Cool Hunting

You may have heard of the website by the same name. I was so excited to come across a pop-up store while on a visit to New York City over the holidays. Basically, they merged with the Gap and right on 5th Ave had a store of all many of their great finds, from art to hand-crafted to vintage goods.

http://www.coolhunting.com/design/cool-hunting-for-gap.php

I was tickled to see an artist, Ian Hundley, who I'm familiar with, who hails from Brooklyn, featured in the store. I included him in an article I wrote a few years ago on Redefining Quilting. It discussed how new artists are using innovative approaches to designing quilts as we know them by merging contemporary aspects with this tradition craft.

Here is video of a studio visit to Ian Hundley:
http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/ian-hundley-1.php

Another contemporary quilt designer, Ai Kijima, uses sheets, pillow cases, table clothes she finds at second hands stores for material. You can see her latest work here....when living in the U.S. one summer she was inspired by an introduction to Amish quilt making....

www.aikijima.com