 Torture As Street Entertainment - Coney Island Waterboarding Sideshow::Politics are a carnival of life, so why not make a side show out of a torture technique like waterboarding?
Ya pays yo money, ya gets a show that “Don’t Gitmo Better.”
Steve Powers opened the… [MORE] |
 Caffeinated Lip Balm - Spazz Sticks::Following an earlier article on caffeinated soap, the principle of caffeinated lip balm needs very little explaining.
Invented by an Alaskan police officer, the Spazz Stick combines the benefits of a… [MORE] |
 Olympic Masks - US Cycling Team Prepared for Beijing Smog::The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony is only two days away, and by now most of the athletes have made their way to China. The American cycling team, however, made headlines upon their arrival.
When… [MORE] |
 Paying To Punch People in the Face - eBay Ass Whipping::Upset at the cards you’ve been dealt? Not having a good day? Don’t you just want to grab the next guy that walks by and let him have it? Supposedly, an unnamed man was willing to fly anywhere in the… [MORE] |
 Shopping for Groceries in Tanks - Sign of High Costs of Food?::Joachim Schoeneich of Neu Anspach Germany may well be reacting to the rising cost of food so much so that he needs to protect it. He and his family shop for groceries in their family tank! The tank is… [MORE] |
 Extreme Face Painting - Leaving no Patch Unpainted::This comprehensive image gallery shows face painting like you've never seen before! This isn't the type of art work you might see at a children's fair or even in Flickr carnival shots.
These photographs… [MORE] |
 Pedal Powered Toilet Paper - Eco Inventions That Stink::Oh, forget the sub-zero fridge, the home theater and the 18,000 square foot jacuzzi tub. What can really sell a home in this tough market are pedal powered toilet paper dispensers!
Is it any wonder the… [MORE] |
 4 Funky Phone Booth Installations::On Trend Hunter, there are a lot of featured articles about funky public art installations from around the world. I wanted to narrow it down and focus on some of the most innovative phone booth installations.… [MORE] |
 Star Wars Weddings - May the Force Unite You::There are theme weddings and then there are Star Wars weddings. I love this wedding as they have managed to pull off a themed wedding without turning it in a tack fest. I mean, even the wedding photographs… [MORE] |
 Death and Divorce Jewelery - Gisele Gann Mourning Designs::Good Mourning! Shall it be death or divorce today? Gisele Ganne has created a line of accessories depicting the symbols of death, mourning, and divorce.
Reviving an ancient trend of wearing mourning… [MORE] |
 Odd Signs of High Gas Prices - Camel Carrying a Car::A camel carrying a car? Perhaps it is a sign of things to come with the rising cost of fuel. The video shows the camel taking the car from Afghanistan to Pakistan which is a torturous and treacherous route… [MORE] |
 Sculptures to Hide Underground Homes - The House of Spiritual Retreat::The House of Spiritual Retreat (Casa De Retiro Spiritual), which can be described as an "extreme" homes, was designed by architect, Emilio Ambasz.
The odd-looking home has been dubbed the "Book House"… [MORE] |
 37 Cool Camouflages - From Fake Skin to Secret Wall Tattoos (SUPER GALLERY)::Camouflage is something that works as a disguise by blending in with its surroundings. We observe it in nature and armies use it to hide from enemies, but there are a whole range of other innovative types… [MORE] |
 Socks With Sandals - Gold Shoedals by Alexander McQueen::Alexander McQuirky, er McQueen, wants to rewrite the unspoken rules of fashion.
Wearing socks with sandals has long been known as one of the most basic, yet unforgivable fashion faux pas one could commit,… [MORE] |
 18 Massive, Bizarre World Records (SUPER GALLERY)::Trend Hunter is always on the look out for the next big thing, which is why we frequently feature record breakers. We have seen a lot of "The World's First, Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Tallest or Most… [MORE] |
 Flying with Balloons over Brazil - Priest's Publicity Stunt Loses Air::Hot on the heels of Pixar's Up trailer comes news that a Brazilian priest made it back to the ground after being lifted in the air by hundreds of helium balloons.
