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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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Never-Before-Seen Paintings From Kurt Cobain

We could go on for ages about Kurt Cobain's legacy, but most people know about the documentary, they've heard the unreleased tracks and maybe even read up on some of the conspiracy theories. What most people don't know is that the legendary singer and songwriter also dabbled in the visual…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Night’s Watch Wears IKEA Rugs for Capes on ‘Game of Thrones’

We're not sure why, but we assumed the gear and garb fashioned for Game of Thrones was crafted by fire and brawn, built by craftsmen using nothing more than their stained hands and some rudimentary tools. Apparently it was not. It was bought at IKEA. Yup, the capes worn by Jon…

By Mike Newman
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The Harley-Davidson Book

There are more than a few great American bike builders, but none are as iconic as the focus of German imprint teNeues' latest coffee table book—Harley-Davidson. Appropriately titled The Harley-Davidson Book, this hardcover tome features more than 200 pages of color, text and black and white photographs dedicated to "the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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NASA Is Hiring Someone to Protect Earth From Aliens

Want to do your planet a solid? NASA is currently looking for a Planetary Protection Officer, someone to safeguard our space rock from alien lifeforms, and they want to pay said person anywhere from $124,406 to $187,000 to do it. No this is not a joke. Okay, so you aren't…

By Mike Newman
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10and2 Car Prints

Matthew Hoss is a designer, photographer and product developer with quite an interesting profile. Case in point—10and2 Car Prints. The gorgeous collection of original illustrations includes everything from the Audi Livery "Vanagon" and the Mercedes "2 Door G" to the Lamborghini "LP - 400" and the Porsche "Rally Cayman." With…

By Cooper Fleishman
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