Bora Wear Belts

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Established to pay homage to his native Kenya through designs and support local artisans through manufacturing initiatives, Mugo Muna’s Bora Wear is now on Kickstarter. The latest project involves belts, handmade in Kenya of local leathers and individually molded, cast metal buckles. Check the crowdfunding campaign to support the project.

Jaguar’s Tour de France F-Type

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Forget the herculean feat of hammering for nearly 4,000 kilometers, the space-age technology that goes into the bikes of the riders and the down-the-second calculation of tire changes—at this year’s Tour de France, a support car nearly stole the show. Jaguar’s special edition F-Type was built as a support car for Britain’s decorated Team Sky. With 550 horses under the hood, a separate electric charging …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The New Yorker's archives freely unfold, space plant photography, the science behind tattoos and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Opening The New Yorker Archives With the launch of their redesign and in preparation for their upcoming pay wall, The New Yorker has opened up its archives free to the public—temporarily. All issues from 2007 to date are available to peruse and, to help navigate, The New Yorker editors have offered up some tips on must-read pieces. 2. Bonsai Trees In Space Tokyo-based artist …