99U Conference 2013 Speakers

This year's inspiring lineup for the annual spring conference

The speaker line-up for this year’s 99U conference—which we helped co-found with Behance in 2009—was announced earlier today. The conference, set to be held on 2-3 May 2013, will feature talks by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque, Hosain Rahman of Jawbone and returning speaker Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere, as well as other notable creative professionals like author AJ Jacobs of “Drop …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

David Lynch and lithography, Akomplice's magic plants, the new Adidas Boost and more in our weekly look at the web

1. H&M + Brick Lane Bikes While we’ve heard rumors of the H&M collaboration with London’s Brick Lane Bikes for some time now, a rather insightful video popped up this week to fuel our anticipation. Seemingly, the Swedish super brand actually put a good deal of R&D into the line, which is set to debut 7 March and include everything from cycling specific sport coats …

Architizer A+ Awards

The finalists have been announced and now it's time for the public to vote

Created as a way to honor innovation and impressive new structures in architecture, the Architizer A+ Awards today announce their finalists and open up voting to the public on the much anticipated popular choice award. Judged by 200 jurors including Cool Hunting co-founders Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten, each of the 50+ categories have been narrowed down to just a couple of standouts, from which …