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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Web House

The London architecture firm m3 has designed a temporary living structure that can be attached to the side of a building. Perhaps a cross between the Aero Bed and a Tent Caterpillar, …

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State of Play II

Carol T. Chung attended the State of Play II conference this past weekend, which was sponsored by the New York Law School and Yale Law School from Oct 28 – 30. Here's …

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Entertainment Center, Toland Style

Goyard, wanted to do something interesting they comissioned Toland Grinnell. Master of lux and an expert craftsman, Grinnell managed to capture the essence of Goyard, but for a whole new audience. Achieving …

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Provision Holographic Displays

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Ronald McDonald's heart is a Coca-Cola and Provision shows it with their holographic display technology. Seriously, though, Provision has a new technology that will project three dimensional imagery that is visible from …

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NYX Wearable Displays

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I was at a certain wireless trade show last week in San Francisco where there was plenty of decent stuff, but these dudes in animated jackets from NYX were more impressive than …

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LighTalk

Another throw back to the Sky Writer, LighTalk goes one step further. You can scan any image to then play it back by waving the pen back and forth to illuminate the …

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Customizer: Leyp

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The white Dunk may have been the original customizer canvas, but it's starting to seem like any white Nike will do. These two creations are just a hint of the range of …

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So Yesterday

So Yesterday. It’s an adventure mystery about a teenage cool hunter who stumbles upon the most amazing sneakers ever. Needless to say, I was skeptical. I finally got around to reading it …

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Tumi Mountain Pack

Tumi continues to push outward and upward– this time with a mountain climbing pack that looks just as good in the Sea of Tranquility as it does on the top of Mt. …