Category: web3
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Design Tangents Episode Four – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] For Jihan Zencirli, sometimes known as Geronimo, curiosity is the key to the future. “As an artist, I want to ask all the questions,” she explains in episode four of the COOL HUNTING podcast, Design Tangents. “What should our lives look like? How can we challenge things that exist just because they’ve existed for […]
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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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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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Mastercard’s Accelerator For Musical Artists on web3 – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Debuting spring 2023—and announced at CES this week—the Mastercard Artist Accelerator will equip five emerging musical artists (whether they’re songwriters, producers or DJs) with mentorship, tools and technology to develop and even monetize their web3 presence. Utilizing the Polygon blockchain, Mastercard’s platform aims to inform the talent about establishing their virtual identity (including minting NFTs) […]
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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 […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] Underwater sculptures, meteor material, uncovered demos from The Velvet Underground and more from around the internet Remarkable Sea Creatures Discovered Thousands of Meters Deep Deep below the surface of the Indian Ocean—thousands of meters down—several remarkable creatures have been discovered by biologists. There are animals “decked out in twinkling lights, with velvety black skin […]
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Nike’s .SWOOSH Virtual Community Platform for Digital Drops and More – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] With the beta launch of .SWOOSH on 18 November, Nike will debut a community platform for collectors to co-create and engage with digital shoes, apparel and other objects. It’s a first for the brand and will ultimately act as a hub for special product drops, and will even welcome trading between community members. “For […]
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Ethereum’s “Merge” Cuts Energy Use by 99.95% – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] In a move many years in development, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum (ETH), merged with the Beacon Chain on 15 September. This replaced the original proof-of-work mechanism on the Mainnnet with a proof-of-stake consensus layer that ultimately reduces energy use by 99.95%. Rather than utilizing miners (whose computers use a lot of energy to record […]
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Mario Klingemann and Sasha Stiles on Semi-Autonomous AI Artists – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] An artist and engineer at the forefront of generating AI artwork, Mario Klingemann and first-generation Kalmyk-American poet, artist and researcher Sasha Stiles both approach AI from a more human, personal angle. Creators of semi-autonomous systems, both Klingemann and Stiles are the minds behind Botto and Technelegy, respectively. They are both artists in their own […]