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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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 …

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Electronic Toy Design

Yury Gitman is teaching a course at Parson's this semester called Making Toys: The Insides and Outsides of Electronic Toy Design. The students spent the first part of the semester dissecting Poohs, …

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No Mas: Fall Classic

Chris Isenberg, the creative force behind No Mas, wore a full Yankee uniform complete with stirrups and a plastic batting helmet almost every day from ages 4 to 7. Now in his …

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Little Traitor

As some of you may have noticed, contributor Carol T Chung no longer resides in New York City. Although we miss her dearly, we wish her the best of luck on her …

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Sneaker Pimps Video

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One more bit of coverage from the NYC stop of Sneaker Pimps. This video, produced by James Sharpe and narrated by Derek Snider, gives a glimpse of the event and includes interviews …

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Nokia E Series Pics

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We got to play with some samples of the new Nokia E series today. The hardware felt pretty close to final, but the software is still a bit buggy. Nothing that can't …

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Time Out: Shelf Conscious

All hands on decks. For a true sneaker freak, shoes aren't just something to wear on one's feet. As a nod to his obsession with collectors' kicks, Josh Rubin, editor of design …