Sumo Car Wash – Subaru Forester TV Spot (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What do you get when you combine a group of nearly naked sumo wrestlers and a catchy disco beat with dramatic slow-motion video footage? One of Subaru’s most hilarious TV spots to date! Just imagine Zoolander and his crew each gaining 200 lbs, stripping down to their undies and putting on sumo costu…

Open-Toe Booties – Transitional Season Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Half-boot, half-sandal, these are the perfect shoes for transitioning between warmer seasons. When you’re not quite ready to bare your whole sole, this is the best way to bootie up.

They can be worn to dress up a casual pair of jeans, or to add an element of hip to a more conservative office look. …

Geeky FlySwatters – Delete Button For Windows or Macs

(TrendHunter.com) Summer means warm, sunny weather, outdoor barbeques….and pesky flies. Frred and Friends’ clever version of a necessary summer tool also comes with the wittiest product description ever:

“DELETE: there’s no esc for flies! This handy flyswatter works on windows or Macs…just think of it as a bac…

Protecting Polar Bears – Officially Listed As Endangered (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Polar Bears are officially on the global list of animals to be protected. As global warming continues, their natural habitats are threatened as global sea ice melts and their ability to survive is threatened. If nothing is done, the great white bears will face extinction.

Thankfully an initiative b…

Niche Exotic Supercars – 2008 Koenigsegg CCR (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This Koenigsegg CCR supercar is on display at the 2008 F1 & SuperCar Show being held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju, Korea from May 9 to May 18 2008. The shiny, orange luxury vehicle can reach a top speed of 395km/h and I don’t know the price of this ultra sleek sports car, but I…

Mini Recycled Yachts – 3D Plywood Luxury Boat (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cognizant of the fact sailboats cause a lot of damage to the ecosystem, designer Max Koriath conceived the 3D Plywood Boat.

“By using a patented new process that applies a beech wood veneer to readily available plywood parts, this design gives you all the luxury and durability of more costly woods…

Wine Lights – Set the Mood With BettyLou (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Having the appropriate lighting is one of the most fundamental parts of setting the right mood. BettyLou gets it just right, with their warm, bright and safe Wine Lights.

The wireless lamps, which are meant to be placed inside a wine glass, use lithium ion batteries which will provide that sensuou…

Mutant Guitars- Pikasso

(TrendHunter.com) The Pikasso, created by Linda Manzer, quite simply makes regular guitars look boring. With two sound holes, four necks, and 42 strings, you can just imagine the range of chords that could be produced!

This wooden beast is surprisingly light, at under 15 lbs. It is also surprisingly easy to handle,…

Sneaky Musical Promos – Apple Mac Music Video Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The tech blogosphere has been fascinated by this cleverly edited video by digital filmmaker Dennis Liu. Essentially it’s a music video for the song Again and Again by The Bird and the Bee using all sorts of cool software, utilities and programs running on an Apple Mac Leopard operating system.

Ther…

Disguising Technology – Fake Box Hardbox Drive (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Now you can hide your data with this stylish Hardbox enclosure that looks like a hard cover book. In addition to keeping your desk looking more “educated”, you can hide the data on your 3.5 inch hard drive from prying eyes. This disguise would blend in too well next to your Harry Potter books.

The …

Phones of 2012 – Express, Share & Feel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Finnish company Provoke Design, one of Nokia’s main design contractors, has created three concept phones that represent their vision of mobile phone design in 2012. The prototypes will be on display at the HARDCORE New Finish Design exhibition in New York starting May 17th.

The three phone models …

Junk Food Motorcycles – The Hamburglar Bike

(TrendHunter.com) Harry Sperl of Florida had this Harley bike customized to look like a really fat hamburger. I think it’s a total riot!

“Frankly, I’m surprised we don’t see this kind of thing more often, since Harley’s are a symbol of the American dream,” Slipperybrick says. “Judging by the hoardes [sic] of …

Event Style Blogs – Cannes Film Festival Fashion (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Want to know what to wear in the South of France? After covering Coachella and the Kenutcky Derby, we bring you a gallery of the best fashions worn by attendees of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

First it was runways and celebrities that people looked to for fashion guidance, but with the rise of th…

Neon Fashion – Hues to Highlight Spring (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve mentioned that neon fashion could become a hot fashion craze this spring, after seeing style icon Victoria Beckham in a neon tube dress, and featuring an awesome gallery of accessories in visually shocking colours. Now designers like NADA, a Toronto-based designer, are encouraging the fashiona…

Maestro Robots In Action – Honda Asimo Conducts Symphony (UPDATE) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) We told you Honda’s Asimo robot was scheduled to conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a performance of The Impossible Dream from Man of la Mancha. The successful performance took place yesterday, and we have the video to prove it.

Even though I feel a little uneasy about the idea of robots in…

Watches of 2154 – Futuristic Designs by Timex & One and Co. (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Timex teamed up with One and Co. to design what they imagine could be desirable watches for the future. But not the short term future of a couple of months from now; the far future of 2154. Almost 150 years from now! Designers from more than 72 countries explored and visualized personal and portable…

Singing Actors – Scarlett Johansson Sings Falling Down (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Scarlett Johansson as a singer? The actress belts out a song in this video called “Falling Down” from her album “Anywhere I Lay my Head” and she can sort of sing. No, she’s not Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston but I think she knows that. She does not have a dominant voice and the video for …

Doll House Tables – Desk Mini Fortress (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Soojin Hyun designed this strange concept called the House on the Table. What looks to me like a tree house on a desk is a structure conceived as a sort of personal fortress intended to safeguard a person’s privacy. The House on the Table comes complete with a bookshelf, a vaulted ceiling, four wall…

Recycled Auto Part Art – Hubcap Creatures (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What do you do with your hub caps when they wear out or become outdated? You could toss it in the garbage like most of us, but that’s not what the people do at HubcapCreatures.com. They use the hubcaps of cars to create modern art, with a heavy emphasis on fish and other creatures of the animal king…

Sushi Cologne – Smell Like Dinner Wherever You Go

(TrendHunter.com) If you love the smell of Japanese restaurants, then you’ll be excited to know you can experience the aromas of white rice, seaweed and fish wherever you go. Demeter created a sushi cologne that seeks to transport a person to a special place or time.

If the smell of sushi brings you back to an amaz…