buddy are in a battle over who can purchase the most ridiculously large book, then you have just won. Beyond that, Paul Levitz's seminal anthology on one of the greatest comic book labels ever is worth your while anyway. With more than two thousand images, covers,…
Whiskey Barrel Flooring
In our opinion, wood floors are the only way to go. They're beautiful and classy... like Demi Moore, while something like linoleum is cheap and easy... like Lindsey Lohan. But not all wood floors are created equal. Reclaimed wood, which carries with it the beauty that's only found with age,…
