Cool Hunting

Two New Mixers
Historically frowned upon as cheap imitations for those who can't mix their own, two new mixers help remove the stigma by making delicious concentrates using high-quality ingredients. Our first contender, Mixerz, comes to us from California's Napa Valley, the cradle of America's fine wine industry that in the 1980s broke the backs of the jugwine industry, elevating California wines to a world standard. Using...

Advertising Now. Online
Advertising Now. Online is an in depth look at how ads have evolved "beyond the banner." The second book from Taschen's series on advertising, it reviews some of the most compelling and effective ad campaigns found on the web. Profiles of successful ad campaigns from around the world by award-winning agencies, including Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Tribal DDB and OgilvyOne, among others, offer insight...

We Won a Webby!
I am very proud to announce that Cool Hunting won the Webby award for best music and variety video series. For the last 18 months we've worked with Ari Kuschnir and Scott Thrift of m ss ng p eces to produce weekly videos that take you to the studios of artists and creators, cultural events like SXSW and Art Basel, and behind and on...

Richard Caldicott
In his earlier work, Richard Caldicott used Tupperware containers as the subject for his photographs, elevating these common household objects to objects of beauty. Piling vibrantly colored plastic cups and bowls, he created abstract formations that were like eye-popping op-art paintings. His concern was the metamorphosis of the everyday, which for him has something almost alchemical about it. This went one step further in...

Papé Sandals
Brazil—where Havianas were born—is renowned for fabricating sandals because they've had the years of practice to make them beautiful. Enter Papé. Papé sandals blend customization with fashion, versatility and Brazilian quality craftmanship. Their kiosk, located in Sao Paulo's swanky Shopping Iguatemi mall, allows the customer to pick the material and the type of leather sole and the staff helps with the different ways to...

ITP Spring Show 2007
NYU's ITP (Interactive Telecommunication Program) students are once again harnessing interactive technologies to bring you futuristic projects that are both artistic and practical. This Spring Show, like all the ITP shows in the past, continues to push boundaries of interactivity in the real and digital worlds. What can you expect at this Spring's show? Two among many projects to look out for are The...