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(26 October 2009) - by Ariston Anderson As more and more art galleries regrettably shut their doors for good around Chelsea, one perk we've seen out of the recession is the increasing number of salons popping up around town. The current climate has left many artists feeling isolated, and one organization, ABCyz aims to bring together New York's collective creative juices into one whirlwind of a show, creating community...
(26 October 2009) - by Ariston Anderson As more and more art galleries regrettably shut their doors for good around Chelsea, one perk we've seen out of the recession is the increasing number of salons popping up around town. The current climate has left many artists feeling isolated, and one organization, ABCyz aims to bring together New York's collective creative juices into one whirlwind of a show, creating community...
Phaidon's NYC Pop-Up Store
(23 October 2009) - Opening next month, Phaidon's first stand-alone store will debut in NYC's Soho neighborhood and stay open through January 2010. With their full range of titles on art and culture, as well as their Wallpaper* City Guides and cookbooks, award-winning children's books and stationery, the 2,500 square-foot boutique makes getting their goods easy with same-day delivery in Manhattan and concierge service. Other goodies include collector's...
(23 October 2009) - Opening next month, Phaidon's first stand-alone store will debut in NYC's Soho neighborhood and stay open through January 2010. With their full range of titles on art and culture, as well as their Wallpaper* City Guides and cookbooks, award-winning children's books and stationery, the 2,500 square-foot boutique makes getting their goods easy with same-day delivery in Manhattan and concierge service. Other goodies include collector's...
Content 09
(23 October 2009) - by Adrienne So Installed in the rooms of Portland, OR's Ace Hotel, the first Content brought the brightest talent in the city's fashion, music and art scene together into a multi-media exhibition last weekend. Eschewing traditional runways both by choice (Portland's fashion set chose the city over NYC for a reason) and because upfront costs make them prohibitive for smaller designers, Content provides an untraditional...
(23 October 2009) - by Adrienne So Installed in the rooms of Portland, OR's Ace Hotel, the first Content brought the brightest talent in the city's fashion, music and art scene together into a multi-media exhibition last weekend. Eschewing traditional runways both by choice (Portland's fashion set chose the city over NYC for a reason) and because upfront costs make them prohibitive for smaller designers, Content provides an untraditional...
Holiday Shores: Columbus'd The Whim
(23 October 2009) - Likely due to their home state, name and penchant for upbeat chord progressions, Florida's Holiday Shores draw comparisons to a slew of feel-good bands like Wavves, Beach Fossils and the Beach Boys, to name a few. But writing them off as surfer-dude tunes misses the mark. The band wisely tempers sunny melodies with a healthy dissonant sheen, such that each carefully-crafted pop melody comes...
(23 October 2009) - Likely due to their home state, name and penchant for upbeat chord progressions, Florida's Holiday Shores draw comparisons to a slew of feel-good bands like Wavves, Beach Fossils and the Beach Boys, to name a few. But writing them off as surfer-dude tunes misses the mark. The band wisely tempers sunny melodies with a healthy dissonant sheen, such that each carefully-crafted pop melody comes...
Bruar Falls CMJ BBQ Spectacular
(22 October 2009) - Kids sporting laminates on NYC subways signals CMJ's descent on the city once again. Friends of CH, The Roulettes—a band accepted into the music showcase on their first try—put together an awesome lineup that we're sponsoring this Saturday. Other bands performing include Red Wire Black Wire, Renminbi, Sini Anderson, The Fancy and Beluga and we're stoked to be on board with co-sponsors Etsy (who...
(22 October 2009) - Kids sporting laminates on NYC subways signals CMJ's descent on the city once again. Friends of CH, The Roulettes—a band accepted into the music showcase on their first try—put together an awesome lineup that we're sponsoring this Saturday. Other bands performing include Red Wire Black Wire, Renminbi, Sini Anderson, The Fancy and Beluga and we're stoked to be on board with co-sponsors Etsy (who...
Harlem Pop: the Parlor Session
(16 October 2009) - 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....
(16 October 2009) - 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....
Cut & Paste Global Championship 2009
(12 October 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...
(12 October 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...
Polite Sleeper: Lake Effect
(23 September 2009) - The first proper full-length from Brooklyn's Polite Sleeper, Lake Effect serves up nine songs straddling the hazy line between folk and indie rock. At turns somber and frenetic, singer/guitarist Jason Orlovich's earnest vocal timber and everyday observations echo more recent Mountain Goats records. Rounded out by Michael Curtes (keys and vocals) and Tim Wilson (drums and vocals), the group shows remarkable range and versatility...
