The Mondrian South Beach Hotel has some of the most exquisite architectural and interior designs of any of the luxury resorts featured on Trend Hunter.
Damask patterns are repeatedly featured in a multitude of brilliant colors and in an array of materials, adding unique textures in a truly elegant way. The clean lines ooze sophistication and are sure to be appreciated by connoisseurs of interior design, but even those who tend not to have a clue about decor will be entranced by this Miami hotel… [More]
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Nearly a year after our first post, we have more info about the personal skyscraper being built by Mukesh Ambani, the head of the Mumbai-based petrochemical Reliance Industries. He is also the fifth richest man in the world with a net worth of $46 billion. Ambani is making the most of his bank accou…[More]
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The Libelula Rocket Helicopter is a type of a strap-on chopper that was conceived by Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana. The concept contraction uses tiny rocket motors at the tips of the rotor blades which are powered by two hydrogen fuel canisters, thereby negating the need for a tail rotor.
It's a…[More]
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Grand Theft Auto IV... GTA IV... GTA4... it seems that's all we're hearing about these last few days.
Released worldwide (except in Japan) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 29, Grand Theft Auto 4 has gamers shaking in their boots with anticipation. The Rockstar Games product is expected to b…[More]
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Want real luxury? Book the entire deluxe hotel to yourself. As in 'no other guests' You know there are people that book whole hotels for their stay. Here's a place where you can do it online. Imagine, your assistant doesn't even have to talk to a person. You can have complete solitude. Hotels are …[More]
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Playing Nintendo Wii is more enjoyable when you're standing up swinging and poking the remote. That's why a Tokyo firm, Thanko, came up with an expensive, adjustable TV platform, the Electric Up and Down Big TV Stand. It has a built-in wired controller for pumping TV screen vertically up to 130 cm…[More]
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The LucidTouch is a new mobile concept launched by Microsoft and Mitsubishi that gives the end user the ability to control the devise by touching its see-through back; users can choose to manipulate objects by touching a sensor pad on the back of the device which allows them to resize images and tex…[More]
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As the final part in our Bling Bling Boring series, we bring you a list of the most random things adorned with crystals, gems and diamonds.
The list has such a diverse range of items, it was impossible to create individual categories. There's everything from jewel encrusted bugs to toilet paper di…[More]
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By now just about all of us have grown sick of sparkly gadgets... it's the now very mainstream trend we at Trend Hunter are now simply referring to as the "Bling Bling Boring" craze.
As a final adieu to feature posts which feature nothing unique or exotic other than rhinestones, Swarovski crystals…[More]
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Winters are long and bone chillingly brutal in Minnesota, which is the only reason I can think of that the FantaSuite Hotel ended up in Burnsville, Minnesota.
Some of the fantasy room themes include outer space, caves, forest, Rome, Greece, Egypt, undersea and wild west.
I guess sometime during …[More]
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The Renaissance Hotels in Rome, taking advantage of its name, has put out an advertising campaign on the basis of Renaissance paintings. "The Birth of Venus", a work of art by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, is recreated by a model standing by a pool and been catered to by three assistants. In…[More]
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What's missing from Vegas? Access? check. Excess? check. Success? check. Gigantic observation wheel? Uh-oh. It's not because the money people at Voyager Entertainment insist that a 600 foot observation wheel will be built in Vegas, it's just a matter of where and when. A couple of locations have alr…[More]
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"Barackula" is a fictional horror rock musical featuring the Democratic presidential candidate hopeful Barack Obama as a young warrior fighting a secret society of vampires at his alma mater Harvard Law School in 1990 when he was inducted into presidency of the Harvard Law Review. Barackula, which u…[More]
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Set in 28 private beach-front acres the NIZUC Resort Residence and Spa is the creation of the 'masters of hospitality' Adrian Zecha and is sure to raise the bar even higher in the travel and vacation hospitality industry. The ultra-luxury resort will stretch along the most beautiful coastlines of Ca…[More]
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Believe it or not, teleportation is actually possible! However, it doesn't involve physically moving an object (or in the movie, a person) from one place to another. It really involves transferring extremely detailed information about the teleportee, down to the quantum state of each of it's atoms, …[More]
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What would Jesus listen to? Christian form meets function meet fashion with this cruxifix shaped mp3 player necklace, containing 17 hour of the New Testament audio Bible. Distributed in the United States by CrossMP3Player.com.[More]
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The problem with Internet radio is, of course, that you can’t listen to it on a radio because it is not broadcast on radio waves, so really its not radio at all.
