 Butter Sticks - Grease Sticks for Toast::The glue stick butter applicator is just the right combination of functionality and silliness. I’m not sure that this idea is a commercial reality, but I can definitely see the potential.
One can't… [MORE] |
 Space Produce - Mega Veggies Could End World Hunger::I wonder if these things have Air Miles? Mega Veggies are grown from seeds that were fired into space, where for two weeks, they orbited the Earth. Once returned, the seeds are cultivated in hothouses… [MORE] |
 Famous Apples to Promote Cereal - Eve & Snow White for Kellogs::To advertise the use of "more fruit than before" in Kellog's All-Bran Fruit'n Fibre cereal, JWT advertising agency brought in non-other than Snow White from the beloved children's fairy tale and our mother,… [MORE] |
 Transformer Coffee Cups - Multicultural En Terrasse / To Go Mug::While coffee is a universal drink, different cultures have different rituals and ways of drinking it. For example, while most people in New York City would have their coffee “to go” and drink it on… [MORE] |
 Junk Food Motorcycles - The Hamburglar Bike::Harry Sperl of Florida had this Harley bike customized to look like a really fat hamburger. I think it's a total riot!
"Frankly, I’m surprised we don’t see this kind of thing more often, since Harley’s… [MORE] |
 Sushi Cologne - Smell Like Dinner Wherever You Go::If you love the smell of Japanese restaurants, then you'll be excited to know you can experience the aromas of white rice, seaweed and fish wherever you go. Demeter created a sushi cologne that seeks to… [MORE] |
 Bread Parties - Dough Something Different in SF::Flour power has struck the west coast. While it sounds like something your grandma would have done as a young housewife, bread baking parties are actually a hip type of social get-together people in San… [MORE] |
 Fresh Baked Heads::Believe it or not Artist Kittiwat Unarrom who has a family baking business is baking Hhads and other body parts.
Does that seem gruesome? You probably would be relieved if I told you that those heads… [MORE] |
 Boosted Caffeine - Starbucks Adds “Energy” To Drinks::There’s coffee, there’s espresso, and then there’s “energy” on the menu list of additives to get you powered up at Starbucks. They’ve added the option to enhance the caffeine in their already-stimulated… [MORE] |
 Luxury Fastfood - Hot Ducks::It seems with every new day comes a new addition to the Luxury junk food category. Yesterday we marveled at the caviar burgers at Serdendipity3, and now another New York company is serving up duck hot… [MORE] |
 Non-Dissolving Edible Packaging - Compost or Eat Your Containers::Let’s face it: current food packaging, on one hand, is useful to keep food fresher, but is wasteful. Think of all the plastic and polystyrene containers that are just tossed away after you bring food… [MORE] |
 Suburban Free-Range Meat - Squirrels An Ethical Meal?::Are squirrels the new tofu? Apparently, the little rodents have recently earned themselves the reputation of being an ethical delicacy in the UK. "Suburban 'free-range' meat," was what TreeHugger called… [MORE] |
 East & West Meet With Customization - Personalized Donut Fortune Cookies::Yes, culinary inventions that blend Asian and Western influences are alive and well... and of course, they have come a long way from the wonton self-packaging influence on the burrito.
The chocolate-covered… [MORE] |
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 Celebrity Junkfood - Tim McGraw Corn Chips::Take a tip from Tim McGraw this summer: if you're craving some smoky flavours this summer but don't want to risking getting a barbecue stain on your white Tshirt, try a bag of Spicy Jalapeno Fritos Corn… [MORE] |
 Free Range Humans - Disturbing Pro-Vegan Ads::Here is a marketing idea I hope NEVER becomes a popular trend.
