Fake Urban Holes – HP Guerrilla Photopaper Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In one of the most innovative ads we’ve featured, HP organized a guerrilla marketing campaign for its photo paper.

The urban installations were created by Publicis of Malaysia and were comprised of “holes” in the city. Each black hole was made of paper and strategically placed around the city to f…

Jellyfish Robots – Festo AirJelly (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Most people would probably be freaked out as well as awestruck by the beauty of this jellyfish robot designed by Festo. The AirJelly performs a series of motions similar to that of a real life jellyfish to navigate and move around.

It runs on a lithium-ion battery and electric motor as well as a b…

Cutting Edge Restrooms – Shocking Bathroom Murals

(TrendHunter.com) This is what happens when women get to design a men’s restroom.

Recently we featured 14 of the world’s strangest urinals, but this bathroom mural is more than deserving of a spot in the cluster. However, that would limit this Edge Design project to urinals, but the Men’s Restroom Mural falls more …

High Fashion Granny Panties – Elle Cover Features Highwaisted Undies

(TrendHunter.com) While it’s no shocker to see sexy models in swim wear or lingerie on the covers of magazines, I was completely startled when I discovered Elle Magazine was featuring a pair of over-the-bellybutton-high granny panties on the FRONT COVER of their UK edition.

This isn’t a magazine for seniors, folks.…

$3,333.33 Ice Cream Sundaes – Three Twins Ice Cream

(TrendHunter.com) Trendhunter.com reported on the world’s most expensive ice cream sundae, the $1,000 Grand Opulence Sundae from Serendipity of New York City. Somebody should call Guinness to let them know there is a new kid on the block – Three Twins Ice Cream’s “World’s Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae”. So how much…

Crash Helmet Fashion – Avakian Puts Darth Vader on the Runway (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Although we’ve seen fashion helmets on Trend Hunter before, I didn’t know we’d be seeing them again this soon, and definitely not on an international catwalk!

Featured at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney were “crash helmets” along with an array of futurism-inspired fashions, heavy on “pod” shapes…

Piano Sketchpads – Yamaha Studio Keyboard Book (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This leather keyboard sketchpad was designed by Yamaha Studio, the much-admired Japanese company, yet I really don’t know what to make of it.

Yamaha is better known for its heavy machinery like motorcycles, dirt bikes and ATVs as well as its musical instruments, particularly high end pianos, but a…

Trapped in Self-Service Machines – Jobsintown Guerrilla Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “Life’s too short for the wrong job,” Isn’t that so true? That’s the tag line for these motivational career ads by German job search site, Jobsintown.de.

The visuals for the guerrilla ads are even more clever than the text! They campaign features a series of machines that perform automated service…

Chemical Warfare Fashion – Urban Security Suit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Urban Security Suit by Dutch designer Tim Smit was created to make sure you continue to look stylish even in case of a chemical attack.

Most of us may not survive a massive bio-chemical attack, but I’ll be damned if I won’t look absolutely fabulous and hip as hell when they find my messed up bo…

Tentacle Jewelry – Gualti Earrings Inspired by Plant Roots

(TrendHunter.com) Inspired by various forms of vegetation, Italian designer Gualti dreamed up these surrealist, organic-symbolic extensions of the human body in the form of jewels. The extravagant earrings are designed to resemble certain flowers and the roots of plants rising up from deep within.

“I have always be…

Glowing Heels – LED Alina Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While the top of these shoes have ordinary black sandal straps, the LED Alina Shoes have a clear Cinderella heel that glows in brilliant colours.

They come in different heel shapes, from wedges to stilettos, and each pair is capable of glowing in red, green or blue as each shoe has three LEDs. Be…

Color Coded Homes – Rainbow Bookshelf (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A lot of people make fun of me for going crazy with highlights and color coding, but the Rainbow Bookshelf takes organization but hue to an extreme.

Chotda organized his extensive library by jacket color, putting all red books, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple together, in the order of the r…

Morbid Furniture – Coffin Couches (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a sofa that’s quite literally to die for. If you want to add a touch of creepiness to your house, these awesome Coffin Couches should do the trick — they’re made of genuine recycled coffins. Perfect to lounge on while watching a scary movie…

“Our niche happens to be 18 gauge steel coffin…

Naughty Tableware – Souper Fin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bringing a touch of naughty to the kitchen, each piece of Philippe Di Méo’s unique collection of erotic tableware, Souper Fin is inspired by sex and love toys. Let’s hope your date shares your sense of humor when she sees that wine bottle cap!

The collection is designed in collaboration with sev…

Bird Rings – Jewelry with Exotic Feathers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you like eccentric accessories, take a look at these Space Mermaid Bird Rings!

Although we’ve featured avian influences in fashion before, it was mostly in the form of elaborate couture headpieces and dramatically feathered gowns. For the most part, none of these looks have been realistically we…

Torture Couture III – Ashton Kutcher’s Ass Kicking in Details (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ashton Kutcher will appear in the May issue of Details Magazine and already it’s generated controversy as some of the rather violent photos were already leaked online, making their rounds in the blogosphere. The cover of the magazine shows a very hip-looking Kutcher with the caption, “Ashton Kutcher…

Ultra Deadly Meals – Tiger Fugu

(TrendHunter.com) Some people like to live life on the edge, and while seek their adrenaline through extreme sports, others do it through extreme cuisine. The world’s most deadly food is Torafugu or Tiger Fugu, the filet mignon of blowfish. The epitome of dangerous luxury meals is Tiger Fugu sashimi, served totally r…

Anti-Collision Umbrellas – Polite Umbrella (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One of the things I hate when dealing with umbrellas is the inevitable collision with others. No matter how much you try to avoid it, narrow sidewalks result in bumping into other umbrella-holders or whacking someone in the face.

The Polite Umbrella eliminates such rude collisions with a handy han…

Mutant Humans as a Social Message – The Beacon’s Reversing Evolution Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In celebration of the recent earth day on April 22th, the Beacon organization released a creative and powerful campaign entitled Evolution.

The campaign asks you the following question: “Ready to go back where we came from?” The question is accompanied by an illustration of the long-term consequen…

Superhero Makeup – Supermodels at the Met Ball (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Ordinarily, you probably wouldn’t think to apply superhero makeup when attending a glamorous ball at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but if you knew the theme of one of the biggest exhibits on now is Superheroes: Fashion & Fantasy, you might considering taking a hint from Coco Rocha.

Vogue…