 Giant Crystal Spiders - Web of Light by Ai Weiwei::Right on cue with Halloween coming up, a giant spider web installation together with a crystal studded spider is now on display at the Liverpool Biennial, the International Festival of Contemporary Art.… [MORE] |
 Inflatable Photo Frames - The Instant Masterpiece::You've got the inflatable sofa, bed and coffee table, but your walls are looking bare. The Instant Masterpiece Inflatable Photo Frame is the answer.
Simply blow them up and slip your chosen 8X10 photos… [MORE] |
 45 Innovative Ways to Drink::With guests like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Miley Cyrus knows how to throw a Sweet 16 that won’t be forgotten. However, she may have disappointed a lot of Disney fans this weekend as she had the theme park… [MORE] |
 Social Networking For Goths - VampireFreaks.com::VampireFreaks is a networking site for goths. It possesses all the usual categories and features you would expect from social networking like photo galleries and interviews.
Actually, VampireFreaks is… [MORE] |
 Artvertising Skateboards - Reach for Light Promotes Roarockit::Reach for Light is hand-built flower art made from skateboards by Ted Hunter from the Roarockit Skateboard Company in Toronto, Canada.
Ted used freehand vacuum veneer bending on the boards and photos… [MORE] |
 Suggestive Celebratory PSAs - Stockholm Celebrates Condoms::These Champagne-popping ads are not really promoting Cristal or Dom Perignon; instead, they are a celebration of safe sex by the city of Stockholm.
The explosion of the popped Champagne in the ads… [MORE] |
 Hands-Free Drinking Devices - Clip-On Wine Holders::Perfect for cocktail parties, the Clip-On Wine Holders, found on Handpicked Collections, is a smart metal product that can be easily clipped onto any plate to hold your wine glass firmly in place. With… [MORE] |
 Faceless Fame - Yeardley Smith and James Earl Jones Give Pop Culture a Voice::Most people wouldn't be able to pick Yeardley Smith out of a lineup, but they'd be able to identify her as soon as she opened her mouth; the same could arguably be said of James Earl Jones early on in… [MORE] |
 14 Unique Star Wars Posts - Ways to Honor James Earl Jones::It’s hard to imagine Darth Vader without James Earl Jones’ voice, but at one point in Jones’ life, the simple act of speaking aloud was an overwhelming task. James Earl Jones was mute as a child due to… [MORE] |
 Artistic Alcohol Ads - Martini's "In the Arms of Elements" Campaign::Martini has collaborated with Polish ad agency Ars Thanea, Warsaw on an artistic ad campaign that shows Martini Asti bottles in the arms of elements.
Illustrator Peter Jaworowski worked on four exquisite… [MORE] |
 Blowtorched Toast Art - The X Factor Judges Immortalized in Bread::An artist has depicted the faces of a UK talent show, The X Factor, onto pieces of toast. They were made for Warburtons, a bread brand who is sponsoring the show. This is a great example of getting more… [MORE] |
 Rawhide Seating - The Cow Hide Chair::Here we have a chair throw with one major difference--there is no chair! Designed by Niels van Ejik for Droog, each chair is comprised of a single formed cowhide.
To make the Cow Hide Chair, an untreated… [MORE] |
 Self-Defense Stilettos - Well-Heeled Protection::Women's Self Defense Using Spike High Heels is a growing group of women who demonstrate “how to humble dangerous, arrogant men in threatening situations with spike high heels as weapons." In other words,… [MORE] |
 Wine Glass Holding Dishes - The 'James' Plate::Andrea Grossfuss, the founder of Olaf Kiessling German studio Sternform, has designed a plate prototype named “James” that features a hole to hold wine glasses from its handle.
Due to its broad and unglazed… [MORE] |
 One-Model Runways - Shalom Harlow Struts Solo For Viktor & Rolf Spring 2009 RTW::As promised, Viktor & Rolf shunned Paris Fashion Week and debuted their Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2009 collection online. The most interesting aspect of the show was that only one model was used to showcase… [MORE] |
 Childlike Naughty - Lily Cole Goes Lolita for Playboy::Marks & Spencer is one of the safest stores in the UK, selling everything from underwear to food, and it is generally a very conservative place. However, their image is set to get a bit racier as one of… [MORE] |
 Sidewalk Politics - Hollywood Wears Their Obama Vote::High-profile celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Halle Berry are not afraid to pledge their allegiance to Obama; these starlets have been spotted regularly wearing Obama tee shirts.
