Cool Hunting for Gap

Our pop up in NYC featuring locally-sourced goods

For the 2010 holiday season we’re proud to introduce our first-ever pop up store, bringing together products from independent companies based in the New York region. Set in Gap’s project space on 5th Avenue, the store is a Cool Hunting production from top to bottom. We hand-picked each item using the same principles—innovative design, artisan craftsmanship, social and environmental consciousness—that guide our editorial. The resulting …

Temporium

An online design favorite opens a temporary holiday emporium

Gathering some of the U.K.’s most remarkable designers under one roof, London’s newest pop up concept caters to the shopper with a sharp stylish eye. Temporium—aptly located in the Brompton Design District—is the upshot of a collaboration between Dezeen, its spin-off hit the Dezeen Watch Store and design pundits Deborah Spencer and Alice Breed. The temporary shopping environment is the perfect place for Dezeen to …

Lodekka

A '65 double-decker bus puts Portland's latest vintage shop on wheels

On the corner of Williams and Failing in northeast Portland, OR, a newly-restored double-decker bus gleams in the early afternoon sunlight. People walking to any of the nearby cafes and restaurants take out their iPhones and take pictures as they pass. “I have the greatest job in the world,” said the owner, Erin Sutherland, who restored the bus with the help of a few friends …