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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Invader Deck

We've covered the French 80's gamer artists-fetishist Invader a couple times here before. It started with his mosaics installed around all the major global cities. Then he did sneakers, with Space Invader …

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The Final 35

Last Friday night in each of their respective time zones, the 5 main Adidas Originals stores hosted intimate gatherings for each of the 35 local golden ticket holders. This was the moment …

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A New Look for Spring

If you’re a regular reader of Cool Hunting, you’ve probably noticed things look a little bit different here today. It was time for a little refresh. I also wanted to simplify the …

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Creative Reuse

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Eric Quebral deconstructed and reconstructed this Air Max 90 box to explore the vague concept of sneaker as landscape for a recent school project. His topographical model is of a proposed running …

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Pacific Shaving Oil

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This may seem a bit off-topic, but trust me, it's good. I hate shaving. I only do it once a week– it's uncomfortable, time consuming and if done frequently the resulting irritation …

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Libeskind in Progress

We mentioned Libeskind's addition to the Denver Art Museum back in February and just included a rendering of the fantastic cubist design. Cubistro has been taking photos throughout the construction process that …

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Matt Siber: Floating Logos

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Matt Siber's Floating Logos project accentuates the already looming presence of roadside megabrands. By simply removing the poles, he introduces a bit of surreal humor and religious allusion. Most of the photographs …

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Landscape Plates

Landscape Plates are a concept from an eclectic mix of Argentinians in Buenos Aires. Martín Brizuela, Roy García, Magdalena Glade and Federico Paterson bring together backgrounds in design, advertising and media to …