SNIF Petworking

SNIF, or Social Networking in Fur, is a project from John Maeda’s Physical Language Workshop at the MIT Media Lab. The idea is built on the age old notion of petworking— meeting people through your pets. In their own words: “SNIF presents a hardware/software architecture that aims to capture pet social networks and other pet-related information as pets and their owners explore their communities.” Unfortunately, …

Personal Data Forest

This image is a representation of all the data right here on Cool Hunting, created using Texone's Tree Applet. You point the applet to a web address and it translates the syntactic structure of the site to a tree visualization. It also creates a Midi file so you can hear a representation of the site. While this may be more fun than useful, there's no …

Nikki S. Lee

While reading the premier issue of the hot new Theme Magazine, I was reminded of the work from Korean photographer Nikki S. Lee. On the surface her work may seem like simple snapshots of various subcultures. In reality, each piece is comprised of extensive research and cultural assimilation. Prior to creating the photograph, in which she is always one of the subjects, Lee becomes an …