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How Will The Global Financial Meltdown Affect Iceland?

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How Will The Global Financial Meltdown Affect Iceland?

After reading about how the global financial meltdown is affecting Iceland and causing an unprecedented banking failure that has driven the UK into threatening to take legal action against Iceland to recover deposits, I turned to Trend Hunter’s library to learn more about this island country in Northern Europe.

I was pleasantly surprised to find many innovations that originate in Iceland. Our talented Icelandic Trend Hunter Hjörtur Smárason is accountable for most of these fantastic trends.

The Icelandic innovations range from color changing glass buildings and ice divings to music instrument and video innovations by Bjork, one of my favorite singers.

Oct 8, 08 - 10,990 Views



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Eco Iceland Initiatives

Eco Iceland Initiatives

Mitsubishi iMiEV Electric Car Program (VIDEO)
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 Global Presidential Voting

Global Presidential Voting

IfTheWorldCouldVote.com (Obama Would be President)
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 Enlightened Fish

Enlightened Fish

Dried Cod Lamps as Art
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Color-Changing Glass Buildings

Color-Changing Glass Buildings

Icelandic Opera House in Reykjavik (GALLERY)
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 Free Trips for Bloggers

Free Trips for Bloggers

International Invites (GALLERY)
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 Innovative Stereoscopic 3D Music Videos

Innovative Stereoscopic 3D Music Videos

Bjork’s Wanderlust (VIDEO)
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Controversial TV Spot Is 2007's Best TV Ad

Controversial TV Spot Is 2007's Best TV Ad

The Last Supper (VIDEO)
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 Rent a Hydrogen Car

Rent a Hydrogen Car

Iceland Hydrogen Society Now Closer (VIDEO)
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 Icelandic Hairy Hats

Icelandic Hairy Hats

The Bearded Cap
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Home of the Trolls

Home of the Trolls

Icelandic Lava Flower (GALLERY)
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 Imagine Peace Tower Unveiled on...

Imagine Peace Tower Unveiled on...


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 Pink Taxis (FOLLOW-UP)

Pink Taxis (FOLLOW-UP)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month In Iceland
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Fan Created Music Videos

Fan Created Music Videos

Bjork Invites Public to Create Video for 'Innocence' (VIDEO)
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 Reactable Instrument

Reactable Instrument

Björk Introduces a New Electronical Music Instrument (VIDEO)
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 Ice Diving

Ice Diving

Silfra Cave in Iceland is Earth's Coolest Dive (GALLERY)
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Ugly Pageants

Ugly Pageants

The Award for the Ugliest Icelandic Native Goes to...
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THREE WAYS TO REACT: vote, favorite or comment about 16 Icelandic Innovations.

Favorited by Jacob Courtade on Oct 8, 08
Jacob Courtade on Oct 8, 08  41 Trends   610 Comments
Awesome cluster. I still love Iceland, despite the banking failures...
Jacob Courtade on Oct 8, 08  41 Trends   610 Comments 0
Ayman Helweh on Oct 8, 08  2,236 Trends   2,641 Comments
Thanks Jacob. I would love to visit Iceland. The pics I saw are captivating.
Ayman Helweh on Oct 8, 08  2,236 Trends   2,641 Comments 0
rocketranger on Oct 10, 08  0 Trends   2,582 Comments
Like the Rent a H2 car. Radical. Very fwd Iceland is. Home to 2002 Bond movie (car chase sequence on Ice). (invisible Aston martin).
rocketranger on Oct 10, 08  0 Trends   2,582 Comments 0
Hjortur on Oct 15, 08  82 Trends   120 Comments
Thanks for putting this one together. And for those of you who would like to come, it's never been cheaper ;) Let me know and I'll arrange something. A TrendHunter conference maybe ...
Hjortur on Oct 15, 08  82 Trends   120 Comments 0
Favorited by Hjortur on Oct 15, 08
Jacob Courtade on Oct 15, 08  41 Trends   610 Comments
Wicked idea. I've been thinking about coming back, but Icelandair's flights really cut back until the spring...maybe May?
Jacob Courtade on Oct 15, 08  41 Trends   610 Comments 0
Hjortur on Oct 15, 08  82 Trends   120 Comments
May is fine by me :) Jeremy?
Hjortur on Oct 15, 08  82 Trends   120 Comments 0
Marissa Brassfield on Oct 15, 08  3,488 Trends   4,122 Comments
Iceland! I'm so in...
Marissa Brassfield on Oct 15, 08  3,488 Trends   4,122 Comments 0
Hjortur on Oct 15, 08  82 Trends   120 Comments
Maybe we can just organize an innovation conference with Trend Hunter, Guy Kawasaki, Icelandic innovation companies ... Who else? Tech Crunch?
Hjortur on Oct 15, 08  82 Trends   120 Comments 0



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