If you’re practicing guitar at home, you need an amp. Our current favorite is the Spark Pearl, a special edition of Positive Grids’ #1 best-selling guitar practice amp that adds stylish presence to any room…
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This Is the World’s Smallest & Most Powerful Outdoor Projector
After more than a decade of reviewing products, we’ve come to realize that the adage big things come in small packages isn’t always true. Filmatic has proved us wrong with their ridiculously small and powerful…
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Jim Heimann and Steven Heller’s “Toys” Covers a Decade of Toy Ads
While toys these days seems to be more concerned with safety regulations and political correctness than they are with the fun for intended users, this wasn’t always the case. Jim Heimann and Steven Heller aim…
‘The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life’
If we’re being completely honest, fishing was never something that really appealed to us outside of the fact it afforded us to be alone for hours at a time while drinking beer in the process.…
ELEVATOR Is the Email You Should Be Reading Every Week
ELEVATOR is like finding $10 in your pocket. It’s a welcome surprise each time it lands in your inbox. Every edition is filled with interesting, thought-provoking eye and brain candy from the corners of the…
Mother’s Day Gifts: 50 Under $50
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and as always, it’s the perfect opportunity to take time to show the Moms, Moms to Be, Step Moms, Mother In laws, Grandmothers and Female Mentors in your…
Boombox Candle
When it comes to boomboxes, there is no option more iconic than the JVC RC M90–aka The King. Whether it’s the soaring secondary prices, the feature on LL Cool J’s Radio album cover, the presence…
Spotify’s Car Thing Makes It Easier Than Ever to Stream While You’re Driving
There’s no better way to enjoy your time in the car than with your favorite music, news, entertainment or good conversation. On those rare occasions when you don’t have another person to occupy you, you…
Eric NG’s Popular Miniature ‘Sneaker Eulogy’ Paintings Have Become a Book
Sydney-based architect and designer Eric Ng has spent the last few years paring down his impressive sneaker collection and, in the process, documenting his favorites with a series of miniature paintings that capture his favorites…
Fender American Acoustasonic Guitars
The past year or so has made it possible for all of us to pick up new hobbies we’ve been putting off forever whether it be painting, bread making, or finally learning to play the…
Luckbox Is Your Guide to Life, Money & Probability
Stay on top of all things investing, sports, gambling, business, cryptocurrencies, politics, entertainment, life, money and probabilities–without having to spend a single dime on the knowledge–with Luckbox. The most awarded new magazine of the last…
‘Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans’ Coffee Table Book
More than half a century ago, an unknown high school dropout named Paul Van Doren would start a shoe company beloved by the likes of skaters, creatives, the counterculture and every other cool person you…
Carchitecture: Houses with Horsepower
We sometimes recognize that car design is influenced by aircraft and boats, but it’s also very true that great automotive design has had a direct effect on other fields, including architecture. The book Carchitecture: Houses…
‘TATTOO’ Explores over 200 Years of Tattoo History
Adoring the body with permanent art–yes, we’re talking about tattoos–has been commonplace for thousands of years. For more than the last four decades, legendary Dutch tattoo artist and historian Henk Schiffmacher–aka Hendrikus Johannes Everhardus Schiffmacher, aka Hanky…
‘Patented’ Chronicles a Century of Fascinating Product and Industrial Design
Whether you’re talking about beer, brutalist architecture, chairs, living on water, the universe America, coffee or just about anything else, it’s a fair bet that renowned publisher Phaidon has published at least one hardcover tome…
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
The famous comedian and actor has come out with a book of essays. Yes, read that line again. Yearbook is a collection of funny essays based on true stories in Rogen’s life. The book covers…
Anthony Bourdain’s Posthumous Travel Book ‘World Travel: An Irreverent Guide’ is Available for Pre-Order
Whether it comes to our favorite knives, TV shows, or ways to travel, there’s no denying the fact that Anthony Bourdain had a huge influence on each and every one of the people here at…
Daft Punk Call It Quits With 8 Min Long Epilogue Video
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, or you just don’t care about music, the electronic musical duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo–aka Daft Punk–just called it…
‘The Book’ Is the Ultimate Modern Guide To Rebuilding a Civilization From Past Knowledge
We’ve all thought about if and how we’d be able to survive during the apocalypse or if we were transported to the past. What would happen to civilization? Would humanity survive? Would we have to…
‘The Book’ Is the Ultimate Modern Guide To Rebuilding a Civilization From Past Knowledge
We’ve all thought about if and how we’d be able to survive during the apocalypse or if we were transported to the past. What would happen to civilization? Would humanity survive? Would we have to…