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3 weeks ago | 
coolhunting.com | Paolo Ferrarini |Mike Tommasiello |Josh Rubin |Afrodet Zuri
A four part film for planetariums shares earth’s majesty and creates awareness for some of its challenges Since launching the Arcadia Earth agency in 2019, Valentino Vettori has pushed the boundaries of storytelling at the intersection of art, science, and sustainability.
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3 weeks ago | 
coolhunting.com | Paolo Ferrarini |Evan Orensten |Josh Rubin |Afrodet Zuri
If SXSW is a sonic rainbow, we’ve pulled together a playlist to match South by Southwest 2025 took over Austin from 10-15 March, bringing together artists from the local music scene and beyond. Here’s our playlist of performances we caught during the festival’s marathon of sound.
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3 weeks ago | 
coolhunting.com | Paolo Ferrarini |Josh Rubin |Afrodet Zuri |Basem Wasef
New bans on PFAS push outdoor and apparel brands to innovate beyond toxic waterproofing—ushering in a cleaner, high-performance future As of 1 January 2025, New York State officially banned the sale of new—or previously unused—apparel containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). California has implemented a similar restriction.
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3 weeks ago | 
coolhunting.com | Evan Orensten |Josh Rubin |Afrodet Zuri |Basem Wasef
Design and theater mixed like never before at this year’s design festival At this year’s Milan Design Week the evolving relationship between design and theater, which we’ve seen in retail and hospitality environments, was present in force for the first time at the festival. From the Salone del Mobile to the thousand plus events of Fuorisalone several installations involved the use of solutions often reserved for the stage.
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3 weeks ago | 
coolhunting.com | Evan Orensten |Josh Rubin |Afrodet Zuri |Basem Wasef
An interactive installation by Studio INI showcases the brand’s Ceraluminum technology and craftsmanship ASUS presented Design You Can Feel, an exhibition held in the historic Galleria Meravigli, during Milan Design Week to share the brand’s new Ceraluminum material. Visitors experienced ASUS’s design thinking, creating a meaningful connection between people and technology.
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1 month ago | 
coolhunting.com | Josh Rubin |Afrodet Zuri |Basem Wasef |Rachel King
The new limited edition from Maurice Lacroix features the artist’s work on the dial, case and bracelet It makes perfect sense that British-born, Orange County-living Craig Watkins, known as Wotto, was tapped by Maurice Lacroix, the Swiss watchmaker based in the Canton of Jura and headquartered in Zürich, to create a 1,000-piece limited-edition Aikon.
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1 month ago | 
coolhunting.com | Josh Rubin |Afrodet Zuri |Basem Wasef |Rachel King
We sat down to talk about the creative tensions between New York and Paris, the emotional power of design and the quiet luxuries that shape the future of retail When Printemps, the legendary Parisian department store, decided to cross the Atlantic and plant roots in New York City, the task of translating its 150-year legacy into a modern retail experience fell to interior designer Laura Gonzalez.
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1 month ago | 
coolhunting.com | Afrodet Zuri |Basem Wasef |Rachel King |Evan Orensten
An interactive exhibition showing how abstract ideas are translated into tangible forms Google returns to Milan Design Week 2025 with their “Making the Invisible Visible,” installation, promising to continue its exploration of the intricate relationship between abstract ideas and tangible design.
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1 month ago | 
coolhunting.com | Basem Wasef |Rachel King |Evan Orensten |Afrodet Zuri
A celebration of the power of collective vision Each time Desert X comes to life in the sweeping beauty of the Coachella Valley, its impact feels almost magical. Monumental art installations seem to emerge from the desert sands as if placed by the land itself. But the reality is a deeper and more profound story of collaboration, creativity, and relentless dedication.
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1 month ago | 
coolhunting.com | Josh Rubin |Evan Orensten |Afrodet Zuri |Alexandra Cheney
Breaking in, breaking out, breaking the rules with the most talked about musical performance at sxsw 2025 Fierce and boundary-pushing, the post-punk/goth-electronica act from Toronto, Slash Need ignited Swan Dive at sxsw with their raw and unfiltered energy. Their music plays, surges, and claws its way through your senses like a violent signal demanding to be felt.
