Marked by their minimalist, mid-century modern style, these original movie poster prints from California’s Concepción Studios feature films by Wes Anderson & the Coen brothers plus Star Wars, The Twilight Zone & more. Each poster is an 18” x 24” archival pigment print on thick cover stock.
Raking season is coming. This fall, get it handled like a pro with the Leaf Hauler. This rugged, reinforced clean-up tarp carries 4X what a wheelbarrow does and has 6 handles for easy transport. It comes with stakes to keep it down on windy days & folds up flat for storage.
The short, crazy and incredibly influential life of Janis Joplin finally gets its due in this new biography written by Holly George-Warren, one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history. Based on unprecedented access to Joplin’s family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, Janis draws an intimate portrait of the one they called the Queen Of Rock n’ Roll.
With a lightweight design derived from the classic military dog tag, the Limited Edition B-2 Dog Tag is an EDC nano blade knife offering safe concealed carry. On a chain around your neck or tucked in your coin pocket. With a 1-inch blade made of 440 carbon stainless steel, it locks into the sheath for rock solid grip and precision cuts. A funded Kickstarter.
POWERUP introduced the world to the smartphone-controlled paper airplane, a micro-drone kit that slips onto any paper airplane & turns it into a remote control toy with a flight range of 230 feet. The POWERUP 4.0 kit features a new onboard flight computer, autopilot assist, 2 new sensors & a design so robust you can fly planes of balsa, foam, cardboard & paper, with the ability to perform loops, barrel rolls & hammerheads with the press of a button. Optional lights are available for night flight. A funded Kickstarter.
We’re huge fans of smallness, so we think Tinybags are awesome. “As small as a coin and as capable as a backpack” they say. And they’re not lying. These compact, packable bags are made of water-resistant ripstop nylon tough enough to carry up to 55-pounds of cargo. When not in use, simply roll, fold & clip, and it’s pocketable. Available in 2 sizes, the large fits all sorts of stuff up to a 15” laptop & the original will hold a 12” laptop. A funded Kickstarter.
Created from a collection of over 300 United States national park maps, ephemera, and brochures spanning over 100 years, Parks is a high-quality casebound chronicle of 100 years of art, cartography, and printed materials in a compelling visual history of America’s national parks through evolving graphic design styles.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Four Point created their 1000 piece, circular Moon Puzzle featuring the near side of the Moon in incredible detail. The image, courtesy of NASA, is the clearest image of the Moon to date and shows even the tiniest of craters in stunning clarity. With a diameter of 26.5-inches, this puzzle gets a 4.5 out of 5 on the difficulty scale.
Thomas Edison was the most famous American of his time and today is considered the most prolific genius in American history. This new biography, Edison by Pulitzer Prize winning author Edmund Morris is the result of 7 years of research among five million pages of original documents preserved in Edison’s New Jersey laboratory, exclusive access to family papers still held in trust, and the writer’s own acuity for creating deeply layered personal portraits.
The compact ProTac 90 takes the traditional EDC flashlight and flips it 90º giving users the convenience of a right angle configuration & all the features we expect in a tactical torch: 300 lumens of bright white LED, IPX 7 waterproof rating, a MOLLE clip for hand-free use, and single push-button dual mode control. Powered by AA Lithium, AA Alkaline, or CR123A Lithium battery.
California-based GPCA packs lots of function into their screw-locking Utility Carabiner. Available in Titanium, aluminum or stainless, it features a locking blade box cutter, a pry tool, Phillips and flat head screwdrivers, plus a bottle opener. Clip on all your other EDC doinklets and you’ll be ready for anything. A funded Kickstarter.
Charging your laptop in the car is a great option to have. With Satechi’s 72W Type-C PD Car Charger, you can do it. This compact little charger delivers up to 60W from its USB-C port to fast charge not just laptops but tablets and smartphones as well. There’s also an extra USB-A port to simultaneously power another device up to 12W.
Permanent Record is the story of American whistleblower Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the U.S. government’s system of mass surveillance. In this new autobiography he reveals for the first time the story of his life, from his early years to the classified NSA & CIA leaks he published to his current exile in Russia. Available September 17.
Your dopp kit or toiletry case or whatever you call it, is probably not this organized. The Tashtego 2.0 combines the design of a classic tool roll with loads of interior pockets to keep everything neatly organized. Pockets big enough for a full-size electric toothbrush and other manly items. Made of durable, easy-to-clean nylon with grommet eyes for hanging it up. A funded Kickstarter.
Following the crowdfunded success of its well-designed Type-A & Type-B pens, Brooklyn-based CW&T Studio created Type-C, a titanium bookmark pen with a detachable clip. Precision machined of lightweight titanium, it features a book-friendly flat design and a sprung steel arm that protects the pen-tip when not in use. Flip it around to snap into writing position; it uses Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto ink cartridges which come in 15 colors and multiple thicknesses. Another funded Kickstarter.
More powerful & versatile than all the Raspberry Pi’s that came before it, the new Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is juiced up to perform. Its brain is a 1.5GHz quad-core Broadcom processor with H.265 decoding and up to 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. There’s also VideoCore VI graphics capable of supporting OpenGL ES 3.x. Bluetooth 5.0, two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports. This is one badass little computer for its size—and certainly its price.
Made of flexible and fully collapsible silicone, the 33-ounce MODL water bottle is designed to go everywhere with you & pack down flat to save space when it’s empty. Soft silicone loops in the lid let you attach it anywhere with no carabiner needed & there’s also a lid on each end making it easier to clean. Accessories like a Hydration tube lid, purification filter, and various other lids make it even more versatile. A funded Kickstarter.
Since its founding in 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has pioneered human space exploration. To celebrate its 60th birthday, AstroReality created some sweet gifts: the NASA AR Notebook, which uses AR software to create an interactive experience with the book using your phone’s camera. The NASA Space Mug gives you views from 500 million square kilometers up in the atmosphere, looking down on our blue planet from the iconic International Space Station. And yes, you can drink out of it.
Three days before the 1969 Super Bowl, iconic QB “Broadway Joe” Namath promised the nation he would lead the New York Jets to an 18-point underdog victory against the seemingly invincible Baltimore Colts. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of his legendary Super Bowl “Guarantee,” the NFL superstar who first brought show business to sports, is finally ready to tell his life story.
Over Easter weekend 2015, a crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn’t resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, in London’s medieval diamond district. The group, dubbed the “Bad Grandpas” by British tabloids, they made a stunning haul of at least $19 million in jewels, diamonds, and cash. Ultimately, the old guys were busted & this book tells the whole tale from the investigators P.O.V.