(23 September 2009) - The first proper full-length from Brooklyn's Polite Sleeper, Lake Effect serves up nine songs straddling the hazy line between folk and indie rock. At turns somber and frenetic, singer/guitarist Jason Orlovich's earnest vocal timber and everyday observations echo more recent Mountain Goats records. Rounded out by Michael Curtes (keys and vocals) and Tim Wilson (drums and vocals), the group shows remarkable range and versatility...
Shoot: Photography in the Moment
(08 September 2009) - by Tisha Leung Getting back to basics, curator and former Tokion magazine editor-in-chief Ken Miller's new book "Shoot" presents the work of 26 photographers who go au natural using only a single-lens reflex camera and natural light. Their work focuses on capturing a moment without the aid of elaborate lighting, sets or manufactured scenes, instead relying more on instinct, intimacy with subjects and happenstance...
(08 September 2009) - by Tisha Leung Getting back to basics, curator and former Tokion magazine editor-in-chief Ken Miller's new book "Shoot" presents the work of 26 photographers who go au natural using only a single-lens reflex camera and natural light. Their work focuses on capturing a moment without the aid of elaborate lighting, sets or manufactured scenes, instead relying more on instinct, intimacy with subjects and happenstance...
Spindrift x J.X. Williams Tour
(08 September 2009) - Spaghetti Western rockers Spindrift are making their way west where their reverberated guitars hang on a minor chord like a magenta sunset over a high desert playa. Unique to this tour, they've been granted permission to use imagery from the reclusive J.X. Williams, whose all-but-lost horror spectaculars changed cinema forever. Director Noel L awrence, the keeper of William's archives, secured permission from the elder...
(08 September 2009) - Spaghetti Western rockers Spindrift are making their way west where their reverberated guitars hang on a minor chord like a magenta sunset over a high desert playa. Unique to this tour, they've been granted permission to use imagery from the reclusive J.X. Williams, whose all-but-lost horror spectaculars changed cinema forever. Director Noel L awrence, the keeper of William's archives, secured permission from the elder...
Design Event 2009: The Democracy Exhibit
(19 August 2009) - Design Event, the North East, U.K.'s annual design festival named their new graphic design exhibition "Democracy," applying the concept thematically as well as in a curatorial sense. With the goal of making the entire exhibition democratic, artists and designers will submit their own interpretation of Democracy to the website CreateDemocracy. The public will then vote their favorites (see examples below) into the festival showcase....
(19 August 2009) - Design Event, the North East, U.K.'s annual design festival named their new graphic design exhibition "Democracy," applying the concept thematically as well as in a curatorial sense. With the goal of making the entire exhibition democratic, artists and designers will submit their own interpretation of Democracy to the website CreateDemocracy. The public will then vote their favorites (see examples below) into the festival showcase....
Cool Hunting Rough Cut: Rock The Garden 2009
(17 August 2009) - By Max Gold...
(17 August 2009) - By Max Gold...
Harry Allen x Johnson & Johnson: First Aid Kit and Panel
(14 August 2009) - by Tisha Leung Winner of I.D. magazine's best packaging design in their Annual Design Review, industrial designer Harry Allen's take on Johnson & Johnson's ubiquitous first aid kit reshapes it into a modern figure-eight form. The design stands on end for easy storage, has a built-in handle for quick grab-and-go, and makes for the slimmest profile possible, with the recognizable red cross front and center....
(14 August 2009) - by Tisha Leung Winner of I.D. magazine's best packaging design in their Annual Design Review, industrial designer Harry Allen's take on Johnson & Johnson's ubiquitous first aid kit reshapes it into a modern figure-eight form. The design stands on end for easy storage, has a built-in handle for quick grab-and-go, and makes for the slimmest profile possible, with the recognizable red cross front and center....
Twig and Fig Reclaimed Wood Invites
(21 July 2009) - by Tisha Leung Planning a country or beach wedding? Twig and Fig’s Driftwood Tides set lends a glam shade to the eco-friendly. Made entirely from reclaimed wood, the invitation, consists of seven planks (reminding of driftwood or an old romantic boardwalk) that measure 5"x7" and approximately 1” thick and includes a single 4”x6” plank as the save-the-date card. Two vertical planks neatly hold the seven...
