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Readymech Series 002
(19 January 2007) - Collecting toys, like those made by Japanese company Medicom, can be pricey, so during a lean January you can instead have fun for free with the Readymech series. Put together by the industrious Portland-based design studio Fwis, who are also responsible for Squarewolf tees, the second series of paper Mechs have just gone up on the website. A printer, decent paper, double-sided tape and...
(19 January 2007) - Collecting toys, like those made by Japanese company Medicom, can be pricey, so during a lean January you can instead have fun for free with the Readymech series. Put together by the industrious Portland-based design studio Fwis, who are also responsible for Squarewolf tees, the second series of paper Mechs have just gone up on the website. A printer, decent paper, double-sided tape and...
Nicholas Feltron Annual Report 2006
(18 January 2007) - Last year at this time we posted designer Nicholas Feltron's ingenious personal annual report and this year he's at it again with another clever visual journal of 2006. The Feltron Report 2006 was conceived as a booklet to be distributed later in the month. You can preview the report and sign up to receive a copy via snail mail on his site. ...
(18 January 2007) - Last year at this time we posted designer Nicholas Feltron's ingenious personal annual report and this year he's at it again with another clever visual journal of 2006. The Feltron Report 2006 was conceived as a booklet to be distributed later in the month. You can preview the report and sign up to receive a copy via snail mail on his site. ...
Stuart and Your Gallery
(11 January 2007) - If you missed the launch last year of powerful art collector Charles Saatchi’s foray into the online networking, don’t worry you are not the only one. We only recently learned of the growing phenomena that are the Saatchi Gallery’s two online spaces for artists, Your Gallery and Stuart. Realizing the potential of tapping into the MySpace format, Saatchi started Your Gallery to provide a...
(11 January 2007) - If you missed the launch last year of powerful art collector Charles Saatchi’s foray into the online networking, don’t worry you are not the only one. We only recently learned of the growing phenomena that are the Saatchi Gallery’s two online spaces for artists, Your Gallery and Stuart. Realizing the potential of tapping into the MySpace format, Saatchi started Your Gallery to provide a...
Refinery29 Shops
(11 January 2007) - Just about a year and a half ago, Refinery29 launched, curating the best of New York retail into one easy-to-use website and pairing it with sharply penned, of-the-moment editorial. Now a regular CH contributor and friend, Refinery29 is making the coveted finds—those items that define New York as one of the world's shopping capitols—available online with this week's launch of Refinery29 Shops. Using the...
(11 January 2007) - Just about a year and a half ago, Refinery29 launched, curating the best of New York retail into one easy-to-use website and pairing it with sharply penned, of-the-moment editorial. Now a regular CH contributor and friend, Refinery29 is making the coveted finds—those items that define New York as one of the world's shopping capitols—available online with this week's launch of Refinery29 Shops. Using the...
Musicovery
(11 December 2006) - Like a customized online radio, Musicovery is a free flash-based site streaming a playlist of music dictated by an easily navigable set of criteria that the user chooses. Animated star-like graphics, in colors that correspond to genre, map the current lineup and an intuitive sidebar enables quick selection of different criteria. Organized into 18 genres, you can eliminate types you don't like, choose between...
(11 December 2006) - Like a customized online radio, Musicovery is a free flash-based site streaming a playlist of music dictated by an easily navigable set of criteria that the user chooses. Animated star-like graphics, in colors that correspond to genre, map the current lineup and an intuitive sidebar enables quick selection of different criteria. Organized into 18 genres, you can eliminate types you don't like, choose between...
Radar Now Supports Video
(13 November 2006) - Radar, the web service for friends to keep in touch through text and pictures via their mobile phones, today added a video feature. Sharing mobile videos is just like sharing pictures—you add a message and email them from your phone to Radar. Your friends can see and comment on your pictures, videos and messages from a computer or phone's mobile browser. The addition of...
(13 November 2006) - Radar, the web service for friends to keep in touch through text and pictures via their mobile phones, today added a video feature. Sharing mobile videos is just like sharing pictures—you add a message and email them from your phone to Radar. Your friends can see and comment on your pictures, videos and messages from a computer or phone's mobile browser. The addition of...
