Best of CH 2013: Most Popular

Build-your-own bikes, 3D-printed sex toys, cauliflower rice, architectural Lego and more stories that racked up the page views this year

Looking back on 2013, from boundary-pushing ideas from both established and up-and-coming artists and designers to new series like Off Piste and Scene, By All, it’s been a big year. What’s remained consistent, however, is our loyal audience that spans all over the world—and they do know best. Here are the stories from the past year that were the most read—an eclectic mix of topics …

Matthew Dear: Pale Shelter (feat. Tegan and Sara)

Matthew Dear's Tears for Fears, Outline Artists' creative series, South Africa hits Brooklyn and more in our look at music this week

British rock duo Tears For Fears haven’t released an album since their 2004 reunion for Everybody Loves A Happy Ending but they have offered some pretty epic covers of younger artists like Arcade Fire and Animal Collective, showing that New Wave is still elegant and relevant. Matthew Dear and Tegan and Sara return the favor by reinterpreting the band’s 1983 single “Pale Shelter” into a …

Hi-Five: Never Should’ve Let You Go

Matthew Dear's Tears for Fears, Outline Artists' creative series, South Africa hits Brooklyn and more in our look at music this week

For this week’s #PrivateJam we checked in with the unabashed Buzzfeed creative and Sorry Mom founder Alix McAlpine, who told us, “My musical taste is generally embarrassing more often than not—my guilty pleasure right is Ariana Grande! Especially this one Christmas song she has, ‘Snow In California.’ I am so lame. I also still listen to this one song, ‘Never Should’ve Let You Go,’ from …