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Sunday Hangover

It’s been a rough couple of nights. Get a greasy sandwich and give your brain a rest. It’s time to kick back with some of our favorite videos and visuals from the past week.

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The G Table Has a Space for Succulents

Minimal design is something we’re huge fans of here at Cool Material. Sometimes, however, a focus on the minimal can lead to products that are beautiful but impossible to use. The G Table from designer…

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The Weekend Agenda

Every Friday we’ll get you hooked up with some solid weekend plans. These are the things we think you should watch, read or do over the next few days.

We Poured Cheap Vodka Through a Brita to See If It Would Taste Better

Everyone remembers college vodka. It came in a plastic jug with a Russian name splashed across the front. A fun stopper had to be removed before you could dump the contents into a tub of Kool-Aid.…

Filson Just Launched a More Affordable Workwear Line

Filson’s commitment to quality means the heritage brand’s goods stand the test of time. It also means those goods don’t always come cheap. With the launch of C.C.F., a new line named for founder Clinton…

What to Watch This Weekend: Demetri Martin: The Overthinker

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,…

Pick up a Shun Kiritsuke Kitchen Knife for $60 Off

This 8″ Shun Premier Kiritsuke Knife is a great example of what’s possible when you combine features of Japanese usuba and yanagiba knives. Made with Shun’s proprietary VG-MAX “super steel” cutting core and 64 layers…

This GMC Short Bus Was Turned Into a Camper

From the outside, this looks like your average GMC short bus. Inside, however, you’ll find the work of a German filmmaker and tattoo artist, who completely transformed the bus. It’s filled with interesting features we’re…

Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

Of all Steve Jobs’s talents, it was his eye for design which intrigues us the most. If you agree, maybe skip the Walter Isaacson tome and pick up a copy of Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design…

This House Has a Waterfall in It

There’s opulent, and then there’s “I have a damn waterfall in my house” opulent. Such lavishness exists courtesy of Architects49 and the outfit’s aptly named Waterfall House. The highlight, obviously, is the waterfall located in…

The McDonald’s Gold Card Gets You Free Mickey D’s For Life

If you’re telling us that we could walk into a McDonald’s at any time, grab some fries and a Big Mac, and just walk out without paying, we’d assume we were cast as the new…

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7 Hard Shell Coolers Built for the Great Outdoors

We might be in the killer heat of summer, but we can hope there’s a cooler fall around the corner. Then we’ll get back to camping weather, along with a ton of other great outdoor…

Thursday Link Roundup

The web is a vast place best explored with a little guidance. Every day we curate a small collection of links worthy of your time, meaning you can skip the wandering and get right to…

IKEA ‘Hacked’ Some of Their Classics for a New Collection

For its latest collection, LYSKRAFT, IKEA partnered with Dutch design duo Scholten & Baijings to reimagine some of the brand’s fan favorites. In essence, they wanted to “hack” some of IKEA’s most beloved pieces. New…

1981 BMW M1

The ’80s were an era many automakers would like to forget. Designs were… interesting, to say the least. That’s not the case for BMW, as the company released some highly desirable and stunningly beautiful rides…

The 9 Best Websites You’ve Never Heard Of

Part of what makes the Internet so great is that it’s changing more every single day, usually in ways that only makes our lives easier. Yesterday’s Facebooks and Googles are today’s Dropboxes, Slacks, and Upvoteds.…

One of Our Favorite Cold Brew Coffee Makers Is 40% Off

At thirty dollars—which is the average retail price—the Hario “Mizudashi” Cold Brew Coffee Pot is an absolute favorite for its blend of quality, affordability and ease of use. Right now, you can get it for…

Build Your Own Mars Rover

Despite the fact there’s no space for a driver and it can’t even go a single mph, there’s no denying the fact the Mars Rover is one of the coolest vehicles ever built. The fine…

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