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Rooms by You
Customization and social shopping meet home interiors with Rooms by You, an exciting new online resource for soft goods. Baby rooms just launched first, but there are items that can suit most any room or office. Rooms are created in various styles, all with white objects. Simply select an object—a pillow or a storage box or a curtain—and apply the pattern of your choice....
Customization and social shopping meet home interiors with Rooms by You, an exciting new online resource for soft goods. Baby rooms just launched first, but there are items that can suit most any room or office. Rooms are created in various styles, all with white objects. Simply select an object—a pillow or a storage box or a curtain—and apply the pattern of your choice....
The Fine Line Benefit Art Exhibit
Organized around a mustache theme, the one-night group show "The Fine Line," brings together over 50 of today's premiere young artists in NYC to help Movember raise awareness about men's health issues. The month-long celebration of the beloved facial hair style helps fund treatment of testicular and prostate cancer, naturally joining forces with Lance Armstrong's Livestrong foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation to make...
Organized around a mustache theme, the one-night group show "The Fine Line," brings together over 50 of today's premiere young artists in NYC to help Movember raise awareness about men's health issues. The month-long celebration of the beloved facial hair style helps fund treatment of testicular and prostate cancer, naturally joining forces with Lance Armstrong's Livestrong foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation to make...
Harlem Pop: the Parlor Session
This weekend Society HAE and Metro PCS co-host Harlem Pop: the Parlor Session, an extension of an ongoing series of "Pop Up Experience Shops." The project, geared towards art/fashion/music enthusiasts, consists of an installation that will house new works from emerging artists for one day only. Featured designers include Harriet's Alter Ego, The House of Nassat, Memory Lane by Toya, Enyawd Creations and more....
This weekend Society HAE and Metro PCS co-host Harlem Pop: the Parlor Session, an extension of an ongoing series of "Pop Up Experience Shops." The project, geared towards art/fashion/music enthusiasts, consists of an installation that will house new works from emerging artists for one day only. Featured designers include Harriet's Alter Ego, The House of Nassat, Memory Lane by Toya, Enyawd Creations and more....
David DiMichele: Pseudodocumentation
by Anna Carnick Photographer David DiMichele's latest series, Pseudodocumentation, depicts imaginary art installations that playfully examine scale and perception, blur the lines between truth and fiction and question the act of looking at art. The L.A.-based photographer situates his subjects in dramatic surroundings—encircled by towers of melting ice, daunting slashes of bark and shards of glass. And while his characters appear vulnerable, the resulting surreal...
by Anna Carnick Photographer David DiMichele's latest series, Pseudodocumentation, depicts imaginary art installations that playfully examine scale and perception, blur the lines between truth and fiction and question the act of looking at art. The L.A.-based photographer situates his subjects in dramatic surroundings—encircled by towers of melting ice, daunting slashes of bark and shards of glass. And while his characters appear vulnerable, the resulting surreal...
Fifty Years of Exploration: Space Infographic
The National Geographic's Fifty Years of Exploration beautifully charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing specific interests in various planets and comets. Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger...
The National Geographic's Fifty Years of Exploration beautifully charts the paths taken by astronauts on historic missions to space—including both failed and triumphant attempts—visually pinpointing specific interests in various planets and comets. Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger...
Experibass
Sound artist Diego Stocco—featured here previously for his Music From a Tree—has gone and reinvented a musical instrument again. When he contacted us recently to tell us about it, he could barely contain his excitement. “I have a new video that I'd like to show you,” he wrote. “I created an instrument by combining a violin, a viola, a cello and a double bass!”...
Sound artist Diego Stocco—featured here previously for his Music From a Tree—has gone and reinvented a musical instrument again. When he contacted us recently to tell us about it, he could barely contain his excitement. “I have a new video that I'd like to show you,” he wrote. “I created an instrument by combining a violin, a viola, a cello and a double bass!”...
