6,887 Views - Click for Gallery 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. Via: trendhunter

Eco Iceland Initiatives (VIDEO)

Mitsubishi iMiEV Electric Car Program

Iceland has a brave challenge. In 1998 they made a promise to be totally fossil fuel free by 2050. With only 40 years left to achieve the goal, they are making significant steps to actualize it. They…
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Global Presidential Voting

IfTheWorldCouldVote.com (Obama Would be President)

Those of us not living in America can’t vote for the next president of the United States, but many of us have an opinion on who should be elected. If The World Could Vote, who would be the next president…
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Enlightened Fish

Dried Cod Lamps as Art

Uggi Lights, also known as dried cod lamps, are an interesting example of age old tradition re-made. In Iceland people used to hang fish whole to dry and then eat (and actually, they still do). Two Icelandic…

Color-Changing Glass Buildings (GALLERY)

Icelandic Opera House in Reykjavik

The Icelandic Opera House in Reykjavik, Iceland is perhaps the most appropriate place in the world for a glass cube-shaped opera house replete with color-changing LED lighting. The 820-seat Icelandic…
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Free Trips for Bloggers (GALLERY)

International Invites

Companies, tour operators and event makers are realizing how powerful the blogosphere has become. Despite what many people still think, it's not just bored mommy bloggers ranting and raving about their…

Innovative Stereoscopic 3D Music Videos (VIDEO)

Bjork’s Wanderlust

Trend Hunter has featured many trends about Björk’s innovations in music. Her latest is a breath-taking music video that is directed by duo Encyclopedia Pictura that has the blogsphere abuzz. The eccentric…

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

The Last Supper

Sex and violence are popular methods to catch attention in advertising. But you can make other sorts of controversial ads, like this ad for Siminn, an Icelandic phone company. They are changing history.…

Rent a Hydrogen Car (VIDEO)

Iceland Hydrogen Society Now Closer

Hydrogen cars have, so far, mainly been experimental vehicles and not available for the general public. This has now changed in Iceland. Four years ago, a Shell station in Iceland became the world's first…

Icelandic Hairy Hats

The Bearded Cap

There are lots of ways to cover your noggin in the cold, winter months - hats of all shapes, sizes, and colors. This hat was made for Iceland farmers... literally. Traditionally called "lambshed-hoods",…

Home of the Trolls (GALLERY)

Icelandic Lava Flower

These Lava Flowers were sculpted out of solid Icelandic Lava and are iconic of the country's folktales. The 40x40x40 cm cube was jet-cut with water by Gudrun Lilja Gunnlaugsdóttir for design group, Studiobility.…

Imagine Peace Tower Unveiled on John Lennons Birthday

Eight minutes before 8 p.m. tonight, on what would have been John Lennon’s 67th birthday, Yoko Ono unveiled the Imagine Peace Tower in Videy, a small island just outside Reykjavik, Iceland. John Lennon…

Pink Taxis (FOLLOW-UP)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month In Iceland

Hreyfill, a taxi station in Reykjavik, Iceland has decided to drive under pink taxi signs this month. The aim is to raise awareness of breast cancer as October has been declared "Breast Cancer Awareness…

Fan Created Music Videos (VIDEO)

Bjork Invites Public to Create Video for 'Innocence'

Björk has a reputation of fabulous, artistic music videos, breaking ground in innovation and technology. Videos like Army of Me, Human Behaviour and Hunter, just to name a few, have been outstanding.…

Reactable Instrument (VIDEO)

Björk Introduces a New Electronical Music Instrument

Björk had her debut VOLTA concert tonight in Iceland which you may have heard a few beats from a few days ago when we told you about some material that had leaked on the net. The first single from the…

Ice Diving (GALLERY)

Silfra Cave in Iceland is Earth's Coolest Dive

Some say it's the closest thing to space walking you will ever get. Silfra is a river in Iceland so clear that if it wasn't for the bubbles, you would think you were floating in just air. The water is…

Ugly Pageants

The Award for the Ugliest Icelandic Native Goes to...

Just a week ago Trend Hunter brought you Depth of Beauty Pageants, which are focused on inner beauty. Now, a town in Iceland is focused on the opposite; outer ugly. An article on Yahoo! tells about a…

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