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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Dunk Mug

Who doesn't love a little biscuit to dunk in his coffee? Dominic Skinner must because he designed this mug to hold them neatly inside the bottom. He was even smart enough to …

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SHHH!

Heidi of Coudal Partners came up with this snappy little solution to dealing with obnoxious cell phone users. The .pdf includes several different versions of a card that you can print, cut …

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Millau Viaduct

The Millau Viaduct recently opened up in France and was inaugurated by the French President Jacques Chirac. It was designed by the English architect Lord Norman Foster. It's the highest bridge in …

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ITP Winter Show

Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) Winter Show. Over 50 different projects will be shown representing work from classes like: Social Software for Group Work, Wireless Public Spaces, Spatial Design, Game Design and Networked …

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Visionaire + Kid Robot

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What's new in the Gift Guide? Lots of stuff. Today's addition is the newest issue of the uber exclusive fashion magazine, Visionaire. Issue 44 is created in collaboration with Kid Robot and …

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USB Cafe Pad

Not being able to read Japanese I can only make assumptions based on the photos. It sure looks like the Cafe Pad is a USB powered cup warmer. I think this thing …

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Salomon Board Design Contest

For the second year in a row Salomon is running a board design contest. It's pretty simple– just download the template, insert your design and send it to Salomon. The first prize …

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Ryan Obermeyer

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Ryan Obermeyer is a graphic artist who uses both painting and digital imagery to create eerily succulent scenes and portraits. This image, Heartplant, was created for the band Rasputina, for whom Ryan …

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Shift: 8 Custom Be.BIKEs

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Shift is an exhibition of eight custom-designed Be.BIKE bicycles by eight highly-acclaimed graffiti-influenced artists: FUTURA, HAZE, KAWS, KENJI HIRATA, MATZU MTP, MISK, SKWERM, and STASH. Each bike has been altered completely to …

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Stencil1

Want to spread some street art? Don't have the time, motivation or talent for making your own stencils? Stencil1, a Brooklyn-based graphics company, is releasing it’s first volume of graffiti stencils. The …