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Link About It: This Week's Picks
(12 February 2010) - 1. Small Hand Foods All-natural Cocktail MixersMade in small batches by Bay Area bartender Jennifer Colliau, Small Hand Foods produces flavorful cocktail mixers using only the highest quality organic and natural ingredients. Goodlifer details her process of producing the...
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Vans and the Places Where They Were
(08 February 2010) - Evoking memories of pot-soaked Saturdays or long drives on the highway, filmmaker and photographer Joe Stevens' side project " Vans and the Places Where They Were" documents the glory of the classic seventies van in an ongoing photo essay...
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Link About It: This Week's Picks
(29 January 2010) - 1. Eight Bizarre Newly-Discovered Deep Sea Creatures From the white furry arms of the Yeti crab to the delicate pink body of the transparent sea cucumber, these beautiful otherworldly photos hint at the wonders of the world beneath.via @typefiend...
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Link About It: This Week's Picks
(18 December 2009) - 1. Lamborghini Countach Concept Car Photos of the retro-futuristic 1971 Lamborghini Countach and LP400 have us wishing for a new car and more '70s photo shoots.via IS050 2. The Gentleman's Deck For a pocket-sized deck of etiquette tips for...
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MOG Music Service
(16 December 2009) - by Ray Padgett Based on the simple notion of free music, paying MOG a five dollar per month fee puts six million songs for streaming at your fingertips, along with the site's extensive features and straightforward navigation. Since we covered...
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Everything You Need to Know About Sneakers in 1500 Words
(14 December 2009) - Wearing original Chuck Taylors and knowing how they got started are two different things. Fortunately, new men's footwear site The Shoe Buff offers a crash course in the history of what we wear on our feet. Their "Everything You...
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Thirty Conversations on Design
(12 November 2009) - by Adrienne SoA video web project started by vice president and creative director of design firm Little&Company Joe Cecere, Thirty Conversations on Design taps movers and shakers in design for their thoughts. Little&Company's clients include Target Corporation and Warner...
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Architizer
(02 November 2009) - An entirely ubiquitous medium, it can be difficult to remain current on the progress surrounding the transglobal field of architecture. Architizer, a new website, aims to bring unification to the discipline by tracking daily innovations and linking architects, firms...
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Rooms by You
(16 October 2009) - Customization and social shopping meet home interiors with Rooms by You, an exciting new online resource for soft goods. Baby rooms just launched first, but there are items that can suit most any room or office. Rooms are created...
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Cool Hunting Guest Edits Wallpaper.com
(25 September 2009) - If you've checked out Wallpaper.com lately, you'll notice Cool Hunting has a spot as one of three guest editors through 30 September 2009. We're honored that Wallpaper invited us to pitch in, especially in such good company with our...
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Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize 2009
(14 September 2009) - Global web video hub Babelgum is hosting the world's biggest contemporary art competition, seeking out artists who speak to the spirit of their urban culture-themed Metropolis channel, where you can also find our Cool Hunting Video series. Focusing on...
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Viesso Hang & Paste Wallpaper
(11 September 2009) - Known for their brilliantly-easy customizable furniture, Viesso recently launched an equally successful wallpaper boutique, Hang & Paste. With favorites like Cole & Son Fornasetti and independent illustrators proffering enticing motifs, Viesso brings an exciting atmosphere to a design element...
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Facet Design Trend PDF
(10 September 2009) - by Laura Neilson The creative hub Everyone is an Art Director, a website sharing art and design for all, recently launched its first trend publication—a 217-page visual study on Facet Design and its widespread use in contemporary design. The...
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Memolio Picture Albums
(10 September 2009) - For archivists or self-promoters, Memolio publishes small decks of multiple images. Whether handing them out as mini portfolios, creating albums to commemorate special events or giving them as gifts, the unlimited options make them endlessly useful. Much like Moo...
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Woofer
(26 August 2009) - As Twitter continues its indefatigable march towards digital brevity by limiting us to a scant 140 characters per dispatch, a parody website developer invites us to try something else entirely with their 1,400 character minimum version called Woofer. The...
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The 99% Site and Conference
(18 August 2009) - Taking the concept of the productivity-themed 99% conference to heart, Behance recently re-launched the 99% site as a resource chock block full of articles, interviews, tips and videos all geared towards making ideas happen. Representing the culmination of six...
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Personas Online Data Portraits
(18 August 2009) - Gleaning information from the internet and using algorithms to process it, Aaron Zinman's Personas project creates a color-coded map of online identities. The experiment in data visualization works like a conceptual Google, distilling what's on the web into a...
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Cool Hunting Video on Babelgum
(07 August 2009) - We're pleased to announce the recent launch of Cool Hunting Video's own channel on Babelgum. Combining the full-screen video quality of traditional television with the interactive capabilities of the Internet, Babelgum offers professionally produced, on-demand programming to a global...
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Culture Label Online Store
(05 August 2009) - A depot for hundreds of quirky items available from galleries and museums (mostly in the U.K.), Culture Label is a boon for those who've never been to Britain—or who didn't have the time, energy, money or foresight to plunder...
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Ikea: Come Into The Closet
(29 July 2009) - Inviting everyone to "come into the closet," Ikea's playful ad campaign uses an interactive flash-based dance scene, controlled by sound, to highlight their creativity when it comes to closet organizing systems. The clever promotion revolves around various characters who...
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thisMoment Social Networking Site
(24 July 2009) - Encouraging more meaningful interaction than status updates, social networking site thisMoment allows you to create a timeline of your life—adding photos, videos and feelings in an easily navigable format. We recently had a chance to catch up with thisMoment...
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ChowMama's Adventurous Eating
(23 July 2009) - By Rebecca Odes Inspiring parents around the nation to treat their children to a healthier way of life, ChowMama's Michelle Chrisman and Stacie Billis aim to challenge the tastebuds of little tykes everywhere. With an upcoming line of savory organic...
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Sophie Blackall: Missed Connections
(14 July 2009) - Chance encounters, momentary glimmers of hope for a new friend or lover—Sophie Blackall's blog Missed Connections illustrates the random interactions had by strangers and their quest to reconnect via Craisglist New York City. Originally an advice columnist, the Australian-born...
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Significant Objects
(13 July 2009) - Drawing on the rich sense of history of thrift store objects, Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn founded SignificantObjects.com. The site is a collaborative experiment pairing cheap thrift store/yard sale finds with creative writers who create a unique personality for...
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Society6
(30 June 2009) - Aspiring artists looking to be discovered will find new micro-patronage site Society6 to be nothing less than a godsend. The service provides a virtual showroom for artists to display their work and vie for viewer support. Like Threadless, the...
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Interview with Erik Madigan Heck of Nomenus Quarterly
(29 June 2009) - by Laura Neilson In 2007, 23-year-old Erik Madigan Heck founded Nomenus Quarterly with the kind of arrogant fervor that only someone at that age could pull off. And perhaps it was that very same aplomb that made the multifaceted...
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Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine
(20 May 2009) - Touted as a threat to Google's search-engine dominance, Wolfram Alpha doesn't warrant the comparison. The site is a different beast altogether, considered a "computational knowledge engine" by British founder Stephen Wolfram. It's more of an answer-engine that relies on...
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B@ TV
(20 May 2009) - B@ TV is a new platform (still currently in beta) created for virtual and vicarious clubbing. A pioneering web TV community, the channel broadcasts from every major club event in the world with exclusive content from the hottest international DJs—from...
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Modern Living Supplies
(14 May 2009) - Nestled in the bottom pocket of New York's Lower East Side, Modern Living Supplies is a gallery-inspired furniture shop mixing vintage classics and modern designs. Owner and resident furniture designer Mark Naylon is now offering his collection of innovative...
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PaperlessPost.com x CH Special Offer
(12 May 2009) - Started by brother and sister duo Alexa and James Hirschfeld, the two set out to create a new online service that has made online invitations better through design. PaperlessPost offers a well designed experience to create and manage tastefully...
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Kidlandia Custom Maps For Kids
(07 May 2009) - Kidlandia, a website that lets you create personalized fantasy maps for kids, evolved from illustrator, entrepreneur and former Disney producer Brian Backus' intricate, personalized maps that he started making a few years ago. His custom-made maps of fantasy kingdoms...
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SwitchGames
(06 May 2009) - For those who've ever tried to sell back a used game to Game Stop, you know the feeling when they give you your measly cash back or slightly-less-measly store credit and you have to swallow it. Unfortunately they've long...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Scott Thomas at The 99% Conference
(03 May 2009) - by Gregory Mitnick At our recent conference, The 99%, Scott Thomas took the stage to talk about what it was like to design Obama's digital campaign on the fly. This video culls the highlights from his presentation and catches up...
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I Listen To Everything
(10 April 2009) - by Tisha Leung Thanks to Diana Miller's job booking music acts for Carson Daly's late night talk show, her blog I Listen To Everything has a broad scope and approaches music with an open mind and enthusiastic attitude. Offering lists...
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Telegramstop
(09 April 2009) - by Laura Neilson As older methods of correspondence become more obsolete in today's digital age, TelegramStop brings the best of the old and the new world. Through the company's website, anyone can send vintage-era telegram to any country in the...
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Foodzie
(06 April 2009) - Foodzie, much like an Etsy for food, is a website that sells artisinal goods made by small specialized companies, allowing consumers to discover amazing localized goods from passionate producers. From private farms to home kitchens, the products are all...
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Igotanenvelope Project
(03 April 2009) - Igotanenvelope, is a new global art project in the vein of Postsecret, Namelessletter and a spate of others we've seen pop up recently. Participants in the project leave self addressed, stamped envelopes in random places with the idea that...
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Antenna Trade Digest
(03 April 2009) - Sharing a love for '80s grids and layouts as well as a penchant for cool toys and gadgets, I tracked down Ben Wise, one of the guys behind the site Antenna Trade Digest. Proclaiming to catalog all “publicly available...
