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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About

Forget the usual suspects. We found worthwhile deals on menswear, watches, luggage, design, fragrance, books, and more.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

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Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in August 2026

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

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’90s Solitaire Playing Cards

Before Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Flappy Bird and even Minesweeper, one of the best ways you could kill some time was with Solitaire on your Windows 3.0 computer. The iconic designs of Solitaire that almost of us are familiar with were created by Susan Kare (who just so…

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Travelbox Stores an Entire Apartment Inside

Stefan Juust is an architect with a very different perspective on what's essential. The Travelbox he designed contains a basic set of furnishings made from wood and aluminum all packaged neatly inside the 132lb, 4' x ~7' box. Inside the Travelbox you'll find a bed, table, chair, bike and a set of…

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Grooming Products Made From Carlsberg Beer

Carlsberg, one of the five largest "brewery groups" in the world, takes their beer very, very seriously. So seriously in fact that when they asked Erik Lund, Head Brewer, Brewing Science and Technology (yes, that's actually his title), to make the Beauty Series of men's products using actual Carlsberg beer…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Silver Army Men

In the Vietnam era, Louis Marx & Co toys (the same company that would later develop Big Wheels) began selling sets of little plastic figurines that looked like army men. More than half a century later you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn't have at least one fond memory playing…

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This Poster Features All 468 NYC Subway Stations

Good design is both useful and memorable. And that's just what Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda achieved when they redid the New York City subway system signage in 1967. Though not exactly the same as it is today, this poster is an homage to the duo's work. Officially licensed by…

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