 13 Radioactivations - From Cancer-Fighting Phone Cases to Radioactive Art::Radiation can help you beat a potentially terminal illness, while at the same time poison your body to the extreme. From cooking our dinners to curing cancer, the scientific double-edged sword plays a… [MORE] |
 40 Chewing Gum Goodies - From Gumball Machine Dresses to Sensual Chewing Gum::Chewing gum makes your breath smell better, allows you to blow bubbles on command and makes you appear dumber (it does), all at the same time.
In honor of all things gum, we have compiled the top 40 gum-related… [MORE] |
 Burlesque Freak Shows - The Baron and Missy Macabre Keep It Interesting::Whenever I go to see burlesque performances, I’m always disappointed by the lack of fire eating. Looks like I have been going to the wrong shows! The Baron and Missy Macabre burlesque reviews incorporate… [MORE] |
 Disturbing Alien Constructs - Wondrous and Creepy Sculptures by Renee Adams::These weird and creepy sculptures by Renee Adams look a little like disturbing aliens or sea-creatures and occasionally like alien-flowers. The artist uses natural and artificial materials (like wood,… [MORE] |
 35 Movember Mustache Ideas - Creative Ways Even Ladies Can Play With Facial Hair::We’re almost a week into Movember so if you don’t have a mustache of some sort, you’d better get on it! This cluster has a collection of Movember mustache ideas for anyone (yes, ladies, even you). Movember… [MORE] |
 Social Media Candy - Facebook Gum Makes Updating Your Status Tasty::Facebook is a nearly ubiquitous presence in modern life. Those addicted to the social media network can now awaken their tastebuds with Facebook Gum.
Yes, you read that right. Facebook Gum. It’s light,… [MORE] |
 14 Pubic Hairovations - From Pubic Hair Transplants to Bushy Signatures::It’s interesting how many things one can do downstairs. Waxing, dying and even funky designing have all been accomplished. Apparently, just because it’s concealed (as it should be) doesn’t mean we shouldn’t… [MORE] |
 16 Inappropriate Statues - From Sculptural Faux Pas to Smoking Statues::It appears that the time-honored art that is sculpture has taken a not-so-honorable turn. What do I mean? Just take a look of this cluster filled with inappropriate statues.
Perhaps it has something… [MORE] |
 Vending Machine Burgers - Tateishi Burger Has Patrons Order Burgers via Machine::There are vending machines for books, jeans, and produce so it's only natural that vending machine burgers would pop up somewhere. And that somewhere is Japan (of course), at Tateishi Burger, which is… [MORE] |
 Terrorist Art Shows - Controversial WK Interact Exhibit Displays "How to Blow Yourself Up"::In the controversial art exhibit “How To Blow Yourself Up” being put on by WK Interact, the design company plays off of societies fears of imminent death in 2012.
The “How To Blow Yourself Up” exhibit… [MORE] |
 13 Goatsy Finds - From George Clooney's 'Men Who Stare at Goats' to Cashmere::George Clooney’s ‘Men Who Stare at Goats,’ which opens this Friday in theaters, is purportedly based on a true story. It’s all very intriguing—I mean, why are men staring at goats? But after compiling… [MORE] |
 Patriotic Clowntography - Raif Adelberg's Wild Dreams Through the Lens::Boundary pushing fashion designer Raif Adelberg is also a boundary pushing artist. His exhibition “All I have are my dreams” set to debut at the Doyle Devere gallery in London features photography in… [MORE] |
 45 Fearless Number Twos - From Pooptastic Jewelery to Snail Poop Packaging::Funny how going number two is the number one thing humanity has in common. How poetic it is. This cluster showcases all the poo related features we have at Trend Hunter, and simultaneously highlights my… [MORE] |
 Snail Poop Packaging - Manuel Jouvin Creates Cases from Dyed Snail Excrement::I’m sure the French look at snails a whole lot differently than we do in the West—as art, for instance. Or as a source of functional feces, as is the case of French designer Manuel Jouvin who creates packaging… [MORE] |
 Mustached Monitors - The Screen Stache Saver Will Keep You Smiling at the Computer::Since it’s Movember, I would be suprised if I didn’t see a hairy innovation like the Screen Stache Saver. Created by the branding firm 160over90, the Screen Stache Saver will put the fun back in computing.… [MORE] |
 28 Sandwichovations - From Incredibly Expensive Burgers to a WALL-E Shaped Sandwich::These innovative sandwiches and burgers prove that people will cram almost anything between two pieces of bread. No longer content with regular sandwiches and burgers like the Big Mac, veggie, BLT, reuben… [MORE] |
 Vampy Editorials - The Richard Edwards 'Bello' Magazine Shoot is Twilight-Esque::The Richard Edwards ‘Bello’ magazine cover shoot and subsequent editorial saw Irish photographer Enokae turning model Richard Edwards into a modern day vampire in the ‘Lost Boy’ editorial. It takes place… [MORE] |
 Swashbuckling Keyboards - The Pirate Keyboard Only Has One Letter::If you have a report deadline of tomorrow at 8 am, then you definitely do not want to use that which is the Pirate Keyboard, as it only contains one letter. You guessed it, “r.”
