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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

By Cool Material
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Black versus Color Wedding

When it comes to wedding planning, the options are generally limited to "will there be a bar during dinner?", "is the ceremony going to be held in a church," and "how much white do we want the entire ceremony to have?" Ryan and Von--from Boom Studios and Ivy Creative, respectively--decided…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Banksy Just Opened a Store in London

Everything Banksy does is surrounded in air of mystery and controversy, but none of his works hold a candle to the situation that caused him to open a store in the Croydon area of London. A year ago, an unnamed greeting card company started litigation to take over the trademark…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Twist: A Museum That Doubles as a Bridge in Norway

Every time we think Bjarke Ingels and the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) couldn't possibly come up with anything else that would impress us as much as their previous projects, they do. The Twist at the Kistefos sculpture park in Norway is the perfect example of BIG's ability to bring the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tom Sachs ‘Timeline’ Is a Retrospective of Some of the Artist’s Most Famous Works

Tom Sachs is one of those contemporary artists that many would consider polarizing. On one hand, carving your name into a Stanley tape measure with a new sticker on it and then selling it for $250 is completely absurd. On the other hand, designing the Nike x Tom Sachs Exploding…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Please Be Seated’ Wavy Wooden Bench in London

British designer Paul Cocksedge has created quite a few interesting pieces over the years for a number of high profile clients like BMW, Hermes, Sony and the like. But it's the work the eponymous studio does with the London Design Festival every year that always intrigues us most. This year…

By Cooper Fleishman
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