The Conference, Part One: “Power, Disruption and Lies” in Malmö at Scandinavia’s largest technology and innovation conference, presented by Media Evolution

The Conference, Part One


Last week The Conference was held in Sweden’s southernmost city of Malmö and Cool Hunting was in attendance. The centerpiece of this exciting five-day media smörgåsbord was an intense 48 hours of conferences and parties, sandwiched…

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Cool Hunting Video: Cannatest: A cannabis testing facility at the forefront of a rapidly growing industry

Cool Hunting Video: Cannatest


On a recent trip to Seattle, CH spent some time exploring the flourishing cannabis culture in the city, beginning with the NW Cannabis Market. While that gave us a unique perspective on the distribution of medical marijuana, we also wanted to…

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“Sleep” by Ted Spagna: Where science meets art, a photo book of humans in their most vulnerable state




Teacher, filmmaker and photographer Ted Spagna was as engrossed in the sciences of sleep and technology as he was in creating art. His sleep project depicts a shift from the…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Coffee as Viagra, car crushing, Tokyo in high-def and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Gary Card’s Abandoned Amusement Park Renowned set designer Gary Card has created larger-than-life, fantastical works for everyone from Lady Gaga and the New York Times’ T Magazine, to the London concept store LN-CC. In his first solo exhibition, “Abandoned Amusement Park Attraction,”…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Branding Prince George, a Deitch-less MOCA, Mysterabbit and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Grandpa the Pixel Painter Hal Lasko, who now goes by Grandpa, is a 97-year-old former typographer whose medium of choice is Microsoft Paint. Lasko lost most of his eyesight due to macular degeneration but discovered that the computer program could magnify images…

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Cool Hunting Video: H E I D I L E E: A look behind the scenes at NYC’s mad hatter

Cool Hunting Video: H E I D I L E E


by Granny Cart Productions When we imagine a hat-maker, a cigar-smoking old craftsman with steam presses and piles of felt make up the image that jumps to mind. Our recent visit with ,…

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The DNA of Things: Italian designer, artist, engineer and researcher Maurizio Montalti crosses the boundary between nature and culture

The DNA of Things


by Stefano Caggiano Italian multidisciplinary designer, artist and engineer Maurizio Montalti is the founder and director of Officina Corpuscoli, a laboratory of scientific creative research dealing with the role design could play in the bio-tech revolution…

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Jonas Lund’s Art World API: A digital installation exploring art through technology and science

Jonas Lund's Art World API


Still abuzz from his shared online experience art piece “We See In Every Direction,” the Swedish-born, Amsterdam-based artist Jonas Lund is launching a new project, called Art World…

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The Institute for Art and Olfaction: Aiming to create greater engagement with the art and science of perfumery

The Institute for Art and Olfaction


by Mya Stark Scent provides us with countless moments of pleasure every day—from submerging in soaps and lotions during our morning routine; to being perked up before the coffee even touches our lips; to being tantalized by the food on our plates. Because…

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The Guggenheim App: The iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed museum launches a mobile app to coincide with the opening of artist James Turrell’s solo exhibition

The Guggenheim App


Replacing the embarrassingly bulky recorder and headset once required for an audio tour, the Guggenheim’s new mobile app comes flush with insightful information, images and video to enhance past and…

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