The 3rd Annual Lovie Awards Finalists

The judges have selected the standout minds driving the European internet community, and it's your turn to vote for who gets gold

After a second year of successful media partnership, Cool Hunting is excited to share the finalists for 2013’s Lovie Awards. As the European sister to the US-based Webby Awards, the Lovies honor the brightest and most daring minds in the digital world. The judges—a team made up of hundreds of tech and design savvy individuals from the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences—chose finalists …

Professor Astro Cat

London-based illustrator Ben Newman creates a playful character to teach kids about space

For the last 30 years, if you wanted to know about space, the universe and its many wonders, Professor Stephen Hawking has pretty much been the go-to guy. However that’s about to change because there’s a new space brainiac with all the answers: Professor Astro Cat. Astro Cat is the illustrated star of a beautiful new book aimed at space-interested youngsters entitled “Professor Astro Cat’s …

Ormond Gigli’s “Girls in the Windows: And Other Stories”

An iconic photo, 40 years of work and the stories behind it all in this new powerHouse book

In 1960, photojournalist Ormond Gigli assembled 43 women, dressed them in refined, colorful garb and situated them in 41 windows across the facade of a building. Over 50 years later, the image born of that shoot stands as a triumph within art photography. The “Girls in the Windows” photograph was not an assignment; it was an idea that Gigli envisioned and executed and the history …