Author Archive for Julien Valat

Julien Valat

French guy living in Montreal since november 2010 and loving it! Passionate about art, fashion and design. Creator of the Walk-In Café project : a unique place and a showroom for young artists and designers!

Koubachi: Wi-Fi Plant Sensor

Koubachi: Wi-Fi Plant Sensor

Origin of Cool: Switzerland Are you a geek and you want to impress your mother or girlfriend by showing Read more [...]

Snow Circles By Sonja Hinrichsen

Snow Circles By Sonja Hinrichsen

Origin Of Cool: USA Most of us know how to draw an angel in the snow. You just have to fall on your Read more [...]

Quebec City Carnival: A Winter Celebration

Quebec City Carnival: A Winter Celebration

Origin of Cool: Canada With the previous article about the Montreal Snow Village, you have certainly Read more [...]

Top 5 Super Bowl 2012 Commercials

Top 5 Super Bowl 2012 Commercials

Origin of Cool: USA Everybody’s talking about the Super Bowl. Every year. And not only Americans. Read more [...]

Montreal Snow Village: Ice Ice Baby!

Montreal Snow Village: Ice Ice Baby!

Origin of Cool: Canada In Montreal, winters are usually really cold and temperatures like -20ºC are Read more [...]

Scorpion Shaped Workstation: Geek Heaven

Scorpion Shaped Workstation: Geek Heaven

Origin of Cool: Canada You thought you were so cool sitting in your comfy leather armchair in front Read more [...]

The Parasite Farm: Your Own Indoor Ecosystem

The Parasite Farm: Your Own Indoor Ecosystem

Origin of Cool : Germany  It took time for everyone to learn, but today, most of us are used to recycling Read more [...]

Motorized Shoes: The Future Of Footwear?

Motorized Shoes: The Future Of Footwear?

Origin of Cool : USA  (English) Working on personal mobility, Peter Treadway used to dream about Read more [...]

The Bark Side: Volkswagen Star Wars Commercial

The Bark Side: Volkswagen Star Wars Commercial

Origin of Cool : USA (English) I’m sure you remember last year’s best Super Bowl commercial featuring Read more [...]

Metropolis II: The Miniature City

Metropolis II: The Miniature City

Origin of Cool: USA (English) 18 roadways. A 6 lane freeway. More than 1000 miniature cars and trains Read more [...]

Bent Objects By Terry Border

Bent Objects By Terry Border

Origin of Cool: USA (English) Forget what your parents used to say about not playing with food! Take Read more [...]

The Incredible Page Turner

The Incredible Page Turner

Origin of Cool : USA (English) New Yorker Joseph Hersher specializes in making Rube Goldberg machines. Read more [...]

iPad Survives 100,000 Foot Fall From Space

iPad Survives 100,000 Foot Fall From Space

Origin of Cool: USA  iPad Survives 100,000+ Foot Fall From Space Near Area 51 (English)Can an iPad Read more [...]

Darth Vader Burger

Darth Vader Burger

Origin of Cool: France Darth Vader Burger (English)Quick, a French fast-food chain planned to introduce Read more [...]

The Obliteration Room 

The Obliteration Room 

Origin of Cool: Australia The Obliteration Room  (English)The Queensland Art Gallery has exhibited Read more [...]

Origin of Cool: USA/Canada Go Beyond The Cover (English)Did you recognize him at first glance? Canad

Rick Genest: Go Beyond The Cover

Origin of Cool: Canada Rick Genest aka Zombie Boy appears in a commercial for a make-up company. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mIBKifOOQQ Read more [...]

“Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication”- Leonardo da Vinci Origin of Cool co

Think Different (Apple Tribute)

Origin of Cool: Sweden Think Different (Apple Tribute) (English)Viktor Hertz is a Swedish design Read more [...]

Bendy Phone Prototypes Revealed

Bendy Phone Prototypes Revealed

Origin of Cool: Global  In 2012, Phones Will Bend! (English)Even if for the moment all of these are Read more [...]

Gravity Defying Photography

Gravity Defying Photography

Origin of Cool: France Gravity Defying Photography (English)Since 1991, with his stunning pictures, Read more [...]

Eyebombing: Humanizing The World

Eyebombing: Humanizing The World

Origin of Cool: Global Eyebombing : Humanizing the world!  (English)Eyebombing is a wonderful Read more [...]

Star Wars Lightsaber Flash Mob

Star Wars Lightsaber Flash Mob

Origin of Cool: USA Star Wars Lightsaber Flash Mob (English)On the 20th of December, the place to be Read more [...]

The Coolest French Christmas Logs

The Coolest French Christmas Logs

Origin of Cool: France The Coolest French Christmas Logs (English)The Christmas Log is a traditional Read more [...]

Sleeveface: Which Album Cover Will You Be On?

Sleeveface: Which Album Cover Will You Be On?

Origin of Cool: Global  Sleeveface (English)The concept of Sleeveface is simple: take the sleeve Read more [...]

Greatest Card Trick Ever

Greatest Card Trick Ever

Greatest Card Trick Ever from Eric Wagner on Vimeo. Origin of Cool: USA Greatest Card Trick Viral Video (English)A Read more [...]

The Coolest Junk Art

The Coolest Junk Art

Origin of Cool: USA The Coolest Junk Art by Gabriel Dishaw (English)American artist Gabriel Dishaw disassembles objects Read more [...]

Daytime Fireworks Show

Daytime Fireworks Show

Origin of Cool: Qatar Daytime Fireworks Show  (English)On the 5th of December, the place-to-be was Read more [...]

Forever Alone 7

Mosaic Portraits of IT Heroes

Origin of Cool: Greece Mosaic Portraits of IT Heroes  (English)For the book Gadgets, Games, Robots Read more [...]

iPlate By Todd Borka

iPlate By Todd Borka

Origin of Cool: France iPlate by Todd Borka  (English)Change your chicken wings for a burger with Read more [...]

Festival of Lights

Festival of Lights

Origin of Cool: France Festival of Lights (La Fête des Lumières) (English)Every year, on the 8th of Read more [...]

Proteigon: Stop-Motion Video

Proteigon: Stop-Motion Video

Origin of Cool: France Steven Briand (aka Burayan) has graduated from a famous Parisian decorative Read more [...]

Infrared Photography By Richard Mosse

Infrared Photography By Richard Mosse

Origin of Cool: Democratic Republic of the Congo  Photographer Richard Mosse here uses a discontinued Read more [...]

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