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Popular This Week1. Cardboard Conference Cells - The Cellulose Meeting Pod Encourages Interactivity in Workplaces (GALLERY)  In many offices there can be limited room to hold a private meeting, but with the Cellulose Meeting Pod, you may never have that shortcoming again. Perfect for creative spaces that usually employ an open…2. City-Exclusive Fashion Lines - Chanel Shanghai will be the Most Refined Boutique East of Paris (VIDEO)  Famed luxury fashion house Chanel will open a new boutique in China. Chanel Shanghai will open on November 25th in what the company is promising to be their most refined boutique ever. Shanghai, an extremely…3. 11 Popular Pop-Up Books - From Electric Pop-Up Books to Modern Architecture Pop-Up Books (CLUSTER)  Pop-ups have been a favorite among children ever since they realized reading is, well, kind of boring. Pop-up books give kids a way to interact with their literature and keep them interested in the book…4. 12 Maxim Magazinovations - From Vampiric Beach Poses to Next-Gen Top Models (CLUSTER)  OK I’ll be honest, I just really wanted to make a Maxim cluster. Every single picture found here will be of an extremely attractive woman. Therefore, I proudly decree the Maxim Magazine cluster the best…5. 10 Rolling Stone Selections - From Offensive Magazine Features to Presidential Portrait Remakes (CLUSTER)  Rolling Stone Magazine is one of my favorite magazines. Full of information, opinions and insights on the latest music news, it is like MTV if MTV had anything to do with music anymore.
Due to declining…6. 'Twilight' Real Estate - Edward Cullen's 'New Moon' Home Can Be Yours for $3.3 Million (GALLERY)  For Jason Soprovich, a realtor who sells homes in the elegant and luxury market, getting a $3.3 million listing isn’t new. But what really must have made his day is the house up for sale that is the Edward…7. 20 Fantastic Food Deliveries - From Subscription-Based Sweets to Healthy Office Snacks (CLUSTER)  Many food startups are using delivery-based business models and focusing on specific niche markets. It's a unique and innovative concept that stands to defy the era of big-box retailing.
Despite the…8. Sam and Karen, Founders of Craftastrophe (INTERVIEW)  As the editors of Craftastrophe, Sam and Karen are on the cutting edge of viral Internet humor. What started out as a fun idea to get a few laughs has blossomed into an online forum of the worst the Internet…9. Hearing Aid Bling - Hayleigh’s Cherished Charms is a 10-Year Old Entrepreneur’s Innovati (GALLERY)  10-year old jewelry artisan Hayleigh Scott beat the odds when she miraculously survived a life-threatening birth defect. This left her hearing impaired and thus started the road to creating hearing aid…10. Lance Ulanoff, Editor-in-Chief of PCMag.com (INTERVIEW)  Lance Ulanoff, Editor-in-Chief of PCMag.com, took some time out of his busy day to tell Trend Hunter what helps him stay on the cutting edge of technology.
Innovation and trends are at the center of…11. Sushi Bars for Pets - Feed Your Pet Raw Food at S.A.D Dog Sushi or Pussy & Pooch (GALLERY)  We all know that eating raw foods can be tremendously beneficial to one’s health (well, some foods, anyway—please put down that raw ground beef). Now, sushi bars for pets are springing up in some cities…12. Weekly Cake Clubs - Le Dolci Delivers Organic Desserts to London's Doorsteps (GALLERY)  Food-of-the-month clubs are on the rise (at least in New York City) and dessert clubs are not far behind. In London, Le Dolci is one such dessert club. But instead of monthly deliveries, Le Dolci delivers…13. Small Biz Social Media - The Sprouter Online Commmunity is Twitter for Entrepreneurs (GALLERY)  Shake your fist at Twitter as much as you want but we can’t deny that the Twitter model has its uses. Case in point: the Sprouter online community, a Canadian startup, is applying the concept to help small…14. Public Alcohol Testers - Coin-Operated Alcospot Vending Machine Tells You Your Limits (GALLERY)  AlcoSpot is a coin operated alcohol tester designed for restaurant, bar or club patrons who have had a few brewskies and want to make sure they’re still at a safe limit.
