Cool Hunting
The Boston Globe: The Life Athletic by Josh Rubin
"I haven't been able to get a response from anyone in Marketing or Product Development," emails Josh Rubin, whose "Cool Hunting" website has become a nexus for the petition drive. "But Customer Service assures me they are aware of (and quite grateful for) the attention."
That "Life Aquatic" -- easily the limpest of Anderson's films to date, puffed out with props and gimmickry -- should be the object of such fetishistic scrutiny makes perfect sense. Fail to write a good story, set your characters adrift, and the audience's collective libido will zero in on... the shoes! Rubin thinks that the Zissou sneaker campaign manifests "the overall passion of sneaker-head culture" but allows that "the accessory-obsessed nature of the film" might have had something to do with it. As to the success of such a campaign, sneaker heads have prevailed before: Classic Sports Shoes recently announced that in response to public interest they were producing 1,500 pairs of the vintage yellow-and-black Tai Chi Onitsuka Tigers worn by Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill."
by James Parker
This entry posted on 30 January 2005 at
5:34 PM
|
previous entry Escape Lab Travel Album |
next entry The Nike Berliner |
Related Entries
Advertisement
CNN: What's Next: 'Cool Hunting'
We didn't get an actual mention in this story, but they scanned several of our pages in the B-roll. view stream...
We didn't get an actual mention in this story, but they scanned several of our pages in the B-roll. view stream...
Cargo: Color Coders
"ColorWare seems to have hit the market at just the right time," says Josh Rubin, creator and editor of the design Web site Cool Hunting (coolhunting.com)> Now that everyone has a cell phone, laptopp, and iPod, Rubin says, more people are demanding that their gear express their individuality. --Michael Joseph Gross download pdf...
"ColorWare seems to have hit the market at just the right time," says Josh Rubin, creator and editor of the design Web site Cool Hunting (coolhunting.com)> Now that everyone has a cell phone, laptopp, and iPod, Rubin says, more people are demanding that their gear express their individuality. --Michael Joseph Gross download pdf...
Outside Magazine: Customization
Whether you're after a one-off design for your new shoes or a pair of jeans, technological advances have made mass customization easier than ever. "Even big manufacturers like Nike are offering products that allow for personal expression," says 31-year-old New York designer Josh Rubin whose Web site, www.coolhunting.com, has become a style arbiter for fashionistas and urban hipsters. --John Bradley view site download pdf...
Whether you're after a one-off design for your new shoes or a pair of jeans, technological advances have made mass customization easier than ever. "Even big manufacturers like Nike are offering products that allow for personal expression," says 31-year-old New York designer Josh Rubin whose Web site, www.coolhunting.com, has become a style arbiter for fashionistas and urban hipsters. --John Bradley view site download pdf...
Fast Company: Cool Runnings
Cool hunters are more than just streetwise fad spotters. Here are three blogs from arbiters of cool that offer insights and inspiration for innovation. BLOG: Cool Hunting WHO WRITES IT: Josh Rubin, a former user-interface designer for Motorola, and his band of 10 contributors WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT: Because drinking Pabst with hipsters at after-hours Brooklyn bars is exhausting. Instead, tap into the...
Cool hunters are more than just streetwise fad spotters. Here are three blogs from arbiters of cool that offer insights and inspiration for innovation. BLOG: Cool Hunting WHO WRITES IT: Josh Rubin, a former user-interface designer for Motorola, and his band of 10 contributors WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT: Because drinking Pabst with hipsters at after-hours Brooklyn bars is exhausting. Instead, tap into the...
Boston Globe: Design Blogs
Josh Rubin, the fellow behind www.Coolhunting.com, actually does live in New York, which retains its design-capital status even in the blogger age. He agrees with Pikus that a central effect of the design blogosphere has been to organize more information than was ever before possible. ''Prior to creating my website, any of these references were either bookmarked in my browser or torn out of...
Josh Rubin, the fellow behind www.Coolhunting.com, actually does live in New York, which retains its design-capital status even in the blogger age. He agrees with Pikus that a central effect of the design blogosphere has been to organize more information than was ever before possible. ''Prior to creating my website, any of these references were either bookmarked in my browser or torn out of...
Footwear News: Small World
Cool Hunting sneaker freaks around the globe are taking their latest obsession online-- and discovering they're not alone. "Similar to any other topic, the Internet has helped spread communication more quickly," said Josh Rubin, founding editor of Coolhunting.com, a New York-based blog he began just over two years ago as "a running database of things I like. In the case of sneakers, news used...
Cool Hunting sneaker freaks around the globe are taking their latest obsession online-- and discovering they're not alone. "Similar to any other topic, the Internet has helped spread communication more quickly," said Josh Rubin, founding editor of Coolhunting.com, a New York-based blog he began just over two years ago as "a running database of things I like. In the case of sneakers, news used...
Recent Cool Hunting Videosview all Cool Hunting Videos
Advertisement
Advertisement
Recent Entries
The Pharos Project
Hank and Matlok
Neon Shoes
Radio Village Nomade
Ghostly Swim: Interview with Sam Valenti
Creative Index
Interview with Maarten Baas
A Paper Tiger
Von Totebags and T-Shirts
The Pharos Project
Hank and Matlok
Neon Shoes
Radio Village Nomade
Ghostly Swim: Interview with Sam Valenti
Creative Index
Interview with Maarten Baas
A Paper Tiger
Von Totebags and T-Shirts