Craig Dorety: Division : Light animation sculptures inspired by ocular migraines that examine our visual limits

Craig Dorety: Division


Opening on Saturday, 19 April 2014 at Oakland’s Johansson Projects is an exhibition of hypnotic sculpture animations that will have your eyes watering—after you realize you haven’t blinked in a…

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littleBits + KORG Synth Kit: Build your own analog synthesizer using simple, Lego-like electronic pieces that snap together magnetically

littleBits + KORG Synth Kit


New York-based littleBits has been making big waves in the design industry since their electronic modules-maker took over the MoMA Design Store. Instead of building talking puppets or …

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Fashion X Technology: Ying Gao: The experimental fashion designer creates technology-driven clothing that responds to sounds, voices and human presence

Fashion X Technology: Ying Gao


Montreal-based fashion designer Ying Gao merges a poetry in craftsmanship with technological curiosity. After attending university at the Haute…

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Braun CoolTec: A hands-on look at the world’s first electric shaver with an active cooling element for sensitive skin

Braun CoolTec


Avid readers know well that Cool Hunting is always on the lookout for new ways to innovate. While this can come in any number of shapes and forms, sometimes the simplest of ideas deliver the most notable results. For legendary design-driven tech brand…

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Emerald Pax : Ploom adds the color of everyone’s favorite herbal remedy to their range of portable vaporizers

Emerald Pax


As the official color of living plants, green is a highly appropriate hue for Ploom to choose as the latest shade for their kazoo-shaped vaporizer, the Pax. The San Francisco-based tobacco start-up launched the convenient, portable smoking device nearly a year ago…

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2013 Snowboard Gear : A short guide to what’s kept us warm, dry and in touch this season

2013 Snowboard Gear

While it may not entirely feel like it in certain cities, winter is in full swing, dumping snow in many regions and offering temps low enough to fire up the snow guns in others. After introducing the Nitro T1.5 and ThirtyTwo + Crab Grab collaboration earlier this week we’ve pulled…

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Allied Maker: The young woodworker releases an iPhone 5 shelf and more handmade goods

Allied Maker

After a relatively quiet start in August 2012 young woodworker Ryden Rizzo—producing under the moniker Allied Maker—quickly found his supremely simple homeware designs garnering much attention around the web. Now with the holiday media rush behind him, Rizzo returns to his workshop to update some of his stately designs…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks: Hot Wheels’ Camaro, Google’s tribute to Bob Ross, the Hope app and more in our look at the web this week

Link About It: This Week's Picks

1. Camaro Hot Wheels Launched this week to the applause of big kids everywhere, the Hot Wheels Edition Camaro is a full-size production version of its micro counterpart. Upscaled with 21″ black rims, two-tone hood graphics and Hot Wheels logos abound, the car of many childhood dreams is set…

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Black Moth Super Rainbow Interview: We talk to the band’s enigmatic front man, Tobacco, about the self-release of their fifth album

Black Moth Super Rainbow Interview

Using analog equipment and outdated electronics for a more “real” sound, Black Moth Super Rainbow is one of the more captivating experimental electronic bands we’ve become familiar with in recent years. With nearly a decade of albums under their belt and a truly authentic approach in terms of musical…

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Pax

A high-tech way to enjoy a healthy toke anywhere life takes you

Pax

Shaped like a little kazoo, the Pax vaporizer is undoubtedly music to any concerned smoker’s ears, even without any actual instrumental capability. The ingenious gadget—created by San Francisco tobacco upstart Ploom—not only provides a healthier way to inhale plant-derived vapors, but it also makes smoking even more discreet. We’ve…

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