For extreme sports types or those who just like to take every precaution, Swiss company Snowpulse developed Lifebag. Like an airbag, it's designed to protect the head and thorax while keeping you afloat during an avalanche. Manually deployed similar to a parachute, the 150-liter shield inflates in less than three seconds and deflates after 90 seconds. Should you get buried, when the bag deflates you'll …
Originally designed in 1941 for the Swiss Army, Sigg, the environmentally friendly, Swiss bottle company (previously featured on Cool Hunting), brings back this functional, retro-style oval bottle. Shaped like a flask, it holds .6 liters (20.4 oz) and is made of high-grade stainless steel that doesn't impart taste or leach toxins into beverages. This limited edition black flask includes a detachable cup with a leather …
Alaska-based Milanese born Paola Pivi is having her first solo exhibition, "It just keeps getting better", in Switzerland at the Kunsthalle Basel. Our favorite work from the exhibit is the interactive sculpture "E, 2001" (pictured), a cylindrical structure supporting thousands of steel needles that move in reaction to the presence of a human body. The structure is able to detect a visitor utilizing photocells. The …
