Trading Clothes with Strangers – SwapStyle.com (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tired of swiping your sister’s clothes because she has more fashion sense or a more disposable income?

Try swapstyle.com and swap her clothes with some complete stranger’s, and you’ll never get busted. She’ll just think it disappeared.

SwapStyle is an enormous virtual closet that lets you swap f…

Apple’s Dual Trackpad Phone – iPhone Flip

(TrendHunter.com) iPhone lovers may have a clam in their future. Patents have been filed for an iPhone design that opens like a clamshell to make a “dual sided trackpad.”

That means you can access the interface from both front and back of the phone, and, when you want to dial number, all you have to do is draw the…

Offering the “Reborn Digital” a Taste – Pepsi Markets New Tava Drink

(TrendHunter.com) Pepsi has taken a note from the world of fashion in designing the campaign for their latest beverage brand, Tava.

The decidedly retro ad campaign looks as though it was inspired by a blend of pin-up style imagery and older Japanese art. The sparkling, zero calorie drink comes in a bevy of exotic fl…

Watches that Monitor Laziness – Exmocare BT2 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Exmocare BT2 is a watch but it is not like any ordinary watch. This watch is designed to keep workers on their toes and your boss looking over your shoulders.

The BT2 is designed to measure physiological data. It comes with sensors that detect your heart rate and heart variability, location, b…

Reinventing Great Products – Skittles Rolls Out New Flavours (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mars knows they have a good product on their hands with Skittles, but that doesn’t stop them from innovating. They’re continually coming up with new flavours to offer creative, often bizarre alternatives.

Their latest flavors includes Chocolate Mix. Other unique tastes include Ice Cream Skittles w…

Super Stretching Profitability – 7th Harry Potter Book Yields 2 Movies

(TrendHunter.com) The very last Harry Potter book will lead to the creation of not one, but two films. This is a fantastic business idea, as the films, based on the seventh Harry Potter book, are guaranteed to drive millions of box office sales as well as DVD purchases.

As it’s the final book in the JK Rowling seri…

Fashionable Micro-Lending – Benetton’s Global Campaign to Support Birima (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Benetton has launched a global campaign in support of micro-lending program Birima which is based in Senegal. It seems micro-lending or micro-credit programs are suddenly becoming ubiquitous and trendy as they are increasingly tied to big companies (in this case Italian clothing retailers Benetton) …

Saving Movie Theaters – 3D Films to Become Mainstream? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Internet piracy has made it possible not only to access to free movies, but to access films even before they hit theaters. In order to preserve the business of “going to the movies”, cinemas may have to considering offering all movies in 3D to continue to get patrons to the box office.

“A consorti…

Eco Friendly Cleaning – Method (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I’ve been using Method’s line of environmentally friendly cleaning products for about two years now, and never really considered how cutting edge the company really is, both in the product and the company’s branding. They line, which also includes body care items, is biodegradable, all natural and c…

Work Space Playgrounds – Google Office in Zurich (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Talk about the ultimate work environment! This work space looks like a playground for grown-ups. The Google offices in Zurich, Switzerland were designed for maximum efficiency and total play space. They’ve got everything from fun brainstorming boards to foosball tables.

No wonder Fast Company chos…

Corporate Greenlite Giveaways – Free CFL Bulbs for Microsoft Employees

(TrendHunter.com) One-line summary: Greenlite Lighting Corp literally gave away 32,000 CFL spiral energy-efficient bulbs to Microsoft employees!

Details: On February 28th, Greenlite Lighting Corporation gave away 32,000 Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs to Microsoft employees on the company’s Redmond Campus. …

Reverse Branding – Backwording Your Favorite Domain

(TrendHunter.com) Can’t afford a million-dollar premium domain name?

Why not own the next best thing, the reverse spelling of it. It’s called Backwording and it’s the newest domaining phenomenon that is changing the landscape of the Internet. The concept is simple: register the backward spelling of premium domain …

Testing 52 Jobs in a Year – Sean Aiken’s One Week Job (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Young adulthood is a difficult time, particularly when it comes to choosing a career path; it’s even more difficult to find a job which offers a sense of passion.

Instead of getting bogged down, Sean Aiken took this time to dabble with all sorts of different options, and do so publicly. He’s postin…

Red Bull HQ – Slide Down to Meetings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Can you imagine working here? The Red Bull head quarters has a video wall, “floating” stairs or, the best alternative, slides to get down a floor! Check out the pictures. The whole place is designed to encourage interaction. The female contingency must have to wear pants or jeans all the time.

“The…

Fast Luxury Fashion – Ready to Wear Gets High End

(TrendHunter.com) Fashion is all about change. Models change, fabrics change, designers change. But the biggest change underway now is the change from haute couture to pret-a-porter. Luxury ready-to-wear made a strong showing at international fashion weeks. As the world changes to quicker gratification, fashionistas …

Bad Weather For Marketing – Free Zappos.com Raingear at SXSW

(TrendHunter.com) Apparently when it rains in Austin, it pours Zappos.com ads.

The online shoe retailing giants made their presence very prominent at SXSW in Austin in this week. Not exactly what I expected from the weather in Texas in mid-March, but apparently Zappos was prepared. Promoters stood at every entrance…

Music Video Shopping – GET Interactive Ad Venture Tech (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever watched a music video and thought, “OMG, I love Nellie Furtado’s shirt… I want that!” Or, “Wow, Fergie has some crazy eye liner, I wonder where I can get that?” or “I want the cell phone Kanye West has too!” or the desire for any product in the clip? If yes, then you’ll love the fact…

Branson Helps You Hire a Private Jet – Virgin Charter (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Richard Branson keeps making it easier for the world to travel in style. He wasn’t going to stop at Virgin Galactic; now he’s launched Virgin Charter, a new online service that lets the uber affluent charter private planes from anywhere in the world.

If the travel bug is crawling around under your…

Croc Cell Phone Case – Crocs O-dial Phone Case (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I loathe Croc, but yet again I find myself writing about them. The company behind the beastly plastic shoes has released a branded cell phone holder that looks just like the slip on garden/nurse shoes, and in an array of atrocious colours too.

The mobile phone holsters are being released by Crocs …

Facebook Translated to German – Gesicht Buch?

(TrendHunter.com) Ich Liebe Facebook! Apparently, a lot of other Germans love Facebook too; so much so that the social networking site, which has 66 million users, has officially launched a version of the site auf Deutsch!

How Wunderbar! But why German and not other languages like French or Japanese? Because that w…