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Twisted Pine is a brewery with some funk in their trunk … or tank, as it were. Along with a recently released Carrot IPA, they bring us this brown ale enriched with the likes of wasabi, ginger, and horseradish. The flavors all come through, no doubt, and most impressive, you can pick each one of them out at different points as the ale moves into your gullet. The spiciness also serves to undercut the 7.8-percent ABV, giving the beer a very light finish and the ability to quench summertime thirst.

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Beer | Twisted Pine Big Easy Offbeat Brown

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BikeSnob is all over the Brooks blog with photos from his recent factory tour to their Birmingham facility. Fans for the ye ole factory tour will enjoy this look at machinery and people who have been working the line for decades. Ole machinery, loads of leather, and craftsman make up this look at one of the world’s most famous saddle makers.

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How rich the life lived in a house that holds an art gallery and is itself a work of art. Them is some serious layers, yo. But of course you must keep your composure in an environment so crisp and refined as this. New York architect Steven Holl has hidden a subterranean, nay, subaqueous, gallery beneath a pool of water. Exciting, we know, but keep it in your pocket as you peruse the photos of this austere and impressive live-work space located in Seoul, South Korea.

And just in case you have any doubts about how serious this seriously awesome building is, just know that “The basic geometry … is inspired by a 1967 sketch for a music score by the composer Istvan Anhalt, ‘Symphony of Modules,’ which was discovered in a book by John Cage titled Notations.” (dezeen)

Photography by Iwan Baan and Inho Lee

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There was a time, nearly 20 years ago, when Dickies were the only pants in our arsenal. All we needed was their full workwear rainbow—khaki, blue, grey, brown and black (for weddings)—and a narrow but functional wardrobe was complete. Thankfully our horizons have broadened significantly. Still, these chinos, a collab with Silas, find us nurturing a little nugget of nostalgia.

The seat of these things is a little logo-heavy for our tastes, but Silas was formed around the British skateboarding scene in the late ’90s, and skate gear has always leaned toward that sort of branding. Overriding our one complaint: that little leather-trimmed pocket on the leg and the fancy stripes on the waistband are both aces. Pick up a pair online.

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Brady bags have been around since the late 1800s, when the company was founded in Birmingham, England. Traditional production methods were applied to fine canvas, which was combined with English bridle leather and made to fasten with brass pieces for this exclusive line of bags for YMC.

Seeing some familiar but classic silhouettes here. We favor the zipper sack because it looks a little like a stolen money bag from the mid 1900s and we are tough as nails [not]. Fine array of colors, too, especially that searing khaki. Too strong a word, perhaps, but it seems to gleam on the computer screen. Speaking of, you can pick these up online for carrying things in the early 2000s.

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This is pretty nasty… in some parts of the world, like Australia or Japan, it is indeed May 23 and marks the 78th birthday of synthesize pioneer, Robert Moog.

Google has worked one of our favorite Doodles to date with a working “MiniMoog” inspired synthesizer on their front page. As fans of the music created with synths, we are blown away. You can even record and sample your work and share it. So good.

Keyboard shortcuts: Minor keys: number keys Major keys: letter keys Pitch bend: up/down keys (default). Filter/effect activation: right/left keys Controls: up/down keys

Get to it!

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Google Doodle – Robert Moog – Working MiniMoog Synth!

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PRADA’s new short film, “A Therapy,” directed by Roman Polanski stars two cinema favorites, Helena Bonham Carter and Sir Ben Kingsley as a PRADA loving therapist who cloaks himself in her wonderful coat. A short 3 minutes and 30 seconds if your time. The short film debuted yesterday at Cannes

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Watch | PRADA presents “A THERAPY” – Polanski, Kingsley, Carter

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Our good friends at Men’s Reverie have us hunting down the Rigards eyewear line. I, for one, have been trolling for a new pair of frames for the summer months. These new looks from Rigards may do the trick for those looking for the absolute unique of looks. The Rigards line is a co-work between two friends -Marc Virard and Ti Kwa – who saw that the market was lacking in styles of frames that they preferred. “Rigards is a mission to rediscover the hidden treasures of horn eyewear, and to share them with like-minded aficionados through small, numbered editions.”

Using a “meticulous” selection of horns, the Rigards line produces superb looks with the help of their trademarked Sanjuro treatment. View the images to get a good sense of where Rigards is heading. Very well done and refreshing for the market. The stocklist is hella-limited unless you are in California, France, or Russia.

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Nike unveils its Home and Away kit for Barcelona 2012/13 season. The hook this time round are its environmentally friendly credentials, the shirts and shorts made from recycled plastic water bottles using 30% less energy in production. As with the Arsenal kit, moves have been made to create a more user-friendly shirt – stronger and lighter with increased side ventilation in the form of laser cut holes and bonded seams for durability. In terms of looks this one is best seen up close, beyond that Qatar Foundation logo the shirt’s details are more impressive than the whole. However this is definitely an improvement on garish shirts of past, we’re still deciding on that crazed citrus away shirt though – perhaps a move to blind opponents when the Camp Nou advantage is absent.

