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‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Jedi’ Poster

If it wasn’t for a last-minute decision by George Lucas, Episode VI of the Star Wars saga would have gone by the title Star Wars: Revenge of the Jedi. Fearing “revenge” wasn’t an appropriate Jedi aspiration,…

The Dude Abiding Kit

For some, what The Dude preached in The Big Lebowski was a religion, something akin to Zen Buddhism, only with more of an emphasis on weed and White Russians. If you subscribe to what El Duderino…

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The Casper Wave Mattress Is the Secret to a Good Night’s Sleep

Listen, we get it. You have a million things you need to get done on a daily basis before you can even think about going to bed. The mattress you're spending one third of your life on is probably the last thing you're thinking about. But it shouldn't be, because a good night's sleep is key to a productive day. Want the best sleep ever? Get Casper's outrageously comfortable and award-winning Wave mattress to see what you've been missing. With a 100 night sleep-on-it trial, you have no reason not to try it.

Muir Way Hydrology Map Series

We’re suckers for maps. Having an attractive one on the wall reminds us to get out there and see the world. Since we’re always on the hunt for unique ones, we find ourselves checking Muir…

Scrabble Tile Lights

Before Fortnite and online FIFA tourneys, people gathered around a table and played board games. Archaic, right? Remember those rage-filled family game nights with these Scrabble Tile Lights, which let you display a word or two of…

Famous Logos Redesigned with Their Font Names

If you’re anything like us, you probably spend way too much time nerding out about fonts and their use in design. Italian designer Emanuele Abrate is one of those people, too. For Logofonts, a recent…

Dieter Rams Limited-Edition Prints

Dieter Rams is a legendary designer that has undoubtedly influenced your life in some way even if you’re not acutely aware of it. From the Braun calculator and radio, to the Vitsoe shelving systems, everything…

Own a Piece of the Death Star

This is no piece of a moon. This is a piece of a space station. Forty-one years ago, this prop was created as a piece of the Death Star, and can be seen when Rebel…

Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Collection of Vintage Neon Signs

We’ve never wanted to transform our office into something as bright as the Vegas Strip as much as we do right now. That’s because RM Sotheby’s is set to auction off a collection of classic…

Not the Moon

Rene Magritte has a painting entitled “The Treachery of Images” that you’re probably familiar with. It’s a painting of a pipe with the phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”) underneath.…

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A Design Studio Came Up With a Clever Way to Redo a Restaurant’s Bathroom Without Changing Its Old Tiles

Gyva Grafika is a design studio in Kaunas, Lithuania, that was tasked with redesigning the bathroom inside Galeria Urbana, a restaurant also in the city of Kaunas. The only stipulation? They needed to keep the…

Own a Door From a Famous Artist’s Home at the Chelsea Hotel

About a decade ago, the iconic Chelsea Hotel (aka Hotel Chelsea or just The Chelsea) that artists, authors and musicians ranging from Andy Warhol and Bob Marley to Jack Kerouac and Jackson Pollack called home…

Risko Modular Drawing Desk

When it comes to the desk in your home or office, a lot of the requirements and features are going to depend on what you’re using it for. If you’re an artist, the Risko Modular…

Photographer Reuben Wu Uses Drones to Light Mountainous Landscapes

Throughout his career, Chicago-based photographer Reuben Wu has traveled the globe taking magical pictures of everything from solar farms to the open road. In his latest project, Lux Noctis, Reuben Wu uses drones to light…

An Artist Made a Model of Midtown Manhattan Out of Computer Parts

Not every artist works with paint and canvas. Zayd Menk, an artist based in Zimbabwe, uses computer parts, hot glue, and basically anything he can find in his junk drawer. The results are stunning. Just…

IKEA Hasselblad Collection

Normally we’d advise against buying artwork from a store like IKEA, urging you instead to considers smaller shops and lesser-known artists so your home is more unique. Well, we’re putting a big caveat in that…

8 Jigsaw Puzzles for Grown Men

Gone are the days of the big box, local general store puzzle. When you’re killing time at a family gathering or at home by yourself or with a loved one, grab a puzzle that actually…

Numen / For Use Makes Tape Sculptures You Can Climb Through

As part of the recent Drawing in Space exhibit at the Des Moines Art Center, artists from all over the world were tapped to create large-scale, site specific installations in the I.M. Pei designed space.…

INK Plainbody Car Prints

London-based design studio INK is helping you display your love of the automobile with the Plainbody series of prints, each of which highlights a single race car in all its basic beauty. The cars are…

Vestaboard Is a Connected Split-Flap Display For Your Home

There’s something charming about the split-flap train displays throughout Europe and parts of the U.S. The clacking shuffle of tiles is a bizarre pleasure to the ears. Now you can bring a little of that…

Be Kind Online Is Modeled After WPA Posters of the 1930s

The poster you see here started over a few beers. Designers Michael Buchino and BT Livermore wanted to create a print that addressed a modern subject but depicted it in a style reminiscent of WPA…

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