International Children's Digital Library
(20 October 2006) - The International Children's Digital Library is working on a goal to provide people around the world access to a digital library of children's books that will surpass 10,000 volumes by 2008. By constructing varying interface levels for children 3 to 13, ICDL has created a reading experience that evolves with each child's individual growth and will preserve the best of children's literature for future...
(20 October 2006) - The International Children's Digital Library is working on a goal to provide people around the world access to a digital library of children's books that will surpass 10,000 volumes by 2008. By constructing varying interface levels for children 3 to 13, ICDL has created a reading experience that evolves with each child's individual growth and will preserve the best of children's literature for future...
Maps of War
(18 October 2006) - Sail through 5,000 years of middle east political history in 90 seconds with easily digestible animated maps. Maps of War, albeit on the reductive side, provides an informative pictorial narrative surrounding the history of conflict in the Middle East....
(18 October 2006) - Sail through 5,000 years of middle east political history in 90 seconds with easily digestible animated maps. Maps of War, albeit on the reductive side, provides an informative pictorial narrative surrounding the history of conflict in the Middle East....
Lost at E Minor Newsletter
(11 October 2006) - If you've ever noticed a visually arresting Australian photographer, illustrator, or artist on Cool Hunting, chances are it's a contribution from Lost at E Minor, a site and weekly newsletter published by brothers Zolton and Zac Zavos. But, what you see on CH is only a select sampling of the rich finds the two come up with from the smallest continent and beyond. For...
(11 October 2006) - If you've ever noticed a visually arresting Australian photographer, illustrator, or artist on Cool Hunting, chances are it's a contribution from Lost at E Minor, a site and weekly newsletter published by brothers Zolton and Zac Zavos. But, what you see on CH is only a select sampling of the rich finds the two come up with from the smallest continent and beyond. For...
Sneakerplay is Live to the Public (sort of)
(15 September 2006) - If you're at all in to sneakers you've probably already heard about Sneakerplay, the footwear themed social software site. In addition to the standard profile, friend, gallery and messaging features the site includes a battle feature. To gain cred in the community and to facilitate discussion about different pairs you can challenge another member's pair to battle with a pair of your own. The...
(15 September 2006) - If you're at all in to sneakers you've probably already heard about Sneakerplay, the footwear themed social software site. In addition to the standard profile, friend, gallery and messaging features the site includes a battle feature. To gain cred in the community and to facilitate discussion about different pairs you can challenge another member's pair to battle with a pair of your own. The...
ThisNext
(21 August 2006) - My friends over at ThisNext have just taken their site out of private beta. Shopping these days is all about curated consumption—looking to friends or idols for guidance on what to buy and where to find it. ThisNext facilitates online shopping with community functions that help you find and share products. It's very easy and fun to use—within moments I created a list called...
(21 August 2006) - My friends over at ThisNext have just taken their site out of private beta. Shopping these days is all about curated consumption—looking to friends or idols for guidance on what to buy and where to find it. ThisNext facilitates online shopping with community functions that help you find and share products. It's very easy and fun to use—within moments I created a list called...
Satirical Relief
(18 August 2006) - I hope none of you think we take ourselves too seriously. We love what we do and we have fun doing it. In the last three and a half years since I started CH lots of other sites have come on the scene covering similar topics—some even with similar names. The more, the merrier. Two newcomers bring humor to the game and, possibly without...
(18 August 2006) - I hope none of you think we take ourselves too seriously. We love what we do and we have fun doing it. In the last three and a half years since I started CH lots of other sites have come on the scene covering similar topics—some even with similar names. The more, the merrier. Two newcomers bring humor to the game and, possibly without...
Radar
(03 August 2006) - As the mobile multimedia landscape evolves due to the increasing availability of hi-speed networks, Radar, the new web-based photo-sharing service for your phone and PC, is a natural step. Much like Shozu with Flickr built in, the site also has a social networking element. Once you join the Radar community and upload pictures by sending them to an email address, you'll be able to...
