Cool Hunting

Cut & Paste Contestants
After much deliberation, the 8 contestants who will compete to be the Cut & Paste champion have been chosen. The competition is this Saturday, November 19th at M1-5 at 52 Walker St. The contestants, in alphabetical order, are presented after the jump....

Core77's Offsite Series: Design, Wit and the Creative Act
Humor is always a great asset, but incorporating it into design? Part of their Offsite series, our friends at Core 77 are hosting an excellent panel of speakers to discuss Design, Wit and the Creative Act this Friday, 9 November 2007, at the Art Directors Club in New York City. All joining in to offer their opinions on how humor can help customer experiences,...

The Creators Series: Ticket Giveaway
Tomorrow Unlimited presents the first annual Creators Series, a multidisciplinary conference that highlights emerging creative cultures and social change through discussion panels, musical events and a free art exhibition. The series will be held over successive weekends starting in New York and ending in Los Angeles. Bringing together some Cool Hunting favorites, the Social Interfaces Panel of the series will investigate new platforms of...

Cut & Paste
A little more than a year ago, CH sponsored Cut & Paste, the first design competition to square designers against each other in a live tournament-style battle. From the initial sold-out event in NYC, Cut & Paste has grown into a nationwide tour with stops in four cities featuring local designers and judges in each spot. For episode 55, CH joined the party that...

ICFF 2006, Part II
Earlier this week the week we brought you ICFF 2006 and Beyond. As promised, here are a few more events happening this weekend, this time focusing on reader-contributed specifics. —Icing or Cake is Fabrica's window installation displayed at both Chashama and The Apartment that asks questions about consumption. —Bambu, maker of bamboo dinnerware and utensils shows two collections at Hautegreen, Williamsburg's eco-chic design show....

ICFF 2006 and Beyond
New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is right around the corner (from 21-23 May 2006) and there are some hot events happening there as well as off-site. Here are a few that we'll be checking out. If we missed any, tell us here and we'll post a follow-up on Friday. Mobile Living is a conference and exhibition that's taking place at Skylight Studios...