10 minutes after you’ve had a…15. Color-Coded Wines - 94wines Uses Numbers and Colors for Customer Personalization (GALLERY)  If you’re a wine connoisseur, it’s probably unimaginable to buy wine in which you have no idea what country it was from and when it was made. The Dutch company 94wines, however, is offering numbered and… |
Popular This Month1. 32 Riveting Retail Spaces - Businesses With Unique Storefronts and Innovative Interiors (CLUSTER)  Now more than ever, a retail business can’t rely solely on its brand identify to sell. No, it takes much more inventiveness—a memorable experience, if you will—to engage customers, which is why many retailers…2. 61 Things You Can Rent - Rentable Innovations, from Wives to Celebrity Homes (CLUSTER)  There is a fascination in our society with things you can rent rather than purchase. Why? Maybe because we are just getting more bored, more quickly. Gone are the days when movies and motel rooms were…3. 52 e-Commerce Innovations - Cases of e-Business, from Online Contests to Crowdsourced Commercials (CLUSTER)  No matter what business you’re in, having an online presence is absolutely imperative in this day and age. While e-Commerce innovations include having an online store or website, it’s also useful to incorporate…4. More Teeny Tiny Houses - Tumbleweed Homes Make Mini Homes Next Big Thing (VIDEO)  House hunting was all about “location” but now size matters. New condos are seen as tiny, but what if I told you the the next thing is housing was Tumbleweed Tiny Houses? There are mini houses that range…5. Pointy Bra Economics - End to Financial Downturn Marked by Uplifting Undergarment Sales (GALLERY)  Robust sales of retro undergarments may signal an upturn in the economy, say British retailers. Madonna donned pointy bras in the ‘80s but they were first made popular in the ‘50s by stars like Marilyn…6. Mobile Hotel Pods - The SLEEPBOX Could Make Hotel Reservations Obsolete (GALLERY)  Picture the very near future, picture finding yourself in a city away from home, picture yourself without a hotel reservation. Now picture yourself not sweating it. This is a very real possibilty thanks…7. Freelance Goats - Rent-a-Ruminant Has Goats Eating Invasive Plants (GALLERY)  So you have a lot of extra brush and foliage on your property, and you don’t really have the time to take a weed whacker to it. What are you going to do? You call Rent-a-Ruminant.
This ingenious service…8. Fashion Designer Rugs - Easton Pearson Takes the Runway to the Floor (GALLERY)  Easton Pearson is making a splash in their endeavor into home furnishings. The company has already proven itself in fashion, and now Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson are innovating in designer rugs.
These…9. Minivans With Lambo Doors - The Honda Skydeck Has More Doors than It Knows What to Do With (GALLERY)  Concept cars are the best kind of car around, seriously. So what if you can’t drive them? You can look at them, and imagine driving them. The Honda Skydeck is a super rad ride that will probably never…10. Amber Mac, TV Star and Blogger (INTERVIEW)  Amber Mac has an impressive background in television. Having worked for CityTV, CBC, G4TechTV and MTV she certainly knows the world of television, but when she began writing under her own name at AmberMac.com,…11. 15 Shopping Cart Creations - From Smart Pushcarts to Load-Baring Bicycles (CLUSTER)  I don’t know why, but somehow whenever I start my grocery shopping, I tend to forget to grab a shopping cart. This is usually a bad thing as I usually mean business when I enter a grocery store. It seems…12. Futuristic Parisian Bakeries - La Patisseries De Reves Creates a Unique Shopping Experience (GALLERY)  So, of course you would expect the French to have great patisseries, I mean, that is a given. But would you expect a delicious patisserie to also be an experiment in innovative design, as well? The French…13. Disintegrating Taxidermy - The '1000 Degrees Celsius Deyrolle' Book is Morbid and Macabre (GALLERY)  Being quite possibly the most morbid and disturbing book ever to grace the shelves of your local Chapters, Borders or Barnes & Noble, Laurent Bochet’s '1000 Degrees Celsius Deyrolle' documents the aftermath…14. New Storefront Ventures - Microsoft Launched Its First Retail Store in Scottsdale (GALLERY)  Microsoft has taken a cue from its competitors (namely Apple) and opened its first storefront retail operation in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Microsoft launched its first retail store with long lines, excited…15. Dripping Chocolate Ceilings - The Godiva Chocoiste is a Chocoholic's Paradise (GALLERY)  I am a chocoholic and I think that Godiva’s new flagship store in Harajuku (an ultra-hip area in Tokyo, Japan) might be my mecca. Designed by Wonderwall the concept Godiva Chocoiste has a dripping chocolate… |
Popular Last Month1. Glamorizing Diverse Body Types - Plus Size Models Galore Appear in Glamour Magazine's October Issue  With positive reviews of its September issue still fresh in everyone’s mind, Glamour Magazine will feature eight nude and beautiful plus-size models in their October 2009 issue.
