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Why NORQAIN Might Be the Best Swiss Watch Brand You Haven’t Looked at Yet
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How PITAKA’s Sunset Collection Is Shaping the Future of Emotional Design

High-performance tech gear meets pure visual poetry.

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Wellen Performance-Lined Swim Trunks, Reviewed by a Swim Trunk Skeptic

Could these be the shorts to end all my swimwear complaints? Tried, tested, reviewed.

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

It took a decade to create this watch band innovation. And it was worth the wait.

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At Home: Read ‘Chicken and Charcoal: Yakitori, Yardbird, Hong Kong’

Since many of us are still home, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you’re At Home. When it comes to Yakitori--aka that uniquely Japanese type of skewered chicken you can eat for hours--there are few chefs more…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Google Chromecast With Google TV

Google's easy-to-use Chromecast device has gotten a revamp with some new features worth noting. First of all, and we're not sure what took so long, there's a dedicated remote control. Secondly, that remote uses voice control via Google Assistant that allows you to search for shows or apps. The remote…

By Amos Kwon
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At Home: Read ‘Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road’

Since many of us are still home, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you’re At Home. If you have any friends interested in motorcycles, production processes or the way things are built, you've probably heard of author…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Loop “Living Cocoon” Compost Coffin

Coffins are strangely refined containers that can prolong body composting longer than necessary, and their high-grade materials like lacquered hardwood and brass don't exactly belong in the ground. Delft University of Technology researcher Bob Hendrikx has solved that problem by creating 'the living cocoon" that's made from mushroom mycelium that's…

By Amos Kwon
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‘Button Power: 125 Years of Saying It with Buttons’

Whether you're using them to display your favorite bands, memes, political affiliations, sports heroes, social heroes, or other parts of history, the button that you can pin to anything you're wearing or carrying has been an incredible--yet tiny--billboard and display piece for more than the last century. Christen Carter, founder…

By Cooper Fleishman
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