If there ever was a picture worth a thousand words, this could be it. I was mortified when I saw it, and for the record, I'm not a vegetarian.… [MORE] |
 Culinary Assistants - Interactive Digital Cooking Aid::Hannah Plevin designed a very convenient device she calls an Interactive Digital Cooking Aid. This is a foldable, wall-mounted device with a fully adjustable, removable screen and a scale which comes with… [MORE] |
 $1,000 Sushi - Foie Gras High Roller at Koi::I'm a passionate sushi connoisseur, but even I couldn't fathom spending $1,000 on a roll. Apparently the chefs at Koi in New York didn't have customers like me in mind when concocting the High Roller,… [MORE] |
 Sogginess Preventing Cereal Bowls - EatMeCrunchy::Here's an invention that even a Chief Trend Hunter would enjoy! If you've ever taken cereal to work or school, you know you either have to pack the milk separately or deal with blobs of sogginess hardly… [MORE] |
 Soda Bottle Furniture - Chairs & Toys::Designer Jinhong Lin cuts the recycling cycle short by allowing you to instantly convert your soda bottles into a stool or table. I am not sure how comfortable this stool would be, but the table variation… [MORE] |
 $170 Junkfood - Burger King Kobe Beefburger::Fast food is generally also cheap food, that's what gave chains like McDonalds their appeal... so why would Burger King deviate from that by launching a $166 cheeseburger? Specifically, the £85 Kobe beefburger.… [MORE] |
 Virtual Kissing - Mentos Kiss Cam::Mentos unveiled a rather unusual promotional site called Mentos Kiss Cam that allows you to make out with and kiss a super sexy girl or hot guy, according to your preference.
If you have a webcam, all… [MORE] |
 Naughty Desserts - Breast-Shaped Puddings::These naughty breast puddings are sold in Japanese markets and department stores. According to Inventorspot, they have second hand knowledge that the boob puddings taste somewhat milky, sweet and have… [MORE] |
 Multi-Size Cake Slicers - S-XL Cake Pan::The S-XL Cake Pan is the ultimate must-have kitchen gadget for any hostess.
If you've ever been at a party where cake was served (um, that is all of you, right?) you know the frenzy cake size can cause.… [MORE] |
 Plates Made of Coffee Grounds - SPROUT Zero-Waste Restaurant::We've seen some creative master thesis ideas, but Matthijs Vogels' Cradle-to-Cradle project nears the top of my favourites list. Fed up with the vast amount of food people waste, Vogels created SPROUT,… [MORE] |
 Spill Camouflage - Puke Pet::If you are a messy eater, then you've got to get these Puke Pet pins by designers Miss Geschick & Lady Lapsus.
The Puke Pet disguises the stains that result from your less-than-perfect eating habits.… [MORE] |
 Edible Runways - Etro's Farm Fresh Fashion::We've featured green walls, inside and out, even green roofs, green dog houses and living interior designs. Etro, always on the cutting edge of style, realized the popularity of covering surfaces in live… [MORE] |
 Chinese Oreos - Kraft Reformulates Cookie For New Market::Although extremely popular in North America, the Oreo cookie proved not to be so well received when it was first introduced to the Chinese market. It turns out that the Chinese generally found the original… [MORE] |
 Ultra High-Def Banner Ads - Dr. Pepper Drool::After their tremendous success with the Cherry Chocolate Rain campaign, Dr. Pepper is trying their hand at viral once again, this time opting to use a series of "ultra" high-definition banner ads on AOL.… [MORE] |
 Anti-Waste Cutlery - Yogurt Spoon::If you're like me, you try to not leave any food on your plate and attempt to get every last bit of goodness even out of your yogurt containers. It's a habit instilled by my parents who taught me wasting… [MORE] |
 Top 15 Creative Cakes + Instructables Contest (SUPER GALLERY)::Scrap tradition, get creative! These cakes are ultra innovative!
Some people follow recipes, but really creative people know that the best thing they could ever bake comes from tossing the book aside… [MORE] |
 Chopstick Glasses - Hip Stix::How's this for an unusual concept? Brad Gressel created Stix glasses which double as chopsticks and a hair pin. Well, not really. The stainless-steel chopsticks/hair pins are tucked inside the two arms… [MORE] |
 Knitted Food 3 - Delectables Series by Ed Bing Lee::The knitted delectables series by artist Ed Bing Lee is the perfect gift to torture that dieting friend of yours.