Unlike in the animated movie trailer,… [MORE] |
 Modified VW Bugs - Monster and Jet Powered Beetles::This monster VW Beetle tops our list of the biggest bugs we've ever seen!
Generally, the Volkswagen Beetle is thought of as a fun woman's car, or brings back childhood memories of Herbie. While most… [MORE] |
 10 Amazing Lego Sculptures::It was really hard choosing just ten Lego structures to feature in this gallery, but here they are: truly mind bogglingly complicated things made from Lego.
Lego Heart - Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.… [MORE] |
 Cloud and Sky Typography - Letters Inspired by Nature::This university project was created by Lisa Rienermann while taking a semester abroad in Barcelona while studying typography at the University of Essen in Germany.
While in Spain, Lisa kept looking at… [MORE] |
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 $17,000 Denim - Vintage Levi's Jeans::This is unreal! An old pair of vintage Levi’s was found in a mine in California. The jeans were covered in wax, with an old paper bag with the name of a mercantile store which operated between 1895 and… [MORE] |
 Sluggish Street Art - Inner City Snail::I thought the Lego wall street art was an awesome urban installation, but 'Inner City Snail' has got to take the biscuit on name alone.
The artists call it a slow moving street art project. The snail… [MORE] |
 45 Really Random Rings (SUPER GALLERY)::Jewelery designers ask me all the time how to get featured on the web. To make it simple, the pieces have to be really stunning, offer cutting edge attributes, be customizable or offer some other very… [MORE] |
 Saliva Art - Spit Photogram Prints::Artist and instructor, Jessica Jane Julius, tries to make something socially disgusting like "discarded body fluid" into something beautiful.
She shines light through her saliva onto light sensitive… [MORE] |
 Vending Machines That Break Things - Smashing Way to Release Anger::This Anger Release Machine is a fabulous follow up to a previous china-smashing vending machine featured on Trend Hunter.
I am sure this machine would make you feel a lot calmer; it would indeed be… [MORE] |
 Extreme DIY Body Modifications - Make Your Own Elf Ears::I love this Elf Ears body modification. For once I think the extreme results are OK - and not one I would rather die than do.
These elf ears where done with the aid of body modification artist, Russ… [MORE] |
 More Eyelid Tattoos::I thought the previous eyelid tattoos featured on Trend Hunter could not be beaten, but boy was I wrong! Check out this selection for more glorious, random art from the World of tattoo's.
Clearly the… [MORE] |
 LEGO For Home Repair - DIY Wall Repairs::LEGO for home repair? It seems there is nothing you can’t do without LEGO. I'm most fond of these Lego wall repair images. They're an excellent example of street art.
The best part is that even if… [MORE] |
 Designer Doggie Doo Bags - Fashionable Poo Poo Bags::Doggie leftovers! That’s how poopoobags.com describes your dog’s excrement which needs to be put in their bags.
Junge Schactel says that poop-scoop bags should be pretty, so they made their line… [MORE] |
 Licking Hotel Room Surfaces - Extended Stay Hotel Ad Is Gross, Not Sexy::Sometimes there’s a fine line that, once crossed, can turn something funny and sexy into an absolutely weird and gross thing. This quirky guerrilla YouTube video ad for Extended Stay hotels follows this… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Diets - The PB & J Campaign::A environmental campaign started by ordinary citizens is calling for a peanut butter diet.
It's called the The PB&J;Campaign, but it's not restricted to peanut butter and jam sandwiches. The premise… [MORE] |
 Tree Porn - Greenpeace Gets Sensual With 'Forest Love'::This has got to be the 'most unique' awareness video EVER. ForestLove is a new viral video by Greenpeace that shows trees getting it on and getting naughty.
With a message of, "Come Together For Forests,"… [MORE] |
 Olympic Sex Testing - China Sets Up Lab (Blame Pregnant Man?)::Believe it or not, the Beijing Olympic authorities are planning to test female Olympic athletes that are suspected to be males based on their external appearance.
