Odd Google Earth Sightings – Giant Makeup Compact?

(TrendHunter.com) It’s incredible how different the world looks from an aerial perspective, which is why Google Earth is so fascinating. The satellite photos pick up the neatest things, like this giant grid of pastel coloured rectangles.

The image from 5°5’28.85″S 81°7’36.44″W, near Paita in Peru, looks like an e…

Nude Hiking – Backcountry in the Buff

(TrendHunter.com) Craigslist is one of the funnest websites to peruse, especially when you encounter odd posts. On Toronto’s Craigslist site, someone had posted an request looking for outdoor nudists who would want to join him in creating a group of hikers who hit the trails wearing nothing but their boots.

Conside…

Craigslist to Battle Phobias – Haunted House Seekers

(TrendHunter.com) They say the only way to conquer your fears is to face them, which is exactly what a group of Toronto friends are trying to do. Their fear? Ghosts.

Using Craigslist to help them find a haunted house, the group is prepared to spend the night in a dwelling said to be plagued with evil spirits.

What…

Banana Protectors 2 – Nana Banana Saver Prevents Browning

(TrendHunter.com) My secretary swears that if she eats a whole banana, she can’t eat for the day again. If that sounds like you, then the Nana Banana Saver is for you. Cut your banana in two, clip on the banana saver and it will prevent the air from reaching your precious potassium bomb.

Here’s another banana prote…

Bikini Model Statues – Blush: Stop Nudism (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What a smart and cost-effective idea to use popular statues to model your latest fashion line. At least you know they’d show up on time!

That’s exactly what Blush swimwear “Stop Nudism” campaign did. The creatives at glow ad agency, Berlin took it to the streets and used statues as models with stic…

Adding Fun To Organization – The Butt Station (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With the clutter and tens upon tens of gadgets and stationary sprinkled and spread across my desk, why not add another one that can actually help organize and reduce the mess? I am not sure though that I would choose Urban Outfitters quirky organizing tool which is called The Butt Station. I kid yo…

Horro Stuffed Animals – Matt Kirkland’s Dissected Toys (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When most of us think of stuffed animals, we think cuddly, cute, snuggly and lovable. For some designers have more twisted, less affectionate associations with the toys. Matt Kirkland tore open this series of stuffed animals to reveal the insides of them, showing what the inner workings of mechanica…

Breath Name Tags – SMINT: Hello, My Name is… (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) How about approaching someone cute you’d like to get closer to and introducing yourself with, “Hello, my name is Onion”? I would say, you would be one lonely person. That is the witty approach of this new SMINT breath mints campaign that uses “Hello, my name is..” party tags to reflect what your bre…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

Bread Parties – Dough Something Different in SF

(TrendHunter.com) Flour power has struck the west coast. While it sounds like something your grandma would have done as a young housewife, bread baking parties are actually a hip type of social get-together people in San Francisco are excitedly participating in.

Curious bakers are gathering to learn the recipes of …

Fresh Baked Heads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Believe it or not Artist Kittiwat Unarrom who has a family baking business is baking Hhads and other body parts.

Does that seem gruesome? You probably would be relieved if I told you that those heads and severed limbs are not actually the real deal but made out of bread.

Kittiwat Unarrom from Th…

Boosted Caffeine – Starbucks Adds “Energy” To Drinks

(TrendHunter.com) There’s coffee, there’s espresso, and then there’s “energy” on the menu list of additives to get you powered up at Starbucks. They’ve added the option to enhance the caffeine in their already-stimulated beverages with shots of +Energy, a combination of ginseng, guarana and B vitamins, th…