COOL HUNTING

 

T-Book x Peter Schmid Sneakers - With British t-shirt company T-Book's tessellating expressions of love and the German Puma designer Peter Schmid's high and low-tops, these may be the most romantic kicks out there. Laser-burnt with T-Book's clever, M.C. Escher-esque "Don't Kiss Goodbye" (pictured left, click either image for detail) or with their "I Love You" repeating script pattern (pictured right), the process takes about an hour for each pair....

 

Reset Design Tattoo - Needled today directs us to the Parisian site Reset Design's project that tasked designers with reinventing tattoos. The 40 different results range from more lyrical ideas, like a rendering of hair (pictured) to macabre comments on the body, such as crucifiction marks and dotted lines for cutting. The work will be exhibited at a show in Paris "dedicated to the manipulation of nature by...

 

Dwell on Design: Palm Springs - Our friends at Dwell Magazine have created a special offer for CH readers who register for their Dwell on Design conference in Palm Springs, California. Simply enter the code COOL when registering and receive a $75 discount off the full conference ticket price of $450. The Dwell on Design: Palm Springs conference will focus on the past, present and future of design and architecture...

 

Type Selector - Like the essential Pantone color guide, Type Selector is a swatch-style tool for choosing type. Featuring 226 fonts divided into categories, each entry includes dummy text and examples in different weights and styles. In-house designers at CH HQ appreciated the handy form factor, that the publishers chose to pair down font choices so you don't have to look through every font and that you...

 

Ooba Conversion Kit - Chicago-based furniture company Ooba (makers of the decidedly un-precious bassinet we covered in February 2006) have released a conversion kit ($250) which extends the usefulness of the bassinet by transforming it into a play table and toy bin. In keeping with their mission to "create a simpler and more insightful experience for modern living," they balance form, materials and function with sustainability. Also recently...

 

Karl Escritt's Live Painting - Karl Escritt is a Kyoto-based graphic artist who's been quietly making a name for himself as an accomplished designer of flyers, posters and t-shirts for the underground music scene in this Englishman's adopted Japan. Recently, Escritt has made a foray as a performance artist as a live painter. He crafts his artwork over Japanese electronica dance music and remixes the final product to show...

 

Lorena Barrezueta: Gourmet Collection Porcelain - Lorena Barrezueta is a Brooklyn-based ceramic artist who has been getting a lot of attention for her porcelain dishware, which is cast from aluminum takeout containers. They are available online from The Curiosity Shoppe....