Pieter Hugo: Nollywood
Way scarier than Hallmark's Halloween, South African photographer Pieter Hugo's recent book "Nollywood" treats readers to an inside glimpse of the Nigerian film industry, the third largest in the world after the U.S.'s Hollywood and India's Bollywood productions. (Click on images for enlarged views.) Striking photos accompany equally fascinating explanatory texts written by famed Nigerian author Chris Abani, Stacy Hardy and AfricaLab founder Zina...
Way scarier than Hallmark's Halloween, South African photographer Pieter Hugo's recent book "Nollywood" treats readers to an inside glimpse of the Nigerian film industry, the third largest in the world after the U.S.'s Hollywood and India's Bollywood productions. (Click on images for enlarged views.) Striking photos accompany equally fascinating explanatory texts written by famed Nigerian author Chris Abani, Stacy Hardy and AfricaLab founder Zina...
Publishers With A Purpose
In honor of Blog Action Day, we're proud to announce our involvement in Publishers With A Purpose—a group of online publishers who pledge to donate 5% of their advertising inventory to select nonprofits and social causes. The realization that as busy creatives there isn't always time to become physically involved with charitable projects, inspired Flavorpill to create Publishers With A Purpose in 2009. They've...
In honor of Blog Action Day, we're proud to announce our involvement in Publishers With A Purpose—a group of online publishers who pledge to donate 5% of their advertising inventory to select nonprofits and social causes. The realization that as busy creatives there isn't always time to become physically involved with charitable projects, inspired Flavorpill to create Publishers With A Purpose in 2009. They've...
Jamie Oliver's 20 Minute Meals iPhone App
Harnessing iPhone capabilities, Jamie Oliver's new cooking application solves some of the most common cookbook pitfalls with a clever interface that puts helpful images, instructions and videos literally at your fingertips. With 50 brand-new recipes that all have the kind of twists—a Mediterranean salad with avo, cauliflower cheese and chili risotto—that made us Jamie fans in the first place and geared towards beginners who...
Harnessing iPhone capabilities, Jamie Oliver's new cooking application solves some of the most common cookbook pitfalls with a clever interface that puts helpful images, instructions and videos literally at your fingertips. With 50 brand-new recipes that all have the kind of twists—a Mediterranean salad with avo, cauliflower cheese and chili risotto—that made us Jamie fans in the first place and geared towards beginners who...
Full Moon: The Apollo Missions
Opening at San Diego's Joseph Bellows Gallery this week, landscape photographer Michael Light's tightly-edited collection of 129 of the 32,000 images shot during the mission to the moon commemorate the 40th anniversary of the event. A literally unworldly visual narrative of these lunar missions, Light focuses on rarely-seen images, showcasing the beautiful aesthetic of the spacewalk, lunar lander and the blue orb that we...
Opening at San Diego's Joseph Bellows Gallery this week, landscape photographer Michael Light's tightly-edited collection of 129 of the 32,000 images shot during the mission to the moon commemorate the 40th anniversary of the event. A literally unworldly visual narrative of these lunar missions, Light focuses on rarely-seen images, showcasing the beautiful aesthetic of the spacewalk, lunar lander and the blue orb that we...
Guy Chanel Leather Accessories
by Zeva Bellel A one-man luxury brand, Guy Chanel works alone out of his atelier on the outskirts of Paris handcrafting a variety of one-of-a-kind designs out of leather, crocodile, ostrich and other fine skins. From saddles, handbags and wallets to belts, armchairs and even lamps, Chanel makes every creation to measure, building them by hand using artisanal tools and techniques. By keeping production slow...
by Zeva Bellel A one-man luxury brand, Guy Chanel works alone out of his atelier on the outskirts of Paris handcrafting a variety of one-of-a-kind designs out of leather, crocodile, ostrich and other fine skins. From saddles, handbags and wallets to belts, armchairs and even lamps, Chanel makes every creation to measure, building them by hand using artisanal tools and techniques. By keeping production slow...
