You may be familiar with the work of Sir Ken Robinson – he’s considered the world’s leading thinker on creativity & creative thinking.  He has worked around the world in […]

  Daniel Lanois and Margaret Atwood at Gateway to Bohemia 2011 event [Photos: Jeremy Buehler] On Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Wu loft residence in downtown Toronto, Different Is Cool held its […]

[Sean Penn at the 2008 San Francisco premiere for the film Milk] A Star Is Born On August 17, 1960, Sean Justin Penn was born to actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen […]

  [Cover art for “I Am Jack”]   Susanne Gervay is an Australian author whose young son was being bullied in school – she was understandably concerned and she wanted to […]

          For the Fall//Winter 2011 campaign, Lanvin’s Creative Director, Alber Elbaz decided to do something a little different – use gorgeous super models Raquel Zimmerman, Karen Elson, Lowell […]

“Jelly Mongers” Bompas & Parr with their gingerbread gherkin & assorted jellies.   Like countless people, jelly has always been my favourite dessert – as a child, whenever my parents […]

  CRITICAL THOUGHT At Different Is Cool, one of our core values is to seek out critical thought, rather than blind acceptance of ideology. There is always value in considering […]

In honour of her win last night at the American Country Music Awards for Entertainer of The Year [2nd time in a row!!], our Song of The Day is her empowerment anthem […]

It’s Lady Gaga’s 26th birthday [March 28, 2012] and while we could wax on about her meteoric rise to the top of the world of pop music and performance art, […]

Rock n roll’s ultimate bad boy prince, Nikki Sixx [founder, songwriter & bassist for hard rock group Mötley Crüe] has a new multi-media project titled “This Is Gonna Hurt“. The first release […]