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Digital Talent Abounds at Eyeo Festival 2019

Creativity and digital-savviness converge on Minneapolis for the four day event

10 May 20199 May 2019

Presented in partnership with EYEO

Eyeo Festival, running 3-6 June at the Walker Art Center, brings together some of the world’s brightest coders, data designers and new media artists. They’ll converge on Minneapolis, where labs, panels, talks, demos and more will take place over four days—all of which is accessible to the public. The group of speakers at this year’s festival is delightfully diverse, including artist Mario Klingemann, media artist and …

COOL HUNTING’s Josh Rubin, A$AP Rocky and Gorden Wagener at SXSW

Link — Culture

At SXSW, our founder and EIC Josh Rubin moderated a conversation between Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler AG’s chief design officer Gorden Wagener and hip-hop artist and fashion designer A$AP Rocky—who also has worked with MB. The three discussed cars, music, branding, culture and more—all through the lens of design. Referencing his most recent album, Testing, Rocky said, “People such as myself and other artists are …

Via dailytexanonline.com

Posted on 12 March 201912 March 2019

Food Highlights From Summit LA18

From irresistible street carts to cannabis-infused and plant-based dishes, culinary wonders matched the high-level dialogues

Nicolas Stecher

12 November 201813 November 2018

Read — Food + Drink

One of the more impressive aspects of Summit LA 2018 was the culinary vertical—not only for its sheer volume, but also the variety of experiences and unparalleled quality. In the same way the event organizers apply a “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” ethos to its robust event schedule, so too do they apply the philosophy to its polychromatic culinary experience. Joey Rubin, Creative Director of the Culinary Vertical, has been working …