2006 Bloggie Nominations Begin

Nominations for the 6th annual Bloggies began today and, well, Cool Hunting's a blog! Obviously, we fit the American, Group, and, ahem, Best of the Year, among others, but our just-launched Cool Hunting Podcast is already rated #13 in Arts and Entertainment at iTunes and makes us happy to be a contender in that category as well. Vote here.

This Week in Needled

This week in Needled started with a look at tattoo conventions with the expert Bob Baxter, editor of Skin & Ink magazine. Marisa also picks her favorite upcoming convention: this February's Milan, Italy show. Tuesday took a look at a tattoo artist to the stars who takes a spiritual approach to the art, Roni Zulu. Wednesday was all about tattoos and tassles with the Rock-n-Roll …

To Darrin Hudson, From Jeff Staple

Jeff Staple is the creative force behind Staple Design and The Reed Space, both of which marry urban culture and fantastic design. One of his strongest focal points is footwear, Sneakers specifically. On his new blog, To Darrin Hudson, Jeff is cataloging (and selling) his shoe collection one-by-one– not just for the sake of doing it, but also as the ultimate one-up to his high …