Cool Hunting c/o Quarterly Co.

Our "store" with the new subscription service puts physical gifts in your mail box

You might have already read about how impressed we were with Quarterly Co., a new subscription service offering gifts hand-selected by a unique roster of influential contributors. Well, now it’s our turn—opening today at 12 p.m. PST, the Cool Hunting c/o Quarterly Co. “store” will be live for 48 hours, during which time users may buy subscriptions to receive CH-curated packages—called “issues”—every three months. Subscriptions …

Curisma

A new sale site for community-curated tech products

The excitement of curated flash sale sites combines with community sourcing on Curisma, a new site for tech junkies and online shoppers alike. With a name that’s a mash-up of the words curiosity, curated and charisma, the MIT start-up applies the same principles to its business model. Twice a week, the website features an item chosen by Curisma community members. Carefully chosen to match users’ …

Quarterly Co.

Subscription service marries the novelty of receiving mail with the power of online communities

by Miranda Ward Founded by Zach Frechette, Cofounder and Editor of Good magazine, Quarterly Co. is a new subscription service delivering a batch of gifts handpicked by a cast of creative contributors. Like the four-year-old “object based publication” The Thing Quarterly, the upstart means to delight in an era of constant communication but physical detachment. “Quarterly wants to recapture the romance and impact of a …