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Cancer Survivor Branded Booze - Cleavage Creek's Charity Wine
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I'm a passionate sushi connoisseur, but even I couldn't fathom spending $1,000 on a roll. Apparently the chefs at Koi in New York didn't have customers like me in mind when concocting the High Roller, an ultra luxury sushi roll stuffed with foie gras.
The outside of the roll is wrapped in langoust…[More]
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$1,000 Sushi - Foie Gras High Roller at Koi
Diederick Kraaijeveld is a self-taught artist who makes cars out of salvaged wood. Kraaijeveld's cars measure approximately 50 inches and are made of wood he finds during traveling throughout Holland and abroad.
Kraaijeveld does not use any paint as every piece of his vehicles is made out of genui…[More]
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Reclaimed Wood Vehicles - Diederick Kraaijeveld's Wood Cars (GALLERY)
BAM! If you want fashion with punch, you'll love these fashion designs. Inspired by comic book super heroes, these styles echo the recent fascination with the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibit at the Met in NYC as well as the influx of action movies on the big screen.
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Cartoon Hero Fashion - Superhero Style (GALLERY)
Here's an invention that even a Chief Trend Hunter would enjoy! If you've ever taken cereal to work or school, you know you either have to pack the milk separately or deal with blobs of sogginess hardly resemblant of the Cheerios you poured in that morning. Finally there's a solution.
The cereal l…[More]
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Sogginess Preventing Cereal Bowls - EatMeCrunchy (GALLERY)
If you're suffer from color blindness then you're more likely to miss that vibrant red t-shirt in your white load. Ending up with pink undies is no fun as a guy, losing the ability to color coordinate your outfits is so frustrating due to your inability to recognize colors.
Designer Lifeng Yu has …[More]
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Converting Color into Sound - Bright-F Helps Color-Blind (GALLERY)
This is the work of Ukrainian ad agency Psyho Studio. They were commissioned to create the work for a travel agency to promote global tourism.
"Madagascar, a Piece of the World" is a rough translation of the name of this beautiful campaign which shows other "pieces" from other parts of the world. …[More]
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Visual Pieces of Paradise - Madagascar, a Piece of the World (GALLERY)
Frustrated that so much potential green space was being wasted in their cities, groups of "guerrilla gardeners" have organized late night sneak outs which involve planting miniature gardens around town.
Their goal is to transform previously neglected public spaces into green havens for urbanites t…[More]
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Guerrilla Gardeners - Seed Bombs for Green Rebels (VIDEO)
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Trend Spotting - Trend spotting (a.k.a. trend watching) is the science of identifying emerging shifts in our social behavior and aspirations. The latest trends are driven by a range of factors, including pop culture, media, news, innovation, and the arts. Trend spotting is used by industry professionals to develop products, enhance idea generation, and inform marketing, media, design and strategic planning. By developing a systematic approach to trend spotting, individuals and organizations can better develop disruptive products and creations that dance the beat of cool.
Cool Hunting / Trend Hunting - Cool Hunting and Trend Hunting isn’t the search for what’s popular. It is the search for what’s NOT popular – yet. In fact, cool hunters and industry professionals typically refer to cool as the NEXT big thing. Once trends becomes mainstream, the novelty and appeal is lost. As a result, you must seek inspiration from the fringe. This means exposing yourself to the extremes of luxury, bizarre and excess. By construct, this means micro-trends have a lower probability of becoming mainstream. However, the purpose is to build a composite of trends for inspiration.
Trend Spotters / Cool Hunters - There are mavericks in the world who take trends seriously. Professionally, these driven individuals are referred to as Trend Spotters or Cool Hunters. Motivated by a fervent desire to discover tomorrow, Trend Spotters / Cool Hunters are constantly searching for the next big thing. Employed in design, art, media, strategy, and marketing Trend Spotters and Cool Hunters set the rhythm for the pulse of pop culture.