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Deconet Online Modern Furniture Shop
(09 March 2009) - For those who've fantasized about a furniture-buying trip to Copenhagen, Deconet is an online modern furniture marketplace. Like 1stdibs with a more modern focus, the site connects buyers and sellers from all around the globe. From famous designers like...
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CH Exclusive: Self Edge x Dry Bones x Superfuture Community Denim Collaboration
(24 February 2009) - Among denim heads the Superdenim forum on Superfuture is the only online community worth the time. Kiya Babzani, proprietor of authentic denim mecca Self Edge in San Francisco, facilitated a collaboration between his shop, the Superfuture community and (my...
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Web Design Sketchbook
(30 January 2009) - Before a website can progress from concept to illuminated pixels, it needs to be rendered the old-fashioned way—with pencil and paper. To save time and improve appearance during the process, the Web Design Sketchbook comes printed with blank web...
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The Feltron 2008 Annual Report
(29 January 2009) - Graphic designer and data visualization guru Nicholas Felton just released the fourth volume of the Feltron Annual Report, his yearly compendium of personal statistics. As in previous reports, Felton has meticulously logged factoids pertaining to travel, dining, drinking, listening,...
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Blurb
(27 January 2009) - Great for someone who doesn't want to spend endless hours designing layout but wants it to look professional, Blurb is one of the most versatile new-ish websites for creating albums and books. Whether it's a cookbook, photo album, portfolio...
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Chris Hornbecker: 1 millimeter a day
(20 January 2009) - Photographer Chris Hornbecker challenged himself with an interesting project last year. The idea was to take a brand new photo each day. Beginning at 14mm, Hornbecker zooms the lens by 1 millimeter a day and uses that focal length...
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New Vespa.com Focuses on Community and Vesponomics
(19 January 2009) - by Lynne Johnson Does driving a Vespa really reduce your carbon footprint? Yes, says Paolo Timoni, CEO and President of Piaggio Group USA. And that's why his company recently updated its website, to teach consumers about the benefits of driving...
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Pretty Loaded
(13 January 2009) - While most of us sit annoyed waiting for heavily coded Flash websites to load—or perhaps abandon them all together—Pretty Loaded has a different take on this pesky little time frame. Created by the Brooklyn-based digital creative agency Big Spaceship,...
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Backblaze Online Backup: Mac Beta Access
(06 January 2009) - Perhaps the most intuitive backup solution on the market, Backblaze launched last September as an online data storage center emphasizing simplicity at a reasonable—if perpetual—price. While initially drawing ease-of-use comparisons to Apple's Time Machine, they recently released their own...
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PhotoCannon: Drama-Free Photo Sharing
(02 December 2008) - Download, view, resize, attach, upload, wait, then receive message the file is too large. While taking photos is fun, sharing them often isn't. Until today that is, with the launch of PhotoCannon, whose sole mission is to deliver photos at...
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Cookstr.com
(21 November 2008) - Cookstr.com—created by Will Schwalbe and Katie Workman, both former publishers who worked on dozens of successful cookboooks—just launched and is a true evolution in cooking sites. Considering the millions of recipes online you'd think this would be difficult to...
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Muji's Message
(29 October 2008) - As longtime Muji fans, we were pleasantly surprised on a recent visit to see they've updated the site with a message expressing their tenets of true design. For a retailer that normally keeps to themselves, allowing their simply classic products...
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FujiFilm SeeHere
(24 October 2008) - Launched earlier this week, SeeHere is the latest entry in the pool of photo sites. Like Flickr, Photobucket and Picasa, SeeHere allows users to upload their photo libraries and share them free of charge. Unlike its competitors, there is...
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YouWorkForThem Relaunch
(06 October 2008) - In 2001 designers Michael Cina and Michael Young began a departure from traditional commercial graphic work to focus on more experimental design projects. Spanning typography, illustration, 3D and video, they have been continually pushing the boundaries of graphic design...
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Erik Schedin
(04 September 2008) - Erik Schedin is an online shop run by the eponymous proprietor out of Sweden. He specializes in selling an extremely select collection of seemingly unrelated products. The only connecting thread between them is that each item exhibits a distinctly...
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An Interview with Christian Lander of Stuff White People Like
(02 September 2008) - From a casual comedic conversation to a website boasting more than 30 miliion hits, PhD dropout and social commentary writer Christian Lander (pictured below) made rambling about stuff white people like into a full-time (not to mention lucrative) job....
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"4960" in the YouTube Screening Room
(15 August 2008) - YouTube, best known for showcasing skateboarding dogs and dancers of all species, has proven itself capable of more sophisticated fare this summer with the launch of The YouTube Screening Room. Showcasing four new high-quality short films every two weeks,...
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Days With My Father by Phil Toledano
(23 July 2008) - Cool Hunting favorite Phil Toledano recently released a photo essay titled Days With My Father. A touching compilation of photos taken after the death of Toledano's mother, the images give an intimate look at the father-son relationship and serve...
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Blow Up Your Flickr: New Online Fullscreen Photo Viewer
(14 July 2008) - We love our Flickr but the presentation of the pictures has always left a little to be desired—which is why we're so stoked on the new free photo viewer Blow Up. Blow Up makes use of the recently opened-up...
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Ride the City
(27 June 2008) - To those who enjoy their status as breathing, sentient beings, riding a bicycle in New York City can be daunting. Aggressive taxis, delivery trucks and carelessly opened doors create a minefield that makes casual cyclists want to hang up...
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LTD Magazine Online Giveaway
(20 June 2008) - The guys from LTD magazine have been on our radar since 2006 but as of 6 June, when they launched their new website, that blip on our radar screen got a lot bigger. Aimed at giving the consumers who...
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Awesome Highlighter
(12 June 2008) - The Awesome Highlighter is like the bag at the candy store you use to hand-pick exactly what will satisfy your sweet tooth, except it's for the world wide web. Allowing you to highlight specific text from any web page,...
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Girl Effect
(06 June 2008) - Grow Interactive, a Norfolk-based interactive advertising and design studio, teamed up with leading independent advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, to create Girl Effect. The website, created on behalf of The Nike Foundation, coincides with last week's announcement that the "Nike Foundation...
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Bottom Half Nude Blog
(06 June 2008) - It seems everyone's a part-time blogger these days and finding out exactly where to waste your office work time can be a difficult task. We thought we'd help you take out the frustration out of the guessing game by...
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Signal Patterns
(04 June 2008) - Though personality tests generally remind us of the creepy eHarmony guy, are never really as accurate as they claim to be and results usually lack any creative presentation, when we saw the new site from Signal Patterns we were...
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The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Pastafarianism)
(03 June 2008) - It was once said by a wise man that there are (arbitrary large number) paths to God. Our current path of choice is the youngest religion to date—a mere three years old. This new sect is called The Church...
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Fraction Magazine: Issue 1
(27 May 2008) - Fraction is a new online photography publication. Started this month, it will be published bi-monthly featuring both new and established artists. The site's unobtrusive white design serves as a basic template that lets the photographs do the talking. The...
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Tokyo Art Beat Artist T-Shirts
(15 May 2008) - Attentive readers might remember Tokyo Art Beat when we covered them way back in 2005. For the uninitiated, TAB is a website covering art events, reviews and creative jobs in the Japanese capital. The free service is run as...
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Rojo TV
(08 May 2008) - Just launched today by Barcelona-based art publisher and artist management group Rojo, their new online TV channel Rojo TV is an artsy alternative to the others. Unlike the streaming QOOB TV, which features short movies but done more by...
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Re-Shirt
(02 May 2008) - Re-Shirt is an Austrian-based company that resells second-hand t-shirts. What sets them apart from other online boutiques is that every shirt comes with a personal story. Owners submit the unique history pertinent to the garment they donate—often the circumstances...
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You Look Great Today
(01 May 2008) - Our friends at thehappycorp want you to know just how good you look. To prove it, they created You Look Great Today, an assemblage of orchestrated thumbs-up photos that anyone can contribute to. To get involved, you first need...
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Creative Index
(24 April 2008) - In response to feedback from agencies and companies that search for creative talent and wanted a "one-stop shop," our friends at Behance developed another great tool: Creative Index, an open and free service for creative professionals and those who...
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The Footprint Chronicles
(22 April 2008) - While most companies are just getting up to speed with their green initiatives, environmental activism has been a core value for Patagonia since day one and is the driving force behind their recently announced web initiative, The Footprint Chronicles....
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Lost at E Minor
(04 April 2008) - Some might recognize Lost at E Minor from their frequent contributions to CH, but they also host their own site that covers trends and pop culture from all over the world. The page recently underwent a big overhaul. I...
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Bed
(25 March 2008) - Few stores out there offer to give you just what you want in bed, but a great little shop in Vancouver called "Bed" (that also sells online) has made that its motto. For several years, Bed has been offering...
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Labelscar
(21 March 2008) - A blog documenting the mundanely beautiful side of retail history since its launch in 2006, Labelscar takes its name from the mark left when a business closes and removes their sign exposing the virgin facade below, the equivalent of...
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Ffffound
(06 March 2008) - by Sara Huston An invitation-based online service, Ffffound allows members to post and share their favorite images—from '70s album covers to contemporary art and outer space nebula— from the web. Like Amazon and Netflix, the site dials up similar...
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More Wants For Sale
(04 March 2008) - New York artists Christine Santora and Justin Gignac are at it again, launching another series on their “Wants For Sale” website. Justin dropped us a line with a few teaser images from their new collection launching today at noon,...
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Modhaus
(01 February 2008) - Whenever I need to buy furniture—and it's been a few times over the past few months (yes, bookcases are useful things)—I check out Modhaus, an online store and "gallery of modernist furnishings, decorative arts and cultural artifacts of the...
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What's Up Buenos Aires?
(29 January 2008) - We've been enjoying Whats Up Buenos Aires? for a little while now and the editorials and hot list have become a must-have resource for those eager to experience the vibrancy of "South America's answer to Paris."...
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The World Clock Project
(25 January 2008) - The World Clock Project is a website that displays the current time (in your time zone) using photos of clocks shot around the globe. They're always looking for more shots to fill the empty time-slots and anyone can contribute...
