Cool Hunting

Kartell x .normaluisa: Glue Cinderella Ballet Flat
Kartell, one of the world's most innovative plastics manufacturers, recently teamed up with Italian fashion brand .normaluisa to create the Glue Cinderella ballerina flat. The design takes advantage of Kartell's extensive experience in plastics and injection-molding technology, to create a supple form marked by a two-tone color scheme that will be available in opaque/opaque or transparent/ opaque versions. The playful design comes with the...

Govino Wine Glasses
by Ariston Anderson We've broken more wine glasses than we care to remember. And forget about putting out the good stuff at parties, but drinking wine out of a plastic cup kills the taste. However, not all plastic cups are created equally. Made of shatterproof thermoplastic polymer resin, Govino wine glasses are designed just like crystal stemless ware. And like crystal, there is no leaching...

Glass Beverage Bottles
This version of a glass bottle in the shape of a plastic one continues the trend of doing up disposables in nicer materials and is, indeed, a Crate and Barrel knock-off of a similar concept by Roost (also makers of home furnishings but without the corporate baggage). It does however offer two design differences that caught our attention. The option of a smaller size...

Rémy Martin Louis XIII Collaborations
The process of making cognac is a combination of art, science, experience, devotion and genius. In keeping with the passion and vision that goes behind each bottle, cognac connoisseur Rémy Martin has teamed up with visionary artists from the world of art, design, photography and architecture on various projects.An ideal match for the luxury brand, Rémy Martin asked French industrial designer Christophe Pillet to create...