Top 22 Billion Dollar Features - Ultra Luxury Lifestyles (SUPER GALLERY) May 2
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Top 65 Japanese Pop Culture Posts + Tokyology (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO) May 1
Top 15 Creative Cakes + Instructables Contest (SUPER GALLERY) May 1
Top 6 Grand Theft Auto Posts - Viral Video Games (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO) Apr 30
Top 50 Breakthroughs in Graffiti (SUPER GALLERY) Apr 27
Top 8 Axe/Lynx Ads + Lynx Effect (SUPER GALLERY) Apr 26
Top 34 Ways to Seek Enchantment - Fairytale Obsession (SUPER GALLERY) Apr 22
Top 100 Solar Inventions - Part 2: Architecture & Power Plants (SUPER GALLERY) Apr 22
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Top 17 OLEDs - Organic Light Emitting Diodes (SUPER GALLERY) Apr 21
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This summer, ‘Bubbles’ could be the perfect beach accessory; they're fresh, subtle and airy. Sabine Lang's collection of frothy jewelery includes earrings, necklaces and brooches. The sudsy trinkets in clear and ‘milky’ designs look like they are just going to last for a brief moment before …[More] |
Bubble Baubles - Sabine Lang Jewelery (GALLERY)
Designer Jinhong Lin cuts the recycling cycle short by allowing you to instantly convert your soda bottles into a stool or table. I am not sure how comfortable this stool would be, but the table variation looks pretty neat!
Chairs & Toys needs 16 bottles with a standard size neck. You can use it as…[More] |
Soda Bottle Furniture - Chairs & Toys
If you're a sucker for 90s dance music, here's an ad for you. This video, featuring a disco-dancing, nerd glasses-wearing puppet in a powder blue suit, is actually an ad for Drench Spring Water.
The Puppet Brains video from the Thunderbirds is backed by the catchy 90s dance hit, "Rhythm is a Dance…[More] |
90s Disco Puppets - Drench Ads (VIDEO)
To see Pablo Picasso's Guernica in 3-D is a rare treat.
The Guernica is perhaps Pablo Picasso's most famous painting. The work of art depicts the Nazi German Luftwaffe bombing of Guernica, Spain on April 26 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso, who was very affected by the bombing which kill…[More] |
Pablo Picasso in 3-D - Digitalized Guernica Painting (VIDEO)
Drzach & Suchy use a special technique to create art pieces that completely change their image under different the light sources. The pieces in their *relativity collection display one image during the day, and a completely different image at night. Some pieces even display three images: morning, no…[More] |
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Art Transforms Depending on Time of Day - *Relativity by Drzach & Suchy (GALLERY)
The strange-looking Octocube was created by designer Vivien Muller. The contraption is actually a heater created entirely from a single, 90 degree elbow, and that's quite remarkable.
"The Octocube builds up into a radiant heater with a large surface area, and the inherent flexibility and modularit…[More] |
Sculptural Heaters - The Octocube (GALLERY)
A musical washbasin is not such a bad idea... unless you wake up with a hangover from hell and are prone to agitation due to any type of noise. Other than that, the X-Light Surround basin, devised by Italian fixture makers WET and designed by Jan Puylaert, is pretty cool.
The musical sink will reg…[More] |
Musical Sinks - The X-Light Surround
Japan-based designer Marimo-san has come up with this ingenious mobile concept that allows the user to detach the screen portion of the phone. This mechanism would allow you to conveniently engage in video phone calls on the go.
Marimo-san's design offers different variations of what the various a…[More] |
Detachable Phone Screens - Cuusoo Concept (GALLERY)
These unusual looking duds can be found for sale at www.etsy.com, with a host of other handmade crafts in their online market.
Of course they look ridiculous, but they do serve as a symbol of the potential ugly heath risks of smoking. They will probably never be a big hit in the fashion world, …[More] |
Cigarette Earrings - Butt Ugly Accessories
Fast food is generally also cheap food, that's what gave chains like McDonalds their appeal... so why would Burger King deviate from that by launching a $166 cheeseburger? Specifically, the £85 Kobe beefburger.
Maybe offering a slab of fancy shmancy Japanese luxury beef topped with foie gras and …[More] |
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$170 Junkfood - Burger King Kobe Beefburger
Back in the day I had some truly tasteless New Kids on the Block memorabilia. Today, there isn't much of a boy band for teenyboppers to flip over, so it would seem they've taken a lusty liking for their favorite American Idol contestants. MTV compiled a list of the most ridiculous items targeting th…[More] |
American Idol Obsession - Weird eBay Memorabilia (GALLERY)
As most guys know, an open zipper can be pretty embarrassing.