Glamour Magazine really…2. Marina Orlova, Star of Hot For Words (INTERVIEW) (GALLERY)  Marina Orlova became an online sensation when she created Hot for Words. If you are among the few who haven’t seen it, Marina Orlova finds the origins of words and explains them.
Seemingly simple, and…3. Hot for Hot For Words (THTV)  Naked Books, Phoenetic Bollywood and Baddass Lyrical Graffiti - Today we hunt Hot For Hot For Words: a toast to Marina Orlova
10. Screw driving on roads! Go off-roading on Brain Castleforte’s “Typographic…4. 55 Creative Junkfood Marketing Ideas - Selling Fast Food With Bikinis, Presidents & Luxury Appeal (CLUSTER)  We know it’s bad for us but we keep buying it: why does creative junkfood marketing work so well? Ads range from those that convince health conscious customers that there are “smart” menu choices to those…5. Emo Corsets - aNGrYGiRL Gear’s Line is Delightfully Dark (GALLERY)  aNGrYGiRL Gear specializes in exclusive, custom handmade clothing “for the darker side of life.” With names like “Temptation” and “Dominance,” aNGrYGiRL Gear’s edgy line of gorgeous custom corsets are…6. Stencil-Like Carpets - ‘Top Floor’ Rugs by Esti Barnes Include Hand-Made Designs (GALLERY)  Esti Barnes designs stunning floor coverings. Most of her concepts are brought into being by hand. Many are sculptural. Some boast cutouts. Others are a brilliant mix of color, texture, and graphic form.…7. 50 Real Estate Innovations - Unique Ways Properties are Being Sold Around the World (CLUSTER)  What are some of the biggest real estate trends for 2010? This cluster of real estate innovations is a great indicator of some of the unique happenings we’ve been spotting around the world. From abandoned…8. 50 Halloween Marketing Innovations - Exploiting All Hallow's Eve, From Shoes to Lawn Decor (CLUSTER)  Marketers are always quick to use commercial holidays as the foundation for advertising ideas and product concepts and Halloween marketing is no exception. As much as I hate to admit it, Halloween isn’t…9. Portable Temporary Houses - Heirloom Quality Custom Buildings Delivered on Wheels (GALLERY)  For $15,000 to $50,000 buyers can get a little custom house delivered to their property via trailer from a California company called, ‘Little House on the Trailer.’ The small prefab structures can be used…10. 43 Gourmet Goodies - Gourmet Magazine Folds, But You Don’t Have To (CLUSTER)  With the sad, sad announcement that Conde Nast will be closing down Gourmet Magazine indefinitely, I’ve decided to compile a cluster filled with gourmet goodies for those grumbling tummies. Considering…11. Honoring Ugly Beauty - The Vogue Extreme Beauty Book Looks at Everything Considered Pretty (VIDEO)  Vogue is at the forefront of the fashion world and the magazine mogul has recently come out with the Vogue Extreme Beauty Book which features photography from prestigious photographers such as Bruce Weber,…12. Hyper Graffiti Heels - INSA Heels Releases More Brightly Decorated Foot Candy (GALLERY)  INSA Heels is back with a unique new collection of hyper-printed, multi-colored, offbeat shoes. The shoe company, after a successful first season, has released an assortment of super funky, graffiti-style…13. Personal Shoe Shoppers - Get Your Shoes Handpicked For You with ShoeDazzle (GALLERY)  ShoeDazzle is to shoes what Hipstery is to t-shirts (just to refresh your memory, a little while ago Trend Hunter covered Hipstery, a company that selects tees for its customers). ShoeDazzle provides customers…14. 44 Ways China Prospers - The China Economy, From Chinese Microcars to Trillion Dollar Firms (CLUSTER)  News about the China economy is everywhere; China has created this and discovered that. We all know what’s going on with the East—and that my friends, is not what’s going on in the West. While we continue…15. Fast Food-Inspired Branding - Breadedescalope Cooks Up a New 'Grow to Go' Identity for Wildwuchs (GALLERY)  Everything is becoming increasingly convenient; design studio Breadedescalope has decided to take note from the fast food epidemic to transform the flower shop, Wildwuchs, around their new motto ‘Grow… |
