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JURA’s New Coffee Machine Is Overqualified for Your Countertop
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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in October 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in October 2026.

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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

The drinks, the music, the vibes, and everything else you need to end summer on a high note.

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The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair

The perfect balance of polished and undone, without the crunch, grease, or obvious effort.

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Hinoki Is Back with a New Line of Essential Kitchen Knives

A few years ago, Hinoki bust onto the scene with the stylish, well-built and effective slicer-and-dicer we'd learn to love as the S1 Gyuto Chef's Knife. The brand has grown a lot in the three years since we covered their first Kickstarter, but their core tenets of high-quality, Japanese-crafted knifes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Artist Spent Two Years Photographing Everything She Owns

Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins has always produced works that deal with her obsession of aesthetic, beauty, human oddness and, in our opinion, that thin line between personal intimacy and vulnerability. Her latest project, Katalog, is perhaps the best example of this voyeuristic style and puts her front and center through…

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Bivacco Brédy Shelter

Looking like a giant Polaroid camera from some angles, the Bivacco Brédy in the Aosta Valley in Italy provides shelter in the most beautiful of ways. Most importantly, it was created to honor the memory of Claudio Brédy, a former politician and lover of the mountains who tragically lost his…

By Amos Kwon
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“Royal” House

To "live among the trees" doesn't mean you have to carve out a monastic experience and sleep in a self-made shelter. William Kaven Architecture just built a "Royal" domicile spanning 4,352 square feet in the rich Oregonian forest. Located in Forest Park, close to downtown Portland, the two stacked structures…

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Iceland’s Sky Lagoon

It's only been a few months of quarantine, but these days, it feels like we've been trapped inside for a lifetime. To say we're looking forward to getting out and exploring the world at large like we used to do would be the understatement of the year. That's where Iceland's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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