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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Peace Magnets

Leave it to a Vermonter to come up with an alternative to the ubiquitous yellow Support Our Troops car magnets. Bennington based Rob Sperber makes the magnets by hand simply with the …

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Flirtomatic

When it comes to anything mobile Europe has always been ahead of the U.S. For example, there have been mobile dating/mating applications over there for years. Flirtomatic, the latest player, launched yesterday …

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Skullflower Ring

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Just when I thought I was getting over the skull thing, this ring crossed my path to set me straight. A macabre masterpiece, it's best worn on a thumb or index finger …

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New Showcase Artists

Over the weekend we added new work from 7 different artists to the Craig Kanarick (above, top), Emiliano Granado (above, middle) and Jen Tank (above, bottom) among others. Some of the older …

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Cassette Jam 05

When was the last time you labored through making a mix tape? I think I made my last one in 1997. The cassette tape is pretty foreign these days, but still hugely …

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Reader Survey

It's survey time again. They help us learn more about you and that's useful for two reasons. Firstly, it helps us to continue bringing you the content you want to see. Secondly, …

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This Week at Refinery 29

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This Week at Refinery29, political activism gets fashion-wise thanks to Downtown for Democracy. Specially-designed shirts by fashion visionaries including Francisco Costa, Peter Som, Patricia Field, and Project Alabama stole the show at …

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This Week in Tropolism

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It was all about elevated public parks. Visiting the High Line (getting oh so close to stepping on it), while seeing some great art. Visiting the press junket for 55 Water Street, …

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Mini Concept Tokyo

Mini Traveller concept shown at the Frankfurt Auto Show was created as a tribute to the original 1960 Traveller. It’s a good looking consideration for how to evolve a Mini to be …