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by Gregory Mitnick and Evan LaMagnaIn this video, we visit artist Seth Kinmont as he readies his wooden electric car for its NYC debut at Project No. 8. Kinmont explains his conceptual approach and takes us on a joyride through the city....
by Gregory Mitnick and Evan LaMagnaIn this video, we visit artist Seth Kinmont as he readies his wooden electric car for its NYC debut at Project No. 8. Kinmont explains his conceptual approach and takes us on a joyride through the city....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: How to Make a Burton Snowboard
by Gregory MitnickTraveling to Burlington, Vermont, our video visits Burton's snowboard manufacturing center to learn about their handmade process and prototyping techniques. Chris Doyle, the brand's "mad scientist" who's worked with founder Jake Burton since 1996, gives a behind-the-scenes tour explaining what makes their snowboards industry leaders....
by Gregory MitnickTraveling to Burlington, Vermont, our video visits Burton's snowboard manufacturing center to learn about their handmade process and prototyping techniques. Chris Doyle, the brand's "mad scientist" who's worked with founder Jake Burton since 1996, gives a behind-the-scenes tour explaining what makes their snowboards industry leaders....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Sergio Rodrigues
by Gregory Mitnick Visiting Sergio Rodrigues at his NYC gallery Espasso, this video checks in with the iconic Brazilian designer and architect to celebrate the relaunch of his "Chifruda" chair. Translated as "the horned one" in reference to cuckoldry, the chair's return comes thanks to the discovery of the original in a Rio pawn shop last year. In our interview, the playfully witty octogenarian imagines...
by Gregory Mitnick Visiting Sergio Rodrigues at his NYC gallery Espasso, this video checks in with the iconic Brazilian designer and architect to celebrate the relaunch of his "Chifruda" chair. Translated as "the horned one" in reference to cuckoldry, the chair's return comes thanks to the discovery of the original in a Rio pawn shop last year. In our interview, the playfully witty octogenarian imagines...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: The World's Largest Lemonade Stand
by Matthew MarshallDocumenting construction of a NYC water tower used as a giant lemonade stand, this video visits the workshop of Rosenwach Tanks and gets a few words on it from fourth-generation owner Andy Rosenwach. The project celebrates the opening of the High Line, NYC's newest beloved park, so we visit the festivities too and see the lemonade stand in action....
by Matthew MarshallDocumenting construction of a NYC water tower used as a giant lemonade stand, this video visits the workshop of Rosenwach Tanks and gets a few words on it from fourth-generation owner Andy Rosenwach. The project celebrates the opening of the High Line, NYC's newest beloved park, so we visit the festivities too and see the lemonade stand in action....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Rye Rye
by Gregory MitnickChecking in with M.I.A. protege Rye Rye, this video visits the rising star in the studio working on her yet as unreleased album and at a WWD Daily photo shoot. The 18-year-old Baltimore native shares the story of how she came up, a few dance moves and what she likes to rap about....
by Gregory MitnickChecking in with M.I.A. protege Rye Rye, this video visits the rising star in the studio working on her yet as unreleased album and at a WWD Daily photo shoot. The 18-year-old Baltimore native shares the story of how she came up, a few dance moves and what she likes to rap about....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Ron Arad Retrospective
by Gregory MitnickChecking in with Ron Arad during the installation of his MoMA exhibit spanning nearly three decades of work, this video follows the Israeli designer as he leads us on a tour through the show. Arad explains how his unconventional design practice relates to his radically amorphous forms and to the show's title, "No Discipline."No Discipline Through 19 October 2009 MoMA11 West 53 Street...
by Gregory MitnickChecking in with Ron Arad during the installation of his MoMA exhibit spanning nearly three decades of work, this video follows the Israeli designer as he leads us on a tour through the show. Arad explains how his unconventional design practice relates to his radically amorphous forms and to the show's title, "No Discipline."No Discipline Through 19 October 2009 MoMA11 West 53 Street...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Alberto Alessi
by Gregory Mitnick In this video we sit down with third-generation design impresario Alberto Alessi to talk about his take on the emotional side of industrial design at the Plaza Hotel in NYC. The CEO (he's helmed Alessi for 39 years) shares his perspective on design objects, playing a whistle from one of his first collaborations to prove his point....
