Converting Color into Sound – Bright-F Helps Color-Blind (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re suffer from color blindness then you’re more likely to miss that vibrant red t-shirt in your white load. Ending up with pink undies is no fun as a guy, losing the ability to color coordinate your outfits is so frustrating due to your inability to recognize colors.

Designer Lifeng Yu has …

Visual Pieces of Paradise – Madagascar, a Piece of the World (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the work of Ukrainian ad agency Psyho Studio. They were commissioned to create the work for a travel agency to promote global tourism.

“Madagascar, a Piece of the World” is a rough translation of the name of this beautiful campaign which shows other “pieces” from other parts of the world. …

Guerrilla Gardeners – Seed Bombs for Green Rebels (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Frustrated that so much potential green space was being wasted in their cities, groups of “guerrilla gardeners” have organized late night sneak outs which involve planting miniature gardens around town.

Their goal is to transform previously neglected public spaces into green havens for urbanites t…

Bubble Baubles – Sabine Lang Jewelery (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) 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 in clear and ‘milky’ designs look like they are just going to last for a brief moment before …

Soda Bottle Furniture – Chairs & Toys

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Jinhong Lin cuts the recycling cycle short by allowing you to instantly convert your soda bottles into a stool or table. I am not sure how comfortable this stool would be, but the table variation looks pretty neat!

Chairs & Toys needs 16 bottles with a standard size neck. You can use it as…

90s Disco Puppets – Drench Ads (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re a sucker for 90s dance music, here’s an ad for you. This video, featuring a disco-dancing, nerd glasses-wearing puppet in a powder blue suit, is actually an ad for Drench Spring Water.

The Puppet Brains video from the Thunderbirds is backed by the catchy 90s dance hit, “Rhythm is a Dance…

Pablo Picasso in 3-D – Digitalized Guernica Painting (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) To see Pablo Picasso’s Guernica in 3-D is a rare treat.

The Guernica is perhaps Pablo Picasso’s most famous painting. The work of art depicts the Nazi German Luftwaffe bombing of Guernica, Spain on April 26 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso, who was very affected by the bombing which kill…

Art Transforms Depending on Time of Day – *Relativity by Drzach & Suchy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Drzach & Suchy use a special technique to create art pieces that completely change their image under different the light sources. The pieces in their *relativity collection display one image during the day, and a completely different image at night. Some pieces even display three images: morning, no…

Sculptural Heaters – The Octocube (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The strange-looking Octocube was created by designer Vivien Muller. The contraption is actually a heater created entirely from a single, 90 degree elbow, and that’s quite remarkable.

“The Octocube builds up into a radiant heater with a large surface area, and the inherent flexibility and modularit…

Musical Sinks – The X-Light Surround

(TrendHunter.com) A musical washbasin is not such a bad idea… unless you wake up with a hangover from hell and are prone to agitation due to any type of noise. Other than that, the X-Light Surround basin, devised by Italian fixture makers WET and designed by Jan Puylaert, is pretty cool.

The musical sink will reg…

Detachable Phone Screens – Cuusoo Concept (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Japan-based designer Marimo-san has come up with this ingenious mobile concept that allows the user to detach the screen portion of the phone. This mechanism would allow you to conveniently engage in video phone calls on the go.

Marimo-san’s design offers different variations of what the various a…

Cigarette Earrings – Butt Ugly Accessories

(TrendHunter.com) These unusual looking duds can be found for sale at http://www.etsy.com, with a host of other handmade crafts in their online market.

Of course they look ridiculous, but they do serve as a symbol of the potential ugly heath risks of smoking. They will probably never be a big hit in the fashion world, …

$170 Junkfood – Burger King Kobe Beefburger

(TrendHunter.com) Fast food is generally also cheap food, that’s what gave chains like McDonalds their appeal… so why would Burger King deviate from that by launching a $166 cheeseburger? Specifically, the £85 Kobe beefburger.

Maybe offering a slab of fancy shmancy Japanese luxury beef topped with foie gras and …

American Idol Obsession – Weird eBay Memorabilia (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Back in the day I had some truly tasteless New Kids on the Block memorabilia. Today, there isn’t much of a boy band for teenyboppers to flip over, so it would seem they’ve taken a lusty liking for their favorite American Idol contestants. MTV compiled a list of the most ridiculous items targeting th…

Zipper Clasps – ZipHolder (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As most guys know, an open zipper can be pretty embarrassing.

Well, worry no more. The ZipHolder makes sure you avoid such embarrassing situations, as it neatly and securely holds the zipper in place. The mechanism is achieved by attaching a small “rope” to the zipper handle which can be hooked to…

Weird Inventions – Bruce Brodie’s Creations From The Attic (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Finding the notes of an artist who likes to “think up crazy stuff” would always be exciting, but when the notes come with detailed building instructions, things can get a little bit crazy!

Some of the artist Bruce Brodie’s crazy inventions include an indoor sundial, wedge-proof underwear, an anti-s…

Wetsuits for Pod Speakers – The Egg Speakers & Case (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Nathan Gabriele conceived this latest design of speakers for MP3’s. The Egg speakers have a curious oval shape. The “shell” can be opened into two pieces with the outer shell becoming the sub woofers while the base acts as an MP3 dock. Pretty cute.

The Egg recharges via induction and it c…

Spring-Inspired Buildings – Graz Music Theater (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The new Graz Theater (also known as Mumuth Theatre) at the University of Graz, in Austria is a fusion of music, architecture and futuristic vision.

Designed by Ben Van Borkel and Caroline Bos, the theater has two entrances, one for the performers and one for the patrons. It’s all about springs tho…

$14,000 Ceiling Insects – Bee Wall Sconce (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This bee wall sconce is beautiful, but do you know anyone that would really pay $14,000 to stick a sparkling insect on their ceiling? Granted people pay more than that for luxurious Italian light fixtures, but then it tends to be from a well known Milan designer of platinum and diamonds.

The bees …

Lavatories for Lushes – Combo Urinals & Vomit Receptacles

(TrendHunter.com) Spotted at the Golden Times bar in Guangzhou, China is this fabulous new innovation in nightclub urinals. This hip combo-unit allows patrons to throw up at the same time as they take a leak, thus a return to the bar.