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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
By Brett Braley
I Moved To Ireland For a 3-Month Brewing Internship. Here’s What It Was Like
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I Moved To Ireland For a 3-Month Brewing Internship. Here’s What It Was Like

I spent the last three months of 2022 working at Kinnegar Brewing, an Irish craft brewery in Letterkenny, County Donegal. For homebrewers who want to learn what it’s actually like to work in a brewery, an internship like this provides invaluable lessons—including lessons that can be applied to being a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
The Reversible ALTI Desk Mat Includes Wireless Charging
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The Reversible ALTI Desk Mat Includes Wireless Charging

We'll always be big fans of desk mats. While our previous favorites were standard cutting mats, those were quickly replaced once we found out about the ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat. The ALTI features a premium vegan leather surface on one side and plush felt on the other, with a…

By Ben Dahl
Dango Products Pen Tray
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Dango Products Pen Tray

Depending on how serious you are about your personal writing instruments, you probably already have at least one or two pens from Dango Products. If you do, you’re familiar with their approach to manufacturing. Namely, they make attractive, durable pens and desk accessories out of machined aluminum. This pen tray…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Deskset by Deskology

The only desk set that could compliment the sleek minimalism of a Mac. Made from thin anodized aluminum with a white matte finish and clean lines, this desk set by Deskology keeps your desk free of clutter and distraction. The set includes a letter inbox, pencil cup, doodad cup and…

By Cool Material Guest
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108 Time Box Calendar

If you slack off like we do you probably didn't get a 2009 calendar until last month either. That's why we plan to pick up the 108 Time Box Calendar which goes until 2015. Each month displays a unique style so you'll never be bored looking at the same humdrum…

By Cool Material Guest
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Gravity Pen

Eat your heart out, Bic. Designed by Thomas Wang, the Gravity Pen stands upright on its base, but when turned upside down, a pen point slides down with the force of gravity and locks in place. To retract, return to the upright position. Aside from its novelty, the Gravity Pen…

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Ralph Lauren Brigham Desk

There are desks, and then there are odes to the desk, shrines within themselves that command lesser desks to bow down. Such is the case with the Brigham Desk from Ralph Lauren Home, a chic, sleek escritoire in crotch mahogany that sits (almost effortlessly as if sent from the heavens)…

By Cool Material Guest
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Rite in the Rain Notebook

Knowing when you're going to have something important to write down is like being able to see the future - impossible. New business ideas, phone numbers and important notes have never had a home as good as the one you'll find in the Rite in the Rain Journal Notebook. The…

By Tim Jacobsen
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