Cool Hunting

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...