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Reminder: Popdeck x Cool Hunting Skateboard Design Contest
(21 January 2008) - We're about halfway through the Popdeck x Cool Hunting Skateboard Design Contest and we've already seem some fit designs. I've got a few decks in mind that I'd like to roll around on, but I'll keep that to myself...
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Tryphone
(09 January 2008) - The newly launched website, Tryphone provides the ultimate assist in purchasing a new mobile phone, allowing for test drives of different models on their site through a virtual interactive design. Clicking on buttons gives a sense of the user...
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Sneaker Freaker Best Of 2007
(04 January 2008) - Sneaker Freaker compiled a Best of Sneakers 2007 by asking fellow designers, artists, shop owners and founders for their favorites of the year. Both classics and newbies are represented but one thing remains clear, Nike still has a firm...
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Popdeck x Cool Hunting Skateboard Design Contest
(02 January 2008) - It's time we tap into the CH talent pool again (that means you!), this time for a skateboard design contest with our new friends over at Popdeck. The Threadless of skateboard design, Popdeck is a website that allows users...
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Spring Court U.S.A.
(02 January 2008) - Spring Court, the iconic French tennis shoes, have been available stateside through select stores and boutiques for some time now, but the recent launch of their U.S. website makes it easier to find retailers and to determine if it's...
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Craplinks
(19 December 2007) - Much in the way that CH is an online resource of the technology, culture and design that inspires us (and maybe a little more like one of our other favorite sites The UnCoolHunter), Craplinks is a blog that catalogs...
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The Whale Hunt
(10 December 2007) - Jonathan Harris continues to explore the art of storytelling in his inimitable way with his latest project, The Whale Hunt. A photo-documentary work, Harris joined a family of Inupiat Eskimos in Barrow, Alaska (the northernmost settlement in the United...
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Moshi Monsters
(10 December 2007) - Adding yet another realm to social networking online, UK-based gaming company Mind Candy combines the Tamagotchi virtual pet concept with web 2.0 to create Moshi Monster, a social networking site aimed at kids. Instead of creating profiles users adopt...
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Polanoid
(30 November 2007) - Polaroid nerds of the world unite! Well it's no secret that I'm crazy in love with Polaroids. So as you might imagine, I was thrilled to bits to come across Polanoid—which it seems was created especially for Polaroid geeks...
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Needs For Sale
(26 November 2007) - This summer, New York City couple Christine Santora and Justin Gignac launched Wants For Sale, a site where they sell paintings of things that they want, at the cost of the real item. So a painting of a slice...
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Jango: Social Internet Radio
(02 November 2007) - Imagine an online social network that provides free, on-demand online music but without the legal anxiety of peer-to-peer networks. More interactive than conventional internet radio, though not as gratifying as Napster was in its glory days, Jango is a...
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Bountee: Direct to Garment Printing for the People
(24 October 2007) - Hailing a brief mention in one of Ami's postings a couple weeks back I decided to find out more about the web based T-shirt company Bountee. With less than a year's uptime, the company's fast becoming a top contender...
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Boundless Gallery
(23 October 2007) - We're always a fan of a good website stemming from simple ideas that have been competently executed. BoundlessGallery is one such site that connects thousands of artists from all over the world with potential buyers and clients, creating a...
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Beautiful Decay Website Redesign and Giveaway
(03 October 2007) - In celebration of their newly redesigned site, Beautiful Decay is giving away a three-pack of tees along with their Archive Book to a few CH readers. We've been fans of their artist series shirts from the beginning and the...
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MINI Clubman: The Other View
(27 September 2007) - Flashmobs might be so five years ago, but MINI's latest campaign to promote the new Clubman, (i.e. "the other mini"), adopts the concept for an online series of videos. Starting tomorrow, 28 September 2007, at 4pm BST, they will release...
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Netvibes
(18 September 2007) - If you are like me you can get lost for hours flowing between bookmarks, links and recommendations from friends on the web and you're probably looking for a simple organization solution. Recently I've been using Netvibes, a web-based application...
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Gethuman 500 Database
(18 September 2007) - The grey-haired among us can remember when customer service lines employed human operators on the frontlines rather than the sycophantic automated phone system that leads the customer through byzantine corridors toward dead-ends or endless loops. Negotiating these labyrinths and...
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Superfund 365
(12 September 2007) - Superfund365 is an innovative website that will, over the course of one year, profile 365 differrent man-made toxic catastrophes by featuring one superfund site per day. From Manhattan to Oahu there are many locales that are listed by the...
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Freakstyle
(10 August 2007) - Freakstyle, a street fashion blog to record the looks of São Paulo's most hip and hot, is the brainchild of three professionals working in the São Paulo fashion world, visual merchandiser Paula Reboredo, journalist Maira Goldschmidt and photo consultant Gilberto...
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Scroogle Search Engine
(06 August 2007) - Did you know that every Google search you make is recorded and archived by the company? Privacy-minded folks point out that as Google has become part of our everyday lives, our tastes and preferences on the net give away...
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Me.dium
(03 August 2007) - Me.dium is like being given a piggyback by someone surfing the web. The interface sits as a sidebar on your Firefox browser (a version for Microsoft Explorer will soon be released) and at the top of the window, you...
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Social Networking for a Cause
(31 July 2007) - From corporate-sponsored "Cool Apps" to niche spin-offs like Bakespace, Virb and I'm In Like With You, online communities are still largely about socializing and/or wasting time. Their potential as powerful tools for the greater good—beyond finding out where the...
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Blackle
(17 July 2007) - Stop using Google and start using Blackle. Based on the idea that a black screen uses less energy than a white one, it will also act as a reminder to keep taking small steps towards saving energy every time...
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Bloomberg Makeover
(13 July 2007) - We all know that a well-designed interface can improve productivity, so Portfolio Magazine recently approached three top design firms—IDEO, thehappycorp, and Ziba Design—to re-design a fantasy interface that could replace the existing Bloomberg interface. Bloomberg's data terminals are used...
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Sneakerplay Photo Box
(11 July 2007) - Our friends at the sneaker-specific social networking site Sneakerplay recently launched The Photo Box, a widget that allows members to export pictures from their galleries and embed them into personal websites, blogs, profiles and the like. With a clever...
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LiMAC
(20 June 2007) - LiMAC, billing itself as the Lima Museum of Contemporary Art, is in fact a fiction. It inhabits no physical space; it commissions no works; it does not host any real exhibits. The art, though, is real, taken from actual...
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Motionographer.com
(14 June 2007) - It's no news that the creative studios behind many of the most innovative graphics-based commercials are currently making some of the best short pieces out there, but what's the best way to find them? While I admit I'm the first...
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Some Ecards
(16 May 2007) - Finally, a free ecard that will really get your thoughts across. Some Ecards has cards for most occasions with varying levels of sarcasm. A few favorites: "Sorry for what I said during my blackout," "Let's set aside some time...
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The White Book
(27 April 2007) - Launched earlier this week, The White Book is an "ongoing collaboration with Australian fashion designers to keep you up to date with the latest launches, collections, looks and news." Also featuring services, styling and street photography, The White Book...
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Sex In Art
(25 April 2007) - We love the way Australian-based website Sex In Art takes a healthy peek at all things arty and well…sexual. There's some beautiful illustration work up there and some evocative photography. Heck, we're getting a little hot under the collar...
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The Rasterbator in Color
(20 April 2007) - Apartment Therapy recently reminded us about the Rasterbator. Not the sort of thing one might deduce from the name alone, the Rasterbator is a free easy-to-use service that allows you to upload any image to their site and they...
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OrganisMuseum
(17 April 2007) - Getting closer to the experience of an actual museum, OrganisMuseum is the first online virtual art gallery in 3D. By using directional arrows and cursor you are able to "walk" around the museum's three stories to view photographic works....
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La Blogothèque's Concerts à Emporter
(17 April 2007) - La Blogothèque's Concerts à emporter (Take-Away Shows) are a collection of live, unedited videos of musicians playing in unusual settings. The artists' unpredictable interaction with the environment and the reactions of often clueless bystanders result in a genius blend...
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Pop!Tech Pop!Casts
(16 April 2007) - If you are needing some inspiration and motivation this week, the Pop!Casts from Pop!Tech might be just the answer. The people who create the Pop!Tech new ideas conference each year and brought you the beautiful AntiBabel EP have recently...
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71Miles
(09 April 2007) - 71Miles is a new travel site with a blog twist (or is it a blog with a travel site twist?), designed to met the needs of urban-dwellers looking for a weekend getaway. Launched in Beta in Northern California, they...
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Pictures on Walls
(06 April 2007) - Pictures on Walls (POW) is a site devoted to exposing the latest from both up and coming and more well-established street artists by turning their work into limited edition screen prints sold on their site. They recently released new...
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Purest Cut
(02 April 2007) - Showcasing Australia's acclaimed independent designs for fashionistas across the globe, Purest Cut is an online boutique featuring labels including Alpha60, LIFEwithBIRD, Material Boy, Mjölk and Schwipe. Freeing cutting edge fashion from the racks of chic boutiques and casting designers...
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Webkinz
(20 March 2007) - Cross a Beanie Baby with a Neopet and what do you get?  The answer is Webkinz, an extensive line of plush pets with lives in an online world.  Each Webkinz sold comes with a unique ID that gives its...
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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Jonathan Harris
(16 March 2007) - A Cool Hunting exclusive, we caught up with artist Jonathan Harris as he unveils his new project Universe, an artistic take on a system that explores modern mythology. He enlightened minds with his presentation at the TED conference last...
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Fat Fingers
(08 March 2007) - Fat Fingers is a website that searches online auctions for incorrect spellings . More than just internet enabled schadenfreude, discovering typos and misspellings is a way to find items with fewer or no bids. Taking advantage of other's sloppiness...
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iConcertCal
(06 March 2007) - You may already know, but iConcertCal is very useful and we think it is worth another reminder. With the free plug-in, you should never again miss a show due to bungled dates or forgetfulness. Eliminating the need to thumb...
