COOL HUNTING® - Art + Prints + Paper Goods

Gradient Puzzle

Evan Orensten — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:33:21 +0000

This 500 piece puzzle will challenge you or the diehard puzzle lover in your life, a zen conquest in gradient black and white or yellow and orange. Designed by Bryce Wilner, it’s 500 pieces and 18″ x 24″ when finished. Also available as a 1,000 piece puzzle in 20″ x 28″.

Brat Banana

Evan Orensten — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:13:59 +0000

Handmade in Toronto by our friends at Pansy Ass Ceramics, nothing says 2024 better than a green ceramic banana with the word BRAT on it…

Bone Church Sweatshirt

Evan Orensten — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:50:38 +0000

Providence-based Pretty Snake leads the way in technical innovation, colorful expression and a sense of humor. Their Bone Church Sweatshirt features a vibrant plantscape created by Providence-based tattoo artist Victor Kensinger, where colorful carnivorous plants, birds and skulls mingle. It’s one of our favorite vibes for fall. The illustration is also featured in a short sleeved shirt.

Tilepix + Jonathan Adler Collection

Evan Orensten — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:27:16 +0000

A collection of Jonathan Adler accessibly priced art debuts in a new collaboration with Tilepix, leveraging his house style of casual, pop chic. Tilepix offers a simple way to frame and art, making it very easy to adjust and move pieces without nails and holes in your wall. The collection is large, works can be purchased individually or collaged into a set or a gallery wall. Two sizes are available, with a single 8″x8″ piece starting at $28.

Keith Haring’s Pop Shop Tokyo Sticker Sheet

Evan Orensten — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:32:27 +0000

NYC’s Apply Stickers created this colorful 14 sticker sheet in celebration of Keith Haring’s original set he designed for the Pop Shop Tokyo in 1987. “Silkscreened with love” the 10’x14″ sheet features a commemorative print on the reverse side.

Todd Snyder + Navot Miller Artist Series Terry Beach Towel

Evan Orensten — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:44:55 +0000

All proceeds from Todd Snyder’s newest Artist Series collection with Navot Miller go to Visual AIDS, a not for profit that “uses art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over.” Navot’s colorful collection appears on several products. This extra large terry towel is based on his work “French Boys in Deià” and brightens up any beach, park or pool for you and a friend.

Shells and Crustaceans III Decoupage Tray

Evan Orensten — Tue, 07 May 2024 10:58:33 +0000

John Derian’s new collection is inspired by “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at the Met’s Costume Institute. He sourced the museum’s vast collection for the 100 piece collection of his classic paperweights, trays, cake stands and more. His muse for this tray is an illustration in the museum’s collection by Franz Michael Regenfuss, an 18th century illustrator fond of natural history specimens, and hand colored by his wife, Margaretha Helena. It measures 8″ x 10.5″ and is handmade in Derian’s NYC studio.

Everything Is Illuminated

Evan Orensten — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:15:28 +0000

When The Other Collection creates an edition of a book you know you are getting one of the most considered, artistic and deeply design nerd experiences in print. For this edition of Jonathan Safran Foer’s multiple award winning “Everything Is Illuminated,” first released in 2002 when he was 25 years old, TOC called upon Paul Smith to create the book’s jacket. A single drawing was turned into a pattern by Susanna Dulkinys, which looks amazing in letterpress. Type designer René Bieder’s “Vitruv” font was selected to complement Safron’s centuries-spanning story. Their editions are set digitally and their lasersetter then generates letterpress plates which are then run on their 1954 Original Heidelberg Cylinder press. Then there’s the 90 gsm paper by Schleipen Werkdruk & Gmund, a linen wrapped cover and the author’s signature on each of the 998 books in the edition. For you or anyone on your gift list who cares about great books printed in the most thoughtful manner, it’s a considered addition to any library.

VISITORS

Evan Orensten — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:22:16 +0000

Adam Abdalla, a friend of CH, loves wrestling, and his latest book project documents a “death match” wrestling show at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall in October 2023, the first show created by an American independent wrestling company (Game Changer Wrestling). It featured 20 wrestlers and referees from the US and Mexico. Adam felt there wasn’t enough storytelling in previous efforts, so he recruited his photographer friend Nick Karp to document the event. This limited-edition book of 1,000 copies features 200 pages with images both behind-the-scenes as well as in the ring, and is being shown during NY Art week (28 April – 5 May 2024). The photographs capture, in graphic detail and with a sense of primal and theatrical expression, this subculture of wrestling. Now available for pre-orders.

All photographs by Nick Karp (they have been cropped for our square format)

Campus B5 Notebook

Evan Orensten — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:34:07 +0000

Kokomo’s Campus notebooks—available in myriad versions—provide quality options for most needs. These inexpensive B5 notebooks open completely flat, making writing a breeze. This notebook is 50 pages and 6mm lined. Other sizes, colors and sheet volumes available.