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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Siemens SK65

Siemens just announced the SK65 tri-band GSM phone. The h-o-t-t-o-g-o design features a swivel out qwerty keypad for text entry. As great as this thing looks, I wonder what it will be …

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Ecotonoha

A brilliant little future conscious design project– Ecotonoha was created by Yugo Nakamura, ( MONO*CRAFTS ) for NEC. By adding words as leaves you collaborate to nurture a virtual tree. As the …

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Pup Style

Pup Style is a new site for the dog snob. From couture accessories to the chronicles of poor Tinkerbell Hilton, you'll find it on Pup Style.

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Info Mica

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Info Mica is a clear plastic data storage solution from NTT that uses holographic technology to store lots of information in a small space with very little power requirements. A special reader …

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Erwin Hauer

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In the 1950s Erwin Hauer designed and built architectural screens that perfectly complimented the furniture, interiors and structures of that era. He created simple patterns out of complex sculpture that simultaneously sooth …

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Motorola A780

Sorry for the Motoverkill, but this one is near and dear to me– as a member of the original design team for the software in this puppy, I'm happy to see it …

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Highline Proposals

Details on the proposals from the 4 finalists for the here. The images above are plucked from the design boards of (left to right) Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfr, Steven …

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Mobility Denial System

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The Sunday Times Magazine covered a slew of "non lethal wepons" currently in research and / or production here in the US. The Mobility Denial System is a thick goo that when …

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AppleMoto

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Motorola and Apple have announced a partnership to create a mobile version of iTunes. With it, you'll be able to transfer music from iTunes on your Mac or PC to a Motorola …

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Motorola V3

Mobile Review might have leaked this a bit early, but it looks legit. The V3 (aka Razor) is basically a V600, but is made of titanium and measures a mere 14mm thick. …