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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

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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.

This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

Maiullari’s Cooking Box is the Kitchen Solution for Tiny Homes

With the rise of prefabricated houses and tiny home living, we're expecting to see many more all-in-one options like the Cooking Box. Designed by Giovanni Pesce for Maiullari, the Cooking Box is a versatile, mobile, modern kitchen--of sorts. The monobloc, which measure 38.2 inches deep when closed, is made up…

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What We’re Drinking: Kane Brewing Co. Head High, Akashi Tai Junmai Daiginjo Genshu, and More

Welcome to ‘What We’re Drinking,’ a recurring column here at Cool Material. Every other week our team of editors will share our favorite beverages we’ve been enjoying and how you can get your hands on them.

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Fiskars Summit Kitchen Knives Make It Easier Than Ever to Slice, Dice, Chop, and Julienne

It doesn't matter if you're an amateur or a budding chef, watching YouTube stars or established brand videos, when it comes to basic knife skills, the most important knife technique is pinching the blade at the hilt for maximum control and precision instead of using the seemingly more natural straight…

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Meet Eddi, a Stylish Sustainable Soap Dispenser

It seems like startups all over the country have been finding "solutions" for just about every household appliance. And, you've likely noticed the trend of soft color palates that permeate nearly all of these brands. Well, Eddi is the latest such outfit looking to upgrade your soap dispenser. Eddi is…

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Stussy x Tekla Loungewear Collection

Despite the fact we had no idea what typography was, nor did we care about it, at 10 years old, every single one of us and all of our friends knew how to draw the Stussy "S." That 14-line classic piece of iconography is very much an "if you know…

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