The Bay Lights Turn On

Leo Villareal's brilliant bridge concept becomes a reality in the world's largest light installation with 25,000 LEDs

When we last checked in with Leo Villareal one year ago, he had just proposed The Bay Lights, an ambitious project aimed at blanketing San Francisco’s Bay Bridge with 25,000 outward-facing LEDs for a light show of epic proportions. Like many concepts, the idea was almost too fantastical to believe, but The Bay Lights is about to be fully realized when the switch is flipped …

CH Gift Guide: Special Occasions

Compelling presents for anyone in your life, anytime of year

Major holidays are the perfect time to peruse the Cool Hunting Gift Guide, but there are numerous special occasions that fall between which require a particular type of present. To cater to birthdays, anniversaries and other personal days of celebration, we continue to update the online guide and dedicated iOS apps with an array of interesting goods which speak to a myriad of idiosyncrasies. Have …

Design Indaba 2013: The Conference

Standout themes from an inspirational week at Cape Town's exceptional conference on the power of creativity

“Design is an act of misbehaving.” With those words, legendary artist and designer Paula Scher kicked off Design Indaba 2013. Now in its 18th year, Design Indaba always succeeds in bringing some of the most innovative and provocative creative minds on the face of the earth together in Cape Town, South Africa for three days of discussions around creativity as both idea and practice. At …