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
Travel
1

Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

1
Travel
The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Travel
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Our Picks

Featured Stories

1
partner
The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

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

The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

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
Travel
Travel

Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

1
4
Sports
Sports

The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
5
Travel
Travel

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

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

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
8
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
9
Guides
Guides

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

1
10
Partner
Partner

How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

From Our Partners

The Latest

Work
Hexomatic Pen – Black

Having a high quality pen to use for names, notes and numbers isn’t just a good idea, it’s an essential. The Hexomatic Black Pen (so named for the hexagonal shape of the faceted metal barrel) is specially designed for both looks and under the hood performance. The rounded texture grip…

By Tim Jacobsen
hexo-pen-bk
Work
Hexomatic Pen – Silver

Being sturdy and designed to take a little punishment generally means not being beautiful. This isn’t the case with the all metal, silver Hexomatic pen. The hexagonal shape of the faceted metal barrel is sandwiched between two round textured ends. One end houses the button to deploy the tip; the…

By Tim Jacobsen
hexo-pen-silver
Work
Sharpie Marker Cover – Midnight Metal

Expensive, executive style refillable pens are fantastic, but they frequently get lost, stolen and/or explode all over your nice, new pair of chinos. Throw in the cost of replacement inks, bodies and pants – along with the fact that they never write as nice as a Uni-ball or a Sharpie…

By Tim Jacobsen
sharpie-cover-bk
Entertainment
Music Balloon

Baby's black balloon might make her fly, but yours will make you soar...musically. Each 5.5cm diameter foam balloon encases a loudspeaker so you can have tiny, loud tunes wherever you go. At first, a tiny foam balloon - even a jet black one - might seem effeminate, but when she…

By Tim Jacobsen
music-balloon
Accessories
Maxx & Unicorn Card Holder – Black

Based on a vintage pattern from the 1940’s, the Maxx & Unicorn Card Holder takes everything that made them famous: single piece of backed leather, origami-like folding and the dueling pistols stamp on the front, and trims out the extra fold to create a slimmer card case. The end result…

By Tim Jacobsen
maxx-unicorn-card-bk