Suburban Free-Range Meat – Squirrels An Ethical Meal?

(TrendHunter.com) Are squirrels the new tofu? Apparently, the little rodents have recently earned themselves the reputation of being an ethical delicacy in the UK. “Suburban ‘free-range’ meat,” was what TreeHugger called it, and the Guardian described it as, “The ultimate ethical meal.”

We’ve mentioned before that t…

Accessories To Glamorize Smoking – Mobile Ashtrays (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mobile ashtrays are ideal for the female smoker on the go who is conscientious about the environment… although she may not care about her lungs. This could well become the must-have of the year for the stressed out, chain smoking fashionista.

Designed by Keitai Hazara, the mobile ashtray comes …

Horror Fashion – Freddy Krueger Nike Sneakers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Freddy Krueger, from the Nightmare on Elm Street film series, is my favorite boogyman, so to see a pair of Nike sneakers made in his honor just fills me with the obligatory fright.

The blood-spattered kicks are decorated with the pattern on Freddy’s ubiquitous red and black horizontal-striped sw…

Spaceman Fashion – Robyn at Radio 1 Big Weekend (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve covered futuristic fashion before, and while we’ve touched on the galactic fascination numerous times, never has it been more clear that luxury space travel is a huge part of the inspiration. Just look: Robyn is wearing a spaceman helmet.

Will pushing her wardrobe to extremes help with her c…

Rollercoasters for Babies – The Giant Gurgle

(TrendHunter.com) Finally babies will have the ability to go on rollercoasters! At the Staffordshire theme park in the UK, a new ride called the Giant Gurgle was opened, designed for infants as young as six months.

“Parents and carers will be able to walk around the outside of the track as their child experiences th…

Coloured Animals – The Green Puppy

(TrendHunter.com) No, this little puppy wasn’t born in a highlighter factory. In fact, there’s nothing wrong with him physically, he’s just unique in that he’s, well, green.

If I were the owner, I’d take full advantage and pitch him to ad agencies. Imagine, the world’s first green puppy would be the ult…

Walk of No Shame – AMP Energy (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever woken after a hard night of partying and had the worst part not be your pounding head, but the disgrace and confusion as to where you ended up, or who you were with? The walk home for those awkward occasions has often been referred to as the Walk of Shame, but this video ad wants to re…

Lunar Real Estate – Can Corporations Claim Lunar Property?

(TrendHunter.com) Recent discussions of property rights n the moon has pointed out an interesting point – that the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 makes it legal for corporations to claim lunar property.

Companies could therefore stick their proverbial flag in the moon dust to mark it as their own.

Talk about an incre…

Mutated Humans as Art – Lucy and Bart (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) People, get ready for the future! Lucy and Bart is a collaboration between brilliant artists Lucy McRae and Bart Hess which they describe as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body.

They both share a fascination with genetic manipulation and expressions of beauty…

Giant Dutch Street Art – Henk Hoftra’s Art Eggcident (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The fake giant river painted on Dutch streets a few months ago must have been a hit, because now another giant street mural has been created in the Netherlands, this time featuring images of giant fried eggs.

The Art Aggcident will be on display in a giant urban square for the next six months in L…

Mechanical Bugs – Art by Mike Libby (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What do you get when you put together a bug and an old watch? Don’t know? Mike Libby solved this riddle by creating works of art from a combination of the two.

It happened when the discovery of a dead beetle left him wondering how it would look if it were mechanical inside. Out came an old watch a…

Hygienic Shockvertising II – Carre Fresh: Wipe Whatever You’ve Touched (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) My favorite TrendHunter, Lourdes recently shared a truly disgusting and troubling (for anyone with insect phobia) campaign with us that illustrated the importance of hand sanitizers through the use of insects. These new print ads for Carre Fresh follow a similarly disgusting, but less creepy formula…

Return of the Cone Boobs – Girls Aloud Get Galactic Glam (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember when Madonna brought back retro cone boobs, making the pointy bra style hot again? Well now thanks to Girls Aloud, it’s back, and this time with a galactic blast!

The UK girlband showed off this look when they kicked off their Tangled Up tour in Belfast this week.

“All credit goes to Ju…

Teach Fish Tricks – R2 Fish School (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I am a great believer in education, but sometimes I question whether it is necessary to teach skills to creatures other than humans. Dogs are trained to find drugs or chase criminals, so I guess that’s fine, but goldfish? Now, thats a stretch….

The R2 Fishschool provides a training kit that is fa…

Ballet Meets Kung Fu Stop Motion – Omadaka Kyoteizinc Techno Dance (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Omadaka has created a new video for the chiptune disco track “Kyoteizinc,” featuring the computer tweaked dance moves of Masako Yasumoto.

The Omodaka creative project adopts a process which they describe as “trial and error process of mutational fusion of music and motion graphics”.

The so…

Wildlife Hairstylists – Animal Toupees

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve featured baby toupees because no one wants to be bald. We’ve also seen hairpieces for cats, wigs for dogs, and now there are animal toupees. Contrary to human hair trends, a dog should never be teased for sporting a mullet, a bowl cut, or even a flock of seagulls.

This trend is:

not functi…

Animated iPod DJs – FUNkit

(TrendHunter.com) I have seen a lot of weird iPod speakers. Some can be taken underwater, some look like eggs, but this one certainly takes the cake. The FUNkit DJ Animated iPod Speaker System is a robot which is programmed to twist, turn and even scratch the dummy turntables to the music, always keeping up with the…

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…

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…

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, …