High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants
by Julie Wolfson Full of glamorous young girls wearing sparkly dresses, elaborate hairstyles, and copious makeup, the images in Susan Anderson's book "High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants" (also the subject of an upcoming gallery show, see below) document the phenomenon. Asking each of pint-sized queens to style their own photo, some of the portraits reveal eerily mature poses and intensely sultry...
by Julie Wolfson Full of glamorous young girls wearing sparkly dresses, elaborate hairstyles, and copious makeup, the images in Susan Anderson's book "High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants" (also the subject of an upcoming gallery show, see below) document the phenomenon. Asking each of pint-sized queens to style their own photo, some of the portraits reveal eerily mature poses and intensely sultry...
Four Female Olympic Hopefuls
With the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver just a little over four months out, Nike brought a group of journalists last week to the gleaming Canadian city to check out their female athletes' intensive training as they prep for possible Olympic stardom. In addition to presentations on apparel and shoe launches, journalists at the Women's Training Summit got coveted one-on-one time with eight amazing...
With the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver just a little over four months out, Nike brought a group of journalists last week to the gleaming Canadian city to check out their female athletes' intensive training as they prep for possible Olympic stardom. In addition to presentations on apparel and shoe launches, journalists at the Women's Training Summit got coveted one-on-one time with eight amazing...
Vasarely Foundation Poster
Sourced from the Vasarely Foundation in Provence, France, this poster makes a great homage to the Hungarian Op-Art pioneer that—thanks to a logo that we're guessing dates the foundation's 1976 opening—borders on kitsch. Pick it up for $66 from Kiosk....
Sourced from the Vasarely Foundation in Provence, France, this poster makes a great homage to the Hungarian Op-Art pioneer that—thanks to a logo that we're guessing dates the foundation's 1976 opening—borders on kitsch. Pick it up for $66 from Kiosk....
Vintage LIP Watches
For a subtle accessory that makes a bold statement, Watchismo recently made a rare private collection of vintage LIP watches available after remaining in storage for several decades. The collection includes rare editions such as the original Mach 2000 chronographs from Roger Tallon and Prince Francois de Baschmakoff's Jumping Hour Watch, standing the test of time and making the collection historically beautiful. Now your...
For a subtle accessory that makes a bold statement, Watchismo recently made a rare private collection of vintage LIP watches available after remaining in storage for several decades. The collection includes rare editions such as the original Mach 2000 chronographs from Roger Tallon and Prince Francois de Baschmakoff's Jumping Hour Watch, standing the test of time and making the collection historically beautiful. Now your...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: How to Make a Burton Snowboard
by Gregory MitnickTraveling to Burlington, Vermont, our video visits Burton's snowboard manufacturing center to learn about their handmade process and prototyping techniques. Chris Doyle, the brand's "mad scientist" who's worked with founder Jake Burton since 1996, gives a behind-the-scenes tour explaining what makes their snowboards industry leaders....
by Gregory MitnickTraveling to Burlington, Vermont, our video visits Burton's snowboard manufacturing center to learn about their handmade process and prototyping techniques. Chris Doyle, the brand's "mad scientist" who's worked with founder Jake Burton since 1996, gives a behind-the-scenes tour explaining what makes their snowboards industry leaders....
Active Furniture
Active Furniture, a project by Spanish designers Virginia Pol, Ferran Lajara and Cristina Guardiola, uses counter-intuitive design as an antidote to our increasingly sedentary lives. The three objects—a floor lamp, a desk and a wall hanger—each require a level of exertion on the user's part to function. The floor lamp must be held upright, both to illuminate the bulb and keep the lamp vertical....
Active Furniture, a project by Spanish designers Virginia Pol, Ferran Lajara and Cristina Guardiola, uses counter-intuitive design as an antidote to our increasingly sedentary lives. The three objects—a floor lamp, a desk and a wall hanger—each require a level of exertion on the user's part to function. The floor lamp must be held upright, both to illuminate the bulb and keep the lamp vertical....
