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I tried to remove it as carefully as possible in hopes that I could maybe reuse it down the road, but the bottom part of the skin ended up ripping cleanly off due to the strength of the adhesive used. Thankfully, the only adhesive left behind on the phone was on the volume rocker; however, this was easily scraped away. Toast warns in its instructions that trying to pull the button covers straight off may drag the actual button off with it, and that’s what happened to my power button. Luckily, it snapped back in without issue, and I pushed the button cover away from the side.

That text could be thought of as a supplement to design principles set down by Dieter Rams, the German designer celebrated for pale, clean-lined, Bauhaus-inspired work, largely at Braun. (Ive greatly admires Rams, but his debt to him has sometimes been overstated, and it’s worth noting a difference of manufacturing scale: Rams’s Braun products sold in the thousands, occasionally the millions; Apple has sold one and a half billion things designed by Ive.) In Rams’s formulation, a new object should be innovative, useful, aesthetic, understandable, unobtrusive, honest, long-lasting, thorough, and environmentally friendly, and feature “as little design as possible.” Ive flicked through a sketchbook, giving me time to see that, like Leonardo da Vinci, he sometimes uses brown ink. There was a little drawing of something that may have been a latch and, in tall, skinny script, the words “pretension” and “smart.” On another page—Apple’s competitors may do with this what they like—Ive seemed to have written the word “Airbug.”

The merger of fine and casual dining seems to show no signs of abating. As a result, even moderately quiet restaurants have become few and far between. Things have gotten so bad, there’s even an app for helping potential diners find quieter places to eat. The culinary establishment once aimed to dismantle the stuffiness and high cost of dining out by blurring the line between casual and fine dining, eliminating classist dress codes, and make dining a more collective experience. But ironically, that democratization of eating out has produced a new and more hidden tyranny: making people tolerate unhealthy, distracting noise for good food—and then duping them into spending more, drinking more (along with the risk of vulnerable situations that can result from alcohol), and shouting over the din to socialize. By comparison, the worst thing that could happen at one of the upscale establishments of old was using the wrong fork or running afoul of the dress code.

The entry level model features Suedecloth and Luxtec upholstery with distinctive twin-needle stitching. S and SE models upgrade to high-quality, perforated grained leather while the R-Dynamic SE upgrades to sporty perforated grained leather with Suedecloth bolsters. R-Dynamic HSE specification is equipped with luxuriously soft perforated Windsor leather, which extends to the instrument panel and door casings.

An array of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are fitted as standard or offered as optional equipment and designed to make every journey in the Range Rover Velar safer and more comfortable.

Looking for exterior components that were ‘robust, stylish, long-lasting and hard-wearing’, homeowner Peter Jennings explained: “We worked with a local architect on the original concept but used our own experience of property development for the details of the property. The cladding feature was originally specified as timber, but with a busy professional and home life it was critical to make this home as low maintenance as possible. We were introduced to the Freefoam cladding range from a local supplier, Revival Building Products, and immediately liked the X-Wood range. We thought the woodgrain finish was exactly right for our project and the oak shade complemented the white and grey external elements perfectly.”

Land Rover set a new all-time sales record for the U.S. in 2016. In 2017, the brand will launch the all-new fifth generation Discovery and Range Rover Velar, expanding the line up to six models. Designed and engineered at Jaguar Land Rover’s development centers in the UK, the Range Rover Velar will be produced at the company’s Solihull production in facility. In the U.S. it goes on sale later this year, priced from $49,9001.

I won’t go into too much detail on the process, but basically, you put your phone into the included plastic frame and make sure it’s free of dust/oil/fingerprints there with the included alcohol pads and microfiber(s). You then prep the display by opening one of two small bottles of adhesive (the second one is there in case you mess up, which I did). After you lay the glass down on the screen, you use the frame’s built-in tilt function and let the adhesive naturally flow to the bottom of the screen. Then, you grab the included UV light and place it over the top and bottom for x amount of seconds.

Mirroring the taut, uncluttered, and perfectly-executed exterior design, the precision-crafted interior of the Range Rover Velar embraces the latest technology to enhance the trademark architecture of the Range Rover with a renewed focus on luxury materials, exquisite detailing, and exceptional refinement.

You may have heard of Bellroy before if you’ve been in the market for a wallet or a backpack. Lately, though, the company has been branching out into tech accessories, including a sleeve and ‘Pen Clip’ for the Pixelbook. As part of its collaboration with Google, Bellroy is also producing leather cases for the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. These sound great on paper, but unfortunately, they’re a complete and utter letdown.

Consultant Graham Everhart of Metropolitan explains he and his team created models based off the testing to develop solutions. “Our overall recommendation was to incorporate acoustically absorptive materials on all available surfaces,” he states, “and in most spaces, the most available surface was the ceiling, so we focused on that.”

“We are hiring people here in this complex who didn’t have a job and hadn’t worked for a year or two,” said Tobler, who expects to have 25 men on board before long.