(21 July 2009) - by Tisha Leung Planning a country or beach wedding? Twig and Fig’s Driftwood Tides set lends a glam shade to the eco-friendly. Made entirely from reclaimed wood, the invitation, consists of seven planks (reminding of driftwood or an old romantic boardwalk) that measure 5"x7" and approximately 1” thick and includes a single 4”x6” plank as the save-the-date card. Two vertical planks neatly hold the seven...
A Gorge in the City: Decadence in NYC
(17 June 2009) - Prepare yourself for a summer of eating and drinking in NYC with A Razor, A Shiny Knife's 24 hour cooking marathon, New York Botanical Garden's Edible Garden, and the Indy Spirits' liquor expo. A Razor, A Shiny Knife This culinary body dedicates themselves to fashioning unique "educational, social and theatrical" cooking experiences, as evidenced in their ludicrous, gluttonous and absolutely divine proposal: A 24 hour...
(17 June 2009) - Prepare yourself for a summer of eating and drinking in NYC with A Razor, A Shiny Knife's 24 hour cooking marathon, New York Botanical Garden's Edible Garden, and the Indy Spirits' liquor expo. A Razor, A Shiny Knife This culinary body dedicates themselves to fashioning unique "educational, social and theatrical" cooking experiences, as evidenced in their ludicrous, gluttonous and absolutely divine proposal: A 24 hour...
Thrillist x Cool Hunting Loft Party
(12 June 2009) - Cool Hunting sponsored an old-school early-'90s jam at the Thrillist Loft earlier this week as part of their week of parties. Absolut Vodka supplied an open bar, calling for many drinks, dances and adventurous picture poses. The classic tunes—from Black Street to SWV—supplied by the illustrious DJ Sharee got the dancefloor going, assisted by a breakdancing troupe. We'd like to shout out our thanks...
(12 June 2009) - Cool Hunting sponsored an old-school early-'90s jam at the Thrillist Loft earlier this week as part of their week of parties. Absolut Vodka supplied an open bar, calling for many drinks, dances and adventurous picture poses. The classic tunes—from Black Street to SWV—supplied by the illustrious DJ Sharee got the dancefloor going, assisted by a breakdancing troupe. We'd like to shout out our thanks...
NYC Food Film Festival 2009
(01 June 2009) - Celebrating the classic combination of dinner and a movie, the third annual NYC Food Film Festival unites various foods and films that portray them. The chosen films vary in length, the longest at 73 minutes is Ron Mann's "Know Your Mushrooms." It follows fungi experts Larry Evans and Gary Lincoff on a mushroom trip through the woods, set to a score by the Flaming...
(01 June 2009) - Celebrating the classic combination of dinner and a movie, the third annual NYC Food Film Festival unites various foods and films that portray them. The chosen films vary in length, the longest at 73 minutes is Ron Mann's "Know Your Mushrooms." It follows fungi experts Larry Evans and Gary Lincoff on a mushroom trip through the woods, set to a score by the Flaming...
Brooklyn Bike Jumble
(29 May 2009) - All's set for the first annual Brooklyn Bike Jumble, New York's first and only bicycle flea market, this weekend. And, weather permitting, it looks to be the perfect stopover during a weekend ride around the city or to score a new ride. The Jumble aims to connect local vendors and artisanal producers of handmade bikes, clothing and accessories with the community in a fun and...
(29 May 2009) - All's set for the first annual Brooklyn Bike Jumble, New York's first and only bicycle flea market, this weekend. And, weather permitting, it looks to be the perfect stopover during a weekend ride around the city or to score a new ride. The Jumble aims to connect local vendors and artisanal producers of handmade bikes, clothing and accessories with the community in a fun and...
Loving Day Celebrations
(28 May 2009) - by Ariston Anderson When Ken Tanabe stumbled upon the Supreme Court case Loving vs. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage in the U.S., he was shocked that there was no holiday to commemorate the occasion. So he decided to start his own. "I realized that most people had never heard of this civil rights milestone," he tells CH. "I started Loving Day to fight prejudice against...
(28 May 2009) - by Ariston Anderson When Ken Tanabe stumbled upon the Supreme Court case Loving vs. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage in the U.S., he was shocked that there was no holiday to commemorate the occasion. So he decided to start his own. "I realized that most people had never heard of this civil rights milestone," he tells CH. "I started Loving Day to fight prejudice against...
