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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Via core77.com

Open-Source Dildos

A new DIY open-source sex toy company, Comingle, is developing the next generation of dildos through thoughtful design and superior engineering. After being challenged to create a vibrator that fit a specific …

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FutureEverything’s Top Five Projects

Annual innovation lab and digital culture festival, FutureEverything, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this month. Leading up to this year’s event, FutureEverything’s director Drew Hemmet looks back at five of the festival’s …

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Via bbc.com

Microchip Implants for Employees

In Sweden, a company is implanting RFID microchips into its employees. The chips—much like the ones embedded into pet dogs—are about the size of a rice grain and are placed just beneath …

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Via cultofmac.com

iPhone-Controlled Batmobile

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Creative design company Soap Studio is bringing Batman’s Tumbler Batmobile to life with a miniature, multi-functional remote-controlled car. The 1:12 scale replica comes equipped with 16 LEDs, a night-vision camera for photo …

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Via theverge.com

Passengers React to Tesla’s Insane Mode

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An owner of a new Tesla P85D shocked some of his family and friends by giving them a taste of the all-wheel-drive electric vehicle’s “insane mode.” Using a dashboard-mounted camera, the driver …

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Via needlesandsins.com

Dots to Lines Documentary

If you’ve ever looked up a “best-of” list for tattoos, chances are you’ve seen the work of Chaim Machlev. The Berlin-based tattoo artist is highly regarded for his intricate geometric tattoos and …

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Via thefoxisblack.com

Sonos’ Sound Waves

Though many try to avoid the often undesirable wavy effect created by moire patterns, Sonos happily embraces it in the newest iteration of their visual identity. The widely celebrated “sound waves” that …

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BMW’s Newfangled Idea

In a brilliant new ad, BMW harks back to the dawn of the internet and features a clip of Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel wondering, “What is ‘internet’ anyway? Do you write …