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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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‘Brand by Hand: Blisters, Calluses, and Clients: A Life in Design’ by Jon Contino

Jon Contino has spent more than two decades elevating pen and ink into an award-winning portfolio of graphic design work for high-profile clients and his own brands. Whether you're talking about his clothing work for CXXVI, beer cans for 21st Amendment Brewing or the Word. Notebooks The Standard Memorandum, Contino has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Newspaper Design: Editorial Design from the World’s Best Newsrooms

According to the publisher Gestalten, "Newspaper Design showcases the best of editorial and graphic design from the most renowned newspapers across the world, and proves that skillful news design matters more than ever before." But what does that actually mean? An examination of the forces that have shaped the industry…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Nerf Blaster Modification Guide

Nerf is the first name in office warface. Whether you're looking to build a build a better Nerf gun with foam darts, or riff on Adam Savage's custom tactical Nerf rifle, the brand you grew up shooting your siblings with is still the best option when it comes to sniping…

By Cooper Fleishman
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You Can Now Read Classic Novels on Instagram Stories

Insta Novels is a new project from the New York Public Library that brings classic reads to your phone via Instagram Stories. You don't need a library card to read them; all you have to do is head to @nypl and browse the selection in their saved stories, though you may…

By Mike Newman
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What to Watch This Weekend: American Vandal Season 2

With cable, Netflix, and internet options, finding the best thing to watch during your downtime is difficult. Instead of flipping through menus all weekend and settling on nothing, turn to What to Watch This Weekend, a series in which we give you our pick for the best new show or…

By Mike Newman
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