Guerrilla Sunshine-Spreading – The ‘I Love You’ Project

(TrendHunter.com) Feeling in need of some love and kindness? Write “I Love You” on a piece of paper and make as many rip and tear bits at the bottom as you can fit onto the page. Then write “I Love You Too” on each tab.…

Geographic Dishware – Map Plates (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This set of Map Plates ensures you and your family can practice your geography at the dinner table. Each plate is shaped like a European country and is marked with its major cities. Pushed together, the…

Enormous Earrings – Oversized Ear Accessories for Spring 2009 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Okay, just when you thought you were hip and happening with your gigantic necklaces, time to get a grip and stash all those jewels away or trade them in for a few pairs of gigantic earrings.

Some of…

Disastrous Dishware – Perilous Plates and Bowls from Studio Bo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It is guaranteed that your meal will turn into a disaster with these dinner party disaster plates. Perhaps the idea is to turn the attention away from your disastrous cooking skills, in which case these…

Adult Stars as Models – Kris Van Assche Ad Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has seen pretty much everyone become a model in 2008, from gypsies and rockers to peasants and bloggers. Now we can add male adult stars to that list. And we’re not talking about just any…

Far-Out Fairy Tales – ‘Alice in Blunderland’ by Flounder (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Anyone who has a bio as good as Flounder, also known as Scott Scheidly, has to rock. Thankfully, his artwork does too.

His pieces are basically messed up fairy tales, if I had to sum them up. Titles…

Raúl Burgos small update

Super homie Raúl Burgos just dropped a new update with fresh work.

Stainless Steel Cars – Retro Automotive PR (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I am a fan of old cars, as you may already know, so I got massively excited when I found this collection of retro stainless steel beasts.

The date back to the 1930s when an early stainless steel producer…

Mobile Phone Fashion Magazines – PMc for the iPhone (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The print magazine apocalypse has finally arrived, and its harbinger is called PMc, short for Patrick McMullan Magazine. PMc is the first-ever mobile phone fashion magazine, created especially for the…

Coffee Branding Parodies – “What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church?” (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This five-minute video of “What if Starbucks marketed like a church?  A Parable,” was boringly funny. 

Instead of planting seeds of the holy word, beans are planted.  A tithe tray is replaced with a…

Unusual Bathroom Decor – Toilet Roll Wallpaper

(TrendHunter.com) This is one strange wallpaper design from Christophe Koziel. Rather grandly entitled “Toilet Spirit,” it is simply wallpaper that features toilet rolls stacked upon each other from the floor to ceiling.…

Nerdy Femme Fatales – Scarlett Johansson in Wizard Magazine (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Scarlett Johansson is on the December 2008 issue of Wizard Magazine and she manages to deliver a delightful plug of her upcoming film ‘The Spirit.’

Wizard Magazine caters to the nerdy set and portrays…

420-Pound Human Hair Art – ‘United Nations: United Colors’ Exhibit by Wenda Gu

(TrendHunter.com) Wenda Gu’s ‘United Nations: United Colors’ art piece might not be the most sanitary of sculptures, but the unique assemblage of 420 pounds of human hair posesses some noteworthy shock value.

Clippings…

Consumed: The Brand-ness of Strangers

We’re incidentally exposed to familiar logos constantly, but that doesn’t influence us — does it?

Veiled Print Ads – Identical Campaigns from Chevrolet, Nissan and VW (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This series of nearly identical print ad campaigns for the Chevrolet Lumina, Nissan 4×4 and Volkswagen Touareg all feature the Tuareg, a semi-nomadic people that inhabit North Africa and parts of the Sahara…

On-the-Spot Superheroes – Renault Navigator Climbs Into Engine During Race (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Superheroes come in all forms; this guy is a racing star. During the Ralley de Sarrians in France, the lime green Renault shown here is one mile from the finish line when disaster strikes.

The car’s…

Buying Under the Influence – Real Estate Agents Use Liquor to Sell Homes

(TrendHunter.com) When it comes to real estate, it’s a buyers market out there. Homeowners are giving away 50-inch plasma televisions, $20,000 cash-rebates, $500 gasoline cards, and even the cars in their garages. Sellers…

Gambling to Fight Crime – The Slot Detective Replaces Cherries with Mug Shots

(TrendHunter.com) Slot Detective works like your average slot machine, but with one very big difference. Instead of cherries, bells or the like, Slot Detective features mug shots of wanted fugitives. It is also free.

The…

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Customized Viral Video Promotions – ‘Girl in Your Shirt’

Smack! If you are a sweet young thing, that is the sound of you hitting your forehead and saying, “Why didn’t I think of this?”

Companies send swag to Jenaé of Girl in Your Shirt–naturally, including…

Outrageously Dangerous Stunts – Death-Defying World Record Dive

A Chinese man has just booked himself a place in the Guiness Book of Records as he achieved a record-breaking dive from a height of 12.19m after launching himself from the top of the Diaoshuilou waterfall…