Well, worry no more. The ZipHolder makes sure you avoid such embarrassing situations, as it neatly and securely holds the zipper in place. The mechanism is achieved by attaching a small "rope" to the zipper handle which can be hooked to…[More] |
Zipper Clasps - ZipHolder (GALLERY)
Finding the notes of an artist who likes to "think up crazy stuff" would always be exciting, but when the notes come with detailed building instructions, things can get a little bit crazy!
Some of the artist Bruce Brodie's crazy inventions include an indoor sundial, wedge-proof underwear, an anti-s…[More] |
Weird Inventions - Bruce Brodie's Creations From The Attic (GALLERY)
Designer Nathan Gabriele conceived this latest design of speakers for MP3's. The Egg speakers have a curious oval shape. The "shell" can be opened into two pieces with the outer shell becoming the sub woofers while the base acts as an MP3 dock. Pretty cute.
The Egg recharges via induction and it c…[More] |
Wetsuits for Pod Speakers - The Egg Speakers & Case (GALLERY)
The new Graz Theater (also known as Mumuth Theatre) at the University of Graz, in Austria is a fusion of music, architecture and futuristic vision.
Designed by Ben Van Borkel and Caroline Bos, the theater has two entrances, one for the performers and one for the patrons. It's all about springs tho…[More] |
Spring-Inspired Buildings - Graz Music Theater (GALLERY)
This bee wall sconce is beautiful, but do you know anyone that would really pay $14,000 to stick a sparkling insect on their ceiling? Granted people pay more than that for luxurious Italian light fixtures, but then it tends to be from a well known Milan designer of platinum and diamonds.
The bees …[More] |
$14,000 Ceiling Insects - Bee Wall Sconce (GALLERY)
Spotted at the Golden Times bar in Guangzhou, China is this fabulous new innovation in nightclub urinals. This hip combo-unit allows patrons to throw up at the same time as they take a leak, thus a return to the bar.[More] |
Lavatories for Lushes - Combo Urinals & Vomit Receptacles
What is seemingly a contradiction is catching on as exclusive social networking sites are gaining popularity amongst the wealthy. Participation in sites such as aSmallWorld, Diamond Lounge and Squa.re has more than doubled since last year as the computer savvy, rich people of the world are striving…[More] |
Elite Social Networking – VIP Status on the Web
The "Chemical Warfare Fashion" featured on Trend Hunter a few days ago showed us how to look fabulously hip in case of a massive chemical attack.
This collection of "designer" weapons may have been conceived along the same lines. Designed by Peter Gronquist, the collection The Revolution will be F…[More] |
Actor Joaquin Phoenix joined the Yawanawa people of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest as part of a new series for MTV Canada called 4REAL. The actor, who is active in many social causes, hopes to bring attention to global social issues and foster understanding of different cultures and ways of life.
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Body Paint for the Rainforest - Joaquin Phoenix on 4REAL
The Hood.e concept, which was designed by Tim Dubitsky, was originally conceived as a present for his music-loving nephew. The idea was to make it easier for the little boy to cross dangerous thoroughfares on his way to school and still remain aware of street noise around him while listening to musi…[More] |
Speaker-Embedded Clothes - Hood.e
I love this campaign for the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery which tries to appeal to the young party crowd. Hey, whatever it takes to promote art is fine with me!
The print ads promote the Original Contemporary Art Party in Toronto with decadent drunk partying and morning after antics that a…[More] |
For his age, it's incredible how modern Pope Benedict XVI is. In his latest approach to expand his global appeal, the Pope is reaching out to youth by sending out thousands of text messages with inspirational messages.
"We wanted to make WYD08 a unique experience by using new ways to connect with …[More] |
Digital Religion - Pope Reaches Out With Text Messages
The Barack Obama HOPE posters are probably the most viral image associated with this year's US presidential elections.
After the originals by Shepard Fairey sold out almost immediately, it wasn't long before the posters were spoofed. First it was Michael Ian Weinfeld's POPE parody in honor of Pope…[More] |
Political Parodies - Bush vs. Obama: DOPE Parodies HOPE
In honor of the fascination with tiny, rodent-sized dogs, specifically Tea Cup Chihuahuas, a new Hollywood movie spoofing the craze is making its way to the big screen. The Beverly Hills Chihuahua trailer just made its online debut yesterday and already it's making waves in the media.
