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Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2018

If you've spent any amount of time reading Cool Material, you know we love a good cigar. We're still working our way through our own Cigar Bucket List, so we can't imagine how the people at Cigar Aficionado managed to work through almost 750 different cigars this year. But they…

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Ghostkube Is a Kinetic Sculpture Based on Moving Origami

Erik Åberg is an artist based in Stockholm, Sweden who makes objects and performs all over the world. His latest creation is Ghostkube, a sculptural piece inspired by moving origami that you can actually own without taking out a second mortgage. Ghostkube is a series of different cubes you assemble…

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Banksy Is up to His Usual Shenanigans with a New Piece in the UK

Banksy is incapable of doing anything that doesn't eventually become news. Whether it's Banksy paintings that self-destruct of an entire post-apocalyptic Disneyland style theme park, Banksy is a man that knows how to make waves with his work. His latest piece--which is as of yet unnamed--is a familiar commentary on…

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The Upcoming Show ‘Miracle Workers’ Features Steve Buscemi as God

Miracle Workers is an upcoming 2019 TBS comedy based on Simon Rich's novel What's in God's Name. [If you're not familiar with Rich's work, he's one of the youngest writers ever hired by SNL, a staff writer for Pixar and has appeared in the pages of McSweeney's, GQ, Mad, NPR…

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Ford Noise-Canceling Kennel

You might enjoy the flare and fury of fireworks, but your dog suffers miserably with all manner of shaking, barking, whining, and cowering. There is no remedy until now, and it comes from the folks at Ford Motor Company of all places. Apparently, instead of building sedans, they’re taking the…

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