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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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A Dog House Made of 1,000 Tennis Balls

From turfed roofs and ramps like the Studio Schicketanz Dog House, to the stylish and angular MDK9 Dog Haus, it seems like Fido is the primary beneficiary of all the great innovations in the house and home sector these days. Case in point--the CallisonRTKL Fetch House that was made to…

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The FJ Company x Todd Snyder G43 Edition Land Cruiser

When it comes to designers, Todd Snyder is one of our absolute favorite menswear guys. When it comes to Toyota Land Cruiser restoration shops, the FJ Company is one of our absolute favorites. So naturally, it should come as no surprise that the two of them teaming up for a…

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Olson Kundig Vermont Cabin

If you own a remote plot of land and you're looking to build something like a writer's retreat so you can except the trials and tribulations of the bustling city, there's no better architecture firm to craft your dream than Seattle-based Olson Kundig. The Barr family faced a similar decision…

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Atari Is Building a Line of Video Game Themed Hotels

Whether it was Pong, Frogger, Ms. Pac-Man, Missile Command or Space Invaders, most of us grew up on the classic video games available on Atari. And now, one of the most iconic video game brands ever has announced that they're going to be building video game themed hotels all over…

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Hero Zero Emission Passenger Plane Concept

If you had asked us a few months ago what our favorite recent project was that renowned designer Joe Doucet of JDXP had worked on, we definitely would have said the Air Co. Vodka that turns excess carbon into a spirit. But now we're going to have to update our…

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