Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe
Lifestyle
1

The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

1
Travel
The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Travel
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Our Picks

Featured Stories

1
partner
Enter to Win a Beach Getaway, On Us​

Reset and Unwind: Escape to the Westin Grand Cayman Resort & Spa.

The Cool Shop The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

1
What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
By Cool Material
1
Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
By Cool Material
1
partner
Enter to Win a Beach Getaway, On Us​

Reset and Unwind: Escape to the Westin Grand Cayman Resort & Spa.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

1
What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

1
Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

1
1
Travel
Travel

America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
2
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Shop

1
3
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

1
4
Sports
Sports

The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
5
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Shop

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
6
Travel
Travel

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

1
7
Travel
Travel

The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

1
8
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

1
9
Travel
Travel

The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

1
10
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

From Our Partners

The Latest

Entertainment
Theory11 Sentinel Playing Cards

When it comes to artificial things it's all about two things - feel and appearance. If you're going to play with something that is fake, good tactile response and a lack of defects is the least you demand. Unfortunately, there's no such thing as "natural cards" but just because they're…

By Cooper Fleishman
sentinals
Entertainment
Icon Paintings by LowLevel

Etsy user LowLevel has made an awesome set of colorful stenciled paintings, each one featuring a historical icon: Fidel Castro, Jack Kerouac, Frank Sinatra, Hunter S. Thompson, etc. Each icon is stenciled relief with an appropriate background, and the visual puns are numerous. The colors are funky and retro, and…

By Wylie Overstreet
lowlevel-art
Accessories
J. Crew Bowery Messenger Bag

We're not naive. We know you have a lot of options. Well, a lot of options when it comes to how your going to get all your crap home with you. And you're not alone when it comes to this dilemma. Try to repurpose one of your old man's bags…

By Cooper Fleishman
j-crew-bowery-messenger-bag
Gear
Ocean Green Surfboards

If you're a surfer, you likely ride on a polyurethane or polystyrene core board. It'll come as no surprise that these boards break. When they do, that polyurethane or polystyrene core ends up in a landfill (a board in two pieces isn't exactly useful in the water), and thus begins…

By Wylie Overstreet
ocean-green-surfboards
Cameras
Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera

Back when cameras took pictures on this weird ribbony stuff called film, taking good photos took practice and talent. But as the digital cameras have come of age and their prices fallen from levels requiring the sale of an organ to something more accessible, taking great photos has become easier…

By Wylie Overstreet
nikon-d3100