(03 August 2006) - As the mobile multimedia landscape evolves due to the increasing availability of hi-speed networks, Radar, the new web-based photo-sharing service for your phone and PC, is a natural step. Much like Shozu with Flickr built in, the site also has a social networking element. Once you join the Radar community and upload pictures by sending them to an email address, you'll be able to...
Flickr Down
(20 July 2006) - There was a moment last night when I logged in to Flickr and the site was down. Instead of boring excuses laden with empty apologies there was this fun, engaging and on-brand message that turned the whole event in to a creative contest. Arrggh! Our tubes are clogged! Because this sucks*, we thought you might like to enter an impromptu competition to win a...
(20 July 2006) - There was a moment last night when I logged in to Flickr and the site was down. Instead of boring excuses laden with empty apologies there was this fun, engaging and on-brand message that turned the whole event in to a creative contest. Arrggh! Our tubes are clogged! Because this sucks*, we thought you might like to enter an impromptu competition to win a...
Canadian Design Resource
(05 July 2006) - From bear-shaped license plates the whimsical Ball-B-Q, and even the Newfoundland, examples of innovation, spunk and style abound at the Canadian Design Resource website. The newly launched site showcases Canadian design past and present, and is intended as a resource for all types of design and designers. Site founders Michael Erdmann and Todd Falkowsky (of the Toronto-based design collective Motherbrand) hope the site will...
(05 July 2006) - From bear-shaped license plates the whimsical Ball-B-Q, and even the Newfoundland, examples of innovation, spunk and style abound at the Canadian Design Resource website. The newly launched site showcases Canadian design past and present, and is intended as a resource for all types of design and designers. Site founders Michael Erdmann and Todd Falkowsky (of the Toronto-based design collective Motherbrand) hope the site will...
Quikmaps
(28 June 2006) - Quikmaps is another installation in the ever-growing collection of Google Maps mash-ups. Handy for scribbling a quick overlay of information, Quikmaps lets you save, email and post your creation. In addition to being highly useful it's open ended so creative-types with a map fetish can draw till their heart's content. If you're so inclined, make some map art and send it to us at...
(28 June 2006) - Quikmaps is another installation in the ever-growing collection of Google Maps mash-ups. Handy for scribbling a quick overlay of information, Quikmaps lets you save, email and post your creation. In addition to being highly useful it's open ended so creative-types with a map fetish can draw till their heart's content. If you're so inclined, make some map art and send it to us at...
MOG
(07 June 2006) - As social networking sites become bigger and bigger people have a harder time finding new friends or meaningful stuff to share. As a result there is an increasing number of niche or topic focused sites coming on to the scene. The latest, MOG, is music focused and includes obvious but useful features like favorite artist this month or most recently played track. But what...
(07 June 2006) - As social networking sites become bigger and bigger people have a harder time finding new friends or meaningful stuff to share. As a result there is an increasing number of niche or topic focused sites coming on to the scene. The latest, MOG, is music focused and includes obvious but useful features like favorite artist this month or most recently played track. But what...
We Feel Fine
(31 May 2006) - For almost a year now Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar have been scanning blogs to find and catalog human feelings. We Feel Fine is their database and visualization of several million emotional statements found by searching blog posts for the phrases "I feel" and "I am feeling." Viewable in six different modes or movements as they call them, the site is a brilliant artistic...
(31 May 2006) - For almost a year now Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar have been scanning blogs to find and catalog human feelings. We Feel Fine is their database and visualization of several million emotional statements found by searching blog posts for the phrases "I feel" and "I am feeling." Viewable in six different modes or movements as they call them, the site is a brilliant artistic...
State of the Union Visualizer
(30 May 2006) - Brad Borevitz created this tool, simply named State of the Union, to visualize keywords from US presidential State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006. Every address is included; for each one common words are displayed with the size showing how many times they were used in the speech and the height on the graph showing the word's significance as compared to other...
(30 May 2006) - Brad Borevitz created this tool, simply named State of the Union, to visualize keywords from US presidential State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006. Every address is included; for each one common words are displayed with the size showing how many times they were used in the speech and the height on the graph showing the word's significance as compared to other...
