Cool Hunting
| 20 August 2007view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Gelitin
by m ss ng p eces
In this episode we go to Coney Island to dig a hole with the four Austrian-based artists known as Gelitin. Part of a series organized by Creative Time, the week-long project involved digging a hole in the sand and filling it back in each day. The piece was a relatively tame one for the group whose other performances have included hand-built working roller coasters, a giant knitted rabbit installed in the hills of Italy for 20 years and many other projects involving various states of nudity. But the laid-back mood of the performance (titled "The Dig C*nt") allowed us to spend some time with quartet on their last day on the beach to talk about their experiences and their general approach to art-making.
Superior Interior Tournament @ NeoCon Xpress
by Jacob Resneck
For the first time ever, interior designers will match wit-for-wit in a live action duel that pits four teams head-to-head in front of an audience of their peers at the Superior Interior Tournament.
Only one team will survive the pressure and rise to the top as the others fall to the wayside in a broken heap of shame and humiliation, Mad Max-style. Okay, so that's a little over-the-top. But, like all the recent competitions that dramatize design, a live action battle royale is a novel take on the traditional behind-the-scenes charrette in which designers show off their skills as an academic exercise. They've even promised to thrown in a live DJ, celebrity MC and crown the winning designer "king."
Part of the national design tradeshow NeoCon Xpress, the Superior Interior tournament goes down this Wednesday, 22 August, inside the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Cool Hunting x ThisNext: Wii Giveaway
by Seth Brau
Our friends at ThisNext have given us a Wii. As much as Wii here at Cool Hunting would love to keep the Wii for ourselves, Wii've decided to just give it away to one lucky wiiner. Get it? I'm replacing the word we with Wii, because that's the system we're giving away—gosh I'm clever. The Wii is so freaking awesome its wiird. To enter, go here.
Caffe Sanora Antioxidant Coffee
by Ami Kealoha
Boasting more antioxidants per cup than green tea, Caffe Sanora is a new line of organic coffee that uses a patented roasting process to preserve the health benefits naturally found in green coffee beans that are lost in standard methods of roasting. Taking its name from the Italian and Spanish words for health, taste-wise Sanora's indistinguishable from other gourmet coffees. Available in several blends including decaf, Caffe Sanora is available online starting at $10 for 12 ounces.
Hecklewood T-Shirts
by Mike Giles
Portland, Oregon-basedHecklewood is a streetwear label born from an obsession with fringe subcultures. Raised on a steady diet of art, pop culture, and punk, their collection draws inspiration from their youth in the '80s and '90s and the cultural happenings of today.
Hecklewood and its two sister brands, Tanner and Off-set will be making their debut at the Pool Tradeshow 27-29 August in Las Vegas. They will be showing new cut-and-sew goods, new Hecklewood tees and hoodies as well as the new line of Tanner leather goods including messenger bags, laser-etched wallets, and other goodies.
My favorite is their “Miami Vice”-inspired “My Only Vice" tee (pictured below right). Like most good things, these are produced in limited quantities so don't miss out.
Vending Machine Ramen
by Ami Kealoha
From hot canned coffee to warm corn soup, Japanese vending machines do their best to meet all your vending machine needs. This May, Kyoto-based company Fujitaka began selling Sapporo-style canned ramen for ¥300 ($2.67) a pop to nerds in Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics district. Yes, you can buy canned noodles! For the country that invented instant ramen, vending machine noodles must be a godsend! The product is so popular and the demand is so strong that the maker is having difficulty filling orders. This summer, Fujitaka also began selling chilled canned noodles and plans to introduce curry udon and Hakata-style ramen.
Since the noodles are made from konnyaku, they won't go soggy and can be stored for up to three years at room temp. No wonder local authorities have even contacted Fujitaka about stockpiling the canned noodles for emergencies. More than perfect nerd food!
Also on Cool Hunting: Vending Machine Safety
by Brian Ashcraft
