Cool Hunting Video Presents: Savannah Stopover

The first-annual Savannah Stopover gives bands a new destination on the U.S. circuit

by Gregory Stefano Savannah, Georgia may be more well-known for its BBQ, but students attending the Savannah College of Art and Design have helped redefine the Southern city as an artistic hub. In response to its burgeoning local music scene, earlier this year Savannah hosted dozens of bands for a three-day music fest leading up to SXSW. Savannah Stopover, as it’s called, brought us down …

Ultimate Ears UE18

Custom molded earphones deliver pro-level sound with up to six speakers per ear

In the ongoing quest for the perfect earphones, I gladly accepted Ultimate Ears’ offer to try their custom program recently. The resulting UE18 earphones are by far the best-fitting and sounding pair I’ve experienced so far. Like any bespoke earphones, the experience starts in the office of an audiologist, who takes impressions of your ears. I visited Dr. Julie Glick from Musician Hearing Solutions and …

Hendzel and Hunt’s 24-Hour Design Challenge

Mechanical music machines made from locally-sourced materials in under a day

Earlier this year a group of designers gathered in Hendzel and Hunt’s studio were given a brief. Inspired by the industrial history of the Peckham area that was home to the Edison Bells factory, the task was to create a machine capable of playing an Edison Bells record of “Two Cigarettes in the Dark,” by Joe Green and his Novelty Orchestra. Like every good challenge, …