(TrendHunter.com) This modified Fiat 500 Pepita luxury car from Italy is painted with 24k gold and allows you to customize the interior with crocodile, snake, shark, skate or lizard lather.
For 60,000 Euros, you can choose from a wide variety of precious stones with which to embed the gearshift, hand brake, and ped…
(TrendHunter.com) In the microcar class there are going to be two giants. Yes like jumbo shrimp. The Kia Soul and the Smart Fortwo will be going after the same market. The soul looks taller than the Mini Cooper with a flat room and sloping window the profile is definitely more sporty than the Fortwo. It will have a 2…
(TrendHunter.com) Your office cubicle says a lot about you. It says you believe in it’s semi-solid structure to keep you set apart from your inferior co-workers and it also says you have earned your place in corporate life.
The downside is your cubicle also says you’re boring, unimaginative, and no different than th…
(TrendHunter.com) Expobank, a leading Russian bank, has pushed the boat out with their 2008 calender which features some of their female workers in scantily clad, risque poses. To be fair, it really does beat the Halifax adverts in the UK where workers sing and dance (think nails down a blackboard and you’re close.)
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(TrendHunter.com) Any trendy New York, Miami, or LA bartender will tell you tequila is the drink of choice.
The nouveau beverage of style may be changing to cachaça, however, after it was introduced at Fashion Week. First it’s fun to say, (ka-sha-sa) and it comes from sugar cane.
“Another drink making the rounds…
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen knock off Gucci bags, Prada wallets, Rolex watches and Dior sunglasses. China sells loads of fake iPods and iPhones. And, while we’ve seen people try to fake luxury but adding big brand emblems to their beaters, this is the first time we’ve seen entire cars knocked off.
Now in Sicily, c…
(TrendHunter.com) Although we’ve seen just about every holiday become commercialized, smaller ones, like St. Patrick’s day, don’t seem to gather much attention from bigger brands. That looks like it’s changing. Just look at what Puma’s created for the Irish holiday on March 17.
The Puma Sky 2 sneakers are green wit…
(TrendHunter.com) The inventors of Bottle of M were trying to think of a way to drive awareness to bottled water consumers for the need to recycle their empty containers.
Cheong Yian Ling, Cindy Liew , Joanne Lin and Lionel Wong, the Singapore-based designers, took their inspiration from the cigarette packaging the…
(TrendHunter.com) As Wired magazine pointed out in their most recent “Free Issue,” freeconomics and supplying the world with free products and services is the way of the future.
McDonald’s has reaffirmed that gratis is the future of business. This Thursday and Friday, they’re giving away 2,000,000 free McSkillet Bu…
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen magazines get creative in their efforts to save their print editions. As the internet threatens print media, some publications have realized they must give up news stand revenue in order to win over the interest of their readers.
Even Wired Magazine, who has a fantastic blog to suppleme…
(TrendHunter.com) Ferris wheels are great, but skyscraper-size billboards are not.
I’m a huge fan of the British Airways London Eye, an exception perhaps, as the branding isn’t visually obvious and it was designed by the talented architects at Marks Barfield. Of course, one of the best things about the London Eye…
(TrendHunter.com) Yahoo is doing whatever they can to boost their overall value. Their latest venture is a Digg style news site they’re calling Yahoo Buzz Beta which launches February 26, 2008.
When I checked it out today, Yahoo Buzz was still just a blog, but come tomorrow, the site should look a whole lot differe…
(TrendHunter.com) The rise in the demand for eco-friendly products has created thriving competition between companies, all fighting to come up with the newest green innovation.
Supermarkets are major competitors as they try to offset their eco-unfriendly activities. The latest concept is by UK major supermarket cha…
(TrendHunter.com) Adobe, the company we can thank for industry topping computer graphic and photo programs like PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign has branched into world of real products with the launch of a super camera lens.
If you’ve ever seen a fly’s eye up close, then you’ll have a pretty good visual of what…
(TrendHunter.com) The UK’s pork industry has been hurting pretty badly, but pig farmers aren’t getting discouraged yet. At least not until they’ve tested the powers of online virals.
A group of about 20-30 farmers gathered in London to produce a song called “Stand by Your Ham,” a parody of the Tammy Wynette song, “…
(TrendHunter.com) Naughty marketing is one of the most tried and true ways of getting attention, but it’s still rare to see full on nudity in a public place. Selfridges in London had a model pose nude in their window during rush hour, wearing nothing but a shawl as she posed for a painting by Jacques le Trompet,.
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(TrendHunter.com) (Warning: partial nudity)
The photoshoot in which Lindsay Lohan re-enacted Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 shoot “The Last Sitting” was one of the best thing ever to happen to New York Magazine.
Lohan, who got completely naked, got paid NOTHING to do the shoot. On the first day the photos were up, NY Mag’…
(TrendHunter.com) The coolness of touch pads that react to different finger movements is fascinating; just think of the iPhone.
Apple seems to really like this concept and want to stretch even further. The company has applied for a patent that would involve the use of “chords” to create different reactions. Much pl…
(TrendHunter.com) JohnnyDarter.com is combining the exciting photos of a men’s magazine (like Maxim) with the convenience of an online store (like eBay). They don’t actually sell anything. Instead, the site ‘advertises’ the things that women are already selling somewhere else on the internet, e.g. eBay, Craiglist, et…
(TrendHunter.com) PETA scored a major victory against Australian sheep farmers when H & M banned Australian wool from their designs. The dispute arose of a practice called mulesing. This is removal of skin from the tail to prevent flies from laying eggs in the folds. A statement from H & M said they would start looki…
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