Some reviews…[More] |
Movies About Celebrity Pets - Beverly Hills Chihuahua (VIDEO)
I am in awe of this new Malaria awareness campaign by África Directo. The message that "Nothing and no one takes as many lives as malaria" is ingeniously delivered by drawing portraits of infamous dictators such as Stalin and Hitler, who have the blood of millions on their hands, using hundreds of …[More] |
As you may have guessed, the Vortex is a concept car. The idea was to create a small vehicle that can provide the security of a big car. The external structure of this vehicle is composed of hexagonal polyforms (Wikipedia says "a polyform is a plane figure constructed by joining together identical b…[More] |
Cars of 2045 - The Vortex Concept (GALLERY)
Cleaning the outside glass of a window can be both dangerous and tiresome. This window design by Jung-In Jang is perfect for those with lots of windows and who live in rainy areas.
Each time you slide the windows, a built-in squeegee cleans the glass for you. You obviously need to clean the inside…[More] |
Self-Cleaning Glass - Window with Built-in Squeegee (GALLERY)
Sad that you still don't have a silver space bag? Seek inspiration from this flashy bag and try crafting your own out of an emergency bag.
I don't want to be too presumptuous, but I'm pretty sure everyone knows what emergency blankets are... then again, maybe it's a Canadian thing we take on campi…[More] |
Emergency Blanket Bags - Silver Space Totes
Samsung Canada has unveiled a brilliant campaign that uses Samsung mobile phones to construct expressive hand gestures. The Playing Samsung: Express Yourself campaign, which was created by Creative Agency Cheil Worldwide, Toronto, consists of print ads, outdoor billboards and TV spots.
The hand ges…[More] |
Cell Phone Hand Gestures - Playing Samsung: Express Yourself (VIDEO)
Porcelain jewelery from Studio Dror is rare and wonderful. These one-of-a-kind works are “created by dipping second hand fur into porcelain, then shaping and firing them. Each is unique and impossible to replicate.” The line is called Urban Cast-Away, with prices peaking at $12,000 for the feat…[More] |
Porcelain Fur - Urban Cast-Away by Studio Dror (GALLERY)
I am noticing an increasing trend of top male fashion designers flaunting their own physique. From Marc Jacobs parading his new lean body shirtless in numerous recent editorials and shoots to this exclusive interview and accompanying shoot of Tom Ford in the latest issue of Prestige Hong Kong. The i…[More] |
Want to plant trees to help the planet but don't have time to go and dig in the dirt? The good news it, you can support the cause while keeping your nails clean with one of these adorable Tees for Trees designed by Carlos Miele.
The collection by the Brazilian designer features unique prints creat…[More] |
Tees for Trees - Carlos Miele for the Rainforest Foundation (GALLERY)
This Sony campaign illustrates that capturing life's special moments doesn't have to be a major production if you have the Sony Handycam DVD. The campaign consists of three print ads: Action Movie, Love Story, and Musical.
While capturing true love can be tricky, and the razzle dazzle of life can b…[More] |
Movie-Inspired Ads - Major Productions With Sony Handycam DVD (GALLERY)
Chooka rain boots are fabulously fashionable, edgy, rebellious but very feminine.
With names such as Tattoo City, Rock N' Roll, and Love Hurts, the patterns on the knee-high rubber boots range from sedate, nautical-themed prints to edgy skull and bones and tattoo graphics and motifs.
I really li…[More] |
Rebellious Raingear - Chooka Rain Boots (GALLERY)
Canon proves that printers can be fun with their Selphy CP770 bucketastic design which is aimed at kids. The printer comes in a typical toy bucket with the printer being the cover. Unclip it and you have access to all the wires and accessories.
Besides the playful design, the printer features a 2.…[More] |
Fun Bucket Printers - Canon Selphy (GALLERY)
The Shine, designed by Vlad Icobet, is a high tech watch which combines luxury and fashion with advanced materials. The concept watch, which is made of ceramic filled with white gemstones, uses an advanced touch-sensitive laser technology system.
This is what I'd call bangin' high-tech bling.[More] |
Gem-Filled Watches - Vlad Icobet's Shine
If you like the idea of installing a European-style, in-home lounge and your very own disco at home, Disco Designer will be more than happy to help. The business, which has an online store, will install unbreakable LED Disco-Panel Bubbles that can be affixed on any wall or floor. These lights pulse …[More] |
DIY Home Night Clubs - Disco Designer (VIDEO)
Grieving never looked so chic and artistic! "Enough tears to cry for two" is a unique collection of copper and silver jewellery that is inspired by grief.