The Michelle Obama Action Figure
by Jeremy Brautman Jailbreak Toys, makers of the Barack Obama action figure, didn't want the plastic President to be lonely, so they made him a wife. But she's not just there to support him. The Michelle Obama action figure can stand on her own (and there's no confusing her with Cindy McCain Barbie). Naturally, Jailbreak opted for sleeveless get-ups in all three editions of...
by Jeremy Brautman Jailbreak Toys, makers of the Barack Obama action figure, didn't want the plastic President to be lonely, so they made him a wife. But she's not just there to support him. The Michelle Obama action figure can stand on her own (and there's no confusing her with Cindy McCain Barbie). Naturally, Jailbreak opted for sleeveless get-ups in all three editions of...
Three Apples: An Exhibition Celebrating 35 Years of Hello Kitty
The world's most iconic feline, Hello Kitty, has lived way beyond her nine lives—she currently 35, in fact. To celebrate this all-important birthday marking her mid-thirties with no crisis in sight, Sanrio's extravaganza revolves around "Three Apples: An Exhibition Celebrating 35 Years of Hello Kitty" opening at Royal/T in Los Angeles next week. Featuring 80 artists—among them Luke Chueh, Tara McPherson (pictured below right)...
The world's most iconic feline, Hello Kitty, has lived way beyond her nine lives—she currently 35, in fact. To celebrate this all-important birthday marking her mid-thirties with no crisis in sight, Sanrio's extravaganza revolves around "Three Apples: An Exhibition Celebrating 35 Years of Hello Kitty" opening at Royal/T in Los Angeles next week. Featuring 80 artists—among them Luke Chueh, Tara McPherson (pictured below right)...
The Art of Rebellion Poster Giveaway
by Jeremy Brautman Rolling into NYC this week, Harley Davidson's exhibit, The Art of Rebellion pairs 10 rock poster artists with 10 Harley-Davidson Iron 883 gas tanks. Artists chosen for for the one-night event at the historic Chelsea building La Venue include Art Chantry, Brian Ewing, Derek Hess, Dirty Donny, Frank Kozik, Harpoon, John Van Hamersveld, Lindsey Kuhn, Tara McPherson and The Pizz, who will...
by Jeremy Brautman Rolling into NYC this week, Harley Davidson's exhibit, The Art of Rebellion pairs 10 rock poster artists with 10 Harley-Davidson Iron 883 gas tanks. Artists chosen for for the one-night event at the historic Chelsea building La Venue include Art Chantry, Brian Ewing, Derek Hess, Dirty Donny, Frank Kozik, Harpoon, John Van Hamersveld, Lindsey Kuhn, Tara McPherson and The Pizz, who will...
Remake It Home: The Essential Guide to Resourceful Living
by Tamara Warren In Henrietta Thompson's thoughtful DIY book "Remake it Home: The Essential Guide to Resourceful Living," everything has a purpose. Her introductory essay traces the recent history of recycled design, citing Marcel Duchamp’s ceramic urinals and Ron Arad’s car seats as examples of essentially making something out of nothing. "As the sun sets on the late 20th century throwaway society, these diverse traditions...
by Tamara Warren In Henrietta Thompson's thoughtful DIY book "Remake it Home: The Essential Guide to Resourceful Living," everything has a purpose. Her introductory essay traces the recent history of recycled design, citing Marcel Duchamp’s ceramic urinals and Ron Arad’s car seats as examples of essentially making something out of nothing. "As the sun sets on the late 20th century throwaway society, these diverse traditions...
Myvinilo Wall Decals
Adding a touch of playfulness to interiors, Myvinilo specializes in vinyl wall decals. The Barcelona-based company, which recently showed at the Feria Valencia during the Ideas y Pasión tradeshow, produces a wide array of wall treatments ranging from the purely ornamental to the cleverly conceived. The silhouetted skyline series (above) turns the top of most any sideboard into a horizon line, while the floral...
