Josh Rubin

Josh Rubin is COOL HUNTING's founder, editor and executive creative director. He brings his background as a photographer and expertise as a user experience designer to his point of view on what makes a good story for CH—this most often include some kind of intersectionality between art, culture, technology and design. Josh is a bit of an urban hippie, obsessed with most things Japanese, a Sealyham Terrier lover and very food motivated.

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Burton 2009

In between watching 1080s galore at the U.S. Open a couple weeks backs, I had the chance to demo some of Burton's gear due out for the 2009 season. Most noteworthy is …

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ShifD

Simple tools are always the best way to accomplish simple tasks. Such is the case with my new favorite multi-platform app, Shifd. It's basically a really easy way to capture and view …

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Brown Sound Tees

New from Brown Sound, we're totally digging the psychedelic imagery of the "Nose Wheelie" (above left) combining a Yeti on a skateboard with Hibiscus flowers, radiating stripes and Edwardian script. Others that …

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Luminescent Gravel

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Mixing glow-in-the-dark particles with flooring materials, the Dutch company S. Lövenstein BV created one of those no-fuss design fixes that improves safety and convenience. The substance has limitless applications for things like …

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Jimenez Lai

A simple description of written up but now he's breaking through with an exhibition at Los Angeles' Junc Gallery. Teaming up with Materials & Applications, a research center that promotes the new …

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Fentix Cube

Combining the brain-teasing appeal of a Rubik’s cube with a multi-touch interface, British electronic engineer Andrew Fentem’s Fentix Cube might be the ultimate geek toy. The full-color screens are bright enough to …

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Nike 1984 Tier 0 Olympic Pack

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With the Beijing Olympic Games just around the corner, it's only fitting that Nike release a pack of sneakers celebrating various Chinese Olympic Athletes from the past. Featuring traditional Chinese colors with …

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Bottoms Up Doorbell

A winner of a Red Dot award last year, Peter van der Jagt's Bottoms Up Doorbell is perhaps one of the best examples of repurposed objects we've come across. It's no surprise …

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