CH Showcase Collaboration With Society6

CH joins forces with Society6 to support up-and-coming artists

To those old-fashioned enough to view Cool Hunting on the web, you may have noticed updated images in the showcase above our logo. We hand-picked each of the images now in rotation, which are part of our ongoing collaboration with Society6. Clicking on the images leads directly to our co-branded section of the Society6 website, where you can buy the featured work, in the form …

Bahdeebahdu

Repurposed and upcycled works of art confront throwaway culture

The Philadelphia-based multi-disciplinary gallery Bahdeebahdu looks to the natural elements of discarded objects to develop works of fine art, sculpture, furniture and one-off projects. Co-founded by interior designer RJ Thornburg, Bahdeebahdu‘s latest exhibition “Other Nature” included his own works alongside those of eight other like-minded artists. While cleaning the area around his country house, Thornburg accumulated a pile of rusted and deteriorated metal debris he …

The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl

An exhibit exploring vinyl records in a contemporary art context

Seizing on the vinyl record as emblematic of music’s evolution in the 20th century, the forthcoming exhibition “The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl” at the Nasher Museum of Art explores the relationship of sound, artistry and vinyl through the works of 41 artists dating back to 1960. Dario Robleto melted down Billie Holiday vinyl records, turning them into colorful hand-painted buttons in his aptly titled …