Striking Writers Create Spoofs – TV Writers Swap Shows (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Creative types just can’t stop being inspired to come up with ideas, so when striking writers of popular TV shows were given the chance to write their own ending for other TV shows, the scripts they created were truly amusing spoofs.

The writers of Ugly Betty took the script of Gossip Girl. The Off…

Custom Made Cereal – MyMuesli (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Just as famous as Germany is for Bratwurst and Sauerkraut, it’s well known for Muesli.

Muesli (aka Müsli and Mueslix) is a mix of cereals comprised of a combination of grains, nuts and dried fruit. MyMuesli.com lets you customize your own mix of organic cereals online, choosing from a selection o…

Fashionable McUniforms – Princess Di’s Designer to Create McDonald’s Uniforms

(TrendHunter.com) Bruce Oldfield, favored designer of Princess Diana, is best know for his beautiful gowns and formal wear. However, word on the fashion grape fine is that he is to turn his hands to fast food chain McDonald’s. More accurately, the attire of it’s staff, in order to glam up their work wear. The collabo…

Mega Lingerie Fashion Show in Paris – The Salon de Lingerie International (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While the Victoria’s Secret fashion shows are a big deal in North America, an even bigger lingerie show makes the Angels look flat. The Salon de Lingerie International isn’t just a single show — it’s a four day even in Paris and it focuses on the next big thing in sexy undies. It has everything fro…

Green Eggs – Mexican Chicken Lays Modern Marvels (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A chicken named Rabanita from Huecatitla, Mexico, has become a local celebrity after laying green eggs. Rabanita has been in all the local papers, featured on YouTube, and on Televisa TV.

“My children say that God looks favorably on me so that I was given as a prize a chicken that lays green eggs,…

Fashion Rock’n Roll Hotel – The Pavilion in London (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The 30-room Pavilion Hotel in central London combines fashion and rock and roll.

The hip boutique hotel was founded by brother and sister, Danny and Noshi Karne. Noshi is an interior designer, and Danny is a former fashion model. They decided to create a hotel which brings together all the funky an…

Your Chance to Reinvent Levi’s Jeans – Levi’s Project 501 Design Challenge (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Not everyone can cut and sew their luck as participants on popular design contests such as “Project Runway,” but now Levi’s has made it possible for both professional designers and designer wannabes to claim their way to fame with the .”

Levi’s lets anyone in the U.S. redesign the 501 jeans and tru…

Scorecards to Help Eco Shoppers – Wal-Mart’s More Sustainable Packaging

(TrendHunter.com) Wal-mart, the world’s largest retail, is reaffirming their commitment toward sustainable packaging by applying a scorecard when the buyers are making a purchasing decision. Is this goodbye to packing peanuts?

Finishing the trial phase in 2007, Wal-mart hopes to not only roll back prices, but roll…

Kite Ship’s First Trans Atlantic Voyage – SkySail (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The very first transatlantic voyage via kite-power by a cargo ship has taken place. Leaving from Hamburg Germany to Guanta, Venezuela. The “SkySail” kite is a massive 160 meters in area which will pull the equally massive 132 meter Multi Purpose Heavy Lift Carrier MS “Beluga SkySails”, acros…

Starbucks Gets a Tummy Tuck – New “Skinny” Beverage Lineup

(TrendHunter.com) As many of you have surely noticed, there is a new word floating around Starbucks. Ever since the New Year, the word “Skinny” has been used to market a line of lower calorie drinks.

Starbucks, still on top of the game when it comes to the innovation of coffee and customer experience, may be onto so…

Site Sells Obsure New Fashion Labels – The Hidden Wardrobe (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Looking to explore the realms of fashion beyond the mainstream brands?

Hidden Wardrobe is an online retailer that sources new brands and designers that are up-and-coming in the creative British fashion circuit. It is a retail service that provides an outlet for new talent to sell their wares. And …

Cleaning up South Korea – Seoul’s $31 Billion Yongsan Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Seoul, South Korea, is a city that is continually transforming itself, from huts a hundred years ago to high rises now. A new project is scheduled for the Yongsan business district that will cost $31 billion and transform the gritty to the glittery. The 152 story centerpiece is a pear-shaped landmar…

Teen Designer Makes It Big – Kira Plastinina Pays Paris $2M To Endorse Brand (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A 15 year old fashion designer is making waves globally for her incredible designing capabilities.

She did however have a boost when launching her brand. Backed by her millionaire father, Sergei Plastinina, the co-founder of Wimm-Bill-Dann, Russia’s largest dairy and juice producer, Kira Plastinin…

Retail Giant Not Recognizing Blogs – Target Says They Don’t Care

(TrendHunter.com) Target doesn’t care what bloggers think about them. When a blogger emailed criticizing a billboard, she got a blow off email saying that Target doesn’t deal with non-traditional media. Target went on to say that this allows them time to focus their efforts on publications that reaches their core “gu…

Touch-Screen Menus – Restaurants & Bars with Interactive Tabletops (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A wave of ubiquitous computing is sweeping the world, with incredible inventions like touch-screen tabletops hitting restaurants and bars, allowing for waiterless ordering with interactive menus, or sheer entertainment.

The Adour restaurant in NYC’s St. Regis hotel opens tomorrow and will offer an …

Pink Sugar After Dinner – DIY Cotton Candy at Kenka, NYC (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A hip Japanese restaurant in New York has put an innovative spin on the after dinner treat. Instead of passing out mints or little chocolates after a meal of gyozo and okonomiyaki, the East Village restaurant gives each patron a tiny jar of bright pink sugar.

Without further explanation, this woul…

Eco-Friendly Sculptures – Hubcap Creatures (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These beautiful sculptures have charisma and character. They are designed by Ptolemy and are made from automobile hubcaps that were found lying about roadways and junk yards.

Each Hubcap Creature is made from 100% recycled material and often show the scars of their previous existence, which simply…

Eco-Couture Designer – Gary Harvey Interview (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Gary Harvey is a designer who does most of his shopping on eBay! He is a strong believer in recycling for fashion.

“I have been recycling clothes for the last 20 years, this was something I started when I was first at college and couldn’t afford to buy new fabrics, I would use whatever I could …

Super Bowl Marketing – Ads in 2008 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The annual Super Bowl is one of the world’s most famous TV marketing events. Air time costs a fortune to buy, as it’s a guaranteed way to get exposure to millions of viewers. Some of the best ads are launched at this time, many of which take up a huge chunk of a company’s annual advertising budget. …

Colour Ownership – T- Mobile Registers Magenta (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Deutsche Telekom, mother company for T-Mobile in Holland, has registered magenta at the European Brandoffice to prevent any other company in Holland from using this colour for their communication devices, logos or stationary.

I thought they were joking because it seemed pretty impossible that some…