Cool Hunting

Jewelboxing
Finally, something for those of us who care to put a little more love in the package. Jewelboxing is a do it yourself system for making pro quality CD cases. The system includes all the parts you need, plus design templates. Available in king size and regular size cases, you can order them directly from the Jewelboxing site....

Disc Hub
Do you like to leave your current favorite CDs out for easy playback and quick visual reference? The Disc Hub lets you have a more controlled mess and less damage to your discs by gently holding them in neoprene lined slots. Alex de Rouvray designed this handy hub while still a student at Stanford-- now he's manufacturing and selling them. He even got a...

Schimmel/Colani Pegasus Grand Piano
A collaboration between Italian designer Luigi "Allergic to Straight Lines" Colani and German piano-makers Schimmel in the late 1990s, the Pegasus grand piano looks like something you'd see on a Star Trek set. Updates to the classic form include a slightly curved, ergonomic keyboard (eliminating any need for the player to move their body), an electrically-controlled hydraulic lid (to control projection) and a fully...

Across the Great Divide
The two most iconic Australian bands of the past decade—Silverchair and Powderfinger—joined forces recently on a joint Australia-wide tour of monumental proportions. And when we say monumental, we mean playing everywhere from "Darwin to Ballarat to Toowoomba to Tasmania." Crikey! A three DVD set called "Across The Great Divide" has just been released to commemorate the occasion.Pick it up from their site....

Novax 8-String Guitar
Not since the '40s has the basic design of the guitar undergone such a major change as it has with the Novax. The brainchild of master luthier Richard Novak, he designed his trademarked fanned-fret system for six, seven and eight string guitars, allowing bass strings and regular guitar strings to combine in one instrument. Classicists may think the Novax 8-string is an an oddity,...