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Nau Online Store and Giveaway
(05 March 2007) - Celebrating today's long-awaited launch of Nau's online store, Cool Hunting readers have the exclusive chance to win one of their well-engineered, eco-conscious garments. Making their activewear available for the first time on the web, the flash-based site has all...
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Reader Finds
(01 March 2007) - Starting today, you'll notice a new little tab in the nav bar above. Reader Finds enables readers to post their own favorite discoveries on CH. To make it happen, we've teamed up with our friends over at ThisNext, so...
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Flak Photo
(28 February 2007) - There's some lovely imagery on Flak Photo, a dedicated photo based website and photography blogzine featuring work from an international community of photographers. As they say, "in November 2004, we launched our photoblog, which has grown into a collection...
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Sneakerplay: The AF1 Playoffs
(27 February 2007) - It's fair to say that we at Team Cool Hunting havn't gone for the whole Nike Air Force 1 anniversary in a huge way, but this collaboration between Nike iD and our favorite social networking site for sneakerheads could...
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Concierge Mobile
(26 February 2007) - Concierge.com's services for travelers are going mobile with the introduction of Concierge Mobile, a version of their Insider Guides and Condé Nast's Gold List designed for mobile phones. As long as users have reception, they can access nearly 200...
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Monocle
(14 February 2007) - What Tyler Brûlé did next. Well, maybe not as he's done a fair bit since selling the influential title Wallpaper* that he founded in the '90s. Monocle is, however, his much-heralded return to the magazine market he helped shape, and...
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The Virgins on VBS.TV
(08 February 2007) - Much like CHV, Practice Space, a series on Vice's newly-launched VBS.TV gives viewers a little more than MTV-style gloss, so we were excited to see the extremely likable NYC band The Virgins as one of the first to be...
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BestWorkOutMusic.com
(07 February 2007) - Listening to music during workouts is essential, but sometimes it can do more harm than good. The problem is, I can't help but run to the beat of the music. Finding a song with a tempo that matches your...
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Globorati
(24 January 2007) - Just launched today, Globorati is a new luxury travel website. Realizing that most of the people who can afford to jet around the globe and be comfortable are also too busy to thoroughly research their possibilities, this blog filters...
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Ku-ture
(24 January 2007) - The Australian based Ku-ture is a new concept in online stores. It will specialize in one-off garments, accessories and jewellery with a focus on up-and-coming designers. They are currently on the look out for designers who would like to...
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IRAK
(23 January 2007) - Abercrombie & Fitch, Ralph Lauren, J Crew, Banana Republic, etc. are selling a fabricated-fantasy lifestyle, but IRAK lives the life that they are selling. In 1997 Earsnot started IRAK, a tightly knit shoplifting graffiti crew with about 50 members....
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Readymech Series 002
(19 January 2007) - Collecting toys, like those made by Japanese company Medicom, can be pricey, so during a lean January you can instead have fun for free with the Readymech series. Put together by the industrious Portland-based design studio Fwis, who are...
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Feltron Annual Report 2006
(18 January 2007) - Last year at this time we posted designer Nicholas Felton's ingenious personal annual report and this year he's at it again with another clever visual journal of 2006. The Feltron Report 2006 was conceived as a booklet to be...
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Stuart and Your Gallery
(11 January 2007) - If you missed the launch last year of powerful art collector Charles Saatchi’s foray into the online networking, don’t worry you are not the only one. We only recently learned of the growing phenomena that are the Saatchi Gallery’s...
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Refinery29 Shops
(11 January 2007) - Just about a year and a half ago, Refinery29 launched, curating the best of New York retail into one easy-to-use website and pairing it with sharply penned, of-the-moment editorial. Now a regular CH contributor and friend, Refinery29 is making...
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Musicovery
(11 December 2006) - Like a customized online radio, Musicovery is a free flash-based site streaming a playlist of music dictated by an easily navigable set of criteria that the user chooses. Animated star-like graphics, in colors that correspond to genre, map the...
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Radar Now Supports Video
(13 November 2006) - Radar, the web service for friends to keep in touch through text and pictures via their mobile phones, today added a video feature. Sharing mobile videos is just like sharing pictures—you add a message and email them from your...
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International Children's Digital Library
(20 October 2006) - The International Children's Digital Library is working on a goal to provide people around the world access to a digital library of children's books that will surpass 10,000 volumes by 2008. By constructing varying interface levels for children 3...
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Maps of War
(18 October 2006) - Sail through 5,000 years of middle east political history in 90 seconds with easily digestible animated maps. Maps of War, albeit on the reductive side, provides an informative pictorial narrative surrounding the history of conflict in the Middle East....
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Lost at E Minor Newsletter
(11 October 2006) - If you've ever noticed a visually arresting Australian photographer, illustrator, or artist on Cool Hunting, chances are it's a contribution from Lost at E Minor, a site and weekly newsletter published by brothers Zolton and Zac Zavos. But, what...
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Sneakerplay is Live to the Public (sort of)
(15 September 2006) - If you're at all in to sneakers you've probably already heard about Sneakerplay, the footwear themed social software site. In addition to the standard profile, friend, gallery and messaging features the site includes a battle feature. To gain cred...
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ThisNext
(21 August 2006) - My friends over at ThisNext have just taken their site out of private beta. Shopping these days is all about curated consumption—looking to friends or idols for guidance on what to buy and where to find it. ThisNext facilitates...
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Satirical Relief
(18 August 2006) - I hope none of you think we take ourselves too seriously. We love what we do and we have fun doing it. In the last three and a half years since I started CH lots of other sites have...
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Radar
(03 August 2006) - As the mobile multimedia landscape evolves due to the increasing availability of hi-speed networks, Radar, the new web-based photo-sharing service for your phone and PC, is a natural step. Much like Shozu with Flickr built in, the site also...
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Flickr Down
(20 July 2006) - There was a moment last night when I logged in to Flickr and the site was down. Instead of boring excuses laden with empty apologies there was this fun, engaging and on-brand message that turned the whole event in...
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Canadian Design Resource
(05 July 2006) - From bear-shaped license plates the whimsical Ball-B-Q, and even the Newfoundland, examples of innovation, spunk and style abound at the Canadian Design Resource website. The newly launched site showcases Canadian design past and present, and is intended as a...
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Quikmaps
(28 June 2006) - Quikmaps is another installation in the ever-growing collection of Google Maps mash-ups. Handy for scribbling a quick overlay of information, Quikmaps lets you save, email and post your creation. In addition to being highly useful it's open ended so...
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MOG
(07 June 2006) - As social networking sites become bigger and bigger people have a harder time finding new friends or meaningful stuff to share. As a result there is an increasing number of niche or topic focused sites coming on to the...
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We Feel Fine
(31 May 2006) - For almost a year now Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar have been scanning blogs to find and catalog human feelings. We Feel Fine is their database and visualization of several million emotional statements found by searching blog posts for...
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State of the Union Visualizer
(30 May 2006) - Brad Borevitz created this tool, simply named State of the Union, to visualize keywords from US presidential State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006. Every address is included; for each one common words are displayed with the...
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Spear is on the Move
(08 May 2006) - Our friend and former CH contributor Josh Spear has just launched a redesigned joshspear.com. In addition to some slick visual tidiness (by Grow Interactive), he's added commenting so readers can talk about his finds. There's also a new geo-locator...
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renourish: nutrients for the graphic design community
(21 April 2006) - renourish is an online resource for green design and the result of two years of research by Eric Benson, who created the site as his MFA thesis at the University of Texas at Austin. Eric noted the many green...
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Visual Complexity
(08 March 2006) - Visual Complexity is a listing of nearly 300 different information mapping projects. Compiled by Manuel Lima, a Portuguese information designer who recently finished his MFA at Parson's School of Design in New York, each entry includes a project overview...
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This Week at Refinery29
(03 February 2006) - The highlights this week at Refinery29 include the Australian a completely new look, inspired by childhood fantasies and 50's style hardware stores. And finally, Refinery sits down with British shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood to discuss his creative process when...
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This Week in Needled
(03 February 2006) - It was a star-studded week at Needled beginning with the fabulous Margaret Cho and her equally fabulous Ed Hardy tattoo. Marisa spoke with Margaret about her motivation for the tattoo and the response is personal and provacative. The next...
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This Week in Tropolism
(03 February 2006) - We started with another Shiny-Gold building, Then two artist-itect posts A progress update on the High Line And ended with some wicked Fashion-tecture.Stay tuned next Friday for a Special Announcement!...
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This Week in Needled
(27 January 2006) - As Needled was a Yahoo pick this week, it held off on further posts about scantily-clad tattooed burlesque queens. At least for a week. Instead, it stayed focused on tattoos in the news with some potent photos and links...
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This Week in Tropolism
(27 January 2006) - This week was the week of Masters. Architecture Masters that defy death (we're so totally not kidding). Masters of the Park. Masters of photography, tilt-shift lens department. And, of course, Masters of Architectural structure....
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Swipple
(26 January 2006) - The concept behind Swipple is so simple, it makes you wonder why there aren't more sites like it. An online art gallery that exhibits the work of different artists from a wide range of styles, it's easy to navigate,...
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Flavorpill Sundance
(24 January 2006) - Describing Flavorpill Sundance, a blog devoted to the happenings of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, one is tempted to say it’s all over that indiefest like a cheap suit. But that would be wrong. Flavorpill isn’t...
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SMITH Magazine
(23 January 2006) - The hyperbolically-titled "bloggers revolution" has changed publishing. Virtually free to publish, the internet phenomenon has created digital publishing, a medium that is simultaneously wholly democratic yet often schizophrenic. Now there's a mag that's unabashedly harnessing the infinite pool of...
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Off the Podium
(23 January 2006) - Question: What do you get when you cross Winter Olympics fever, a national broadcasting network's exclusive contract, and Macromedia Flash animation? Answer: Off The Podium - a website built by the NBC Broadcating Corp. Now you'd expect the old...
