 Painting With Bullets - Military Folk Art by Matthew Stromberg::If you are wandering around Savannah Georgia’s College of Art and Design and see a gunman, call your art broker. Matthew Stromberg shoots aluminum box panels with sub machine guns. He convinced the higher… [MORE] |
 Nude Portraits of Black Models - Soul by Thierry Le Goués::French fashion photographer Thierry Le Goués created Soul which is a really beautiful, haunting and striking collection of black and white nudes. It contains portraits of some of the most recognizable… [MORE] |
 660 Lb Eco Cars - Volkswagen One-Liter Car::Volkswagen has reveled the green car of the future after six years of perfecting the design.
The cute little pod vehicle gets its name for its ability to travel 100 km on only one liter of fuel. Its light… [MORE] |
 Obese Interior Design - The Fat Chair is a Winner::Remember the scene in Fight Club where Brad Pitt was throwing “raw material” over the fence? (It was human fat they were stealing from a hospital that did lipo.) That's exactly what I thought of when… [MORE] |
 Recycled Tire Seating - The DIY Re-Tyre Lounger::TrendHunter.com has featured many ecological furniture designs that use recycled car parts, but it does not get any simpler or more effective than this Re-Tyre seat.
No re-processing or complex manufacturing… [MORE] |
 Velvet Tea Cups - KAHLA 'Touch!' Porcelain::These soft and cozy porcelain cups and bowls are coated in velvet in crazy colours which not only looks great, but protects your hands from very hot or cold drinks. The Touch! cups are definitely dishwasher-safe… [MORE] |
 Uber Geeky Food DIY - Nintendo "1UP Mushroom" Burger::If you thought the "1UP Mushroom" in the Super Mario Nintendo games looked tasty, here's your chance to bite into one! This how-to guide shows you have to make your very own vibrant green 1UP Mushroom… [MORE] |
 Gesture Activated Remote Controls - The Licentia Has No Buttons::Designers are so over buttons. After recently featuring the sleek sPult, Trend Hunter brings you an even more minimalistic gesture-controlled remote that does away with all buttons.
Designed by Jason… [MORE] |
 Chinese Takeout Lamps - Fast Food Home Decor::At first glance these lamps simply appear to be Chinese takeout food containers, but a closer look reveals a unique, classy, and symbolic lighting device.
These lamps come in five colors at Baronbob.com,… [MORE] |
 7 Creative Bus Stops::Creative minds were behind the conception and design of these bus stops.
Waiting for public transportation to arrive is not exactly fun and happy times. Often times the patrons are cranky after a long… [MORE] |
 Angular Storage - The Quad Book Shelf::The quad book shelf is both unique and functional. It has strong visual appeal and it has yet to be discovered by the masses.
As pictured here, the shelf cubicles come in variety of sizes, making it… [MORE] |
 Trompe-L'oeil Chimney Stacks - Striking Beauty in the Paris Suburbs::The chimney stacks of a heating building in Bagnolet, an eastern suburb of Paris, have been transformed into a stunning work of art,thanks to artist Frederic Gracia. Gracia beautified the twin chimneys… [MORE] |
 Cut-Out Mustaches - Nike Vintage Shows Love for Retro Facial Hair::Nike knows consumers think retro is hip, but the sports brand wants to be the one to bring the mustache back. They want to revive the age of sports in which the mustache played an integral role in the… [MORE] |
 Exuberant Couture Stages - Chanel at the Grand Palais::Karl Lagerfeld needed a dramatic space to show his Chanel collection for the fall, so he chose the Grand Palais. The huge space made the enormous gathering of the fashion elite seem insignificant when… [MORE] |
 Eco Umbrellas Made of Garbage - The Eco Brolly::Umbrellas are like 4x4 vehicles. They don’t get appreciated until they’re needed. The Eco Brolly is a quasi-umbrella design—quasi in the sense that there is only half of it, the skeleton. When it… [MORE] |
 Packing Tape as a Beauty Accessory - The Body Tape::This has got to be the mother of all multi-purpose tapes!
