 Exotic Habitat Calendars - Pirelli’s ‘Africa’ 2009::The 2009 edition of the prestigious Pirelli Calendar has just been released.
The shoot, which includes only women, took place in a remote area called Okavango Delta, located in the Southern African country… [MORE] |
 Inflatable Homeless Shelters - The ParaSITE Project::Artist Michael Rakowitz’s ongoing ParaSITE project provides portable inflatable shelters for homeless people. ParaSITE shelters utilize the vents and ventilation systems from buildings for both temperature… [MORE] |
 85 Person Domino - Dutch Hold Record With 4 Million Tiles::As feverish fans of Domino Toppling, it was fitting that the Dutch held the attempt at breaking the world record this week in the Netherlands, with 85 people participating from 13 countries around the… [MORE] |
 Bizarre Theme Parks - The Isgyvenimo Drama Soviet Bunker::If you've ever felt an insatiable need to return to the 1984-era USSR, Išgyvenimo Drama, also known as Soviet Bunker, is the theme park for you. For about $220, you're given an intense two-and-a-half hour… [MORE] |
 Celebrating Cross-Cultural Icons - 'Bat-Manga!'::In many industries, another culture's reinterpretation of a beloved icon is often met with harsh criticism and deemed a "knock-off." A new book co-authored by Chip Kidd, Saul Ferris and Geoff Spear called… [MORE] |
 28 India Innovations - From Cell Phone PSAs to Sari Couture::India doesn’t always get the same credit for influencing pop culture as other global powerhouses like France, Italy, the UK, Canada, and the US. Innovators in India have embraced technology and channeled… [MORE] |
 Dressing As Video Game Heroes - Slobs Of Gaming Costumes::The people in the gallery don't care that Halloween is over; dressing in video game costume is the ultimate fad for video game fanatics, no matter the time of year.
Put on the attire of your favorite… [MORE] |
 Underground Pit Lanes - Abu Dhabi's Revamped F1 Racetrack::Abu Dhabi's swank new F1 racetrack will feature 20 turns, an exclusive 50,000 seating capacity and an underground pit lane. Motor Authority reports that the racetrack, which is called the 'Yas Marina Circuit,'… [MORE] |
 Miniature Knitting - The Art of Amigurumi::The Japanese seem obsessed with making things smaller, from TVs to phones, and now they're doing it with knitting too. Amigurumi is essentially knitting or crocheting tiny characters or animals, the cuter… [MORE] |
 Next Gen Leaning Architecture - The 'Capital Gate' in Abu Dhabi::With all of the Middle Eastern architectural opulence featured on Trend Hunter alone, it’s hard to imagine a structural category that has not already been beefed up by Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Iran. Developers… [MORE] |
 Suborbital Space Vehicles - The 'Space Bowl' for Cosmic Tourists::Imagine if you could view the Earth 360 degrees from a fish bowl style suborbital vehicle. What would you pay for such a trip? Will $100,000 do it?
A consortium, Armadillo Aerospace, consisting of the… [MORE] |
 Zeppelin Wine Country Tours - Airship Ventures' Innovative Aerial Sightseeing::Tours through California’s wine country are about to get a lot cooler. Airship Ventures received their first Zeppelin over the weekend, and will begin offering Zeppelin aerial tours of the Bay Area on… [MORE] |
 Chic Fishing Huts - Cabin Vardehaugen by Fantastic Norway::This chic black and white vacation home in Norway comes to us from architects Fantastic Norway. From the first look, Cabin Vardehaugen looks like it could be the most stylish fishing hut ever.
As you… [MORE] |
 Government Web Control - Turkey's Extreme Blog Censorship::After months of spotty access to YouTube, Turkish authorities have now banned reach to Blogger.com. Thousands of bloggers cannot reach their blogs, and readers cannot read blogs hosted on Blogger.
In… [MORE] |
 Photo Snaps of Extreme Naps - Surreptitious Shots of Public Sleepers::German amateur photographer Bernd Hagemann now lives in Shanghai, China, where he often walks the streets to photograph extreme nappers. He not only finds the city, culture and fast-paced life fascinating… [MORE] |
 Booze-Branded Transit - The Bike Stand Initiative::Sven Andersson is the inventor of Bike Stand, an urban transport initiative from Sweden that is proposed for Australian cities. Bike Stand involves several underground installations that house bicycles… [MORE] |
 Frequent-Flier Humor - Cheeky TSA Project Tests Airport Screeners' Patience::Artist Evan Roth is currently working on his TSA communication project which involves metal plates for carry-on luggage at airports. The metal plates have messages, and sometimes humorous ones like "Nothing… [MORE] |
 Hardcore Communal Ceremonies - The Nine Emperor Gods Festival::These amazing images are from the Thai island of Phuket. On this island each autumn, the Chinese community holds the Nine Emperor Gods Festival.
