Cool Hunting Video

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Micachu and the Shapes

coolhunting.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:14:45 -0500

by Gregory Mitnick Following British musician Micachu through the aisles of a hardware store and along the streets of NYC, our video on the 23-year-old documents how she builds her experimental instruments. We also learn how her classical training compares to songwriting and get an impromptu performance with a member of her band the Shapes.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Nike Flagship, Harajuku, Tokyo

coolhunting.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:49:26 -0500

by Gregory Mitnick This video visits Nike's new store in the heart of Tokyo's Harajuku district, interviewing interior designer Masamichi Katayama about how he came up with a way to suit the brand and its locale. Also check out the original story that we wrote about the store opening in November—all courtesy of Nike.

Best of CH 2009: Top Five Cool Hunting Videos

coolhunting.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:33:02 -0500

With a couple trips to Brazil, the first in our word-of-mouth city tours and plenty documented at home in NYC, 2009 marked yet another banner year for our video series. Grafica FidalgaSince we aired this at the first 99% conference (a joint production of yours truly and Behance) in April, we go to this portrait of three printmakers in São Paulo as our default favorite and best example of what we do. These kinds of subjects really almost make the video themselves, but our contributor Phuong Cac (who literally wrote the book on cultural São Paulo today) deserves a shout out for making the connection and coming along on the shoot. Cool Hunting's Oakland: A Word-of-Mouth GuideAfter a little media controversy over our snapshot of Oakland—while we welcome the criticism—it didn't change the fact that we really like our experimental portrait of the city. Here's to a 2010 with a lot more videos covering places in the U.S. and abroad this way. Sergio RodriguesWe not only had the tremendous opportunity to shoot in Brazil this year, but caught up with one of the nation's most illustrious designers Sergio Rodrigues when he visited NYC to promote the reissue of his fabulous Cornuto chair. His charm and wit shows not just in his furniture but in his personality too. Sunpie BarnesI first met the musician Sunpie Barnes coincidentally when visiting Jean Lafitte National Park where he was a park ranger. When we were looking for musicians to shoot in New Orleans, I remembered his easygoing demeanor and unexpected day job. The resulting video, shot at a benefit concert and burial ground on the banks of the Mississippi, makes a nice little portrait of Sunpie and shows off another side of the Crescent City. São Paulo Fashion Week Summer 2010: The BikiniFor our second trip to check out São Paulo's fashion week, we decided to just focus on the definitive item of Brazilian fashion, the bikini. With plenty of runway footage documenting the latest designs, we also get some thoughts on the subject from attendees, models and editors.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Diesel:U:Music Tour 2009

coolhunting.com — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:40:44 -0500

by Gregory Mitnick Invited by Diesel to check out the Miami stop of their annual Diesel:U:Music Tour last month, we shot a video taking it back to rock and roll basics with headliners Kid Cudi and Santigold. Talking to them about how the genre influences their own multi-hyphenate sound, we also see the two artists perform (complete with Santigold's clever dancers channeling everything from Public Enemy's S1W to West African moves) to a packed crowd.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Cool Hunting's Oakland

coolhunting.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:57:14 -0500

by Gregory Mitnick For this video we traveled to Oakland, CA to get to know the city by talking to the people who call it home. The resulting documentary visits independently-owned businesses—looking at bikes at Manifesto, magazines at Issues and Bakesale Betty's fried chicken sandwich—as well as spends a little quality time with artist Nat Russell. Last but not least, we climb the clock tower with machinist Kevin Binkert, who maintains the landmark.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Cool Hunting's Baltimore

coolhunting.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:25:43 -0500

by Gregory Mitnick This video tours Baltimore, MD, relying on its residents to lead us from place to place. Starting with DJ Blaqstarr, visiting the Station North Arts District and with a few other stops along the way, it's a portrait of a city painted by its people.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Window Farms

coolhunting.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:40:16 -0500

by Evan LaMagnaLooking at how to transform water bottles and window space into a functional garden, this video interviews NYC artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray about their hydroponic project called Window Farms. We check out their installation at Eyebeam where they walk us through their beautifully simple urban gardening solution.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Pre-view/Test Drive

coolhunting.com — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:28:51 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:24:27 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:09:41 -0500

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 archetypes suited for the chair, explains the unexpected influence of the Bauhaus, and describes how cleverly renaming a design can satisfy the pickiest of clients.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: The World's Largest Lemonade Stand

coolhunting.com — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:39:11 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:42:18 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:58:24 -0500

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 New York, NY 10019 map tel. +1 212 708 9400

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Alberto Alessi

coolhunting.com — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:34:58 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:29:25 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:01:16 -0500

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 component of that desire, and since their first collection in 1997 Nice Collective has earned its place in the hearts and closets of those who make style their own. Its military and masculine influences combine with true innovation in cut, fabrication and material, aged ever-so-nicely. We caught up with Joe and Ian at the launch event for their Spring 2009 collection, "Voix de Ville," their first New York show. We experienced the "Time Machine" Fall 2009 show, also in New York, and capped it off with a visit to their San Francisco compound—where their home, office, studio and showroom inconspicuously house some of the freshest, unique and most exciting clothing and accessories being created today.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Robert Hammond at The 99% Conference

coolhunting.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:25:26 -0500

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 feels after a decade at work at the brink of its debut.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Ji Lee at The 99% Conference

coolhunting.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:24:01 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:08:26 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:17:50 -0500

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, before São Paulo's "clean city" initiative, could be found throughout the city. Thanks to the gallery Choque Cultural, who regularly makes posters for their shows with Grafica Fidalga, they've been able to stay alive but they could still use more help. If you're in the market for an inexpensive poster that will put any slick offset version to shame, email the gallery's director Edu (esaretta [at] gmail [dot] com).

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Baggu Bags

coolhunting.com — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:36:00 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:39:15 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:29:59 -0500

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

coolhunting.com — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:05:36 -0500

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 his preferred cut of meat.

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Flavor Paper

coolhunting.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:41:47 -0500

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.