From Car Plant GIFs to a Custom Dance Track

How YouTube sensation So Nevable used Toyota's project Gifony to make his latest Launchpad song

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Building a car from scratch, it turns out, results in a polyphony of rhythms and melodies as team members, 15,432-pound robots, stamping presses and more work in sync on vehicles rolling down the assembly line. Through their latest project Gifony, Toyota gives the public a rare and fascinating glimpse at the car manufacturing process in a creative way. The story of how a car is …

Triarrows Affordable Luxury Watches

Elegant touches and thoughtful design at an unexpectedly low cost

In the age of smartwatches and wearable tech, there’s also been a global resurgence in attention to and love for the classic wristwatch. It’s more than just nostalgia, the value is evident: the watch is an accessory that conveys style while being entirely functional. And, with their already successful Kickstarter debut—where they’ve already been selected as a Staff Pick Project—TRIARROWS will be delivering luxury watches …

Interview: Mark Galbraith on Nau SS15

Ten years on, a look at Nau’s most innovative collection yet

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With a decade of production under their belt, Portland-based apparel brand Nau is still aiming for the standards it set back in 2005. Nau started with a vision for products that were sustainable and luxurious, outdoor-ready and modern, utilitarian and sleek and socially conscious (the brand donates two percent of profits as part of their Partners for Change program). These were the “core ideologies,” which …