Heidi… [MORE] |
 Political Magazine Collages - "Words of Hope" Obama Portrait::Seth Balliett is a seasoned veteran of torn-paper portraits. One of his latest works is “Words of Hope.” This collage is entirely comprised of articles and headlines about the 2008 presidential campaign… [MORE] |
 Handmade Furry Lighting - Felted Lamps By Shelemotov Denis::I bet you’ll never guess what these lamps are made of! This particular lighting design was made in Moscow by Shelemotov Denis. This handcraft felt master has a degree in sculpture from a Russian university… [MORE] |
 Psychedelic Violence - Gun-Toting Models for Numero Magazine::British fashion photographer Miles Aldridge does photography shoots in the literal sense. His latest spread for Numero Magazine entitled “Bang! Bang!” shows armed models! They are toting hand guns, rifles… [MORE] |
 Illuminated Landscapes - Field of Light Sculptures::British lighting designer Bruce Munro takes the humble garden lighting idea to a whole new level of artistry with his Field of Light sculptures. His latest installation will be at the Eden Project in Cornwall,… [MORE] |
 Street-Legal Driving Sculptures - The 2008 Art Cars Festival::Last week's Art Cars Festival on the United States' West Coast featured some amazing cars. An art car is a road-legal car that has been artistically altered in a permanent fashion. What's more, to qualify… [MORE] |
 Bone Injector Drills - Vidacare EZ-IO Wins Medical Innovation of the Year::Cringe alert: the Wall Street Journal picked their top innovations for 2008. In the Medical Devices area, they gave the gold to Vidacare for the EZ-IO. It's a high speed drill with a super-duper needle… [MORE] |
 Appeal of Big Numbers - New Prime Number is 30 Miles Long::We love large numbers: Googol, a large number that is the basis for the name Google. Trillion, the basis for the U.S. bail out, etc. Now using ordinary computers loaned by ordinary people, there is a… [MORE] |
 25 Ways to Relieve Stress Like Kimbo Slice::Yes, we're aware that choking and kicking our opponents into submission, a la MMA fighter Seth Petruzelli's match against Kimbo Slice, is not the ideal way to combat stress. Let's face facts, however:… [MORE] |
 Runway-Worthy Athletic Shoes - Jeremy Scott for Adidas::These trainers are from Jeremy Scott for Adidas. The collaboration will feature both clothes and footwear and the first pieces due to hit stores at the beginning of February next year.
Jeremy is best… [MORE] |
 Siamese Twin Fish - Conjoined Nile Tilapia::Have you ever seen conjoined twin fish? These conjoined Nile tilapia fish swim in a Bangkok aquarium. They are eight months old and share a part of their stomachs. The bigger fish tends to protect the… [MORE] |
 45 Biker Innovations - Ways to Spice Up Pamela Anderson's 'Biker Girlfriend' Brand::Pamela Anderson is selling a rare print by photographer Richard Prince from his ‘Easy Ride’ collection.
The image belongs to a series of photographs of biker girlfriends, something people like Pamela… [MORE] |
 Branded Vodka for Movie Promos - Crystal Head Fuels Ghostbusters III Rumors::The Internet is abuzz with a video of Dan Aykroyd showing us his new Crystal Head Vodka in a gorgeous to-die-for glass skull.
Rumor has it that this video is actually to promote the new Ghostbusters movie… [MORE] |
 Sarah Palin Video Games - Political Gamers Rock their Vote::This brilliant collection of images features vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin cleverly added to popular video games. She has been involved in a pitched battle of words lately, so some clever person… [MORE] |
 Personalized Pet Illustrations - Whimsical Animal Portraits by J Penry::So you think any form of pet portrait is naff right? A brilliant illustrator called J. Penry is now offering his services as a pet portraitist. These really are works of art in their own right and pieces… [MORE] |
 Prime-Time Political Cartoons - Homer Simpson Tries To Vote for Obama::In this Simpsons sketch, Homer tries to go and vote for Obama but ends up voting for 'President McCain' about six times.
Homer only wants to vote for anything that will take money away from parks and… [MORE] |
 Iconic 007 Throwbacks - 'Goldfinger' Scene Reprised in 'Quantum of Solace'::Bond girls get bumped off in all sorts of creative ways, but producers have upped the ante in the new 007 movie ‘Quantum of Solace.’
