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Design4 min read
USM Haller, the Office Furniture That Became a Flex
A Swiss locksmith's grandson, an architect obsessed with systems and a Paris bank order for 600 workstations. The chrome grid is still being bolted together.
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Travel4 min read
Milan Design Week: How Salone and Fuorisalone Actually Work
One trade fair in Rho, a few thousand events across the city and six days to see them. A field guide to April in Milan.
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Style4 min read
Barbour's Wax Jacket Was Made for the North Sea
Oilskins for sailors, a motorcycle suit for Steve McQueen, a riding coat for the Sloane set. The waxed cotton jacket keeps finding new owners.
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Sneakers4 min read
Nike Air Force 1 and the Baltimore Stores That Saved It
Nike killed the Air Force 1 in 1984. Three shops in Baltimore refused to let it go, and the shoe has barely been out of production since.
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Watches4 min read
Tudor Black Bay: How Rolex's Sister Brand Found Its Voice
In 2012 Tudor raided its own 1950s archive, put a burgundy bezel on a modern diver and stopped being the watch your uncle called a cheap Rolex.
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Grooming4 min read
Men's Skincare Basics, Minus the Ten-Step Nonsense
Cleanser, moisturizer, sunscreen and a sharper razor. The routine dermatologists actually recommend fits on one small shelf.
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Culture4 min read
Pharrell at Louis Vuitton, Three Years of Showtime
A gold bridge, a Wild West garden, a snakes and ladders board and a wave rising out of sand dunes. Pharrell runs Vuitton menswear like a headline tour.
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Tech4 min read
Polaroid SX-70: Edwin Land's Folding Miracle
In 1972 Polaroid sold a single-lens reflex camera that folded flat and spat out pictures that developed in daylight. Nothing else has matched it since.
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Design4 min read
Donald Judd Built Furniture Because Stores Failed Him
A pair of sinks, a bed for his kids and a small town in far West Texas. How the minimalist sculptor ended up designing furniture by the dozen.
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Travel4 min read
Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles: The Streetwear Block After the Boom
A Jewish deli street turned streetwear capital turned cautionary tale. Fairfax is quieter now, and more interesting for it.
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