by Gregory Mitnick In this video we sit down with third-generation design impresario Alberto Alessi to talk about his take on the emotional side of industrial design at the Plaza Hotel in NYC. The CEO (he's helmed Alessi for 39 years) shares his perspective on design objects, playing a whistle from one of his first collaborations to prove his point....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: São Paulo Fashion Week Summer 2010: The Bikini
by Gregory MitnickFor this season's video documenting São Paulo Fashion Week's summer shows, we narrow our sights on the the bikini. With help from a few fashion types—editors, models, designers and others—we take a look at the most quintessentially Brazilian wardrobe staple....
by Gregory MitnickFor this season's video documenting São Paulo Fashion Week's summer shows, we narrow our sights on the the bikini. With help from a few fashion types—editors, models, designers and others—we take a look at the most quintessentially Brazilian wardrobe staple....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Nice Collective
Fashion label Nice Collective was started by self-described "nice guys" Joe Haller and Ian Hannula shortly after the two met at a club in San Francisco in 1995. Inspired by music, art, technology, performance, reptiles and spiders, science, Ian's military experience and the San Francisco scene, the two set out to create experiences for themselves and their friends. Clothing quickly materialized as a core...
Fashion label Nice Collective was started by self-described "nice guys" Joe Haller and Ian Hannula shortly after the two met at a club in San Francisco in 1995. Inspired by music, art, technology, performance, reptiles and spiders, science, Ian's military experience and the San Francisco scene, the two set out to create experiences for themselves and their friends. Clothing quickly materialized as a core...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Robert Hammond at The 99% Conference
by Gregory MitnickIn this video, Friends of the Highline co-founder Robert Hammond tells the story of how he helped reinvent a gritty elevated railway into what is NYC's most celebrated public space since Central Park. He shares images and animations of what the park (due to open in June) will look like at a talk for our recent 99% Conference and shares how he...
by Gregory MitnickIn this video, Friends of the Highline co-founder Robert Hammond tells the story of how he helped reinvent a gritty elevated railway into what is NYC's most celebrated public space since Central Park. He shares images and animations of what the park (due to open in June) will look like at a talk for our recent 99% Conference and shares how he...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Ji Lee at The 99% Conference
by Gregory MitnickFor CH's second video documenting our recent 99% Conference, we check in with Google Creative Labs' Creative Director Ji Lee to find out how personal and professional work relate. We get a taste of his famed Bubble Project and what makes one of the most subversive minds in the corporate world tick....
by Gregory MitnickFor CH's second video documenting our recent 99% Conference, we check in with Google Creative Labs' Creative Director Ji Lee to find out how personal and professional work relate. We get a taste of his famed Bubble Project and what makes one of the most subversive minds in the corporate world tick....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Scott Thomas at The 99% Conference
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 with him afterward to find out more about his theories on simplicity and his plans for working in politics in the future....
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 with him afterward to find out more about his theories on simplicity and his plans for working in politics in the future....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Grafica Fidalga
by Gregory Mitnick Grafica Fidalga, a printing press in São Paulo, Brazil, makes posters on a 1929 German letterpress using hand-carved wooden letters. In this video, we visit the trio of friends who make up Grafica Fidalga to watch them make a poster we commissioned for our 99% conference. Called "lambe lambe," the lightweight paper used for the posters was designed for wheat-pasting and,...
by Gregory Mitnick Grafica Fidalga, a printing press in São Paulo, Brazil, makes posters on a 1929 German letterpress using hand-carved wooden letters. In this video, we visit the trio of friends who make up Grafica Fidalga to watch them make a poster we commissioned for our 99% conference. Called "lambe lambe," the lightweight paper used for the posters was designed for wheat-pasting and,...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Baggu Bags
by Gregory Mitnick Baggu's ingenious design makes for the most functional and stylish eco-bag out there—an example of how one small, well-executed idea might just change the world. In this video, co-founder Emily Sugihara fills us in on the design process and shows us some of the more unusual uses for a Baggu....
by Gregory Mitnick Baggu's ingenious design makes for the most functional and stylish eco-bag out there—an example of how one small, well-executed idea might just change the world. In this video, co-founder Emily Sugihara fills us in on the design process and shows us some of the more unusual uses for a Baggu....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Cool Hunting's 48-Hour Shop
by Nat Livingston Johnson Cool Hunting's recent retail experiment took the form of a weekend-long concept store at Brooklyn's popular Winter Market. This video gets a few words on it from local designer Kiel Mead, who helped hand-pick the inventory of independently-produced goods and created the attention-grabbing installation....
