Interview with Catalina Estrada

Columbian illustrator Catalina Estrada recently designed some prints for Paul Smith in Japan. We checked in with her to see how it all came about. How did the assignment for Paul Smith come up and what was the brief? They contacted me by email. I think they saw my work in a book publication. They wanted me to create a few illustrations based on the …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

We take a look at America's largest sculpture garden, which, we learn, used to serve as a military training ground

Formerly a military training ground, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is now part of the famed Walker Art Center and the largest urban sculpture garden in the U.S. In this video, tour guide Gary White focuses on seven pieces of the 40 permanent installations, filling in background details and some of the park’s history along the way.

Alpinist 21

The haute mountaineering magazine Alpinist has stepped it up another level by going green with issue 21. Advocates for clean-style climbing (leaving no gear behind), Alpinist 21 puts their money where their magazine is by using an eco-friendly printing process called Earth Ink, in partnership with Patagonia. The upshot is that in one year Alpinist will save 677 trees, 266,836 gallons of water, 469,000,000 BTUs …