Model Citizens NYC Exhibition
(12 May 2009) - by Alexandra Polier The latest satellite event to showcase clever designs like Charles Constantine's Memento coffee table/coffin (pictured at right) in competition with ICFF this weekend is Model Citizens NYC 2009, a forum for independent designers at Exit Art, just around the corner from the bigger fair's Javitz Center home. Like the American Design Club, Model Citizens is an exhibition society with a mission of...
(12 May 2009) - by Alexandra Polier The latest satellite event to showcase clever designs like Charles Constantine's Memento coffee table/coffin (pictured at right) in competition with ICFF this weekend is Model Citizens NYC 2009, a forum for independent designers at Exit Art, just around the corner from the bigger fair's Javitz Center home. Like the American Design Club, Model Citizens is an exhibition society with a mission of...
Bamboo Bike Studio
(01 May 2009) - If Robinson Crusoe were to have a bike, today he would have made it at Bamboo Bikes Studio. The weekend workshop allows you to build your own bamboo dream bike, helping out Mother Nature while kitting yourself out with a sustainable, one-of-a-kind bicycle. Bamboo Bikes' mission is pretty simple. Their goal is to provide cyclists the experience of building their own ride from scratch,...
(01 May 2009) - If Robinson Crusoe were to have a bike, today he would have made it at Bamboo Bikes Studio. The weekend workshop allows you to build your own bamboo dream bike, helping out Mother Nature while kitting yourself out with a sustainable, one-of-a-kind bicycle. Bamboo Bikes' mission is pretty simple. Their goal is to provide cyclists the experience of building their own ride from scratch,...
Twittering the 99% Conference
(16 April 2009) - Today officially kicks off 99%, our two-day conference exploring the art of realizing ideas. With a speaker line-up full of heavy-hitters, hosted by Behance's founder Scott Belsky and our own Josh Rubin, the day guarantees at least a few gems. To keep tabs, follow @the99percent, see commentary by searching #the99percent or just read about it on our site the99percent.com. For our resident pundit Josh...
(16 April 2009) - Today officially kicks off 99%, our two-day conference exploring the art of realizing ideas. With a speaker line-up full of heavy-hitters, hosted by Behance's founder Scott Belsky and our own Josh Rubin, the day guarantees at least a few gems. To keep tabs, follow @the99percent, see commentary by searching #the99percent or just read about it on our site the99percent.com. For our resident pundit Josh...
Slideluck Potshow
(13 April 2009) - by Laura Neilson In the spirit of community, art, and food, Slideluck Potshow is exactly what it (sort of) sounds like, a potluck slideshow. Anyone can attend the events, however guests are asked to bring contributions in the form of food, drink and imagery. Photographers of all subject matters and experience levels are encouraged to submit their work for the entertainment portion of the evening....
(13 April 2009) - by Laura Neilson In the spirit of community, art, and food, Slideluck Potshow is exactly what it (sort of) sounds like, a potluck slideshow. Anyone can attend the events, however guests are asked to bring contributions in the form of food, drink and imagery. Photographers of all subject matters and experience levels are encouraged to submit their work for the entertainment portion of the evening....
2009 Ferrari 599XX and Maserati Gran Turismo
(13 April 2009) - Kicking off this year's New York International Auto Show last week, we attended the U.S unveiling of the new Ferrarri 599XX and Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic at Ferrari's Park Ave showroom. Both were originally exhibited at the Geneva Auto Show a few weeks prior and are the focus of much desire. While the GranTurismo is the more practical choice, the Ferrari, a professional level...
(13 April 2009) - Kicking off this year's New York International Auto Show last week, we attended the U.S unveiling of the new Ferrarri 599XX and Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic at Ferrari's Park Ave showroom. Both were originally exhibited at the Geneva Auto Show a few weeks prior and are the focus of much desire. While the GranTurismo is the more practical choice, the Ferrari, a professional level...
99% Conference Giveaway
(07 April 2009) - We're super excited around here for our upcoming 99% conference we're putting on with Behance. The two-day affair will be a look at how the inspiring art, design and culture that CH represents comes to be, and how the creatives like those from our roster of speakers maintain their success. Recently added to the already stacked list of speakers is "The Manipulator" Jill Greenberg, the...
(07 April 2009) - We're super excited around here for our upcoming 99% conference we're putting on with Behance. The two-day affair will be a look at how the inspiring art, design and culture that CH represents comes to be, and how the creatives like those from our roster of speakers maintain their success. Recently added to the already stacked list of speakers is "The Manipulator" Jill Greenberg, the...
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