For the nine-day duration of the festival, the Chinese… [MORE] |
 Fashion Burkas - Untraditional Traditional Dress::You can’t blame designers for using a dress as traditional as the Burka to make a statement about society.
Some have taken the ultra-conservative dress made of felt and made it flirty, a la Marilyn Monroe.… [MORE] |
 Adult Diaper Fashion Shows - Incontinent Couture::I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone decided to bring adult diaper couture to the fashion arena. In this case, it was the Japanese, who showed adult diaper fashions on the catwalk. After… [MORE] |
 Travel for Nerds - 8 Geek Cruises::Cruises aren’t just for hedonistic couples, families and jet-setters: Geek cruises are becoming more dominant within the field of hospitality on the high seas.
These 8 geek cruises will whet any nerd’s… [MORE] |
 Doggie Dye - Dos And Don'ts of Fur Colouring::Statistics have shown that around 63 percent of all U.S. households (71.1 million) are pet owners. This is why the pet industry is set at $43 BILLION and shows no signs of slowing. People of incomes of… [MORE] |
 9 Crazy Travel Experiences for Thrill-Seekers::From Terror Trek in China to Cocaine Tours in Columbia, the following adventure are for true thrill seekers only.
CAGE OF DEATH, Darwin
Theme park Crocosaurus Cove offers tourists the chance to come… [MORE] |
 Extreme Tardiness Prevention - Japanese Commuters Shoved Into Trains::The commuter culture in Japan adds a whole new dimension to the phrase work ethic. For the unfortunate masses that must take public transportation during rush hour to get to work, dutiful commuters and… [MORE] |
 Dangerous Travel Destinations - El Caminito del Rey, Spain::El Caminito del Rey is just a mountain walkway near Malaga, Spain. It was originally built at the turn of the 20th century to let workers cross between two nearby waterfalls. Today, it is the premier spot… [MORE] |
 Real-Time Money Travel Tracking - WheresGeorge.com::Have you ever wanted to put a message in a bottle and wait to hear back about how far it traveled? If so, then you may become an addict of WheresGeorge.com. The website is set up for users to take any… [MORE] |
 Spinning Trees as Art - 'Joyful Trees' of Liverpool::This spinning tree installation called ‘Arbores Laetae’, which means ‘Joyful Trees’ is part of the Liverpool Arts Festival. The exhibit consists of 3 large trees ingeniously installed on rotating disks… [MORE] |
 Mind-Boggling Bodies of Water - The Zipper Pond::The “Zipper Pond” is now one of the feature attractions of the Juming Museum, located in Taiwan. Who would have thought of using a gigantic zipper in a pond?
When I first saw this creative lotus pond,… [MORE] |
 Tiny Private Islands - Exclusive Private Island Estates::The inhabitants of these isolated homes on tiny islands own a little piece of heaven in the water. These homes on teeny islands may not be what first comes to mind when you think of private island ownership.… [MORE] |
 1 Euro Homes - Sicily Quake-Damaged Fixer Uppers::Mayor Vittorio Sgarbi has an aggressive plan to help revive his tiny town of Salemi, Sicily: Sell earthquake-damaged homes for one euro. Salemi was struck by an earthquake 40 years ago and the town hasn’t… [MORE] |
 Faking Ethnic Eyes - Exotic Make-Up Techniques::They say the grass is always greener on the other side. While most white American women would die for exotic, almond-shaped eyes, some who have them are masking them with make-up. Exotic eye fashion is… [MORE] |
 Competitive People Painting - World Bodypainting Asian Awards::The World Bodypainting Asian Awards were held in Daegu, South Korea, and the some of the winners are pictured here.