An MI6 spy ordered to keep an eye on Bond, played by Gemma Arterton,… [MORE] |
 Political Parodies III - Tina Fey as Sarah Palin in the Palin-Biden Debate on SNL::Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL? Again? Of course.
Saturday Night Live continues to milk the Tina Fey as Sarah Palin concept for all it's worth. Yesterday night, SNL recreated the recent Palin/Biden… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Mobile Coolers - Solar-Powered Fridges on Camels::This pilot test of solar-powered refrigeration units on camels is being performed by a nomadic community in Kenya. Mpala Community Trust is using these units to transport medical supplies (most notably… [MORE] |
 Beauty Botching - 10 Disastrous Plastic Surgeries::29,500 Canadian woman sued Health Canada because their silicone in their chests had not been tested. They sued the government agency that is supposed to protect Canadians’ health.
If the suit had continued,… [MORE] |
 Food as Art - 10 Clever Food Sculptures::These ingenious and clever food sculptures come from different events and fairs around the world.
La Niña, La Pinta and La Santa Maria--the three ships that transported Columbus and his men to this part… [MORE] |
 Mini Wearable Sculptures - 10 Ornate Rings, From Collapsible Cups to Birdcages::The quaint and very creative rings in the gallery, although different from one another in concept as well as design, represent very high degrees of unconventional creativity and innovation as well as a… [MORE] |
 Showcasing Medical Oddities - The Mutter Museum::The Mütter Museum, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a medical museum which houses medical oddities, wax models, antique equipment, and memorabilia of famous scientists and physicians.
The Museum's… [MORE] |
 Disfigured Street Art - Morbid Portraits of Pop Icons::D*Face is a British street graffiti artist who also does rather morbid, incongruous and distorted portraits of famous icons, often using images that have been exhibited indoors in galleries and other venues.… [MORE] |
 $1 Million Flooring - Pietra Firma Diamond-Encrusted Tiles::Encrusted with more than 1,000 diamonds, 2,400 pieces of mother of pearl, 400 pieces of abalone shell and 500 pieces of black onyx per square meter, these exclusive, limited-edition LuxTouch range of tiles… [MORE] |
 Upside-Down Storage - The Anti-Gravity Bookshelf::This inverted bookshelf on Instructables hangs all of the books from the bottom without damaging the books by holding them together with elasticized strips of cloth.
The intention was to create a cool… [MORE] |
 Impractical Kitchen Gadgets - The Industrial-Strength Lemon Squeezer::Edward Horsford sure has a good sense of humor. His product, the Industrial-Strength Lemon Squeezer, takes a common household item and transforms it into an unconventional product that is a combination… [MORE] |
 Fashionable Hearing Aids - Geezer Gadgets Hit the Catwalk::Hearing aids? As we boomers age we hate to admit it, let alone wear something as clunky as regular hearing aids. More hearing aid makers are realizing this fact and adjusting their products accordingly.… [MORE] |
 Lipstick Activism - Pamela Anderson's Against Giorgio Armani Fur::Pamela Anderson is accustomed to the limelight, but it hasn’t always been for the most positive reasons. A few short years ago, you were more likely to read about Pamela Anderson marrying, divorcing or… [MORE] |
 Fighting with Lighting - Japanese Fluorescent Light Wrestling::As if wrestling in the first place was not enough to worry about, these Japanese wrestlers have added fluorescent lights to the mix. Throwing these light bulbs at each other does make a change from the… [MORE] |
 Bedside Emergency Lighting - From Desk Lamp to Flashlight::Multifunctional Boudoir Lighting seems to be a design concept implemented in most of the lighting products by LifeGoods. In addition to the Bedside Lamp recently featured on Trend Hunter, the product 'Two… [MORE] |
 Futuristic Warrior Fashion - Blackbook's Fashion Gallery::Blackbook recently assembled a collection of photos which they called Fashion Gallery: All the Rage. The photos feature models in futuristic, forward-looking garments complete with science fiction hairdos,… [MORE] |
 Digital Book Pillows - The Pling Plong::The Pling Plong is a cute character pillow with a built-in media player. Young children who love being read to are able to lie down and cuddle up to a soft pillow and listen to their favorite stories or… [MORE] |
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