Cool Hunting
| 22 November 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Cut and Paste Winner
by Ami Kealoha
Lines stretched out the door last Saturday for the Cool Hunting-sponsored Cut and Paste design competition held at M1-5 in NYC. Inside, attendees crowded the room to witness a "design off" that pitted eight premiere New York designers against each other in three judged tournament-style rounds. Winner Alisa Suthayali (see Default) is a designer at 2x4 and won with her “Hearts and Bars Badge” (pictured) in a final round that tasked contestants with creating a rebel-themed police badge. Congrats!
Salvor Kiosk
by Ami Kealoha
Salvor Kiosk is the new destination in New York to find Salvor's unique screenprinted tees and pillows. An online store launches today on the heels of the Soho store at 95 Spring Street that opened its doors yesterday. Located within Salvor designer and kiosk co-founder, Ross Menuez's studio, the retail space on one hand is what Menuez envisions as "a lab" to test out his more experimental work, and on the other, the retail space offers a selection of country-specific, often exclusive objects hand-picked by Menuez and the other two owners, a photographer and set designer. Featuring a new country every two to three months, the current inaugural collection features hard-to-find Japanese imports, like a dead stock cast iron tape dispenser ($48) and the elegant, multi-use bamboo steamer ($31) - both pictured, with more, after the jump.
The Laundry Bag
by Evan Orensten
The Laundry Bag solves a need many of us have: Where to put our dirty laundry and how to get it to the laundry (or laundry room) in style. Fortunately the design savvy peeps at The Laundry Bag have created three different bags, each with a variety of pockets/bags/compartments to store your laundry essentials: The Original Laundry Bag US$59.95, The Duffle Laundry Bag US$69.95 and The Travel Laundry Bag US$49.95. Each comes in a few styles and are currently available in many stores in SE Australia (check the site for retailers), at Colette Paris or from The Laundry Bag directly via email.
Mimoco goSeries
by Josh Rubin
The good kids over at Mimoco just announced their new line of USB storage toys and gave us the first peek. The goSeries of mimobots was designed by Yahid Rodriguez who also designed the first run of mimobots, the preorder direct from Mimoco (they'll ship in early December, just in time for the holidays). With only 500 of each bot produced, these crazy little monsters are collectible in addition to being functional and fun.
Thirsty Work by Matt Skinner
by Evan Orensten
Matt believes that everyone can learn about, understand, and enjoy the pleasures of wine without carrying around little pocket charts, subscribing to glossy wine magazines and using fancy words to describe the experience. And anyone fortunate enough to have eaten at Fifteen, Jamie Oliver's restaurant in London, has experienced Matt Skinner's "Thirsty Work." As the sommelier at Fifteen (or "head of the wine team" as the book jacket describes him) Matt successfully balances Jamie's food with his selection of wines. Matt is passionate about wine and wants to share that passion with everyone who will listen.
Matt is an avid surfer and skateboarder, and the book's style is equally as casual and accessible. This is a book for anyone with an interest in wine and a limited knowledge of it. The book is organized into sections on the history of wine, the varieties of grapes, the regions that wine is grown in, and a "toolbox" that helps you understand how to define and describe the things you like about the wines you enjoy. What I like best about the book is that it helps educate and guide you through the world of wine. It does not tell you what wines to buy or how to organize your vast collection of pricey vintage bottles; it gives you the confidence to appreciate wine on your own terms. Cheers to that.
Read Matt's bio here and visit his web site.
Thirsty Work by Matt Skinner is available at Amazon.
