Superheroes Stripped – Claudia Schiffer Covers German Vogue (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When dealing with sexuality, most magazines do it stealthy… but not German Vogue. The only words on the cover of the June 2008 issue are “SEX by Mario Testino” written across an image of a nearly nude, masked Claudia Schiffer. The theme of the issue is clearly the timeless topic of sex, yet Vogue …

Coffin Tables – Memento Coffee Table Casket (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designed by Charles Constantine, Memento is a wooden coffee table that can store books, magazines and other personal mementos during your lifetime. The design twist is that it also awaits your death to store YOU. As a bonus, an open casket is easily arranged with the conveniently removable top piece…

Anti-Scar Bandage – Memory Polymers Preserve Your Beauty

(TrendHunter.com) Stanford University scientists have now developed and patented special bandages to prevent the stretching and raising of scars. They are made from special “memory” polymers which remember their shape once applied. Very strong adhesives or sewing and stapling during surgery have to be used to ke…

Oral Pressure Washers – Philips Spraying Toothbrush

(TrendHunter.com) The next home dental hygiene tool to enter the consumer market could well be high pressure tooth spray. Sonic toothbrushes, while relatively effective, can’t reach tough spots. Water picks, well, just pick at things. The idea of adapting high pressure hoses used to clean houses and cars to cleanin…

Super Turbines – Sky Serpent (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Doug Selsam’s turbine ideas are not just blowing in the wind; they are transforming the wind into power-generating machines. At a cost of $250,000 to develop, the 25-rotor turbine ‘Sky Serpent’ is said to produce three kilowatts (3000 watts) of power. The Sky Serpent is still in the concept st…

Nightmare-Inspired Photograpy – “After Dark, My Sweet” by Joshua Hoffine (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Joshua Hoffine is an artist who finds inspiration in Hollywood icons like Stanley Kubrick. He directs the stars of his photos, usually family and friends, using elaborate sets and props, make-up and lighting to create creepy images that are terrifyingly beautiful. Hoffine evokes the fears that we al…

iMac-Simulating iPhone Stands – Just Mobile Xtand (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This has got to be the best looking iPhone stand yet, and somehow it makes your iPhone look like a minature iMac. The Just Mobile Xtand can hold your iPhone vertically or horizontally, and rotates a full 360 degrees offering the ultimate flexible viewing experience with adjustable viewing angles.

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Flared Chairs – The $2,105 Gownchair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Gownchair is a limited edition, luxury-priced, sculptural chair by Giorgia Paolini from the Paolini Design Store. Its flowing contours and strong visual impact will suit those with an appreciation of fashion, art and bold design.

It is handmade of fibreglass — the production presentation on th…

Space Produce – Mega Veggies Could End World Hunger (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I wonder if these things have Air Miles? Mega Veggies are grown from seeds that were fired into space, where for two weeks, they orbited the Earth. Once returned, the seeds are cultivated in hothouses and the final product is the HUGE specimens seen in these photos.

Mega Veggies are a product of th…

Angry Anchorman Remixed – Bill O’Reilly Flips Out (Now With Music) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The “Bill O’Reilly Flips Out” video is quickly climbing the charts on ViralVideoChart. The clip shows the newscaster’s short fuse as he unleashes his temper on during a taping due to frustrations with the teleprompter text. It’s only been two days, but already a musical mashup has been pro…

Solar Powered Lingerie – Taiyoko Hatsuden Bra (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan has been creating concept bras for a wide range of purposes for some time now. Their latest is the Taiyoko Hatsuden Bra, or Solar Power Bra.

The bra features a waist-mounted solar panel that can be used to power an electronic billboard or any other electr…

Animated Graffiti – MUTO in Buenos Aires (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Is graffiti art or vandalism? There are different opinions about that, but this is a type of graffiti I haven’t seen before. It’s animated.

An artist that calls him self Blu created this video with of his animated graffiti story. The MUTO project was made on the walls of Buenos Aires in Argentina …

Educational Virals – Shift Happens by Karl Fisch (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Karl Fisch created Shift Happens, the most favourited presentation on SlideShare. In April 2007, Michael Arnold got the high school teacher’s permission to take it to the next level by turning it into a video.

Fisch discusses global shifts occurring and the impact globalization will have on educ…

Sartorial Extremes – SJP’s Flower Hat at Sex & The City Premiere (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Sarah Jessica Parker showed up at the London premier of the Sex and the City movie in an eccentric flower hat and an outfit typical of the over-the-top fashion choices worn by her SATC character, Carrie Bradshaw.

The vibrant, very quirky hat perched on her head dominated her petite frame, and even…

Famous Apples to Promote Cereal – Eve & Snow White for Kellogs

(TrendHunter.com) To advertise the use of “more fruit than before” in Kellog’s All-Bran Fruit’n Fibre cereal, JWT advertising agency brought in non-other than Snow White from the beloved children’s fairy tale and our mother, the first female, Eve.

While it’s usually one red apple in the hand of Eve or snow white, we…

Transformer Coffee Cups – Multicultural En Terrasse / To Go Mug (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While coffee is a universal drink, different cultures have different rituals and ways of drinking it. For example, while most people in New York City would have their coffee “to go” and drink it on the move, you’d be hard pressed to find the same in Paris, where the typical coffee drinking is …

Rotary Phone Animals – Telephone Sheep

(TrendHunter.com) Talk about telephone installations! Jean-Luc Cornec’s Telephone Sheep is totally made from telephones and telephone cable. There is a whole flock of them, artfully arranged at at the Museum for Communications in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Some of the sheep appear to be grazing, some huddled toge…

Fake Mutated Animals – Fantasy Hunt for Hightech (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) After being introduced to the brilliant Bart Hess through his lucyandbart collaboration with Lucy McRae, my fascination is further solidified by his latest project: The Hunt for Hightech.

With his Hunt for Hightech art project, Hess created a collection of fake fur that touches on elements of fetis…

Painless Injections- Dissolving Hypodermic Needles

(TrendHunter.com) Sacred of needles? Many people are. It hurts because the needles are not fine enough, and up until now, it was impossible to make very fine ones. Scientist Hyung Il Jung from Yonsei University in Seoul Korea has recently filed a patent for the manufacture of an small array of microneedles designed …

St. Tropez Chic – Christian Dior Resort 2009 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) John Galliano could not have injected more eye candy into the Christian Dior Resort 2009 collection, shown earlier this week. He wasn’t just showcasing a line of fashion, he put on a real performance, tantalizing all the senses of attendees like Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Charlize Theron …