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Jane McAdam Freud, great grandaughter of Sigmund Freud, talks about her early encounters with art. As a child she drew as a way of connecting with her father. A towering figure who would influence and inspire her work, Lucien Freud was also a shadow she work hard to remove herself from. A talented multi-media artist, making her own way under the name Jane McAdam was essential for both her career and her belief in her own abilities. However her striking resemblance to her father, ‘a God’ as she describes, and the multiple references to him in her own work seem to suggest that those ties still remain strong.

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Image:Gautier Deblonde

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Stone Island step forward with their first collection of sunglasses developed by EG Brands. A very Italian affair in terms of looks, the range makes use of the ever popular Carl Zeiss lens with the frames “based on forms that have become icons of fashion in eyewear, interpreted with modern designs and created with a high level of quality” The round sunglasses with side panels are favourite with takes on the wayfarer and aviator also offered in various shades. Pre-Order over here.

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A relaxed take on the shawl collar cardigan from Daiki Suzuki’s Engineered Garments, the kind of thing you throw on for a chilly Spring/Summer day. A subtle fairisle in marl grey and white, EG manages to present the pattern in a non-wintery way avoiding any ‘Dad at Christmas’ pointing and staring. A light cotton and linen mix put together in NYC, the perfect cardigan/jacket compromise. Find it here.

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Matteo Ragni and wood-enthusiast Doriano Mattellone of the MA-wood research laboratory collaborated on the W-eye eyeglasses. They’re hinge-free (hardware free for that matter) and built up from layers of wood coated with aluminum to give them support and curve. Simply beautiful in six fine wood colors: ebony, zebrano, mahogany, cherry, ash and walnut. Each pair is handmade to fit perfectly on your face and smile. (minimalissimo)

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To the point with this one: Andrea Maestri’s latest creation is this table lamp with the sure sign of love – a big stinking middle finger in x-ray style. Spikes on the base make it a scary place to play if you have kids but you get the point. Nothing lights up a day like the big finger. Find more here.

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Metal sunglasses… Milan’s SUPER Sunglasses have issued their second collection of metal shades for Summer 2012. The PRIMO collection features four lens tints against a sturdy all metal frame. Made in Italy, the are standouts – as usual – in the wide pack of eyewear hitting upon this flavor. Classic vintage shapes. Available through better retailers.

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No fading a strong messenger bag, and this plumper from Lanvin has extra roominess working for it. That and a fanciful and pleasantly busy geometric print that traffics in forces EMT and vaguely Navaho. Lots of pockets on this one and, as mentioned, lots of space for all that stuff you are always carrying around. A detachable shoulder strap puts it securely on you when you are sprinting down alleyways, scrambling up fire-escapes and leaping between rooftops. LN-CC has it.

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More from Martin Pilkington. Today, he discusses some tough guy eats.

In a past life I was sent around the world to eat interesting things. That was how it often felt, anyway, and I will admit I came round to the idea. Business gets done over dinner, and part of doing the deal can be using food as a trial, a culinary personality test. Or even as a weapon to establish hierarchy. And not just in commerce—friends sometimes like to push your culinary envelope.

There’s a socio-cultural study in there somewhere, phrasing in endless academic jargon the simple question: ‘Will he (or she) eat it?’

Photo: flickr

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Our buyer’s guide to Seven Pleasant Caps from a couple weeks back was curated at the request of a friend who wears lots of flat pageboy style caps. In fact, he had requested a guide to that specific style. In our excitement, we forgot to add even one, so consider this pageboy hat from Comme Des Garçons Shirt an apologetic olive branch to our pal.

We like the way the rather intense variety in prints used for the many panels remains part of a cohesive and decidedly jazzy vision. Each one is made individually in France and will vary, like any real work of art should. Ssense has them, good buddy.

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What turned us onto this video was the Margiela website relaunch teaser for June 2012. You can view that video here.

But the next video to pop up in the Youtube carousel is a look inside their 2009 book, Maison Martin Margiela. While this is not news to many, it is a nice look inside for those who have not been made aware of the book that helps document and archive the designers work over the past decades. Lucky for us, Rizzoli has kept this one in print and it is still available from finer bookstores as well as online through Amazon.

Take a look inside below.

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London’s newly opened Tokyo Bikes release six bikes by six artists in order to celebrate their arrival in East London, following on from their pop up shop at Spitalfields market back in 2010. Commissioning A.Four / Lucas Price, Mike Guppy, Alex Daw, Soju Tanaka, Simon Memel and Tom Pearson to add their own distinctive touch to some classic models, these already handsome bicycles are transformed into something a bit special. “A small, independent bicycle company founded in 2002 in the quiet Tokyo suburb of Yanaka”,  If you’re not familiar with Tokyo Bike we’d recommend introducing yourself over here.

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