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Inside the “World’s Fair of Footwear,” Where Shoemaking Gets Obsessive
Lifestyle
Inside the “World’s Fair of Footwear,” Where Shoemaking Gets Obsessive
By Andy Vasoyan
Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine
Lifestyle
Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine

The Tie Bar teamed up with Searchlight Pictures on a capsule collection that brings the retro wardrobe into the real world.

By Beau Hayhoe
Wisconsin Is Making a Strong Case for Your 2027 Golf Trip Wisconsin Is Making a Strong Case for Your 2027 Golf Trip
Lifestyle
Wisconsin Is Making a Strong Case for Your 2027 Golf Trip

Kohler is doubling down on its reputation as a world-class golf destination with a new course, new places to stay, and even more reasons to visit.

By Cool Material
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Lifestyle
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

Come for the mountains, ocean, and adventure. Stay for the martinis, massages, and freshly cleaned sunglasses.

By Lanny Fuller
Entertainment
Pixelist Instagram Oil Paintings

Thanks to Instagram we can share our meals, concerts, catches, cats, dogs, babies, VIP wristbands and the rest of our lives with our friends, family and other random people on the Internet. It can be annoying, terrifying and down right infuriating at times, but more often than not it's just…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Currency Collages

Mark Wagner's art might be the most expensive in the world. No, the pieces don't sell at auctions for insane amounts of money, the reason they are expensive is because they're made with money. The collection of Currency Collages are created using one dollar bills (okay, so it's not like…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Italdesign Giugiaro Parcour Concept

Pretend for a moment that you were given untethered access to the automotive toy boxes at VW, Audi, and Lamborghini. What automotive pornography would you dream up? Fabrizio Giugiaro, from the Italian design and engineering firm ItalDesign, had just this opportunity as it was his passion to create a dual…

By Kevin McCauley
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Drinks
AC/DC Beer

Another day, another rock band/beer collaboration. Actually, to be fair, this isn't a new one - AC/DC Beer has been available overseas for a little bit now - but since it just got approved for sale in the U.S., we figured you should know about it. The pint-size cans of…

By Mike Newman
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Drinks
Foosball Bottle Openers

There have been many occasions where we wanted to rip a foosball player out from the table. Maybe we missed a shot or the ball got jammed under his block feet, whatever the reason, we were pissed. Now we can blow off some of that steam with a cold one…

By Mike Newman
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