COOL HUNTING® - Provocative

Cotton Rib Ouroboros Jock

Evan Orensten — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:21:12 +0000

Multi hyphenate designer Joseph Aaron Segal brings playful energy to his range of clothing and home accessories, and the simplicity of his jock strap with a snake waistband is a refreshing find in a category populated with basic or tacky options. Available in black or white cotton with a contrasting ribbed waistband, these are made in the company’s Providence studio. Other styles and underwear versions are also available.

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)

Critical Thinking Hoodie

Josh Rubin — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 10:11:25 +0000

When the creative folks at Advisory Board Crystals pick a theme for their collections they lean into it with full force. Their Critical Thinking Hoodie Planet Saving Information Fungi Edition 2 series celebrates the magic of medicinal mushrooms with four different perspectives. Mega Spore, Dislike Everyone Equally, Predictive Programming and Home Team Welcome each feature unique colors, textures and text layered onto their signature heavyweight fleece using puff paint, glitter, graphic transfer and chain stitching. Finished using contrast threads on inside-out seams, no detail is left unconsidered.

Alice Mug / White Mushroom

Evan Orensten — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:15:45 +0000

Designer Alessandra Baldereschi’s glassware Mushroom collection feels fresh and playful, yet doesn’t succumb to often used tropes. The mushroom stem is a step up from simply decorating the glass itself. Made of clear borosilicate glass, it’s dishwasher safe. Available in other colors and there are more pieces in the collection.

Cock Pump Soap Dispenser

Evan Orensten — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:22:53 +0000

Designed and sculpted by CH favorite Pansy Ass Ceramics in their Toronto studio, this Cock Pump Soap Dispenser makes a statement. Available in black, white or pale pink, it stands approximately nine inches tall and features a glossy finish.

MANEATERS Rolling Papers

Kelly Pau — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:44:34 +0000

Cat-themed rolling papers from the kitsch, punk and very playful online brand Wacky Wacko, MANEATERS are just as fun and unique as the shop’s other products. The 40 premium rolling papers in each package are the standard size of one-and-one-fourth inches—not dissimilar to RAW Organic rolling papers. Each is made from unrefined wood pulp that is 100% organic and 100% true hemp.

Gaze Photo Book

Katie Olsen — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:09:56 +0000

Delhi-born, London-based designer Ashish Gupta studied fine art before pursuing his wildly successful career in fashion, and returned to art when he took up photography several years ago. Seeing the art form as a diary of sorts, he eventually collaborated with House of Voltaire on Gaze—a book of portraits that documents, explores and celebrates queer desire and masculinity. A departure from his trademark flashy style, the photos are intimate, personal and tender—but oftentimes maintain a playful energy. The 365 full-color images, Gupta says, “are full of joy, humor, longing, desire, (and more than a little feeling of tenderness) about sex and sexiness. It’s also about exploring images of sexuality and masculinity, but not just the type of images that we tend to see in the mainstream of gay culture.” Price is in Pounds.

99 Cent Store Postcard

Katie Olsen — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:37:31 +0000

Vanessa Lilak’s bold, colorful illustrations span subject matter, but her postcards all depict couples performing sex acts in various public (sometimes humorous) locations—from a foot clinic at a strip mall to the behemoth Scientology Center in Hollywood. A graphic designer at Capitol Records and a freelance artist, Lilak creates playful works, often drenched in irreverence.

F1s SenSonic Sex-Tech Console + Developer Kit

David Graver — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 14:03:21 +0000

LELO’s latest high-tech masturbation sleeve, the F1s, might look like a simple cylinder but that minimal design masks unmatched capabilities in the sex-tech sector. The handheld console itself provides intensity controls for its sonic waves, pleasure grooves on the silicone sleeve for additional sensation, and numerous performance sensors—but it also comes with a dedicated developer kit than enables tinkering and customization within the paired LELO SDK app. It’s all waterproof and the console can last up to two hours per charge.

New York: Club Kids: By Waltpaper

Evan Malachosky — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:43:44 +0000

Authored by multi-media artist Walt Cassidy (aka Waltpaper), New York: Club Kids proves to be a most comprehensive survey of the legendary antics of ’90s nightlife in NYC. Cassidy, a central figure in the subculture, saw firsthand the “artistic, fashion-conscious youth movement that crossed over into the public consciousness.” Though it includes rare photographs, this book is far more than an attempt at archiving an era that bubbled up from the underground; it also works to contextualize modern-day concepts that originated with the Club Kids: “reality television, self-branding, ‘influencers’ and the gender revolution.”