Preloved Roots Garden Nursery

A haven for neglected plants offering a chance at a second home

Not everybody has a green thumb—and sometimes it takes a plant-related failure to realize this. As a resource for such situations, Sydney, Australia’s Preloved Roots provides an alternate ending. In a way, it’s an orphanage for plants needing revitalization, but that maintain hope at future ownership. Conservationist David Hannan opened the nursery to save greenery that would otherwise find itself in the trash or the …

Story + Cool Hunting: Pitch Night 2014

Join us in-person to present your big breakthrough idea for the chance to be included in our online gift guide and at the Chelsea concept shop

If you are a designer or maker able to spend an evening in NYC and have a product ready to sell, we at Cool Hunting want to see it. After two successful iterations, Rachel Shechtman of editorial concept shop STORY and the team at Cool Hunting are once again partnering for Pitch Night: an in-person open call for the chance to have your product included …

Bulgari Octo Maserati Chronograph

Two iconic brands celebrate their respective anniversaries with a luxe collaboration

This year innovative Italian automaker Maserati celebrates 100 years and coincidentally, fellow Italian Bulgari are commemorating 130 years of advanced watchmaking. The iconic brands’ simultaneous anniversaries have led to the launch a fancy collaboration: Bulgari created a limited edition of their architecturally driven Octo timepiece specially for Maserati. The watch maintains the original (and recognizable) octagon shape, but several new details have been added for …