 45 Obessions for Bikers + Pamela Anderson’s Biker Girlfriend Investment::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] |
 Obsessive Fashionista Movies - Confessions of a Shopaholic::Any true fashion lover knows how addictive buying that piece of clothing that caught your eye, or those shoes or bag that would go perfectly with your new outfit, can be. Some can control their shopping… [MORE] |
 Self-Evaluation Street Art - The Sidewalk Psychiatry Project::Pedestrians in the city often find themselves lost in deep thought as they are walking, reflecting on everything from their future goals to last night's pillow talk with their partner.
As people sacrifice… [MORE] |
 Skeletal Jewelry - Vivienne Westwood 2009 Bone Designs::These new pieces from Vivienne Westwood for 09 are totally stunning. The bone bracelets manage to pull off something that could be really morbid with panache. You can get them in both small-boned and big-boned… [MORE] |
 Killer High Heels - 10 Dangerous Shoes for Spring 2009::Taking heels to crazy new heights for Spring 2009, these dangerous designer shoes were enough to make models stumble and fall on the runways. Walking in designer shoes is a catwalk model's forte, so what… [MORE] |
 Personalized Round Billiards - Custom Pool Tables::The ultimate head-turner for your game room, these round pool tables from the JM Billiard Co. can be customized however you desire.
Let your imagination run wild--from a fish tank base to a stripper… [MORE] |
 Daily Top 20 - O.J. Simpson in Jail, Sarah Palin Parodies, iPhone Killers::Oh look, O.J. Simpson is going to jail, Sarah Palin is being impersonated, and two iPhone killers have emerged. Those are just a handful of the hot articles climbing up our buzz meter today.
We’ve all… [MORE] |
 Political Virtual Death Matches - Kung-Fu Election Game::Kung Fu Election is an edgy site that enables you to pit your favorite candidates against one another in a kung-fu deathmatch.
Options include Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama,… [MORE] |
 Underdog Mania - 14 Second KO for Kimbo Slice Vs Ken Shamrock’s No-Name Fill-In::In the rising sport of Mixed Martial Arts, tonight was supposed to be a monumental match-up for Kimbo Slice Vs Ken Shamrock - and it was. Ken Shamrock couldn’t fight. Instead, replacement Seth Petruzelli… [MORE] |
 Campfire Inspired Indoor Fireplaces - urBonfire::There are a number of indoor/outdoor fireplaces but there is none like the urBonfire because it actually resembles a real log fire. You know, the campfire kind you enjoy when camping.
The urBonfire is… [MORE] |
 38 Unique Bears - From Teddy Bear Guns to Panda Fashion::The bear is very much a part of our culture more so since Teddy Roosevelt inspired the teddy bear back in the 1900’s. These fuzzy and cuddly toys still evoke fond memories in many adults today.
But the… [MORE] |
 Interactive Billboards - Live Headphone Volume Testing::This clever interactive billboard design by DDB New Zealand was created for the National Foundation for the Deaf’s Awareness Week.
The poster is a “testing station” to see if your music volume level… [MORE] |
 Historical Lego Sets - Medieval Market Village::A Lego set of Medieval Market Village is to be released in 2009 and the pictures show that it is going to be awesome. Check out the costumes on the wenches!
The new Lego set was announced at BrickCon,… [MORE] |
 Halloween Costumes For Infants - From Bloody Bonnets to Air Fresheners::Specter Studio's bloody bonnets are a series of bloody baby bonnets for infants. They rock! Dressing up babies is almost as much fun as dressing up your pets. And Specter has also totally come up with… [MORE] |
 Scars Instead of Tattoos - Ink-Free Body Art::Scarification is the next big thing in the tattoo world--although clearly it is not a tattoo. Scarification refers instead to the practise of using scar tissue naturally produced by the body to form designs,… [MORE] |
 Shoppers as Newborns - Harvey Nichols Asks "Are You Ready to Be Reborn?"::A great ad campaign in my book is one that manages to capture your interest and curiosity without resorting to needless sex, violence, blood or aimless shockvertising. It is so rare these days to see ads… [MORE] |
 Red-Carpet Halloween Costumes - 10 A-List Disguises::Halloween is quickly approaching and it is time to let your hair down, wear something ridiculous and go out and party. Even the celebrities get in on the action with fancy dress, A-list style.
Paris Hilton… [MORE] |
 Bedazzled Bugs - Eva Mendes Loves Cartier's Jeweled Pests::Cartier has made insects beautiful. No, exquisite. Designers let insects flit in and out of their fancies in every season. Cartier is introducing the Jeweled Insects Collection. Cartier collections are… [MORE] |
 Blacklight-Reactive Body Art (UPDATE) - Glow in the Dark Tattoos::If you want a tattoo but want to hide it during work or while you’re with family, then there’s now a technique that’s perfect for you.
The new technique uses blacklight reactive ink which only shows up… [MORE] |
 Bald Body Mods - 10 Head Tattoos::These give a whole new layer to the phrase "Think before you ink." If you want to make sure everyone sees your tattoo and positively can't miss it, then you have to ink your design on your head. I talk… [MORE] |
 Camouflaging Self-Harm Scars - Body Reclamation Provides Fresh Slate::Cover-up tattoos are common; people often get a design, but then change their minds (or partner) and want it covered with another image. It is also becoming more and more common, however, for people to… [MORE] |
 Fashion Show Surprise - Model Faints, Alexander McQueen Closes Paris Runway in Bunny Suit::Bruno isn’t the only one surprising audiences in fashion shows these days. At the end of his Paris Fashion Week Spring 2009 ready-to-wear runway, designer Alexander McQueen emerged in a quirky bunny suit… [MORE] |
 Architecture Nestled in Nature - Tokyo's 'Dancing Trees, Singing Birds'::Built on a partially wooded lot (rare as hen's teeth in Tokyo), this six-unit apartment building named 'Dancing Trees, Singing Birds' was designed to eke out the maximum square footage possible on the… [MORE] |
 Scary Surreal Art - Chilling Paintings by Esao Andrews::A fixture of New York City's creative community, Esao Andrews has carved himself a niche as a unique artist and painter of surreal, blackly humorous worlds.
His oil on wood paintings incorporate quaint… [MORE] |
 16 Simpsons Cartoon Innovations That Don't Involve O.J. or Nicole Brown::Today’s news may be all about O.J. Simpson and his deceased ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, but everyone knows that there’s a prime-time network cartoon family that shares the same name, minus all the drama--The… [MORE] |
 Nouveau-Retro Speakers - Crystal Bling Meets Steampunked Sensibility::While the crystal-bling craze is waning slightly, Harmon Kardon has given the concept a fresh new twist by adding elegant steampunk to the design mix.
These stylish GLA-55 speakers feature integrated… [MORE] |
 Industrial Parts as Home Art - Stig Recycled Furniture::Bob Campbell aka 'Stig' taught himself how to construct studly furniture from cast-off industrial parts. Stig makes his home in a region of England that was once home to heavy engineering and steel manufacturing.… [MORE] |
 Art from Farm Feed - 10 Haystack Sculptures::It can get pretty boring for folks living on farms, so what can men and women of the land to do amuse themselves? Create quirky works of art out of hay bales, of course!
This collection of 10 pieces of… [MORE] |
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