Cool Hunting

Middle Colors Humidifier
With winter just around the corner, it's time to pack away your air conditioner and bust out the humidifier. Luckily, the Japanese seem to have a small obsession with moisture and have produced several devices we wouldn't mind keeping out all year. The latest to join this lineup is the Middle Colors humidifier, which is not only attractive and available in a range of...

Bholu Housewares and Toys
With a mission to help impoverished women in India, Australian designer Jodie Fried's line of designer housewares and children's toys has finally reached the United States. The whimsical designs are embroidered by underprivileged skilled artisans, keeping alive their traditional technique and simultaneously offering them a sustainable income. All of the handmade wool products are Fair Trade and range from kids toys to rugs. Fried's...

Moda Home Collection for Micasa by Adriana Barra
Brazilian fashion designer Adriana Barra is well known for her vivid, dizzying prints on boho dresses. She recently applied these works to release a print-embellished Moda Home Collection for the highly conceptual furniture store Micasa in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Our favorites from the collection include 10 Mini Ice Boxes. Small, retro refrigerators that you might find in a dorm room, each pay homage to...

Element Skateboards Audio Visual Award Winners
After a brief two-month open call for entries spanning a range of categories — from artwork to films — but all focused on skate, Element Skateboards recently announced the new talent who's bringing home the bread from their Element Audio Visual Awards. While most of the winners aren't big names yet, the purpose of the competition was meant to highlight and inspire the hard...

Jason Miller for VIPP Charity Auction
Makers of the original pedal trash bin since 1939, danish design company Vipp teamed up with a select group of celebrities and artists—Bono, Michael Stipe and Todd Oldham to name a few—to design receptacles that will be sold for charity. On display through 17 September at The Conran Shop in Manhattan, we especially like Jason Miller's edition (pictured). He did away with the pedal....

Brilliant: Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass
Currently in 4th Place for the “People’s Prize” in the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Awards, we like Frida Jeppsson’s submission titled “Brilliant." It is one of 21 entries from young designers from all over the world. Representing Sweden, the 24-year-old Stockholmian's entry is a marriage of form and function creating a perfectly balanced piece that remains true to the brief of the prize. Jeppsson...