The Body Tape is 100% vinyl packing tape that can be worn as an accessory. The quaint tape is printed black on white and there are four different… [MORE] |
 Custom Adult Tree Houses - Baumraum Architects::The Germany-based company, Baumraum, designs and builds treehouses. Not the cookie-cutter, kiddy ones, but the super expensive, custom-built ones. They boast being able to build a house in any tree. Should… [MORE] |
 100 Mile Drawings in the Sand - World's Largest Human-Made Art by Jim Denevan::Jim Denevan is a Santa Cruz, CA-based artist who makes freehand temporary drawings in sand using only a stick and a rake. Working up to seven hours and walking long distances to work on his drawings, Denevan… [MORE] |
 Green Chess - Recycled Auto Part Chess Set::Kicking it into overdrive, the Recycled Auto Parts Chess set was done by Armando Ramierez. Each piece is a small sculpture made from reclaimed auto parts; for example, the bishop's heads are spark plugs.… [MORE] |
 Hard-To-Read Watches - The Galaxy by Tokyoflash::On Trend Hunter, innovation and originality take the pedestal. In the world of watches, Tokyoflash takes design to a new level with their newest watch, the Galaxy. The watch allows you to make a fashion… [MORE] |
 Fuel Cell Vehicles of the Future - The Revolute::Will somebody please build one of these neat little cars? How much fun would it be to buzz around the neighborhood or bog in the REVOLUTE? The really cool part? It has a clicker that reconfigures the wheelbase… [MORE] |
 Futuristic Eco Kegs - The Kegstand::Why the hell hasn't this been thought of before? Seriously! Frequent party-throwers will want to invest in one of these: The Kegstand. Designed by Kaleidoscope, a product development consultancy in Cincinnati,… [MORE] |
 Measuring the "Greeness" of Lawns - The Grass Scanner::I think the grass scanner idea by the RCA Design Interactions show (UK) is brilliant.
The Grass Scanner, a device designed by Alice Wang that measures how green your grass is. Using 3 Pantone Color Cue… [MORE] |
 Custom Chandeliers - 'Rock and Royal' Lighting::I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I found Rock & Royal who make custom chandeliers and mosaics. Their works are simply AMAZING. I love the skull and cross bones and the gun. I don't think I… [MORE] |
 Sidewalk Pod Vehicles - The Camper Lotus::(Insert tongue firmly in cheek) The Camper Lotus is a zero-emission transportation device designed by Patty Yuan. She has conceived the notion that people aren’t fat, don’t need more exercise and sidewalks… [MORE] |
 Cat Patios - Window-Mounted Feline Luxury Deck::For the price of about $150, your family cat can be treated to the luxurious Window Cat Patio.
As pictured here, the self-contained unit mounts to a window using only a Phillips screwdriver.
Features… [MORE] |
 Carved Vegetable Bikinis - The 'Big Is In' Campaign by Magimix::'Big Is In' campaign for the Magimix line of food processors features print ads which use Rubinesk, bikini-clad, veggies. Food carving has been seeing a resurgence in recent days, and here we see eggplants,… [MORE] |
 Art Meets Medical Treatment - Lamb Dialys::Revital Cohen is a second year student at the London Royal College of Art.
She is fascinated by the inhumane effect dialysis machines have on patients with defunct kidneys.
In a presentation of her work… [MORE] |
 Parcel-Carrying Scooters - The Cargo by Elliot Ortiz::This attractive scooter dubbed the Cargo was designed by Elliot Ortiz, an industrial design student from San Francisco. The two-wheeled vehicle was conceived as a light cargo vehicle as its name indicates.… [MORE] |
 Constantly Changing Museum Hotels - The Museumotel Utopia::In the town of Râon-l'Etape, France, the Museumotel Utopia offers nine "love" bubble bungalows for your next vacation. All of the decoration is drawn from the decorative and stylistic heritage of the… [MORE] |
 Paper Shampoo - Airport Security Safe Hygiene Innovations::No more excuses for dirty hair! Paper Shampoo is the answer to the recent airline security restrictions on liquids. In addition to traveling, this ultra compact unique shampoo can be great for camping… [MORE] |
 Designer Demolition Parties - Philippe Starck Destroys Royal Monceau Palace::Next year Philippe Starck plans to rock the establishment with a new take on "sexy, intelligent" luxury at Paris' Royal Monceau palace hotel. But before rebirth comes destruction, and so last night Starck… [MORE] |
 Waterfalls as Urban Art (UPDATE) - The New York City Waterfalls Now Open::New York City now offers a spectacular public waterfall installation for those who yearn to see cascading falls but are far from what one would consider to be an outdoorsy type. There's no hiking involved… [MORE] |
 Balls You Can Bounce Inside (Part 4) - Roll Around in Buzzball::Welcome to the future of rides. Not satisfied with regular roller-coaster rides, Timothy Brien has designed the Buzzball. The beauty of the Buzzball is that you can control your own level of buzz and create… [MORE] |
 Noise Sensitive Tables - ‘Reflect’ Illuminates Whoever is Dominating Conversation::Reflect is a meeting table system that shows who’s dominating the conversation by monitoring the sound levels of people’s conversations.
