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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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Chris Labrooy Makes Cars Defy Reality

Internationally acclaimed artist Chris LaBrooy has a client list with quite a few of your favorite brands (Apple, Nike, Time, Target, the list goes on), but our favorite works of his might be the digital 3D sculptures where he bends cars and reality to create something surreal and mind-blowing. It…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Check Out Nike’s New NYC Headquarters

If you thought the latest pair of Jordans was cool, just wait til you check out Nike's new NYC headquarters. On 6th Avenue in the heart of Midtown, you'll find the new 6-story office space that's almost a perfect mix of Sterling Cooper Draper Price and every cool Silicon Valley…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Own the Beer Cans from ‘Lost’

You have to respect a well designed beer can and, for all their faults and murders, the Dharma Initiative did a great job with their minimalist label. The corporation's logo is already a masterclass in black and white design, so putting it on their can is a no-brainer. From there,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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This Prosthetic Wooden Toe is 3,000-Years-Old

We’ve seen some pretty incredible feats of design and engineering over the years, but nothing like this 3000-year-old prosthetic wooden toe. The prosthesis was originally found in a plundered shaft tomb at the graveyard hill of Sheikh ‘Abd el-Qurna to the west of Luxor almost two decades ago, but the entire…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Olson Kundig Is Renovating the Seattle Space Needle

Whether it’s the Writer’s Cabin with Folding Walls, the Cabin at Longbranch or any of their other impressive work, Olson Kundig has been responsible for quite a few awesome builds and renovations over the years. Now, Olson Kundig is renovating the Seattle Space Needle. The $100 million renovation, dubbed the Century…

By Cooper Fleishman
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