Category: NFTs
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The Latest Celebration of Craft and Code Brings Quilts to the Blockchain – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Inspired by the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama the generative artist Anna Lucia has coded a new body of generative work that will release on the Arsnl NFT platform alongside the sale of a collection of handmade quilts. “Generations” is a 500 piece collection of bright, geometric, timeless art born from Lucia’s study of […]
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Design Tangents Episode Five – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] We first stepped into the Michigan studio of musician, composer, DJ and fine artist Matthew Dear in 2007 to chronicle his sonic creations for a COOL HUNTING video. Over the years, we’ve continued to track the milestones of this prolific creator, and we easily agreed that Dear would be the ideal subject for episode […]
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Kevin Rose at NFT NYC – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] As web3 continues to find its place within the broader realms of society, PFP (profile picture) projects are looking for new ways to maintain the hype and many, like PROOF Collective and Moonbirds, are leaning into their strengths and core beliefs. With the latter, Kevin Rose—the founder of digg, and one of web3’s OG […]
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Pairing the Physical and Digital – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Physical pieces linked to digital goods have been buzzing around web3 from the early days of the term “phygital,” the slightly confusing “digital twins,” Gmoney’s take with “networked products” when he launched 9dcc and multiple other references. This past week at NFT Paris, a handful of high-profile projects continued linking the physical and the digital […]
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Crossing Continents and Cultures – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Mexico’s capital city has always been a melting pot of art and design—a Haussmanian street kisses a Brutalist structure before melting into Luis Barragán’s mid-century modernism on the way to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in colonial Coyoacan. Navigate the CDMX subway system thanks to Lance Wyman’s wayfinding pictographs, and then visit one of Diego […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] Organizations to support in Turkey and Syria, Japanese frozen art, the future of nuclear fusion and more Organizations to Support in Syria and Turkey The collective Closer Than You Think has created an extensive list of organizations working to support those affected by the tragic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. The estimated death […]
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Early Majority Prioritizes People Over Product – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Early Majority might be the world’s first fashion degrowth company, meaning it eschews excessive and rapid production (which the industry is prone to do despite how garments generate an estimated 92 million metric tons of waste per year). Rather, the Paris-based outdoor clothing brand prioritizes the quality and sustainability that comes from making less […]
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Good Measure – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Whether it comes to fighting climate change, giving back to marginalized groups or uplifting the LGBTQ+ community, there are always creatives and companies that focus on social and political justice. As we report on these movements, we tag each story with the words Good Measure, curating a resource for ourselves and our readers to […]
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RTFKT Collaborates with Rimowa – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] With so many changes afoot in the world of web3, truly pioneering brands and projects are continuing to innovate and find ways to expand their universe and audience. Leading the charge is the creative-led studio RTFKT who alongside Takashi Murakami are the creators of the popular Clone X project, one of the most inventive, stable projects […]
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Vintage Clothing and Web3 Merge With MNTGE – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] As the line between the physical and digital cultural landscapes continue to blur, vintage clothing has now entered the fray with the help of a new venture co-founded by designer and Round Two Vintage creator Sean Wotherspoon and visionaries Nick Adler and Brennan Russo. MNTGE (pronounced “mintage”), their new web3 project, blends the excitement and […]
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Digital Artist FVCKRENDER’s Otherworldly LVCIDIA Project – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Self-taught, Vancouver-based artist FVCKRENDER (aka Frederic Duquette) created an immersive digital world called LVCIDIA, a project of “collective-based generative art, where people own planets others can visit.” While it’s free for anybody to access the virtual world, it’s also populated with NFTs that can be purchased and used by owners. FVCKRENDER, who suffered from […]
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Ledger Stax, Designed by Tony Fadell – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] This week in Paris, the hardware wallet company Ledger unveiled Stax at their annual community gathering, Ledger Op3n. Designed by Tony Fadell in close collaboration with Ledger CXO Ian Rogers, Stax has the potential to bring a new wave of people into the web3 fold given its seismic leap in usability and fun over previous […]