The knitted food items include a burger, hotdog, cupcake with sprinkles, pumpkin pie,… [MORE] |
 Offensive Candy - Fat Pig Chocolate::You want to lose weight, but every time a piece of chocolate comes your way, you just can't seem to resist temptation, am I right? The Brooklyn Brothers are offering you a new approach, but be warned,… [MORE] |
 $3,333.33 Ice Cream Sundaes - Three Twins Ice Cream::Trendhunter.com reported on the world's most expensive ice cream sundae, the $1,000 Grand Opulence Sundae from Serendipity of New York City. Somebody should call Guinness to let them know there is a new… [MORE] |
 Ultra Deadly Meals - Tiger Fugu::Some people like to live life on the edge, and while seek their adrenaline through extreme sports, others do it through extreme cuisine. The world's most deadly food is Torafugu or Tiger Fugu, the filet… [MORE] |
 Help the Honey Bees - Haagen Dazs Promotes New Cause::Luxe ice cream manufacturer Haagen Dazs has developed an elaborate public awareness campaign to the help save the honey bees. Alarmingly “more than 25% of the Western honey bee population has disappeared… [MORE] |
 Burners as Hotplates - Sovrappensiero::Ever wanted to serve your food fresh, piping hot food straight from the stove? Well then this is what you need. The stove designed by Sovrappensiero is unique in that you can actually remove its modular… [MORE] |
 Nutritional Spoof Ads - The Sugar Collective::One minute chocolate is good for you, the next it's bad. That's just one small example of an item that is constantly on and off the "foods to avoid" list. Sugar in general continues to top the charts,… [MORE] |
 Fun Pasta Gadgets - Twirling Spaghetti Fork::I can see this causing a whole lot of trouble at the dinner table. Twirling spaghetti is a time honored tradition and now you can do it by just pressing a button on your motorized fork. Supposedly there's… [MORE] |
 Edible Dishes - Biodegradable Picnic Ware::The perfect cutlery for nature lovers, this four-piece set is made from 100% biodegradable cassava. The set comprises cassava plates, bowls and cups plus wooden spoons, forks and knives. The crockery is… [MORE] |
 Cigarette-Shaped Salt n Pepper Shakers - Flavor Country::Designer Myan Duong created these sexy cigarette shaped salt and pepper shakers as an act of defiance: "They can stop you from smoking in restaurants, but they can't stop you from ashing into your food."… [MORE] |
 Drinkable Cigarettes - Schnaider Brand::"Excuse me, waiter. There is a cigarette in my tea." Not quite. That cigarette IS the tea. Schnaiders has introduced tea packs and rolls to resemble cigarettes. And get this, the "filter" acts as a float… [MORE] |
 McDonalds Makeover - Hip Store, Sleek Uniforms::McDonalds UK revamped their interiors and got new designer chairs and muted colours, but then they didn't stop at that and decided the staff needed a makeover too. McDonalds has replaced the brightly coloured… [MORE] |
 Cooking with Absinthe - Absinthe Oysters Rockefeller::Absinthe is one of the hottest drinks on the market, mainly because it was illegal for so long due to its perceived hallucinogenic properties. A tamer, legal version has been back on the North American… [MORE] |
 Fake Jungle Dining - New Restaurant Tropical Rain Forest Theme::New Restaurant is a Swedish restaurant that is really, really determined to go green. This is like the European version of the North American Rain Forest Cafe.
Architectural firm Olssonlyckefors has… [MORE] |
 Tension-Breaking Chocolate - Kit-Kat Break Your Enemies Campaign::This Kit-Kat campaign brings a whole new twist to the famous "Have a break, have a Kit-Kat" slogan.
The print ads shows people that annoy you (wife, boss, and bully) being broken in half the same way… [MORE] |
 Garbage Seafood - Shock Visuals For Clean Seas::As a seafood lover, these ads really spoke to me. The photography is exceptional, and at a glance, one might not notice the horrors hidden within each image.
A closer look shows that the sushi is not… [MORE] |
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