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TIME Best Inventions of 2021 →

Alison Van Houten December 13, 2021

Nuratrue: Custom Listening

Mila: A Fine-Looking Filter

Strategic Innovations eLiT LED Address Box & Security System: Found, Not Lost

IQUI: The Ultimate Selfie Stick

And others here.

In TIME Tags Music, Travel, Design, Reporting, Gear, Feature

TIME 100 Most Influential Companies of 2021 →

Alison Van Houten December 8, 2021

Strava: Helping cities serve athletes

TerraCycle: Recycling at scale

Roblox: Building a metaverse

Rad Power Bikes: Cycling forward

Oatly: Expanding an oat-milk empire

Maersk: Shipping the world’s stuff

Equinor: Fueling up, more sustainably

Volkswagen: Racing to lead EVs

Nextdoor: Linking neighbors

Lime: Scooting forward

In TIME Tags Reporting, Outdoors, Food & Drink, Sustainability, Gear

In Praise of the Adventure Dress →

Alison Van Houten August 24, 2020

Immersing yourself in nature is a way to check social constructs at the trailhead. What you wear while doing so should enhance that experience—not detract from it.

In Outside Online, Outside Magazine Tags Gear, Outdoors, Travel, Social Justice, Essays

This Is the Perfect Backcountry Utensil Set →

Alison Van Houten June 24, 2020

Sporks may be controversial, but this one won us over.

In Outside Magazine Tags Gear, Outdoors, Food & Drink

Why I Love My $12 Casio Watch →

Alison Van Houten June 17, 2020

Some might consider me a Luddite, but zero distraction in this age of technological excess is the most valuable thing a piece of gear can provide.

In Outside Magazine Tags Gear, Essays, Outdoors

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