Burners as Hotplates – Sovrappensiero

(TrendHunter.com) Ever wanted to serve your food fresh, piping hot food straight from the stove? Well then this is what you need. The stove designed by Sovrappensiero is unique in that you can actually remove its modular burner units and use them as hot plates while serving the food. Each of the modular units has a r…

High Tech Designer Tubs – Teuco Sorgente Hot Tub (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Teuco Hot Tub “Sorgente” by Lenci Design has a seamless sunken profile design. The tub ensures a tranquil experience with 8 Hydro-silence whirlpool jets. But what makes this tub stand out from the rest is the features. It has a control panel or remote control operation, underwater lighting, …

Recycled Magazine Art – Paper Coil Mirror (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Recycled and Organic are two keywords which are defining what’s fashionable this season. Check out this large, round mirror covered with coils of recycled magazine pagers. Rolled into coils, the pages of the magazine are attached to the mirror’s frame and then sealed for durability and shine. It’s f…

Reinventing British Beach Huts – Bathing Beauties Festival Architecture

(TrendHunter.com) Beach huts on the Lincolnshire coast of the UK have had radical makeovers as part of the Bathing Beauties festival, the first part of which was in 2007.

The festival makes beach huts truly for the 21st century. In addition to Jabba the Hut (pictured) there is one titled Eyes Wide Shut which featur…

Stylish Flagship Stores – Fiat London (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fiat UK has just opened a stylish new Flagship Store in London’s West End and celebrated the occasion with a design exhibition and fabulous party.

The exhibition, called Fiat Workpop 500, featured the work of 22 young designers competing to design an accessory for the Fiat 500 that will go into …

Luxury Outdoor Showers – Get Fresh Al Fresco (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Whether you have just wandered in off the beach, just finished your run, or are done with the “honey-do” chores, how luxurious would it be to step into an outdoor shower? Here are a couple that are fantastic looking. The D’un jardin a l’Autre is forged iron in five parts and the Azure shower is made…

Numbered Furniture – Horde by Numbers for Organizational Freaks

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Pietro Arosio for EmmeBi has definitely hit the spot with Horde by Numbers, his line of numbered furniture.

Next time your wife asks you where you put the bottle opener, you wont have to answer, “Second from the top, third from the bottom.” Instead, you could just say, “Cabinet number 10.”…

World of the Future – NVArt: Art Space Competition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Complex at the Centre of the Universe won first place in a competition run by CGSociety (Society of Digital Artists) and NVIDIA. The NVArt: Art Space Competition challenged artists from around the world to come up with their own grandiose and awe-inspiring vision of the world.

“The entries are…

Fake Jungle Dining – New Restaurant Tropical Rain Forest Theme (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) New Restaurant is a Swedish restaurant that is really, really determined to go green. This is like the European version of the North American Rain Forest Cafe.

Architectural firm Olssonlyckefors has created a jungle-like atmosphere complete with cascading walls of foliage, giving the New Restauran…

Tranformer Lighting – IQ Light Has 21 Different Looks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The IQ Light lighting system is based on single interlocking module and choice of assembly pattern. It can be formed to more than 21 different lampshade designs. You can even create your own!

The kit contains 30 modules and is available in five different sizes, modules range in diameter from 12 to …

Top 100 Solar Inventions – Part 2: Architecture & Power Plants (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The power of the sun is incredible, and with Earth Day coming up, we thought we’d highlight some of the top innovations in solar technology. This is part two of the solar cluster, featuring 30 solar powered communities, cities, individual pieces of architecture and other larger scale inventions.

I…

Photoreactive Surface Installations – Project Or (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Project Or is a vortex-shaped surface installation at the Milan Furniture Fair 2008.

When in the shade, Project Or, which reacts to ultra-violet light, turns a transluscent white and when hit by the sun, the segments become colored with different hues. At night, Or turns into a huge chandelier.
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Green Floating Villages – Eco Architecture in Northern England (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the winning design for an eco-friendly floating village that is planned for Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, northern England. The winning concept, created by Adam Khan Architects, plans to use wood and other sustainable materials to build this floating village whic…

Creating Higher Education – KAUST, The $10 Billion Saudi University (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In September 2009, doors will open to the soon-to-be-famous King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

Over the last year, the 9,000 acre KAUST campas has been in a construction phase. The world class facility, near Mecca, made headlines when it was announced that it will open wi…

International Light Festival – Luminale 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This past week a fabulous light festival called “Luminale” has been taking place in Frankfurt Germany. Designers exhibit fantastic illuminated projects on various architectural canvases including bridges, buildings, churches and river embankments. The festival occurs every two years, in various…

Ethereal Architecture – Cloud House (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Architects seek inspiration from a lot of things, but increasingly, there’s been a focus on nature. The Cloud House by seeks inspiration from the ethereal, with shapes resembling one of the most astounding elements of nature.

It’s a concept for a Mediterranean holiday retreat.

“The idea comes fro…

Green Parking Spaces – The Santa Monica Civic Center Makes Own Energy

(TrendHunter.com) The Santa Monica Civic Center parking is the first parking space with LEED certified parking structure on the planet says ecofriend. LEED is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System which is the national standard by which a green building is judged. Buildings ar…

9 Zaha Hadid Designs + Guggenheim Hermitage Museum (SUPER GALLERY) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has featured numerous designs by the talented Zaha Hadid. Here we present you with her latest design that won a competition to design the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania.

According to Zaha Hadid Architects, “The new centre for international art will house pieces fro…

Deceptive Architecture – 3D Murals (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Murals are a great way to infuse major personality into a piece of architecture, whether inside of or out. They’re eye catching as regular paintings, but as these clever paintings demonstrate, they can be even more awe inspiring when done with a 3D technique.

These murals are deceiving at first gl…

Gravity Defying Houses – Daring Architecture

(TrendHunter.com) It’s really hard for me to believe that the second house from the top clockwise is not a Photoshop product. The house, which is located in the Ukraine, is being supported by a single cantilever. That is it. The first house meanwhile, is located in Russia according to likecool.com, and it belonged to…