The Material Review
Issue 118: Decoding the Nextel Chirp, An Ode to Simple Grilling, An Impressive Book List, What Makes a Good Shirt, Death of the Landline, Ear Inn and Spotlight On: Chairs.
Stories worth reading. Stop indexing the internet.
Bleep Up
“DECODING THE NEXTEL CHIRP” [Ultrabuffet]
All Hail The Flip-Flop
“An Ode to Simple Charcoal Grilling” [General Sports Club]
A Man Read 3,599 Books Over 60 Years, and Now His Family Has Shared the Entire List Online
What's a Good Shirt Anyway?
“Pt. 1: Janny Jingyi Ye, Oliver Church, Carter Altman, and Atsuki Nakamura give their answers” [Present Forever]
America Gave Up on the Best Home Technology There Is
“The death of the landline was premature.” [The Atlantic]
The wonky wonder of New York’s Ear Inn: ‘It’s filled with memorabilia that had nowhere else to go’
“The home of sailor-musician Rip Hayman and his wife Barbara Pollitt has been a bar since 1817, its storied rooms hosting characters from world-weary sea dogs to Hungarian surrealists” [FT]
A shortlist of things we’ve got our eye on.
Best Made Co. Field Pant Special Edition - Olive Drab
Rocky Mountain Featherbed Navy Wind Tote
Form & Thread Mechanic Overshirt
Craighill Match Striker
Tricker’s Golf Loafer
Chairs
Ralph Lauren Writer’s Chair
PIRAJEAN LEES Listening Chair
Knoll Morrison Hannah Task Armchair
emeco 1006 Navy Chair
Cape Cod Beach Chair Company Great Island Backpack Chair
Eustis Captain Chair
Lawn Chair USA Sea Island Magnum
Having lived in the Carolinas these past 30 years, I’ve learned much about furniture manufacturing. Almost $9k for a “used” chair is absurdly stupid. Hancock & Moore will custom make you a new one with ultra-down back and cushions for your own family heirloom. Go to Highpoint, NC to shop for furniture. Then make a side trip to Lexington #1 BBQ.