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Josh Rubin

Founder, Editor and Executive Creative Director
Cool Hunting

Josh Rubin’s passion is creating concise and engaging narrative through experiences, visuals and words. He mines for the most interesting angles of a story and synthesizes the findings into a format appropriate for the intended audience. He’s a photographer, interaction designer, entrepreneur, a founder, Editor and Executive Creative Director of COOL HUNTING which he founded with his husband, Evan Orensten.
Josh was the VP of product development at Upoc Networks, Lead User Interface Designer at Motorola and Director of Razorfish’s wireless and mobility practice. He earned a BA in Cognitive Science and Photography from Hampshire College and a Master’s from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. His 1999 thesis focused on modular, scalable, touch-screen interfaces for mobile devices.

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