A test lab at the Peking Union Medical… [MORE] |
 7,500 Litres of Free Flowing Champagne - World's Largest Champagne Fountain::I struggle with the most basic construction, so I find the World's largest champagne fountain staggering. It's a bit like dominos, but with 43,000 glasses and 7,500 litres of champagne involved. Talk about… [MORE] |
 Pigs That Look Like Sheep - Boris the Lincolnshire Curly Coat Pig::I love this creature, who incidentally is named Boris. He is in fact a pig in sheep's clothing. Is he trendworthy? He is very cool, and very random and darn well worth a mention!
Looking like a sheep… [MORE] |
 Imaginary Villain Fashion - The Other Hats Of Darth Vader::The image of Star War’s most famous bad guy, Darth Vader, is made unmistakable by the polished black helmet that he wears. But, that was Darth’s work helmet. We can get a glimpse of Mr. Vader’s life… [MORE] |
 Fake Electronics Made of Felt - Plush Portables::The designs in the gallery give us some more joy from Etsy.com designers. These pieces are from French textile artist Kmila Rodz, who lovingly creates plush, felt versions of popular portable electronic… [MORE] |
 Edible Boat Races - Chocolate Tart is Champion::The BBC reported that arguably the very first edible boat race in the UK was won by a chocolate tart. It was a schoolboy's entrant whose mother did the actual baking. All the contenders came up with boats… [MORE] |
 Illusory Fashion Photography - Brian Walker's Ironic 'Plastic Fantastic'::These wild images are actually some of the tamer ones from contemporary photographer Brian Walker’s web site titled “Lick the Sun”. Walker takes a satirical look at current fashion trends and extremes… [MORE] |
 Ethereal Accessories - Feather Angel Wings::Accessories are all the rage in fashion; shoes, belt, hats, bags, so why not wings? These ethereal feather wings are handmade and really quite stunning. After I looked at them for a while they began to… [MORE] |
 Geek Tattoos - Tattoo Designs for Nerds::Geek tattoos? As you may have guessed I am loving tattoos at the moment. But tattoos and geeks has to be a trend-winning combination. I have been using a blogger geek tattoo in presentations for a while,… [MORE] |
 Fembots Replacing Human Actors - Actroid DER-2 Stars in TV Commercial::Actroid DER-2, Kokoro’s fembot, starred in a TV commercial for Kincho’s Preshower UV insect repellent/sunscreen spray. In other words, robots are replacing human actors.
Funny enough, the commercial… [MORE] |
 Shoes That Look Like Origami - By Designer Marloes ten Bhomer::Just when you thought that shoe designs couldn't get more abstract, we introduce you to shoes that resemble!
Dutch designer Marloes ten Bhömer recently launched these futuristic looking shoes, which… [MORE] |
 Ringtones For Dogs - Oh Wait, People Don't Speak 'Dog'::Similar to the dog doorbell, this phone ringtone is made specifically for dogs. Does that mean you can call your dog? If so, it pains me to post an article like this because I think it would only work… [MORE] |
 Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Nominated for Most Talked About Award::Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie has created a media storm with the debut of his newborn baby pictures. The ‘Pregnant Man Pictures’ storm was strong enough to knock TrendHunter down (generating 150,000… [MORE] |
 Two Faced Baby - Revered as a God by Indian Villiage::This two year old baby girl was born with two faces. She was born in Dheli, India, where she is being compared to Lakshmi Tama. In other words, instead of being an outcast or 'freak' she is being revered… [MORE] |
 Life for Celebrity Imposters - What if you looked like Angelina Jolie?::The ordinary people featured in this TV interview all bear uncanny likenesses to celebrities. They all have a story to tell about what it is like to look like someone really famous.
Danny Lopez and Tiffany… [MORE] |
 Sand Hotel - Actual Sandcastle Hotel, Also a PR Stunt::Hats off to the peeps being the first ever sandcastle hotel / sand hotel. The concept isn’t only a great idea, the execution is as well. For example, your room includes its own flags. The world’s… [MORE] |
 Space-Goth Fashion - Scherer Gonzalez Futuristic Collection::Constanze G. González and Paul Scherer, the duo behind the Berlin-Based label, Scherer Gonzalez, design some of the most futuristic fashions on the runways.
Their posterior enhancing designs feature… [MORE] |
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