The Slacker Portable solves that problem by caching the music on its flash memory and refreshing it whenever a WiFi connection is avai…[More]
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What if you could design your own moods? For only $25,000 you can add an entire wall that shimmers and glows to your living room decor.
Now imagine being able to fine tune it. The MoodSpace by Interactive Art has LED lighting and other elements, each piece crafted by artist Arjuna Noor.
"Arjuna's…[More]
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At only 20% throttle the Acabion GTBO two wheeler (four at low speed) passes the Bugatti Veyron’s top end of 250mph and, helped by its jet-like body, it hits the electronically limited top end of 340mph at 50% throttle.
It goes from zero to 300mph in under 30 seconds! You might want to make like…[More]
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Remember the Gold Flakes Vodka? Now there's an even more luxurious, yet much more affordable alternative! Gold-Cuvée Sekt mit Blattgold is a Gold-Cuvée champagne with flakes of real 23 K gold.
Imagine the aesthetic appeal of a glass of glittering alcohol, the golden bits shimmering as they're sw…[More]
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For those living a life of luxury, keeping up to date on the best compliments for that style of living is essential, and that includes the latest and greatest cars like the new Lexus LF-A Roadster concept. The North American International Auto Show, where the Lexus debuted, is a great place to check…[More]
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The 3.5G, GSM HSDPA smartphone features a 3.5-inch touchscreen with an internet browser, data connectivity, personal messaging, and personal navigation functions. Of course being a Garmin, GPS navigation is at the core of the Nuvifone.[More]
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I’ve dreamed of going to Greece my entire life; there’s a magical lure to the Mediterranean I just can’t describe. Planning trips (even if I won’t actually be going in the near future) is half the fun, so when I discovered a luxurious art hotel, the Classical Baby Grand Hotel in Athens, I wa…[More]
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“The Torch,” made by Wicked Lasers, is claimed to be the world’s strongest flashlight. And really now, who would argue with the egg frying, marshmallow toasting, 4100 lumen wonder that can drain its batteries in 15 minutes?
Be careful with this thing; if you're looking for something in your …[More]
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Mark this one as a secret address. If you ever visit the oh so French city of Montreal, you may want to check out this little gem, located on St. Denis street, in the Plateau Mont Royal area.
At the Bohemia Loft, you can luxuriate in this beautiful private loft space, which can accommodate you an…[More]
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The Noahpad is a funky cross category Palmtop/OLPC/low cost UMPC gizmo and is notable for its odd attribute including a split keyboard, the ability to fold back on itself and be hung up with a clothes hanger. You don’t see those features everyday.[More]
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The Gaming Terminology Word of the Day is Sandbox:
noun. 1: a shallow box or hollow in the ground partly filled with sand for children to play in.
Historical: a perforated container for sprinkling sand onto wet ink in order to dry it.
Gaming Term: a playable world within a game that allows the pl…[More]
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There are already people, who are jealous of MacBook Air's 'The Worlds Thinnest Notebook' title, and trying to prove otherwise. Apparently, not in vain. According to Newlaunches, this title belongs to an obscure notebook from 1998, the Mitsubishi Pedion, that was 18.4 millimeters thick, which comes …[More]
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The Dubai Shopping Festival 2008 will be an extraordinary event in the city where everything is possible.
The Lexus Mega Raffle, one of the most extravagant raffle draws in DSF 2008, has already got visitors and residents buying tickets in huge numbers ahead of the festival opening. Organised in c…[More]
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Bebe Sounds comes with two headphones so you and your partner can listen to to what your fetus is up to. This isn’t a sophisticated Doppler machine; it just amplifies sounds like your babies’ heartbeat, the TV or the toilet flushing.
It's a neat invention, but needs to be used in a quiet room.[More]
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