Seduction Lessons – Course to Boost Birthrates in Singapore (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Due to the city’s low birthrate the Singapore government is offering its students lessons in seduction. Seriously.

Students of two polytechnics earn two credits towards their degree if they choose the love elective. Activities for seduction include watching romantic films, holding hands and one I …

Gigantic Pop-Up Book – Space Book (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The unique “Space Book” art installation by designer Jin-Hui Kim is not your usual pop-up book.

For starters, it is so gigantic that it features whole spaces completely furnished open up like a pop-up book.

You can simply walk into the story.

I could see the concept working in museums or exposit…

$35 Movie Tickets – Cinemas of the Future (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The question is: would you pay $35.00 a ticket for one movie?

Even if each complex will have theaters with digital projection to screen 2-D and 3-D movies, 40 reclining armchair seats, the ones with footrest, just like home? Except these seats have a service button to call a waiter. Why? Because p…

360 Degree Mirror

(TrendHunter.com) The 360 Degree Mirror saves you from constantly twisting your neck while you style your hair by featuring a seven panel 360 view that makes all angles visible simultaneously.

Although the product targets girls, I think guys who cut their own hair can really use it as well.

Of course you don’t nee…

Odd Auctions – French First Lady Nudes at Christy’s

(TrendHunter.com) On April 10th, 2008, Christy’s will auction off a nude photograph of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, which was taken before she was married. Carla Bruni posed for the black and white photo in 1993, when she was a model. It is expected to sell for $4,000.

Carla is lucky that she doesn’…

Software Problems in Bathroom Stalls – Google’s Testing on the Toilet

(TrendHunter.com) Albeit famous for creating a friendly work environment for their employees, Google doesn’t give them a moment to relax.

The company, heavily leaning upon the creativity of its workers, doesn’t like it when their brains stop solving software problems. By sticking software codes and problems to …

Controversial Games – Miss Bimbo Plays With Diet Pills, Gets Boobs Jobs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Our young women don’t have enough to worry about it seems. A Web site in England is causing a stir, upsetting many parents and others.

MissBimbo.com is a “game” of fashion and hairstyles, and it also offers breast enlargements and diet pills. The site lets users to create a character using credit …

Top 5 Things You Can Do By Number – Numerical Art (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember those Paint by Number projects you did as a kid? Now there is a whole range of projects you can create or enjoy by number, and they’re not limited to the under-10 set.

Take a look at all these other art and lifestyle activities that are done according to numbers, from Chew by Number proje…

Rooms Made of Chocolate II – Choccywoccyboudoir (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A company called Choccywoccydoodah has set up an intimate boudoir of sheer chocolate for dacadent self indulgence. A bit like the chocolate room except that was a PR stunt and this is the real deal. I really love this idea though essentially it is just a tasting experience with knobs on.

Up to 12 g…

Toilet Transformers – Aviary Toiletron (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The fear of using a public toilet is called “Parcopresis” and this is a fear shared by many of us. And according to Aviary, they know why: “Toilets are one of the most favored hiding spots for evil robots from other galaxies. We finally have video proof.”

Aviary’s resident plumber, by the name of …

Pimped Scooters – Monster Segways Sports Giant Tires (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If it has wheels or a computer chip, you can bet that there is some guy out there who is going to put neons lights on it, boost it’s performance, or customize it in some way.

Take this Segway owner (of course, maybe he’s not the owner, which would describe this a whole lot better) for instance. He…

Urban Playgrounds in 30 Cities – World Pillow Fight Day (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) World Pillow Fight Day took place in cities around the world Saturday 22 March, 2008. The picture and video show thousands of people battling it out in New York’s Union Square.

The idea started with Lori Kufner and Kevin Bracken, who have organized pillow fights and subway parties in Toronto and …

Dance Floor Aquariums – Sharks Swim Under Qua Bottle Lounge (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Qua Bottle Lounge has tapped into the obsession with extreme sports and exotic experiences involving wild animals. The Austin, Texas club found a way to bottle up and serve that adrenaline to their patrons on a nightly basis; beneath their glass dance floor is an aquarium filled with dangerous sea c…

Mosaics With a Message – 4,000 Americans Dead

(TrendHunter.com) It is becoming a trend using all types of products to create a mosaic. Used metro tickets, pieces of scrap or what ever inspire people to assemble an artistic object.

However I have never seen something so lugubrious and at the same time so brilliant and breathtakingly sensitive that words fail me.…

Flaming Instruments – Man Plays Burning Piano (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Talk about a dramatic performance.

Earlier this month, Japanese pianist Yosuke Yamashita plopped down on the bench of grand piano as it went up in flames. Fortunately, he played it safe by not only jumping into a fireproof suit pre-performance, but his seaside location was also thought through.

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YouTube Recruiting (Part 2) – Cistercian Monks Get Universal Music Deal (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has published other musicians who had their big break via YouTube, myspace or other social networks; but now a YouTube video is to thank for Austrian Cistercian Monks getting a world-wide music album contract with Universal Music.

Universal has been looking for monks, men of the cloth …

Duck Fashion Show – Sydney Loves Quacks (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Some fashion shows quack me up. In Sydney they feature a fest of webbed feet for a wonderful fete. No ugly ducks here, they are all dressed to kill. Don’t ask for the bill, however. Some ducks prefer to be judged on fleet webness, so they race. No fair goosing the contestants.

Chopper RVs – BadAss Camping Gear

(TrendHunter.com) So road warrior, are you ready for some lakeside marshmallow and wienie roasts this summer? Don’t stick it out in a tent. Instead, seek inspiration from this badass RV attached to a chromed out motorcycle.

Complete with angry flames, the orange RV has an open seating concept in the front that look…

Personal Paparazzi – Hire Your Own Stalker with MethodIzaz (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Want to know what you look like in public? At all times, in every situation? Hire your own personal paparazzi.

They’ll stalk you wherever you go, so you won’t have to annoy your friends with, “Can you take another photo of me?” when you’re not even on vacation or doing something cool. You know, th…

Sensory Deprivation Skull Chair by Atelier van Lieshout (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dutch Atelier Van Lieshout has their Sensory Deprivation Skull on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, a new Gallery in Mayfair, London, designated to furniture. A chair you can sit in with the doors closed and without any disturbance from the outside world. Even with a cosy sheepskin!
Joep van L…