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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Analog Executive Dashboard

Ambient Devices, makers of that great glowing orb thing, have a new device on the market. The Executive Dashboard has swappable analog displays for monitoring everything from the stock market, to the …

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Decoradar

Elisheva Biernoff and Jen Smith founded Decoradar to make art an integral part of the home. They create custom murals for their clients that are responsive to both the space and the …

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Traci Takes Tokyo

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Porn by Numbers, a collaboration with Tobias Wong, has released this gold-on-black masterpiece in an edition of 100. You don't need to bust out the paints to figure out what's going on …

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Holiday Gift Guide

I’m getting ready to launch a holiday gift guide full of great stuff not already here on Cool Hunting. Want to be the first to know when it’s out? Join the mailing …

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Bloom

Bloom is a multi-media exhibition by Tronic Studio, opening on November 26 at the AQUOS Project. The AQUOS Project is a gallery that fuses the work of innovative artists with Sharp’s industry-leading …

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ShitBegone

As you may have noticed, I'm all about environmental friendliness, social responsibility and hot design. So is Brooklyn, NY based Jed Ela. He created ShitBegone to deliver labor friendly, 100% recycled, soft …

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Retrofone

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Operator, I need a location. The Nokia 8110 was made famous as a key prop in The Matrix. Now you can have one, too. Retrofone is dedicated to selling "yesterday's connectivity today." …

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Sarah Cihat

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Fifty-Cents is Sara Cihat's creative statement about the importance of recycling and the ability to renew value of unwanted things. She finds used dishes, cleans them, applies new designs and re-fires them. …

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Imaginary Foundation

San Francisco based Imaginary Foundation applies fantastic illustration to comfy cotton Ts. Featuring bright colors and luscious detail, the designs are a refreshing change of pace. Available at coolestshop.com.

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