The rest of the keys on… [MORE] |
 Tofu Meat Beverages - The Vegan-Friendly Tofurky and Gravy Soda from Jones Soda::You would think that after the disaster that was Orbitz beverage companies would have learned that most North American consumers don’t like chewing on something in their drinks. However, the strange people… [MORE] |
 14 Two-Headed Finds - From Conjoined Clothing to Celebrating Modern Miracles::These two-headed finds are truly bizarre. I’m sure many of you are wondering why I put together such an oddball—even freakish—cluster, but it is important that you remember that these strange occurrences… [MORE] |
 Dolphin-Punching Comics - The Oatmeal Comics are Funny -- Really Funny::The Oatmeal Comics prove to be true winners when it comes to amazingly funny websites.
If you thought about every inane or silly thought you have ever had, made a comic out of it. And then made it a website… [MORE] |
 Hue-Centric Living - Kitten Kay Sera Lives in a Purely Pink World::Sometimes when people like things they go a little overboard like Kitten Kay Sera; she is one pink-obsessed woman.
The only color she ever wears is pink, she has her dog regularly dyed with beet juice… [MORE] |
 Fist-Eating Photoblogs - 'Hot Chicks With Fists In Their Mouths' is Perplexing::If you are trolling the internet bored, there are dozens of random sites to go to that will entertain you, and 'Hot Chicks With Fists In Their Mouths' is one of them.
'Hot Chicks With Fists In Their Mouths'… [MORE] |
 Papercraft Self Portraits - The Eric Testroete Halloween Costume is Prismatically Big-Headed::There is nothing scarier than wearing a mask of yourself for Halloween. Ok, the Eric Testroete Halloween Costume is not scary, but I was just contemplating the notion because I was inspired by this unique… [MORE] |
 Animalistic Sculptural Mashups - Brazilian Sculpture Gone Wild in Galeria Fortes Villaca::Brazilian artist Barrão has set the bar high for sculptural animal mashups with this new show at Galeria Fortes Villaca. The São Paolo artist mixes elephants, sharks, dogs, and just about anything else… [MORE] |
 Death-Loving Collections - Mexico's National Museum of Death Explores One Country's Fascination::In my part of the world we got all crazy this past weekend celebrating Halloween. In Mexico, however, they are getting jiggy to their Day of the Dead festivities. Two years ago Mexico opened The National… [MORE] |
 Tandem Bicycle Glasswear - Emotive Glass Creations are Neat Looking but Not Safe for Drinking::These super cool emotive glass creations are certainly something that will give your company a chuckle.
Created in Japan (and made out of what looks like some kind of metal), these sculptures see the… [MORE] |
 Video Drinking Games - The Ghostbusters Drinking Game is the Perfect Way to Get Plastered::If you were looking for a Halloween-themed drinking game to play this weekend involving a timeless movie classic that practically embodies everything that is Halloween, I hope you found out about the Ghostbusters… [MORE] |
 Reproductive Cuddle Buddies - A Gigantic Uterus Pillow for Female Anatomy Lovers::Etsy poses a thought-provoking question with their uterus pillow: “Worried that your uterus is too small?”
