Daytum, One Year Later

Over 100k miles flown, 90 hotel nights, 35 destinations and more travel data tracked and visualized with Feltron's iPhone app

One year ago we posted about Daytum, Nicholas Felton‘s iPhone app and website for tracking and visualizing personal data. While I started off 2011 noting everything from eggs eaten to taxi rides, my range of usage narrowed quickly to capturing travel-related statistics. I fly a lot, but the destinations and airlines vary—Daytum has proven to be a great way to aggregate all of this data …

Best of CH 2011: Moments

Looking back at the photographs that captured some of our greatest experiences this year

Since 2003 Cool Hunting has been about finding and sharing stories of creativity and innovation from a broad range of categories. Looking back on our photos from the year I feel very fortunate that we have had so many incredible experiences. What follows is a photographic year-in-review, highlighting some of my favorite shots. January 2011, Burlington, VT. Finally got to meet and interview the man …

Skull Style

The recently released tome covers art, design and fashion inspired by the iconic symbol in all its morbid glory

Long lauded as a dark symbol of the occult, the skull has endured a rather fashionable resurgence in recent years. Cataloging some of the most intriguing and sometimes unnerving displays of the symbol’s use is Skull Style, a newly released visual encyclopedia of sorts on the subject as it has appeared in modern design. Covering nearly 500 pages, this massive anthology details various forms from …