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Needled This Week
(20 January 2006) - Tattooed bikers and burlesque beauties started off the week in Needled with a look at the work of renowned photographer Lisa Kereszi, whose fine art photography has been described as "visual poetry". Visual poetry could also describe the tattoo...
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Radio FG
(17 January 2006) - Radio FG has been one of the best radio stations in France for a long time, and they have always had a strong presence online. If you are a fan of Garage, House, Deep, Hardcore, Trance, Techno or Electro...
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Needled this Week
(13 January 2006) - This week in Needled was filled with tattoo news, from the former president of the Philippines missing a meeting on account of body art to a staff sergeant in Iraq whose after-hours job is tattooing his plattoon to a...
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This Week in Tropolism
(13 January 2006) - Tropolism continues to follow the story of the rebuilding master plan debate in New Orleans, along with some crazy article on 2 Columbus Circle published by the New York Times. The preservation debate is in full swing! The new...
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Ecreamery Custom Made Ice Cream
(13 January 2006) - If your local market doesn't satisfy your ice cream cravings, check out Ecreamery, where you can create your own ice cream from 3 base mixes (gelato, classic and super premium), 99 flavors, and 99 mix-ins/toppings. Then you get to...
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Feltron Annual Report
(11 January 2006) - Nicholas Felton is a talented designer who created a personal annual report to reflect on his 2005. Whether he's prolific or has a lot of time on his hands (or both, according to the first slide), he's created a...
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Glitch Browser
(09 January 2006) - Glitch Browser is a project by Dimitre Lima, Tony Scott and Iman Moradi that is designed to subvert the usual course of conformity and signal perfection. You enter a URL in to the browser and the site returned has...
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2006 Bloggie Nominations Begin
(06 January 2006) - 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...
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This Week in Needled
(06 January 2006) - 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...
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To Darrin Hudson, From Jeff Staple
(06 January 2006) - 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,...
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This Week in Tropolism
(16 December 2005) - 1. We had some words about an exhibition at MoMA, and why the New York Times will call France but not Spain for interviews. 2. We played with blocks, or, as they are known these days, psycho-social building experiences....
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Audrey Kawasaki
(12 December 2005) - I was thrown this link the other night. And as I went through it, I was just astounded by how sensual and startling Audrey Kawasaki's work is. It's kinda hot and freaky so I thought I'd just share. I'm...
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This Week at Refinery29
(02 December 2005) - This week at Refinery29, the editors present their first of three Give It Up holiday gift guides. The premiere installment focuses on some of the standout boutiques in New York's newest style center, Williamsburg. In true Refinery29 fashion they have...
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Tokyo Art Beat T-shirts
(02 December 2005) - Tokyo Art Beat is an essential guide to the Tokyo art and design scene. The site is published in both Japanese and English and is free, making it a must for anyone living in or traveling to Tokyo. They...
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Charles and Marie: Soupe Du Jour
(28 November 2005) - We don't know Charles and Marie personally, but judging by their site I think we'd all have plenty to talk about. In addition to their series of blogs, they have just launched Soupe Du Jour-- an on-line shop with...
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Lost at E Minor
(21 November 2005) - Yet another landmark putting Australia on the creative map, Lost at E Minor is the almost one year-old weekly e-newsletter covering design, music, art, and more in Australia and beyond. Founded by Zolton Zavos, editor of the recently-launched Riot...
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This Week in Tropolism
(18 November 2005) - In Tropolism this week, it was all about Favorites: - Our second favorite concert hall gets the knife - Janette Kim's lecture and show is announced - Our favorite cat-scratch post, The Sculpture for Living, still has no drapes!...
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Needled this Week
(18 November 2005) - This week in Needled began saintly and ended shamelessly. Sacred Heart Ex Votos were Marisa's ultimate shopping find, with their imagery ever-present in Western tattooing. Looking at tattoo traditions throughout the world, Ancient Marks, the gorgeous photography hardcover by...
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This Week in Tropolism
(11 November 2005) - It was a week of beginnings, with one ending. AMO (OMA, when they're not picking up redlines) begins a study for the Hermitage, an Olafur Eliasson show begins in Japan, a couple of show openings, and Tokyo retail rebirths...
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Vineyard Vines
(07 November 2005) - When you need a little prep to balance out the punk, check out the whales, sailboats, lobsters, mermaids and more that adorn the ties, belts, bags and clothing at Vineyard Vines. Great colors, well-made, and reasonably priced. Products for...
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Smart Travelling
(04 November 2005) - Based in a travel boutique down an alleyway in Berlin's Mitte district, Smart Travelling is a web-based service that provides members with info about 24 European cities. Following a "less is more approach," listings must be unusual and meet...
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This Week at Refinery29
(04 November 2005) - Refinery29 reminds us that it's never too early to start mulling over gift options. In a league of its very own, ALIFE/Kangol's 'Il Padrino' Fedora box-set has swept into NYC in frustratingly tiny numbers. Another, less flashy option is...
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Custom Photo ATM Cards
(04 November 2005) - A reader tipped us to Dutch bank Postbank's new custom photo ATM card, called "de paskamer." By uploading a photo via the de paskamer website, customers can easily create a background of their choosing and will receive the card...
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This Week in Tropolism
(04 November 2005) - This week in Tropolism, we got virtual. As in virtual concert hall, virtual skyscraper, and virtual museum for Ground Zero. We also started a map of our community. We grow....
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A Piece of Cake
(03 November 2005) - New from the ladies at Cake, a book that (in the same vein as their events and website) is a frank, sex-positive take on sexuality for the modern woman. Enclosed in a red faux-velvet cover, the guide dishes advice,...
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Needled this Week
(28 October 2005) - Needled covered all the bases this week with posts on art, law, shopping, events and even tattoo parodies. Answering questions from Needled readers, Marisa started the week by giving a run-down on her favorite tattoo artists in Chicago. Tuesday,...
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This Week in Tropolism
(28 October 2005) - This week Tropolism went deeper into the complex lighting design for the beacon at 55 Water Street, including Tropolism's first architectural movie. The conversation with lighting designer Jim Conti has two parts. Our little post last week about diagonal...
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This Week at Refinery 29
(28 October 2005) - What would Halloween be without some truly macabre accesories? Refinery29 have put their heads together and come up with the definitive New York shoppers' guide to all things skull-related . To add a bit of color to the season,...
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OGI graphics
(24 October 2005) - Ogi's got some additions to his portfolio since I last checked in back in site....
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This Week at Refinery 29
(21 October 2005) - This Week at Refinery29, political activism gets fashion-wise thanks to Downtown for Democracy. Specially-designed shirts by fashion visionaries including Francisco Costa, Peter Som, Patricia Field, and Project Alabama stole the show at a recent event proving you can wear...
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Where the Ladies At?
(11 October 2005) - From Rotterdam to Boston, tracking down some of the girl sneakerheads who care more about Blazers than Blahniks. The international legions of sneaker collectors are looking a lot more like fixtures than passing trends. But, despite this year's debut...
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Papa Stour
(10 October 2005) - Papa Stour is a new web boutique featuring the work of contemporary Scottish artisans. Neatly organized, the site is browsable by product type or artist and includes plenty of background information on the products and creators. This cashmere camo...
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j3tlag
(07 October 2005) - Check out j3tlag, the latest travel site dedicated to news and info for global rompers. We're please to be helping them out as contributors, including this week's lead story on the latest Absolut Icebar installation in London....
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Tattoo Culture
(30 September 2005) - There are at least four tattoo shops within spitting distance in central Williamsburg. After hearing rumors about one opening a couple doors down from Oslo (my favorite local coffee spot), I noticed someone in the space on the walk...
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Feedster of the Day
(28 September 2005) - We've feed of the day. If you're asking yourself WTF all that gibberish is, Feedster is like Google for RSS feeds. RSS feeds are are a different way content (especially from blogs) is distributed. More info here....
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Tropolism
(26 September 2005) - The world of Cool Hunting expands again: please welcome Tropolism to our little family. Tropolism explores the city through the eyes of architects. It calls attention to the art of architects, finds urban beauty wherever it may be, and...
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Untitled
(22 September 2005) - From an exhibition of the same name held annually in Berlin and Barcelona as part of the alterna-trade show Bread and Butter, Untitled is a book that collects some of the artists, websites, clothiers at the forefront of street...
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FLUX!
(14 September 2005) - We're very excited to announce the beta launch of FLUX, a mobile content site we helped produce. Featuring hot wallpapers and ringtones, FLUX helps you quickly and easily customize your mobile phone (US customers only)....
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Yummy Industries' 2nd Series
(13 September 2005) - Back in February, Josh Spear clued us all in on Yummy Industries. Well, I'm just here to let you all know that they have some new belts available at their online store. The 1st and 2nd series are listed...
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Love Money Power
(08 September 2005) - In a former sweet factory in East London, UK, resides a design studio known as Love Money Power. It was initially founded by four people, Richard Stott, Vincent Walsh, Sophie Copage and Brook Cronin. They currently add others to...
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Needled Artist Profile: Boris Zalaszam
(07 September 2005) - Over at Needled this morning Marisa has a profile of Hungarian Tatooist, Boris Zalaszam. His attention to detail is stellar and style unique. Check it out....
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Apartment Therapy Redesign
(06 September 2005) - This morning our friends over at Apartment Therapy launched a fully redesigned site. Clean, fresh and simple-- the design resource for NYC and LA apartment dwellers just got even better!...
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Groupe 16sur20 on Style.com
(01 September 2005) - Groupe 16sur20, the fashion cooperative headed by James and Gwendolyn Jurney (proprietors of the high-end custom men's and women’s line Seize sur Vingt), is the first men's shop on style.com. The on-line shop features a selection of items from...
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Pair-o-deez
(30 August 2005) - I've only been collecting sneakers for a few years, but have already amassed many a proud pair. I wanted to show them off and asked my friends over at Youth of Tomorrow to lend a hand. They came up...
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Streetsy
(29 August 2005) - Blue Jake and Wooster Collective just launched Streetsy, a street art photo blog. With over 2500 images and new ones added all the time, Streetsy promises to be a great daily fix. And like the art itself, the images...
