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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New Vasarely Book

A new book of work by Victor Vasarely, the Hungarian painter who played a critical role in the evolution of Op Art in the 40s and 50s, is being published. Vasarely created …

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Keep Your Eyes on the Road

Sony's latest in-car GPS unit, the NVXYZ777, displays a 3D rendering of the streets and buildings of Tokyo. This high resolution touch screen device also has 30GB of storage and is capable …

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Oki-Ni adidas Tennis Hi

Oki-Ni and adidas have recreated the Tennis Hi, circa 1974. This new version is produced in dual layers of nylon webbing over a lemon peel weave and has full-grain leather overlays in …

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G4TV: Attack of the Show

Episode #5079 There’s a plethora of sites on the web that promise cool things, but there’s only one CoolHunting.com. Run by Josh Rubin with pieces by writer Carol Chung, CoolHunting.com investigates the …

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ITP Spring Show Review

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In case you only read the feed or just didn't notice the image on the top-right area of the screen, we have a feature review of the ITP Spring Show which took …

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AA: The Big Pink Factory

While here in LA I took the opportunity to visit the factory of one of our sponsors, American Apparel. While I already knew they were a socially responsible and totally hip place, …

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Bamboo Bike

Brano Meres, a Slovakian bike hobbyist, recently built this incredible bamboo bike frame. While bamboo is light and strong, there are certain practicalities that make commercial production of this thing unrealistic. But …

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Flight 001 Spacepak

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Short of vacuum sealing your clothes, there's no better way to make the most of your suitcase than being well organized. Some of us do this naturally, while others can use a …

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MomiMomi

Born in New York in 2001 and now based in LA, MomiMomi makes t-shirts that are buttery soft, perfectly fitting and phenomenally styled. In their own words: MomiMomi (moe-me, moe-me) is a …