I don’t, but I imagine there are some people who do. Which is why a humongous plush version… [MORE] |
 Finger Fashions - The Talented Hands Fashion Show Highlights Stylish Phalanges::I remember having catwalk competitions with my hands in school, but I never would I have thought a ‘Talented Hands Fashion Show’ possible. With the Tokyo Fashion Show coming to a close, DesignBoom.com… [MORE] |
 42 Beefy Innovations - From the Ground Beef Recall to Beefy Bovine Art::Oh, beef. If it didn’t exist, I could be a vegetarian. Even in spite of the ground beef recall, in which a half-million-pounds of beef was recently recalled from North Carolina to Maine due to the possibility… [MORE] |
 Halloween Afterthought Art - Kiersten Essenpreis Makes Art That Spooks Without Terrifying::Depending on what you did last night, the lead image of a girl with a haunted house weighing down on her head may be a perfect metaphor for your current state. Aside from aiding in post-Halloween metaphors,… [MORE] |
 35 Unique Urinals - From Arboreal Bathroom Fixtures to Sculptural Urinals::Men’s washrooms themselves are dingy alien planets, which house strange contraptions like urinals that (to my knowledge) are not that welcoming. Urinals are known to be eyesores, but this slideshow seeks… [MORE] |
 12 Heelless Shoes - Anti-Heel Footwear That's Begging for a Broken Ankle (or Two)::If you’ve kept a watchful eye on fashion runways for the past few seasons, you know all about heelless shoes and anti-heel footwear. This slideshow showcases some of our favorite perilous pairs of platforms,… [MORE] |
 Sky-High Space Shoes - Kronier Creations Footwear is for Futurists & Fashionistas Alike::This futuristic footwear collection is from Kronier Creations, and features a wide array of sky-high space boots and avant-garde high heels. There's certainly a touch of subculture and fetish influences… [MORE] |
 Ghostly Fashiontography - Jennifer Mao Creates Next-to-Nothing Clothes for Ghouls::Jennifer Mao either hates models, loves playing around with digital photography or kicks it with Casper on a regular basis. Whatever it is, she definitely has caught our eye with her fashion spread with… [MORE] |
 'Fraggle Rock' Frocks - Devani Weaver's Halloween Yarn Monster Dress is Muppet-Approved::I don't know about you, but Devani Weaver's Halloween Yarn Monster Dress looks like the costume version of a 'Fraggle Rock' and muppet hybrid. This fantastic frock features plenty of yarn fringe, satin… [MORE] |
 40 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Ideas - From 'Harry Potter' Pumpkins to Political Jack-o-Lanterns::If you're like me, chances are good that you're fresh out of Halloween pumpkin carving ideas. This slideshow of clever Jack-o-lanterns is sure to ignite your creative spark. From political pumpkins for… [MORE] |
 Bizarre Pet Accessories - 'Rear Gear' Covers Your Dog or Cat's Cornhole::Rear Gear is a set of cutesy pet accessories meant to cover your dog or cat's cornhole. Instead of staring at your cat's, um, sphincter as they walk across your desk, you can now rest your eyes on a butterfly,… [MORE] |
 DIY Musical Mashups - Noisician Coalition Brings Homemade Instruments to NOLA for Voodoo::What’s better than a homemade keytar? Well, nothing, if you ask me. And homemade keytars are just the beginning for Noisician Coalition, which prides itself on created hybrid instruments and creating all… [MORE] |
 Cartooned Mashup Couture - Karin Viktoria Bjurstrom Animates Life With 'Cartoon Trompe L'oeil'::Karin Viktoria Bjurstrom (try saying that three times fast) has brought 1920s animation into fashion with her series 'Cartoon Trompe L’Oeil.' This cartoon couture features black and white contrasting pieces.… [MORE] |
 Macrame Masks - Handcrafted Rasta Masks Let You Dress Up the DIY Way::These macrame masks by Etsy artisan Btrbcomposer are fierce. Whether you choose the Rasta Centurion mask pictured in the first image or the Black Big Snout mask in the second image, there is enough fodder… [MORE] |
 25 Baby Modifications - From Baby Toupees to Babies with Tattoos::Image is so important nowadays that I’m not surprised that Trend Hunter has featured some extreme enhancements, including baby modifications.
Perhaps most of these are spoofs, but what frightens me is… [MORE] |
 Cold-Weather Neckties - The Company Winter Tie is a Cozy and Sophisticated Hybrid::Men, have you ever shaken your fist at your regular office tie because it does nothing to keep your neck warm? Now you can have the best of both worlds with the Company Winter Tie.
Company is the design… [MORE] |
 Anatomical Gum - Kevin Van Aelst Sets Out to Show Your Insides With Household Items::Trend Hunter has featured the insanely talented Kevin Van Aelst before and now he is back in our sight once more with his interesting anatomical photos of household items.
Kevin Van Aelst’s photos are… [MORE] |
 Human Eccentricity Portraits - Ben Aqua Captures the Development of Identity in Photos::When you work as a portrait photographer at a department store, I can imagine you wouldn't be able to use your artistic power to its full potential. Ben Aqua portraits, on the other hand, certainly involve… [MORE] |
 Bloody Brain Shooters - A Creepy Halloween Drink for Alcohol-Craving, Brain-Eating Zombies::What do you get when you mix vodka, lime juice, Bailey’s Irish Cream and a splash of grenadine? Bloody brain shooters, a drink fit for Halloween. Mixing the acidic lime juice curdles the Irish Cream and… [MORE] |
 15 Edible Body Parts - Let Loose Your Inner Cannibal With These Tasty Treats::Whether they are made from meat or marzipan, these edible appendages are gruesomely tasty treats. With Halloween just around the corner what better way is there to partake in the freaky festivities than… [MORE] |
 Studying Fruit Dunking - Experts Weigh in on the Best Apples for Apple Bobbing::You know it’s Halloween when researchers prefer to study the science of apple bobbing over something more socially beneficial—like the cure for cancer (I’m just saying).
Nonetheless, the results are in:… [MORE] |
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