Customized Sci-fi Cars – Alien-Themed Hoods (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter featured an article recently about an Alien-themed bar in Switzerland designed by the Oscar winning creator of the mean, highly aggressive Alien monsters H. R. Giger. Now, we are introduc…

Human Face Bags – Headstrong Hand Bags by Yael Mer

(TrendHunter.com) These bags, embossed with images of human faces, are more than a little creepy, yet somehow they ooze appeal. The quirky totes were created by Yael Mer who makes the mask-like bags in different shapes…

Silencing People Politely – Stop Talking Cards

(TrendHunter.com) I am sure we could all use the Stop Talking cards to silence those who just don’t know when to stop flexing their vocal chords. After all, those people can be found everywhere, from work to parties, t…

Recycled Packaging DIY – FedEx Furniture (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One enterprising man has saved a lot of money by making all his furniture out of used FedEx boxes and packaging supplies. The furniture is not just for show; he actually sleeps on the bed, eats at his…

Designer Plastic Chairs – Sam Durant’s Porcelain Garden Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One of the icons of the U.S. maybe the cheap plastic chair. Criss-cross the U.S., perhaps the world, and you will run across white plastic chairs. A gallery in Tokyo is paying homage to the chair via …

Billboard Hotels (REVIEW) – Etienne Boulanger Pod Hotel in Berlin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When I wrote about the now closed Berlin one-room billboard hotel in December 2007, I considered it more of an art project or experiment than a place people would actually sleep.

In March 2008, howe…

Insect Dolls – Toddlerpedes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Toddlerpedes is a collection of totally creepy and bizarre sculptures by artist Jon Beinart that are made using body parts from baby dolls.

Beinart started making creatures from doll torsos, limbs an…

Before & After Greasy Hair Photos – Hairwash Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Internet never seizes to amaze me. The latest quirky idea that grabbed my attention is a fun project called Hairwash that shows pictures of people before and after getting their hair washed.

The…

Spock Ear Jewelry – Raja Gondkar’s Strange Earrings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Raja Gondkar heads up the Design Department of the Indian Institute in Mumbai. As a result, he has a known reputation for 20 years of innovative art and design. Consequently he may not have had time t…

Offensive Stuffed Animals – SpiderCamp (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These are not your typical cutesy felt bunnies for children. These are shocking, uncensored creations by SpiderCamp who wishes to “personally celebrate my right as a grownup to use all sorts of words.…

Giant Fake Grass Toys – Playground Carpet

(TrendHunter.com) Children have boundless energy but they need somewhere to play safe. Rolling around in a small room full of plastic balls has been a popular favourite for years, but now here is a fun and portable alt…

Real Life Pinheads – Self-Piercing for Olympics

(TrendHunter.com) A Chinese man turned himself into a real life pinhead, not as a demonstration of mind over manner or some twisted form of acupuncture, but as a PR stunt to promote the upcoming Olympics. Dr Wei Sheng …

Insect Accessories – Princess Beatrice’s Butterfly Bonnet

(TrendHunter.com) Ordinarily when you see an accessory as eccentric as Princess Beatrice’s butterfly hat, you write it off as a very rare, albeit entertaining fashion faux pas. However, one could start to wonder that t…

Google Maps to Share Horror Stories – “Sod Abroad” Promotion

(TrendHunter.com) Times journalist and aspiring author Michael Moran is promoting his new book Sod Abroad through his blog (natch), as well as through an interactive map where users can add their own holiday stories.
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Fake Police – Cardboard Cops

(TrendHunter.com) For under $40, you can have a life-sized cardboard likeness of a law enforcer in your home. Very simplistic, but I hear it does the trick. At first glance, these cutouts appear to be real policemen, a…

Bavarian Street Couture – Wolpertinger (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The street couture featured in the gallery comes from German fashion house, Wolpertinger.

The line includes styles for both men and women and includes quirky albeit very hip shoes and accessories as…

Flame-Throwing Wheelchairs – Shoots 15 Ft Flames (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For the latest project in their line of strange (but cool!) inventions, racegreathouselabs.com came up with something no disabled person who likes living on the edge can possibly do without: a flame-t…

Non-Vegetarians Eating Poo – Keimling’s Crappy Ads

(TrendHunter.com) Well, what do we have here? An ad for Keimling vegetarian restaurant that basically tells you to stop eating animals because you’re essentially eating crap! A bit extreme, wouldn’t you say?

Both the …

Cow Inspired Shoes – Nike Fur Sneakers

(TrendHunter.com) Nike is pushing the envelope once again with these edgy, fur-covered sneakers.

The unusual high top kicks are covered in a light colored fur on the sides as well as on the upper portion. They’re fur…

Junk Food Container Urns – Inventor of Pringles Can Buried in One (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dr. Fredric J. Baur, the designer of the famous Pringles potato chips cylindrical containers has been buried, at his request, inside his iconic design. Well, a portion of his ashes were.

Baur, who wo…