Cool Hunting

Chinatown Soccer Club Tees
Chinatown Soccer Club (CSC) T-shirts. CSC, a loose group of players, was formed during the 2002 World Cup. They meet mornings year-round in Chinatown to play soccer. Most of the members are supercreative types. Photographer Gerhard Stochl and photographer and documentary filmmaker Peter Sutherland have joined forces to share the CSC soccer community with others. CSC member Justin Fines of Demo Design came up with...

Puma v1.06 Grass Camo Boot
Most of this year's Puma sponsored players will be kicking around in these grass camo boots. No, they won't really disappear and provide some kind of stealth advantage, but they will lend a constant reminder of where they really belong. They also happen to be featured alongside Pele in a video short on pumafootball.com that reminds of the spirit of playfulness in the game....

Paul Sika Photography
Cote d'Ivoire-based photographer Paul Sika created the environments in his wonderfully colorful and vibrant African series using actors and carefully staged sets to convey a powerful sense of social narrative and open the doors of imagination. The fashion and advertising photographer lets his ideas flow organically, but in the end his photographs are not left to chance. By creating a script and drawing sketches,...

Sergio Rodrigues x ClassiCon Furniture
Architect and designer Sergio Rodrigues is the latest gem owing thanks to the huge resurgence of interest in mid-20th century Brazilian furniture in recent years. Last month, ClassiCon, the German manufacturer of classic and contemporary design, launched a collection of nine pieces he designed. Under partnership with LinBrasil as the exclusive distributor for Europe, Asia and Oceania, ClassiCon's Rodrigues collection, which spans over five decades...