Cool Hunting’s Summer Warm-Up Mix

Ease into the coming season with our musical tasting menu

While the season’s transitional weather lends plenty of opportunities for staring-out-the-window-at-the-rain songs, spring’s soft sunshine also inspires a feel-good faster pace—so that we can get it all done in time for dreamy do-nothing summer days. For those ready to get things started early, we threw in a few cathartic jams too. Menahan Street Band: Home Again! Perfectly blending smooth, jazzy horns and peppy percussion, play …

Tokyo Illustrators Society

A new site archives a consortium of Japan's best illustrators online

Since its inception over a decade ago, the Tokyo Illustrators Society has served as an essential platform for some of Japan’s finest artists to share ideas and explore illustration’s future. Recently introduced online, the T.I.S. now shares their impressive roster of talent with all, featuring an addictive array of illustrations spanning all styles and mediums from digital to hand-drawn. An official guild of the best …

Amos Goldbaum

Intricate line drawings from a San Francisco curbside king

Discovered by chance on a recent trip to San Francisco, artist Amos Goldbaum caught my attention with his intricate line drawings that he applies using both traditional mediums and on t-shirts. Goldbaum started selling his drawings on the street about three years ago, and built up his curbside shop to include prints and t-shirts. He credits his mother, who “always put a pencil in my …