The series, which is designed by Swedish jewellery artist Hanna Hedmans, incorporates grief symbols such as teardrops and envelops (break-up le…[More] |
Grief-Inspired Jewellery - Enough Tears to Cry for Two (GALLERY)
If you've ever dreamed of living inside a museum, here's your chance!
While Trendhunter.com has featured hotels that look like museums, the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, KY actually is one, it's even funded by the International Contemporary Art Foundation!
The newly opened modern art hotel has …[More] |
Museum Hotels - 21C (VIDEO)
A lot of exotic destinations, including Rio de Janeiro, have two sides to them: the beautiful, touristy side shown in the media, and the "real," sketchier side.
Not everyone wants the postcard experience; in fact, some companies are actually paid to set up traffickers and tourists. Private Tours, …[More] |
Sketchy Slum Tours - Rio Favela Trafficking Tours
Remember Knut, the lovable white polar bear cub at the Berlin Zoo? Now there's another adorable baby animal on the scene. This tiny black jaguar cub is the third of his species to be born in captivity. At a glance he looks like a black panther, but if you look closely at his fur, you'll notice he ha…[More] |
Celebrity Animals - Rare Black Jaguar Cub (GALLERY)
The ultra portable DJ GO concept is designed for "on the run" DJs who want to minimize their load. DJ GO features two turntables and a mixer combined into one unit that conveniently folds up into a carry bag.
Forget about carrying vinyl, CDs or even iPods, the internal hard drive stores thousands …[More] |
Ultra Portable DJ Decks - DJ GO (GALLERY)
Nokia's People First concept takes three human universals of the way people think about communication – time, lists, and people – to inspire and examine new user interface ideas. People First is part of “Homegrown”, a long term research project that explores more sustainable mobile phone ch…[More] |
Revolutionizing Mobile User Interface - Nokia People First
The FLARE is a building facade that allows the exterior of an edifice to "express" itself and interact with its environment, therefore acting as a living skin or membrane. The system consists of a series of tiltable metal flakes supplemented by pneumatic cylinders that can be controlled individually…[More] |
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Trend Hunter was just featured for a second time in a 2 page spread in T3 Magazine. The article featured some of our hottest tech trends, discovered by Ayman (x4), TechnoGadget, Going Like Sixty, Dee (x2), and SecretLocation.
For context, T3 Magazine is the world's largest magazine focused on cons…[More] |
Trend Hunter in T3 Magazine (Again) - Love from World's Biggest Tech Mag (VIDEO)
The Cerva MC08 is an oval-shaped concept transport vehicle designed to be used as a car, a motorcycle, a jet plane and a submarine. It was designed by a very creative team consisting of designers Michal Cerva, Jiri Bicik, Jana Kunstova, Marketa Schindlerova, and Jan Zof,
As stated, this ambitious …[More] |
The prestigious architecture firm Foster and Partners have won an international competition to design a highly sustainable mixed use complex for Beach Road in Singapore. Occupying an entire city block, they will create a 150,000 square meter ecologically-friendly quarter in downtown Singapore with c…[More] |
Eco-Friendly Singaporean Architecture - Beach Road Complex (GALLERY)
As far as traditional pets are concerned, fish aquariums have become mainstream, as have bird cages. But how about somewhat enclosed fish cage inside an aquarium?
The picture seems somewhat odd, and I hope the animals adapted well to the situation, but if it works out without any harm to them, it …[More] |
What would celebrities like Gisele Bundchen, the Beckhams, Blake Lively, Scarlett Johansson and Beyonce wear to a superhero ball? That's what we wanted to know leading up to last night's big event!
Mary Kate Olsen in a long gold gown, and Katie Holmes in a shiny Wonder Woman red dress and Christina…[More] |
Have you ever been surprised to see a stranger appear to pose like he's part of your photos? It's no accident. In fact, there's actually a term for what he's doing. He is PhotoBombing.
The term refers to people who intentionally jump into the scene of a photo to land themselves a spot in your phot…[More] |
This is a follow-up on a trend we published recently about the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibit.
We already told you the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York would be featuring a huge collection of fantasy costumes inspired by comic book characters and superhero movies, but now we know t…[More] |
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