by Nat Livingston Johnson Cool Hunting's recent retail experiment took the form of a weekend-long concept store at Brooklyn's popular Winter Market. This video gets a few words on it from local designer Kiel Mead, who helped hand-pick the inventory of independently-produced goods and created the attention-grabbing installation....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Pixação
by Gregory Mitnick Covering buildings throughout São Paulo, pixação is a style of graffiti native to Brazil and known for its simple, angular lines. In this episode of Cool Hunting Video, we tour the city streets with Joao Wainer, photographer and co-director of a documentary on the subject, who fills us in on the culture and history....
by Gregory Mitnick Covering buildings throughout São Paulo, pixação is a style of graffiti native to Brazil and known for its simple, angular lines. In this episode of Cool Hunting Video, we tour the city streets with Joao Wainer, photographer and co-director of a documentary on the subject, who fills us in on the culture and history....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Marlow & Daughters Butcher Shop
by Brian HubbardBringing an old world style of butchering to an up-and-coming Williamsburg block, Marlow & Daughters is part of a growing group of Brooklyn epicureans who are doing their part to take food production back to the basics. In this episode of our video series, we visit with butcher Tom Mylan to learn about the whole-animal philosophy, what sets his technique apart and...
by Brian HubbardBringing an old world style of butchering to an up-and-coming Williamsburg block, Marlow & Daughters is part of a growing group of Brooklyn epicureans who are doing their part to take food production back to the basics. In this episode of our video series, we visit with butcher Tom Mylan to learn about the whole-animal philosophy, what sets his technique apart and...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Flavor Paper
by Michael Tyburski Bringing a dose of modern irreverence to old world decor, Flavor Paper screenprints wallpaper by hand in their New Orleans studio. This episode of our video series visits with owner Jon Sherman and tours the factory to learn about how they do it....
by Michael Tyburski Bringing a dose of modern irreverence to old world decor, Flavor Paper screenprints wallpaper by hand in their New Orleans studio. This episode of our video series visits with owner Jon Sherman and tours the factory to learn about how they do it....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: See It Split, See It Change
by Brian Rigney Hubbard In this Capsule Video, we visit NYC's latest subway installation by the artist-twins Doug and Mike Starn. The duo explains the rhizomatic tree-subway connection of the site-specific work and the process of printing their imagery onto the tiles....
by Brian Rigney Hubbard In this Capsule Video, we visit NYC's latest subway installation by the artist-twins Doug and Mike Starn. The duo explains the rhizomatic tree-subway connection of the site-specific work and the process of printing their imagery onto the tiles....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: São Paulo Fashion Week Winter 2009
by Gregory Mitnick This episode of Cool Hunting Video surveys the fashion and people at São Paulo Fasion Week's Winter 2009 shows. With commentary from designers and writers, as well as plenty of runway looks and peeks backstage, it's a snapshot of what's happening in Brazilian fashion now....
by Gregory Mitnick This episode of Cool Hunting Video surveys the fashion and people at São Paulo Fasion Week's Winter 2009 shows. With commentary from designers and writers, as well as plenty of runway looks and peeks backstage, it's a snapshot of what's happening in Brazilian fashion now....
Cool Hunting Video Presents: KK Projects
by Michael Tyburski Starting with a converted bakery in St. Roch, one of New Orleans' most neglected neighborhoods, KK Projects reimagines buildings ravaged by time and Katrina as site-specific artworks, one at a time. This video tours several of the sites and checks in with founder Kirsha Kaechele to learn about her experiences integrating art into one of the roughest ghettos of the city and...
by Michael Tyburski Starting with a converted bakery in St. Roch, one of New Orleans' most neglected neighborhoods, KK Projects reimagines buildings ravaged by time and Katrina as site-specific artworks, one at a time. This video tours several of the sites and checks in with founder Kirsha Kaechele to learn about her experiences integrating art into one of the roughest ghettos of the city and...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Sunpie Barnes
by Michael TyburskiNew Orleans musician Sunpie Barnes divides his time between playing accordion with his band, the Louisiana Sunspots, and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, where he's a park ranger. In this video, we get a taste of the mix of blues, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Louisiana music that he plays, as well as the natural settings that inspire him....
by Michael TyburskiNew Orleans musician Sunpie Barnes divides his time between playing accordion with his band, the Louisiana Sunspots, and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, where he's a park ranger. In this video, we get a taste of the mix of blues, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Louisiana music that he plays, as well as the natural settings that inspire him....
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