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Reader Contribution Week
(22 August 2005) - We have a guest contributor this week, and it's you. Starting today through Friday, we'll post a daily pick from the del.icio.us sidebar to the right. So, create an account if you haven't already, add sites, share with the world....
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Colour Lovers
(19 August 2005) - Colour Lovers is exactly that, a community of creatives dedicated to color. Users create profiles and then submit colors and palettes for each-other to review. It may sound overly simplistic, but it's surprisingly habit forming. Especially when needing a...
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Reader Contributions
(17 August 2005) - Have a site you want to share with the community of Cool Hunting readers? Utilizing del.icio.us we now have a way for you to do it quickly and easily. Here's how it works: 1- Create an account at del.icio.us....
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Serious Stencilers
(03 August 2005) - When we stumbled upon Stencilry, what we found was not just a stencil website, but something like a community of D.I.Y. fanatics. This livejournal-based site serves as both a resource and a gallery for stenciling enthusiasts. Those looking to...
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Recently Needled
(02 August 2005) - Marisa has a few great posts today over at Needled that are must reads: An artist profile of Leeds based Steve Byrne who's also a painter and architect and has an incredible style. An update on gallery shows in...
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Nom de Guerre
(01 August 2005) - New York art and fashion collective Nom de Guerre launched its new site just days ago in preparation for the release of its Fall/Winter '05 collection. Their first-ever foray into menswear will feature what the company calls "utilitarian luxury-basics,"...
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Needled
(25 July 2005) - It is with great pleasure (and a bit of pain) that I announce our newest site, Needled. Edited by the fabulous Marisa DiMattia, Needled takes a look at the art of tattooers, on skin and on canvas. It also...
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Google Moon
(20 July 2005) - To Honor the 36th anniversary of the first manned moon landing Google has given us Google Moon. Using the Google Maps interface you can pan and zoom across the moon's surface and view the locations of each Apollo landing....
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PostSecret
(14 July 2005) - Frank Warren initially started this as an interactive art piece. PostSecret is a blog in which people anonymously submit their secrets on handmade 4 x 6 inch postcards via snail mail. Although some of the submissions are very humorous,...
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Spellcaster
(22 June 2005) - Spell With Flickr, a fun tool from the script-savvy Kastner, allows you to piece together words in classic ransom-note style without the hassle of scissors and paste. The code scours the Flickr archives for photographs tagged as letters and...
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Airtreks
(17 June 2005) - Booking multi-destination international flights just got more fun (easier and cheaper too) thanks to Airtrek's recently launched TripPlanner 5.0. Their flash-based map brings hi-tech visual logic that makes planning a trip feel more like a fluid video game than...
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Missing: Since January
(07 June 2005) - This is not a typical game. Consequently, it doesn't have typical game packaging. Missing: Since January is a puzzle game where the user attempts to solve the mystery of a journalist and his companion's disappearance, (hence the keyword, missing)....
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Puma Summer 2005
(24 May 2005) - I'm a big fan of Puma's summer line--the designs are totally progressive, and they're trying new stuff--which is admirable. All shoes and clothing aside, their Summer 2005 eCatalog is just brilliant. It's easy to use and works from the...
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The World Chico Exhibit
(13 May 2005) - Exhibit", where they're featuring photos, designs and artwork from up and coming or already established artists around the world. This work is by Carole Debois from Biarritz, France. They're looking for submissions, so if you're an artist, illustrator, or...
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The History of Sampling
(09 May 2005) - The History of Sampling is a visual map compiling the history of music sampling from the jazz greats through the latest hip hop sampling, and everything in between. The interface is pretty impressive, it's all an interactive timeline and...
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Guess-the-google
(06 May 2005) - The team that created Guess-the-google reverses the process by picking the keywords for you, and then you have to guess what keyword made the image up. It's totally challenging, and quite fun....
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Finnish Import: Husky Rescue
(27 April 2005) - If you like long dark winters; salty, hairy fish and tall blond people, you'll adore Country Falls by Husky Rescue, the latest import from Helsinki. Like Morcheeba or St. Etienne before them, Husky Rescue makes beautiful atmospheric music with...
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13 Favorite Links
(26 April 2005) - Many of you have asked what sites I read regularly. The truth is that I track a few hundred of them using RSS. With that much information, it's easy to overload so I maintain a list of 13 must-read...
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The Zoom Quilt
(25 April 2005) - There isn't much you can say about this collaborative art project called "The Zoom Quilt", you just need to see it for yourself. Take a look, and you'll be impressed, and you'll understand why it's so hard to describe....
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Epic 2014
(14 April 2005) - Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson have put together a pretty interesting vision of the media circa 2014. Basically they see all media becoming totally personalized and decentralized, driven by individual personalities and intelligent filtration systems. And of course, it's...
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Google Maps Meets Craigslist
(13 April 2005) - In my mind this little utility is simply just a genius mix. The cross pollination of two of the best resources available on the internet-- Google's new mapping service, and the classified listings page, Craigslist. This utility lets you...
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Seat Guru
(06 April 2005) - You don't have to be a savvy flyer to know that the exit row has the most leg room in coach. But did you know that there are a dozen power plugs scattered among the coach seats on a...
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Bape World Coming Soon
(31 March 2005) - Japanese sneaker and street-wear brand, A Bathing Ape has launched their web site at bape.com, but nothing seems to be there. Well, that's not entirely true. There's a splash page with a big download button. I downloaded the file...
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Smallest, Coolest Apartment Contest
(30 March 2005) - Have you embraced the life of a trapped rat and turned your super-small apartment in to a gem? Tell Apartment Therapy all about it. During the month of April they will be reviewing entries to their first annual Smallest,...
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Game Gardens
(29 March 2005) - From the folks who brought you that adorable mmog Puzzle Pirates, Three Rings have created Game Gardens: a place of 'experimental online game development.' So if you know how to program in Java, you can use their tool kit...
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The Tablet 10
(28 March 2005) - Tablet Hotels is fantastic resource for finding the best small and medium sized hotels in a many cities around the world. Their snappy editorial helps make the selection pretty easy and their web site is superbly designed. To further...
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Android 8 Store
(25 March 2005) - If you haven’t given Android 8 a peek yet, do so, it’s a must see. It’s a new online store featuring limited edition and designer work by people like Brendan Monroe, Luke Chueh and Rustboy. It’s all run by...
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eHan Hoogerbrugge
(23 March 2005) - This image is from a large series of interactive animations in a set called Modern Living by Han Hoogerbrugge. Most of the animations work by moving your mouse over them to activate specific parts of the image-- making the...
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Destined Magazine
(22 March 2005) - Destined is a new online magazine and collective featuring hot young photographers, illustrators and designers. Each week three artists will be featured, making Destined a new stop on my weekly tour. This week's featured artists include Johnny Chuk, Karen...
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Unholy Matrimony Shirt
(22 March 2005) - Hint Fashion Magazine, has a pretty solid line up of designer and limited edition T's in their online shop. They have a neat 'King of Rock' T-shirt, by Ken Courtney from Ju$t Another Rich Kid, a Patrik Rzepski design,...
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Personal Data Forest
(18 March 2005) - This image is a representation of all the data right here on Cool Hunting, created using Texone's Tree Applet. You point the applet to a web address and it translates the syntactic structure of the site to a tree...
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Punk MC
(17 March 2005) - The World Chico is an online store stocked full of some really good independent clothing design. The UK based shop recently launched a new T-Shirt line called Punk MC--and the designs are all pretty fresh. This shirt is a...
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Outdoor Terrier
(17 March 2005) - Our friends over Coolestshop have a slew of new Outdoor Terrier stuff. The Camp Fire T is pretty campy, and the terrier silhouette is a perfect touch. For those of you who may not already know, I'm terrier obsessed....
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The Glade
(15 March 2005) - I've had much love and respect for Beinghunted for many years now. They always deliver fresh and exciting stories on art, design and fashion-- one of my regular reads. Their latest venture is The Glade, an eCommerce extension of...
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Get Yer Dusty Groove On
(28 February 2005) - Dusty Groove. This is the place to turn to for hard-to-find, one-of-a-kind recordings that places like Tower and Virgin never carry. The one problem is that you generally can’t preview tracks, but each CD or LP has a great...
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Thrift Deluxe
(28 February 2005) - Thrift Deluxe is a contemporary and non-commercial DIY online resource that provides simple directions for inexpensive projects to make your own lamps, vases, bowls, belts, and more. I wish they had more projects, but a few of the ones...
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The American Package Museum
(25 February 2005) - The American Package Museum has and extensive collection of package design from the early decades of the 20th century. Chewing gum, shaving cream, cereal boxes, and more-- there is a lot to check out there. Although the collection is...
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Circular Life
(24 February 2005) - I don't know much about the project entitled Their Circular Life, other than that it's an exploration of human behavior with the help of a beautiful flash interface, deep sounds and interesting images. They used some technology to film...
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Sexiest Indie Gamer of All Time
(21 February 2005) - The Independent Gaming Source is having a contest for the "Sexiest Indie Gamer of All Time." For those of you who are unsure as to what indie games are... just think of those standardized test comparisons—Indie Games are to...
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Grivina
(18 February 2005) - Those bizarre quirky babies above were created by Grivina, in Russia. The site cuts to the chase. Not much description other than the categories, which is fine since I don't know a lick of Russian. But the work speaks...
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Google Fight
(17 February 2005) - Google Fight creates a duel between two search queries with a cute little flash interface. It measures Google results for any two words or phrases--such as God vs. Satan. Who do you think has more google results? Luke Skywalker...
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Name Voyager
(16 February 2005) - The Name Voyager, from Baby Name Wizard, is a fascinating visualization of the US Social Security Administration's historical database of names. Enter part or all of any name and this little Java application will dynamically plot how many babies...
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BeatPort
(15 February 2005) - Beatport is Napster or iTunes exclusively for the electronic music world. As its tagline says: Log on. Get Down. That's exactly what you do on Beatport. It is the digital download network. Electronic music enthusiasts will find thousands of...
