18 Bubblicous Trends - Bubbles are Everywhere

Bubbles carry with them memories of summer and childhood. They are light and airy and represent a breezy and optimistic attitude.  We’ve seen bubbles appear in architecture, art, fashion, jewellery, food and even a fun toy for dogs.

So, with summer in full swing and everyone in a carefree, easy mood here is an effervescent collection of bubble trends.

Bubbles in Fashion

The Bubble Wrap Bikini - Two Fun Pastimes in One

If you’re the type who can’t resist bubblewrap and you have a hankering for naughty outfits, then check out the Bubble Wrap Bikini. This is fool proof 2-for-1 fun! [More]

Bubble Baubles - Sabine Lang Jewelery (GALLERY)

This summer, ‘Bubbles’ could be the perfect beach accessory; they’re fresh, subtle and airy. Sabine Lang’s collection of frothy jewelery includes earrings, necklaces and brooches. The sudsy trinkets… [More]

Popping Fashion - BubbleBody Wedding Dress (GALLERY)

Nobody can resist bubble wrap. It’s practical and fun to play with. So why not design some clothes made from this fun material? BubbleBodyWear is for those who enjoy touches… or crave more touches. What… [More]

Bubbles in Food

Chocolate Bubble Wrap

If you’re already addicted to popping bubble wrap, you’ll be happy to learn that chocolate bubble wrap is now available.  Chocolate Bubble Wrap comes to us from Delessio Market Bakery in San Francisco.… [More]

Bubbles in Advertising

Interactive Bubble Wrap Ads - Shiatsu Massage Poster (GALLERY)

I love interactive campaigns that involve the target audience in their mechanism and delivery. This Kofukan Shiatsu massage campaign is a great example of simple yet creative hands-on advertising that… [More]

Giant Gum Bubbles - Big Babol Ads (GALLERY)

I must have invested hours as a kid trying to blow big, pink bubbles with my chewing gum. I could blow small ones, and every once in a while I managed a big one, but it never lasted long enough to be captured… [More]

Bubbles in Architecture

China’s Olympic Bubble (GALLERY)

You just have to love the Chinese. They are master designers with a flair for the dramatic & the National Swim Center bubble they have designed is pure aesthetically-pleasing poetry. What do we have in… [More]

Champagne Inspired Buildings - The Bubble Windows of Dubai’s Pixel Tower (GALLERY)

Where else but Dubai would you get a champagne inspired tower? The 18-story Pixel Tower by James Law Cybertecture, which is planned for Dubai’s Waterfront, is inspired by the moving bubbles in a champagne… [More]

DIY Home Night Clubs - Disco Designer (VIDEO)

If you like the idea of installing a European-style, in-home lounge and your very own disco at home, Disco Designer will be more than happy to help. The business, which has an online store, will install… [More]

Bubbles in Art

Bubble Photography - Jason Tozer’s Mystery Planets (GALLERY)

Perhaps these photographs look like some weird and wonderful unexplored planets, however, they are not. Initially I thought they were marbles, but as I scrolled though the stunning spherical shapes I realized… [More]

Saliva Art - Spit Photogram Prints (GALLERY)

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]

Other Bubbly Bubble Trends

Fetch A Bubble - Chicken Scented Bubbles For Your Dog

One of the most bizarre pet toys out there is the new Fetch a Bubble Machine by Gazillion. Loaded with chicken scented bubble solution, this gadget will amuse your pet by billowing out a bounty of bubbles… [More]

Chinese Child Ball - New Sport or a Bubble for Babysitting? (VIDEO)

Oh look, a ball that your child can run around inside!  Just what you were looking for.  The fact that the ball floats on water is even more exciting.  It’s also good training so that one day your kid… [More]

Bubble LEDs - White Balloons Lamp (GALLERY)

LEDs produce more light per watt than incandescent bulbs. This is an LED white balloon (light emitting diodes) lamp which is very, very attractive. The lamp is made of polypropylene which is a plastic… [More]

Magic Plastic Bubbles - Blow ‘Em To Your Heart’s Content (GALLERY)

Magic Plastic Bubbles are super cool! Grab a tube of your favourite colour, squeeze out a dollop of goo and roll it into a ball and pop it on the end of the blow-pipe. Then start blowing a fabulously permanent… [More]

Guerrilla Gardening - ‘Bloom’ Seed Spreading by Bicycle (GALLERY)

The ‘Bloom’ bicycle device, an entry in the Design21: Power to the Pedal competition, did not win the contest but the judges wanted to give a ‘shout-out’ to the designers anyway, and I can see… [More]

Urban Olfactory Installation - AIR Lets You Smell Helsinki, Budapest, Paris. (GALLERY)

This urban olfactory installation is by far one of the most phenomenal travel-related concepts I’ve seen. Think for a second what Italy might smell like, or Bombay or Amsterdam. No, it’s not the smell… [More]

Napmosphere - Napping Cocoon

Zip yourself up in a cacoon of napping bubbles for a relaxation nap that’s only 50% likely to result in disturbing dreams. From Power Napping: Napmosphere” is meant to be like a cocoon - providing a place… [More]