While it’s always nice to have a some fine J.A. Henckels, Kasumi or Wusthof knives to lay down the slicing law in your kitchen, there’s a lot to be said about the brute beauty of a hand-forged, one piece blade like the one above. In today’s cooking, there are a thousand knives designed for a […]

Portland’s AgesandAges is a a seven piece allegedly non-cult band that refers to itself as a cult in the interview, so we’re confused. Considering the beautiful acoustic driven indie-folk AgesandAges play, however, we’d gladly spend a weekend in their foresty compound listening to them jam away — even if some dubious Kool-Aid were involved. Clearly […]

Why cram a common cork in your 1990 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli when a knight can take queen, and the wine will stay good for days? Plus, it makes you look wicked smart. A set of two chess-piece bottle-stoppers crafted from wood and cork. Checkmate aeration with some class for $20.

Cap is exactly what it looks like: a stool shaped like a spray can cap, the ultimate symbol of graffiti culture. Developed by the amazingly named underground Swedish design team Don’t Feed the Swedes, the duo had to re-form under their new moniker DFTS Factory to get the Cap into production. “We made a prototype […]

Magellan is one of those guys like Einstein or Mario Andretti that will forever be used by sarcastic sons of bitches the world over. Sure he did a great deed by circumnavigating the globe, but did you know that he didn’t even make it all the way around? No, he got killed in the Philippines, […]