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Destructed Magazine T's
(15 February 2005) - Destructed has some very limited edition and top notch looking screen printed t-shirts for sale. Each issue of the magazine is downloadable, and a dozen or more artists collaborate to show their work together in each issue. It's a...
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Flickr Graph
(14 February 2005) - The best online photo management and sharing solution just got a hell of a lot better thanks to Marcos Weskamp and his application Flickr Graph. It produces instant online graphing of any Flickr relationships and allows you to explore...
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Stereohype Shirts
(11 February 2005) - Stereohype is a london based online boutique offering limited edition designer products--like buttons, t-shirts, and even artwork. They gain a lot of their designer talent through varius competitions. They're frequently updated so all the designs stay fresh. I'm loving...
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Google Maps
(09 February 2005) - In case you missed it, all the buzz in the Blogsphere is Google's hot new mapping service. Google Maps brings all the simplicity, convenience and elegance we've come to expect from their products. The pan and zoom interface redraws...
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AllMusic
(03 February 2005) - Stop pulling your hair out trying to find background on your favorite musicians. Now in its 10th year (15th if you count the books that pre-date the Internet), AllMusic covers every single solitary genre of music, has information on...
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Brokendomer
(03 February 2005) - Brokendomer is a Brooklyn underground hip-hop group. Music-wise I'll let you be the judge. What I'm interested in is the site. It's designed by Mark Forscher. Here's a sweet implementation of Flash Action Scripting to produce a layout that's...
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Vintage Vandals
(02 February 2005) - The Wurst Gallery has an new online exhibition called Vintage Vandals. They asked artists to find a framed piece of artwork at their local thrift shop and turn it into something of their own. It's an interesting mix of...
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Casey Weldon
(02 February 2005) - Casey Weldon creates provocative work. Some are serene; others are somewhat chilling (in a way that poses questions like "who are you? and would you like a hug?"). Casey you are a wonder... at least till you get your...
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Tokyoplastic
(02 February 2005) - First off, Tokyoplastic is a slick site. Cute vector design, dramatic sound, carnivorous plants, and robotic segues-- what more could you ask for? I'll tell you what, that the stuff they sell wasn't sold out! They had these vinyl...
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Archinect Shirts
(02 February 2005) - Archinect is the website that has definitively connected designers and architects from around the globe. They have covered a zillion different architectural topics, and now they are offering a few wearable souveniers. These T-Shirts are all by different designers....
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MusicPlasma: Look at the Pretty Bubbles
(01 February 2005) - Looking for new music based on your current tastes? MusicPlasma lets you search on any band or artist and it returns a family tree-like display with other bands or musicians closely related to the original search term. For instance,...
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The Drama Store
(01 February 2005) - The Drama Store has a really nice collection of designer books, magazines, clothing, toys and accessories. They all are from independent designers, like this Salt Tooth Press shirt, which is a collaborative illustration between Max Hubenthal and Travis Robertson....
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Gridskipper
(31 January 2005) - Gridskipper, the new travel blog from Gawker Media, has just launched. If you're looking for a guide that combines facilitated decadence on a budget, or if you just want inside tips on your destination of choice, Gridskipper promises to...
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Escape Lab Travel Album
(29 January 2005) - Words can't explain how very, very, cool the Escape Travel Album is. I know nothing about who is behind this, or where the pictures are from, but damn is it impressive-- and a lot of fun to look through....
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The Cubes
(25 January 2005) - The idea of working in a cubicle scares the pants off me. Maybe it's not as bad as it seems. It pays the bills right? Well, here are The Cubes. There are four cubical sets. Each containing its own...
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Sneaker Freak
(25 January 2005) - It's fun to gawk and drool over sneakers you wish you owned, and Sneaker Freak is all about just that. It's a gallery of original photos for the sneaker freak inside all of us. Users can post pictures of...
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Core77 Reports on CES
(24 January 2005) - Core77, the Industrial Design Supersite, was also present at the global electronics spectacle we know and love as CES. Sure, it was a few weeks ago, but there was just so much to see that you can't possibly be...
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Tee Museum
(24 January 2005) - Tee Museum is a very neat way to shop for limited edition t-shirts. No it's not a real museum although I wish it was. It's an online shop--they call it fine art that you can wear. They feature designs...
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Toyota Z-Capsule
(21 January 2005) - Treehugger about Toyota's continued push for environmentally friendly transportation. The hybrid car manufacturer will be testing a new lower impact, mass transit scheme this March in Japan. The Z-Capsule bus runs on a low-emission, compressed natural gas engine. But...
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Dropload
(14 January 2005) - The recipient’s mailbox is full. Doh! How many times have we all seen that message? Many email providers are starting to increase the amount of space they offer but too many people who haven’t made the shift still suffer...
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Neighborhoodies
(13 January 2005) - Neighborhoodies is the success story of a couple kids running a t-shirt business out of a basement apartment and 2 years later having a thriving 30 person company. As the name suggests, their t-shirts, hoodies and underwear shout out...
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More Invader
(12 January 2005) - Remember the Space Invader sneakers? ‘Guy runs around the biggest cities in the world putting up his Space Invader mosaics-- He got so into it he even created intricate maps for each cities invasion. Well, someone was such a...
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The Hundreds vs. Corgishoe
(30 December 2004) - This past Summer The Hundreds set foot into the largest Nike collection of them all-- the one belonging to Corgishoe. Documentation of the journey has just surfaced and it's not to be missed. There are lots of pix, but...
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Mappr
(23 December 2004) - Mappr, developed by Stamen Design, is a place based interface to the Flickr photo database that enables a new slant on photo viewing and provides some relatively fascinating ethnographic research. You can search for images by keyword, date or...
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Kicks Finder
(22 December 2004) - Kicks Finder. Just select the style and colorway you're looking for and they'll do the searching and sorting for you. They have even figured out how to work around the annoying keyword spam. It's only Dunks and Quickstrikes right...
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Shoewawa
(10 December 2004) - I'm not so good about covering stuff for the ladies-- especially when it come to footwear. Fortunately there's a brand new blog from the creators of Shiny Shiny (the girl gadget guide). Shoewawa delivers a sassy report on shoes...
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Win a Shepard Fairey
(10 December 2004) - Shepard Fairey, the mind behind Obey-- the most prevalent urban street meme in stencil art propaganda history, has created a new series of prints. This one is called Worldwide Delivery and comes in an edition of 300. One40Five Store...
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Audioscrobbler: Musical Match-making
(06 December 2004) - There are all sorts of match making sites out there, but few of them really work well. The best ones take very specific information in to account. But who wants to enter all sorts of specific information? Audioscrobbler finds...
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Biodegradable Mobile Phones
(01 December 2004) - Well... not the entire phone. University of Warwick, together with PVAXX R&D, have created a prototype mobile phone casing, made of a biodegradable polymer. To exaggerate (and beautify) the point, they embedded a sunflower seed in the case so...
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Humidus
(19 November 2004) - The story of Humidus is a fascinating tale of freshness and illumination coming to a life previously lived in a basement. Huh? I don't really get it, but I can say that the t-shirt designs are pretty damn great....
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Colorstrology
(18 November 2004) - Colorstrology-- an application of color theory to astrology presented on a beautifully designed site. On the site you can find the color of your birth date and get monthly color forecasts. Theoretically you can evaluate your compatibility with another...
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Ryanitude
(11 November 2004) - Ryan McGinness. This one is filled with a lot more 'tude, but is very funny if you have my sense of humor. $29 at Krudmart where there's lots more good stuff....
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Nike Zvezdochka by Mark Newson
(18 October 2004) - Launched in the Japanese magazine Marc Newson as a multi purpose shoe for cosmonauts, it's named for the Russian space dog that ventured aboard Sputnik 10 in 1961. While it may look like a reinvention of the Jelly, it...
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Where Design Comes From
(19 August 2004) - Where Design Comes From is a lovely site that features the work of other lovely sites. How often have you seen something great and thought, "who made that?" I do all the time. Fresh Electronic Delivery is their newsletter...
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Y3 by Yohji Yamomoto
(18 August 2004) - In general, I find the Y3 line from Yohji Yamomoto a little over branded. The new web site, however, is fabulous! The impact comes from the large scale, full motion animation of models walking in place wearing each of...
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Nike Aloha Dunk
(15 August 2004) - Fatlace has an interview with Ian G., the founder of Kicks Hawaii and collaborator on these beauteous Dunks. Of all the Nike collaborations going around these days, this one is my new favorite. I love the Lauhala style weave...
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eBoy
(09 August 2004) - Some of the hottest pixel plopped art on the face of the planet comes from eBoy-- a collaboration between 3 Berliners and a New Yorker. Lots of new work just went up on their site, so be sure to...
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Nike Angus SB
(03 August 2004) - Nike has refreshed their Skateboarding site with a great new design and a better overview of the SB line. All the colorways for their Dunk, Delta Force, URL, Angus, E-Cue and FC are shown. A sucker for anything shiny,...
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Pup Style
(29 July 2004) - Pup Style is a new site for the dog snob. From couture accessories to the chronicles of poor Tinkerbell Hilton, you'll find it on Pup Style....
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Grokker
(01 July 2004) - Grokker is a search tool that organizes results in a logical, zoom-able visual interface. By visually arranging data it's great for topic searches because it displays results with contextual relevancy. Trying to explain it is kind of silly-- just...
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Grainbag
(23 June 2004) - Grainbag is a Pittsburgh based on-line gallery featuring a really broad range of contemporary work. Thanks to Apartment Therapy for turning me on to Grainbag and the work of Corey LeChat, who's piece Senescent Shaman is pictured above. Grainbag's...
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FeedRoll
(21 June 2004) - Feedroll is a great new service for quickly and easily displaying someone else's content on your own site. Click here to add Cool Hunting content to your site....
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Twexus
(18 June 2004) - Twexus is a database of over 20,000 digital photographs taken by Andreas Wacker. There are a couple different ways to search for photos, but my favorite is a feature called pairs. All it does is randomly select two photos...