For the competition, bodies are transformed into a living, breathing canvas that artists… [MORE] |
 32 Unique Theme Hotels and Resorts::With all of the bizarre and unique theme hotels and resorts found around the world, kitsch-seeking travelers no longer are forced to stay in boring hotels replete with industry-standard marble flooring,… [MORE] |
 Extreme Eastern European Sports - Czech Republic Rock Jumping::Rock jumping, or simply jumping, as it’s referred to by local Czech rock jumpers, is the extreme lovechild of base jumping, cliff diving and rock climbing, and its home is in a nature preserve in the northeast… [MORE] |
 Childish Naughty - Hottest Souvenir in China: The Pee Pee Boy::While everyone is in China cheering for the latest gold-medal winners, the Pee Pee Boys are selling like mad. What, you might wonder, is a “Pee Pee Boy?” It’s a small clay statue of a naked boy, designed… [MORE] |
 Japanese Lunch Art - Bizarre Bento Boxes::In the past, Trend Hunter has featured creative Japanese artworks made of food, housed in bento boxes, and Japanese lunch boxes. Now, we have a new collection of intriguing 'bento art'.
The imagery… [MORE] |
 Modern Ruins - Russian Castles Rotting::Do you believe in ghosts and haunted castles? As regimes fall often the only hint of the opulence of their reign are the left behind, in the form of their castles. For example, Iraq’s tyrant Saddam Hussien… [MORE] |
 Counterfit Shoes Brand YOU - Fake Nikes Tattoo Your Feet::Fraudulent, imitation, bogus, counterfeit, knock-off, fake... whatever word you choose to describe non-licensed brand names products, they still remain somewhat of a novelty.
The quality of these products,… [MORE] |
 Eliminating Vending Machines - Ikoma, Japan to Toss Machines::Vending machines are very inefficient because they run for 24 hours. Japan has 5.4 million vending machines, half of which are for beverages. If all the refrigerated beverage vendors were eliminated, one… [MORE] |
 1 Trillion Pages Indexed - Google Says Internet Is Full::Google says they have one trillion internet pages indexed. And that doesn't include all the Lindsay Lohan or Angelina Jolie websites or Randy Pausch or Lenny Dykstra. These are 1 trillion unique URLs.… [MORE] |
 Military Fantasy Camps - Tank Driving School::In Germany, there’s a little town called Beerfelde where men and women can get a taste of what it’s like to joy ride in a giant, 600-horsepower old Soviet tank. At this “Tank Driving School,” you… [MORE] |
 Z$100 Billion Bank Notes - Zimbabwe Hyperinflation Leads to Agro-cheques::Pardon me, can you spare a five billion for lunch? In Zimbabwe the government is issuing a note worth 100 billion . z$100,000,000,000 because inflation is humming along at over 2 million percent annually.… [MORE] |
 Britain's Busy Skies - 'Bizarre' Levels of UFO Sightings::What indeed is going on in England? Experts say the number of UFO sightings are extraordinarily high this summer in the UK. The map here shows the locations of the recent sightings. Malcolm Robinson, who… [MORE] |
 100,000 Men on Segways - Security Guards at China Olympics::The upcoming Olympics in China have and will produce a lot of headlines. China has already been noted for their specially-made Bird's nest arena in Beijing, the largest fireworks display in the world,… [MORE] |
 Racing in Puffy Suits - The Aeolian Ride::These bikers are part of a wacky event called the Aeolian Ride.
Organized by Jessica Findley, 52 riders are decked out in handmade, white, rip-stop nylon suits in three different shapes. The suits are… [MORE] |
 Extreme Massages - Live Snakes to Relieve Tension::Will snake massages be the subject of Samuel L. Jackson’s next movie?
This unusual treat is offered in a Northern Israeli spa, owned by Ada Barak. The masseur or masseuse releases six non-venomous… [MORE] |
 Unbreakable Fighting Umbrellas - New Philippine Secret Weapon::The government of the Philippines recently used a not-so-recent product as a secret weapon to protect its president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The Unbreakable Fighting Umbrellas are the $180 multi-purpose… [MORE] |
 Racist Comic Books - Memin Pinguin::Memin Pinguin is an extremely controversial Mexican comic book. The global media is lashing out on the Spanish language illustrations which depict the stories of a Cuban-Mexican boy living under conditions… [MORE] |
 Coffin Restaurants - The Eternity::Coffins are a bit creepy, but for some reason, they've been the focus of inspiration for many designers, including a Ukrainian restaurant. The world's first coffin restaurant was built by undertakers and… [MORE] |
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