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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in May 2026
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A Curated List of Memorial Day Sales

The internet is on sale. Here’s where to start.

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Review: One Year With the Tiami Mattress

Upgrading to Tiami turned sleep into something I look forward to every night. Don’t miss their Memorial Day Weekend Sale.

By Adam Szafranski
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My Girlfriend Loves Design, So I Got Her an Arc Alarm Clock from NanuElectrics

Useful can be beautiful. The best gifts are.

By Johnny Motley
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Whale-Shaped Australian Underwater Discovery Centre

You don't have to pull a Jonah to get in the belly of a whale. Okay, so this one's not alive, and it probably doesn't smell like rotting krill inside. London Architecture firm Baca Architects designed the Australian Underwater Discovery Centre to be fun and also pay homage to the…

By Amos Kwon
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Best Made Rolling Footlocker

Whether you're talking aprons, notebooks, tees or axes, Best Made has always impressed with their modern takes on classic pieces. This is especially true when it comes to their toolboxes and storage containers. Their latest is the Best Made Rolling Footlocker you see here. Made in the USA out of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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OneClock Minimalist Analog Timepiece

There's nothing quite as jarring as being woken up from a peaceful slumber to the sounds of what your barely conscious self briefly mistakes as the world burning down around you. Alarm clocks suck. OneClock is not an alarm clock, it's described as the "world's first waking clock." The OneClock…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Tapping Finger Kinetic Sculpture

When it comes to objects that are fun to look at and experience but serve no useful purpose, you won't find better than the works of artist Nik Ramage, the self-described "sculptor of useless machines and absurd devices." His piece Fingers began as a one-off made in 2003 as a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Cut-up’ Leica M6

When it comes to the inner workings of popular automobiles, cameras and other pieces of tech, there are few people shedding light on the entire process as much as Swiss artist Fabian Oefner does with this Cut-Up Series. The previously featured Cut-Up Series now includes a sliced-up and dissected Leica…

By Cooper Fleishman
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