You can own Steve McQueen and Dennis Hopper’s motorbikes
Have a little extra cash sitting around? Bikes from Steve McQueen and Dennis Hopper are heading to auction.
Gear
Roll it up and ride: The Deus and Makr tool roll
One of the best things about brands that focus heavily on craftsmanship and quality is that they tend to align themselves with like-minded companies. Such is the case here for Deus and Makr’s motorbike tool roll.
Pop socks: Miike Snow adorns feet with jackalopes
Miike Snow and Happy Socks team up in a Swedish power pairing that will leave your feet covered in jackalope silhouettes.
Hip helmet: A hand-painted job courtesy of Corpses from Hell
Maxwell Paternoster — designer and illustrator behind the motorcycle club Corpses from Hell — sat down in a London diner to adorn Ruby’s Castel helmet with his acid-trip vision. Here are the gold-leafed results, complete with melting greasers, zombie hands, and circuitry.
Amps to 11 (PM): Marshall’s Hanwell home-speaker system
As one of the most iconic names in amps over the past 50 years, Marshall is a name that’s synonymous with music. Now, for the first time, you can bring its sound and design to your living room with the special-edition Hanwell hi-fi home-speaker system.
5 last-minute Father’s Day gifts
Still haven’t picked out a Father’s Day gift this year? Let us suggest a few last-minute ideas.
Marshall Monitor: Stacked sound in a pair of headphones
Sometimes the rules of etiquette have a thing or two to say about blasting a volume-pinned Marshall stack in public. Sometimes the rules of etiquette are exhausting.
Introducing the Wheelharp: Part barrel, keyboard, and hurdy gurdy
Hoping to bridge the gap between live and synthesized, Kickstarter’s latest oddity (the Wheelharp) is a barrel-shaped keyboard instrument with the ability to produce actual bowed-string sounds.
Dim-sum sneakers? See Puma’s food-themed products
The latest collaboration between Puma and Hypebeast pays homage to that most wonderful of mid-morning meals: dim sum.
Plug & program & play: The OWL Programmable Effects Pedal
Now up on Kickstarter, the OWL (open ware laboratory) seems able to bring effects designing down to a universal level, offering a fully open-source and open-hardware pedal that requires no proprietary tools or hardware-specific knowledge.