Adding a touch of playfulness to interiors, Myvinilo specializes in vinyl wall decals. The Barcelona-based company, which recently showed at the Feria Valencia during the Ideas y Pasión tradeshow, produces a wide array of wall treatments ranging from the purely ornamental to the cleverly conceived. The silhouetted skyline series (above) turns the top of most any sideboard into a horizon line, while the floral...
Kenji Hirata: The Way Out is the Way In
by Tamara Warren Color functions as language in Kenji Hirata’s bountiful universe with shapes and hues that converge in beautiful cataclysms on canvas. The Japanese-born, Brooklyn-based artist's solo exhibition "The Way Out is the Way In," opens at Joshua Liner Gallery in New York City“ this week. New Laughter Mode” and “New Laughter Mode 2” represent cylindrical objects in motion, awash in shades of blue...
by Tamara Warren Color functions as language in Kenji Hirata’s bountiful universe with shapes and hues that converge in beautiful cataclysms on canvas. The Japanese-born, Brooklyn-based artist's solo exhibition "The Way Out is the Way In," opens at Joshua Liner Gallery in New York City“ this week. New Laughter Mode” and “New Laughter Mode 2” represent cylindrical objects in motion, awash in shades of blue...
Snow Peak Backpacking Cutlery
Bringing Japanese aesthetics to outdoor function, Snow Peak's dainty set of titanium camping cutlery lightens the load on backpacking excursions without compromising quality and taste. The collection includes the basic utensils required for any well-deserved meal and adds chopsticks and sporks the mix. Each set weighs less than two ounces, and sells from Snow Peak's online shop, along with an array of luxury camping...
Bringing Japanese aesthetics to outdoor function, Snow Peak's dainty set of titanium camping cutlery lightens the load on backpacking excursions without compromising quality and taste. The collection includes the basic utensils required for any well-deserved meal and adds chopsticks and sporks the mix. Each set weighs less than two ounces, and sells from Snow Peak's online shop, along with an array of luxury camping...
Cut & Paste Global Championship 2009
A competition of ideas, this year's Cut & Paste digital design tournament goes global for with 48 prior champions from around the world competing in the fields of 2D, 3D and motion design. Cool Hunting's own Josh Rubin will be one of the judges for the 3D segment. The battle of the best showcases savvy designers performing their own work in multiple rounds on...
A competition of ideas, this year's Cut & Paste digital design tournament goes global for with 48 prior champions from around the world competing in the fields of 2D, 3D and motion design. Cool Hunting's own Josh Rubin will be one of the judges for the 3D segment. The battle of the best showcases savvy designers performing their own work in multiple rounds on...
The Dutch Touch Art: Hand-Painted Oils
by Tisha Leung Preserving the style of painting popular during the Netherlands' Golden Age, the Dutch Touch Art Company's newest collection of oil paintings celebrates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan. Other reproductions and originals include both new and traditional subjects, like the full-size portrait “Marchese Balbi” and still-lifes such as “Cream Mushroom” (above left) and “Pear with Insect” (above right). Dutch...
by Tisha Leung Preserving the style of painting popular during the Netherlands' Golden Age, the Dutch Touch Art Company's newest collection of oil paintings celebrates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan. Other reproductions and originals include both new and traditional subjects, like the full-size portrait “Marchese Balbi” and still-lifes such as “Cream Mushroom” (above left) and “Pear with Insect” (above right). Dutch...
Dorado Tacos and Cemitas
The joint effort of a former Californian and a Boston chef, the new taco spot Dorado brings authentically fine-tuned Mexican to Boston's Brookline area. When myself and two other former Californians (credit one of them, photographer-savant James Ryang, for these pics) were invited to visit recently, we left longing for a similarly well-priced and delicious restaurant in NYC—no small compliment coming from a group...
The joint effort of a former Californian and a Boston chef, the new taco spot Dorado brings authentically fine-tuned Mexican to Boston's Brookline area. When myself and two other former Californians (credit one of them, photographer-savant James Ryang, for these pics) were invited to visit recently, we left longing for a similarly well-priced and delicious restaurant in NYC—no small compliment coming from a group...
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