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Seven Nine
(08 June 2004) - Seven Nine has launched a beautiful new Web site. Be sure to check out the T-shirt shop with lots of lovely designs....
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Sole Searching
(03 June 2004) - Drawing inspiration from the unparalleled Fixins.com "Soled Out" events and the legendary "Fresh Out The Box" celebration comes Sole Searching: A Tour Dedicated to the Sneaker. Sole Searching was just a small party last year, but collectors and sponsors...
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Standard Deluxe
(01 June 2004) - Byrdhouse recently visited Standard Deluxe, the Alabama based print shop that does everything the old fashioned way-- by hand. Check out his story and the pics to get acquainted with the simpler side of silk screening....
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Surface To Air
(26 May 2004) - Surface To Air designs T-shirts that somehow merge rocker angst with sweet graphics. They make lots of other great stuff, too. You could spend hours exploring their site....
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Antonio Carvalho
(21 May 2004) - The wild illustrations of Antonio Carvalho have recently been featured in Pictoplasma, the character illustration book and Web site. His work is inspired by childhood fantasies of creatures hiding in the refrigerator. I think they're all pretty great, except...
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Nike: Art of Speed
(11 May 2004) - Nike commissioned 15 digital artists to visualize speed "through the Nike lens." Their work, which is rather compelling, is being collected on nikelab.com. UPDATE 3 June: There is now an Art of Speed Weblog....
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Sacrasac
(05 May 2004) - The Sacrasac is a bag system where you can zip multiple panels together to change the size and color scheme for your tote. Made in Japan, bags and parts can be ordered from their Web site, or purchased at...
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Earth Day / Human Descent
(22 April 2004) - Yes. We should all recycle more plastic, waste less water, and conserve energy resources. But that's stuff we should do every day. On Earth Day, I think we should stop to ponder how life on earth is evolving-- especially...
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Kinja
(01 April 2004) - Ready for Denton's next big thing? Kinja, the blog of blogs, launches today....
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Adidas Decade RFL
(28 March 2004) - What says Spring better than slime green and reflective white kicks? These Adidas Decade RFLs are the perfect transition from the cold and gray to the warm and blooming. $69 at coolestshop.com. While you're there be sure to check...
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My T-shirt Store
(22 March 2004) - My store is open! At the moment I'm featuring my first 5 designs, but stay tuned for more from me and other T-shirt designers. go shop now...
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This Week's Gadgets
(20 March 2004) - This week I was posting my gadget finds over at Gizmodo. Thanks Nick, Choire and Joel... it was lots of fun. Here's a recap:...
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This Week, Gizmodo
(14 March 2004) - I'll be guest writing over at Gizmodo this week. If you don't know the site, you should -it's the destination for all things gadget. If you do know the site, then you might already be familiar with the Blog...
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Rasterbator
(11 March 2004) - The Rasterbator is a fantastic and fun web service which creates huge rasterized pictures out of relatively small image files. via towleroad...
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Torisukoshiro vs. Juicypanic
(06 March 2004) - Torisukoshiro vs. Juicypanic is an animated laptop dj war. It's kind of insane, but very entertaining....
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Comparing the World's Subways
(04 March 2004) - Fake is the New Real has a nice comparison of many of the worlds subways/ What makes it interesting is the fact that they are all presented on the same scale. It provides a different angle on understanding urban...
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Dog Blogging III
(24 February 2004) - Phillip Torrone's photo moblog includes pictures posted by his Aibo! Whuffie posts every few hours automatically using his built in camera, his built in WiFi emails it to the site. via Gothamist...
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House33
(19 February 2004) - I think House Industries' new site House33 is both an announcement for a new set of fonts and a new London shop. But, I'm not sure. Either way, the site is lovely....
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Geoff McFetridge Vandal Supremes: Experiment 01
(02 February 2004) - ">Freshness and ">Freshmeat collaborated to document the destruction of a Geoff McFetridge Vandal Supreme. Their project may surpass what McFetridge intended for consumers of the sneakers to do, but it's rad none the less. It also gives a good...
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Threadless
(23 January 2004) - Chicago based Threadless.com is an online, ongoing tee shirt design competition. Each week they choose 4 - 6 of the submitted designs to print and sell on their web site. It's a great way for artists and designers to...
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Found Type
(22 January 2004) - Graham Hicks has a lovely on-line photo gallery of found typography....
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CustomInk
(21 January 2004) - CustomInk is a web site where you can choose from a wide variety of T-Shirt styles (including my favorite, American Apparel) and then upload graphics to print on them. It's not like Cafe Press or ">PixelTees which also allow...
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Wear It With Pride
(10 January 2004) - Though their most recent heyday was in the 80's, pin badges (or buttons, or pins) have always had their place in certain street fashion sub cultures. They are making a come back, and now there's a one stop shop...
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Nike Laser Set II
(18 December 2003) - Pictures of the next set of Nike Lasers have surfaced over at Freshness. These are in addition to the ones that surfaced back in September. Round 1 at freshness Round 2 at freshenss...
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Upoc Redesign
(11 December 2003) - We launched a redesign of Upoc. This new version includes a totally new Web site, enhancements to the WAP site, and many new SMS commands. We have also made lots of changes under the hood to make the system...
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Psyop Anthem
(08 December 2003) - Psyop, the freshest CG shop on the planet, has launched a new web site featuring their work. The site is great. Better than the site is their anthem piece, which can also be found in the projects section. It's a...
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Lego Mosaic
(06 December 2003) - Lego Mosaics are the least promoted and most exciting Lego product out there. You can upload a picture to their Web site and Lego will send you all the pieces you need to make your own mosaic. They are...
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Digital Gravel
(03 December 2003) - Digital Gravel is another hot resource for design heavy, underground and independant street wear. They stock over 250 products, mostly t-shirts and sweatshirts....
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Karmaloop
(23 November 2003) - Karmaloop is a cool new boutique on the web with all sorts of cool clothes, shoes and accessories. One stop holiday shopping for all your hipster friends......
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SuperTalk
(23 November 2003) - SuperFuture has launched SuperTalk, a discussion board for global shopping experts. It's a great resource to figure out what's what in NYC, Tokyo and Sydney....
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Nike Ground
(23 October 2003) - Always a pioneer in PR, Nike has uncovered a yet untapped frontier for name placement: the historic squares of urban Europe. The first location for Nike's new campaign is Vienna's Karlsplatz, now known as 'Nikeplatz.' In order to promote...
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Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle
(22 October 2003) - The Cremaster Cycle web site is now up and just a stunning as one would expect....
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Feedster
(21 September 2003) - Feedster, despite the not so cool name, is the hottest new thing in the RSS world. They index all the RSS / XML feeds they can find and provide you with a search engine for just that content. What's even...
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PixelBlocks
(29 July 2003) - PixelBlocks are a lot like what might happen when Lego meets Lite Brite. Translucent pieces can be combined in different ways to create anything from a sculpture to a relief mosaic....
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4 great sneaker web sites
(13 June 2003) - Here are a few more resources for finding fab sneakers... Sneaker Freaker Kickz 101 Crooked Tongues Fat Lace...
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Fashion is the other f-word
(26 May 2003) - No Good For Me - Style plus Vice is Kat Asharya's fashion weblog. She seems to focus more on the juicy street stuff than the runway cotoure, but covers a pretty good bredth....
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Light Red's T-Shirt List
(19 May 2003) - Here's a search results page for T-shirts on Light Red. Richard is finding the cool T's at a light speed rate....
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Psyop
(13 May 2003) - Persuade. Change. Influence. Psyop is doing some of the coolest CG for TV....
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Imports
(08 May 2003) - A recent story in the New York Times points out that the hottest gadgets originate in Japan and take many months to make it over to the States, if at all. Duh. The most useful parts of this article, however,...
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Pin Stripe Track Suit
(30 April 2003) - From today's DailyCandy: Today Puma unveils its pin-striped tracksuit. Supply is limited: only 345 worldwide. Priced to move, as they say on the trading floor. Made from traditional wool-suit fabric, each comes with standard pant details (satin lining, pin tucks...
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Random
(24 April 2003) - And speaking of potatoes, how random is this? www.potatoe.com...
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More Sneakers
(24 April 2003) - Another super cool site dedicated to super cool sneakers (or trainers as my uk friends say)... Fatlace Of course, I have to re-mention my fav... Crooked Tongues...
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Royal Society for the Protection of Designers
(23 April 2003) - The Royal Society for the Protection of Designers, hosted at pink928.com is a great ventilation of corporate angst!...
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Dog Names
(20 April 2003) - We're getting another dog in a couple weeks and have been working through several name possibilities. It would be nice if there was a way to search for names by the number of letters. Alas, not that many people are...
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Fotolog
(11 April 2003) - I started a Fotolog called digital selenium. Fotolog is a pretty cool community site that makes it super easy to post images simply for sharing purposes. And best of all, it's free....
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The Perfect T-Shirt
(24 March 2003) - I have not experienced one of these T-Shirts yet, but Daily Candy sure likes them: The perfect T-shirt: It's the Holy Grail of fashion. For boys and girls alike. Perfectly cut sleeves. Perfect fit across the shoulders. Not too long,...
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Lite Brite Art
(05 March 2003) - So, I've been minorly obsessed with memories of my fun 70's toy, Lite Brite. I always made my own things instead of following the included templates. Anyway, here's some Lite Brite Art and other random stuff: Silly Dog Pigalle Gallery...
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Custom M&M's
(18 February 2003) - Order custom colors from the M&M's Web Site! But don't send the URL to anyone once your session has started... it carries your user ID and has an auto log in. Long story short, people can buy M&M's on your...
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Lisa Kereszi
(05 February 2003) - An array of sleezy, yet curious Americana. The photography of Lisa Kereszi is raw and fantastic....
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Mixed Greens
(04 February 2003) - A great site featuring many comtemporary artists. You can buy work or just maintain an on line gallery. Mixed Greens...
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