CH Gift Guide: Last-Minute Solutions

Fingerpaint, hosiery, topiaries and other gifts you can find at a store near you

For those hoping an apocalypse would save them from buying this year’s holiday gifts, it’s looking like you may need to devise a new strategy. If you haven’t bought all the presents for everyone on your list, here are 12 items from the Cool Hunting gift guide that can be found at your local mall or bookshop, as well as few gift card and subscription …

Eagle Wolf Orca

A transatlantic creative collaborative with a story to tell

After finishing a study-abroad program together in Milan, designer friends Emmet Rock, Fritz Riha and Marc Reisen found themselves missing the invaluable creative feedback loop that comes from working collaboratively rather than individually. With Rock in Dublin, Reisen in Palo Alto and Riha in London, it seemed as though the group would never be able to recapture the same rewarding, creative symbiosis they had experienced …

Fifty and Fifty State Mottos

Typographic slogans from native designers on view at the Ace Hotel in NYC

On view at the Ace Hotel in NYC, “Fifty and Fifty State Mottos” is an exhibition of prints paying graphic homage to our historic maxims, curated by designer and illustrator Dan Cassaro. After designing a print for his native New York, Cassaro reached out to friends and colleagues in the design world to each create one for their own home state. Cassaro provided the patriotic …