Reflect visualizes the current state of the conversation via… [MORE] |
 Pill Shaped Radio Clock - The Geluleto::Are you taking in pills regularly as part of a medication? If yes, it’s a sure thing that you need to be updated always about the time of the day so you can take the pill on time. To add more wit and… [MORE] |
 Dancing in Tubes & $1,500 Vodka - "The Set" Club in Miami Beach::Miami Beach is certainly one of the world's most famous nightclub cities. Here's a glance inside one of the hippest, most exclusive nightclubs on the Beach. The Set is from the Opium Group of developers.… [MORE] |
 Insect-Shaped Kitchenware - Ant Salt & Pepper Shakers::Ants are an undesirable guest at picnic tables; however, these Ants Salt & Pepper Shakers are probably the only pair of ants that are quite welcome.
The ceramic shakers come with a glossy black finish,… [MORE] |
 Cylindrical, Hydrogen-Powered Cars - The Ozone::Özkan Koral has designed a new style of car, foregoing the traditional four-wheeled, longer-than-wide vehicle we commonly associate with transportation. This design concept for a Peugeot hydrogen-powered… [MORE] |
 Weed Whacker Golf Clubs - The Big Daddy Driver::This gizmo is for those golfers who take the game a bit too serious. The Big Daddy Driver is actually a grass trimmer disguised as a giant golf club. The bottom of the "club" flips open to reveal a bit… [MORE] |
 81 Retro Fashions & Designs (SUPER GALLERY)::A revival of all things retro has been witnessed across the design industry, from the return of the rotary phone to 60s mini dresses and 1970s home decor, designers are reintroducing blasts from the past.… [MORE] |
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 Geeky Babooshka Dolls - The Matryoshkus Nero Set Teaches Data Sizes::A matryoshka (or Babooshka) is a set of dolls that are placed one inside the other. Art Lebedev uses this popular nested doll mechanism in their nerdy Matryoshkus Nero.
Matryoshkus Nero is a set of Matryoshka… [MORE] |
 London Jewelry Week - Swarovski’s Fantastic Collection::Jewelry Design Week (the jewelry world’s equivalent of fashion week) was celebrated in London from June 11 to June 15. The event, the first of its kind celebrated in the the British capital, was attended… [MORE] |
 Crafts for Environmental Awareness - Hyberbolic Crochet Reef::The hyperbolic crochet reef started in Australia, gathering beautiful creatures, made by avid crocheters, wherever it went. It then travelled around the U.S. and has now come to London where it can be… [MORE] |
 Optical Illusion Tic-Tac-Toe - The XO Game::Created by the Peleg Design studio, "XO" is a new game that adds a twist to the classic game of tic-tac-toe. The game is composed of half-parts which are intact with their reflections. It's a simple idea… [MORE] |
 Global Artists to Watch - Helle Mardahl::Helle Mardahl, born in 1976, is a Copenhagen-based artist who blurs the boundaries of art and fashion.
She studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins, a prestigious institution in London. Mardahl… [MORE] |
 Digitalized Children - Ray Caesar’s Surreal Art::Ray Caesar (b. October 26, 1958) is a visual surreal artist and digital painter residing in Toronto, Canada.
Caesar’s art redefines possibility and pushes the boundaries of digital art, moving away… [MORE] |
 48 Innovations in Coffee (SUPER GALLERY)::"Coffee culture" can be witnessed all over the world, from South America and Africa to the Western World. In Europe it ranges from the espresso connoisseurs in Italy to the afternoon Kaffee und Kuchen… [MORE] |
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