Spear is on the Move
(08 May 2006) - Our friend and former CH contributor Josh Spear has just launched a redesigned joshspear.com. In addition to some slick visual tidiness (by Grow Interactive), he's added commenting so readers can talk about his finds. There's also a new geo-locator that shows where in the world he's hunting for new and interesting stuff. At the moment he's on his way to Asia for a two...
(08 May 2006) - Our friend and former CH contributor Josh Spear has just launched a redesigned joshspear.com. In addition to some slick visual tidiness (by Grow Interactive), he's added commenting so readers can talk about his finds. There's also a new geo-locator that shows where in the world he's hunting for new and interesting stuff. At the moment he's on his way to Asia for a two...
renourish: nutrients for the graphic design community
(21 April 2006) - renourish is an online resource for green design and the result of two years of research by Eric Benson, who created the site as his MFA thesis at the University of Texas at Austin. Eric noted the many green resources available to architects and industrial designers, but noticed a lack of resources for graphic designers. The site is an evolving toolkit for the design...
(21 April 2006) - renourish is an online resource for green design and the result of two years of research by Eric Benson, who created the site as his MFA thesis at the University of Texas at Austin. Eric noted the many green resources available to architects and industrial designers, but noticed a lack of resources for graphic designers. The site is an evolving toolkit for the design...
Visual Complexity
(08 March 2006) - Visual Complexity is a listing of nearly 300 different information mapping projects. Compiled by Manuel Lima, a Portuguese information designer who recently finished his MFA at Parson's School of Design in New York, each entry includes a project overview and a link for more detail. Lima started VC as a method of cataloging research for his thesis, Blogviz—a dynamic map of information diffusion in...
(08 March 2006) - Visual Complexity is a listing of nearly 300 different information mapping projects. Compiled by Manuel Lima, a Portuguese information designer who recently finished his MFA at Parson's School of Design in New York, each entry includes a project overview and a link for more detail. Lima started VC as a method of cataloging research for his thesis, Blogviz—a dynamic map of information diffusion in...
This Week at Refinery29
(03 February 2006) - The highlights this week at Refinery29 include the Australian a completely new look, inspired by childhood fantasies and 50's style hardware stores. And finally, Refinery sits down with British shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood to discuss his creative process when designing a collection and his architectural inspirations. Priding himself on his well-crafted and well-constructed stilletos, Kirkwood guides us from his initial sketches straight through to...
(03 February 2006) - The highlights this week at Refinery29 include the Australian a completely new look, inspired by childhood fantasies and 50's style hardware stores. And finally, Refinery sits down with British shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood to discuss his creative process when designing a collection and his architectural inspirations. Priding himself on his well-crafted and well-constructed stilletos, Kirkwood guides us from his initial sketches straight through to...
This Week in Needled
(03 February 2006) - It was a star-studded week at Needled beginning with the fabulous Margaret Cho and her equally fabulous Ed Hardy tattoo. Marisa spoke with Margaret about her motivation for the tattoo and the response is personal and provacative. The next day, Marisa runs into the World's Most Tattooed Person, Lucky Diamond Rich, on the streets of London, and he offers his thoughts on what it's...
(03 February 2006) - It was a star-studded week at Needled beginning with the fabulous Margaret Cho and her equally fabulous Ed Hardy tattoo. Marisa spoke with Margaret about her motivation for the tattoo and the response is personal and provacative. The next day, Marisa runs into the World's Most Tattooed Person, Lucky Diamond Rich, on the streets of London, and he offers his thoughts on what it's...
This Week in Tropolism
(03 February 2006) - We started with another Shiny-Gold building, Then two artist-itect posts A progress update on the High Line And ended with some wicked Fashion-tecture.Stay tuned next Friday for a Special Announcement!...
(03 February 2006) - We started with another Shiny-Gold building, Then two artist-itect posts A progress update on the High Line And ended with some wicked Fashion-tecture.Stay tuned next Friday for a Special Announcement!...
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