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ZEN LISTENING Made from wood by Indonesian craftspeople in areas of high unemployment, Singgih Kartono’s Magno Radio ( designpublic.com) is as easy on the conscience as it is on the ears and eyes. It even doubles as a computer speaker.

FULL METAL JACKET Following Acrassicauda’s struggle just to exist in postliberation Iraq, Heavy Metal in Baghdad (Vice Films) tells an affecting story of frustration, displacement, and the power of rock. Western metal bands don’t know from hardcore.

 

BK IN THE DAY The alternative street sneaker of the late ’⁸⁰s and ’⁹⁰s, British Knights ( britishknights.com) are back in all their heavy-soled, fat-tongued glory. Here’s hoping former spokesman MC Hammer doesn’t follow suit.

CHUCK D HAS A POSSE Shepard Fairey (the man who turned Andre the Giant into Big Brother) redesigns PE’s trademark crosshairs in his new Obey/Public Enemy collaboration ( obeycloth-ing.com). Wear it to remember a time before VH¹ found Flavor Flav.

TIN EARED Kollective.de’s Tin Bots ( thetinbot.com) take iPod protection up a notch with colorful urban designs rendered in durable tin. And with easy-access slots, you’ll never have to look at that eternally smudged silver backing again.

SMOKE SIGNALS From the art of copping (by Rob Thomas!) to strategies for smell-hiding (courtesy of Brady bride Adrianne Curry), the comprehensive info in Pot Culture: The A–Z Guide (Abrams Image) will have (some of) you taking notes between bong hits.