AMOLED Notebooks – Samsung Prototype

(TrendHunter.com) Samsung SDI, the Korean manufacturer’s display division, gives us a sneak peak into their upcoming AMOLED laptop designs with this strikingly stylish 12.1” prototype.

The prototype, which will be showcased for the first time next week at the Society For Information Display (SID) 2008 in LA, fe…

Stand And Drive Cars – The Slide by Matthias Pinkert (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Matthias Pinkert conceived this “city car” where the lone passenger and driver stand in an upright position. The concept vehicle called The Slide is meant for the crowded, chaotic urban environment where parking spaces are priceless, albeit temporary, possessions.

Needless to say, it is also …

Rotary Dial iPhones – iDial (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Combine cutting-edge gadgets and retro style with this awesome beyond words rotary, analogue style dialler iDial application for the iPhone.

In a clash of the past and present technologies, iDial utilizes the iPhone’s innovative multi-touch capabilities with the ancient but cool dialler of analog …

Macadamia Nut Bowls – Husque Houseware (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mark Harrison’s Husque houseware is really attractive. Fashioned out of Australian macadamia nut shells, The Australian designer uses a special compound to mold the shells and create very beautiful, colorful bowls and other tableware that make use of nuts, pods and organic shapes as sources of ins…

Coffee Makers of the Future – Nespresso Design Contest Winners (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Well known for their sexy and creative coffee maker designs Nespresso gives us a peek at the future of coffee designs with the announcement of the winners of their second Nespresso Design Contest at an awards ceremony in Milan.

The four winning designs are:

First place: ”Untitled” by Brice Genr…

Waterfall Sinks 2 – CBD Glass Studio Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This spectacular bathroom sink is like a manifestation of the water falling into it. The wall-mounted ‘Waterfall’ sink, available in 30”, 40” and 60” versions, is made with a process called glass slumping. The vessels seem so delicate, when I first saw them I thought they looked like melting i…

Blooming Light Designs – Agave Inspired Aloe Lamps (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Inspired by the Agave plant, a tropical cactus with distinctive fleshy-leaved flowers, new zealand born, london-based designer jeremy cole launched his promising design career with this beautiful Aloe lamps collection.

The Aloe collection includes three designs – the Bud, which represents the birt…

Floating Restaurant Tables – BBQ-Donut (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The BBQ-Donut is a floating party table. This invention is actually a boat with a very quiet, electric motor on board. It seats 10 people around a BBQ pit/table and includes a stereo system, coolers under the seats, and a sunshade above the rider’s heads.

Car-Inspired Furniture – Steven Heller’s Cadillac Furniture (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For self-confessed car freak Steve Heller, his love of 1950’s Cadillac models inspired him to thread into the sphere of furniture design. Heller has built functional art such as chests, tables, bars, entertainment units, beds and dressers from metal and wood and the result of his efforts are really …

Luxury Fruit – Glass Art by Anthony Biancaniello (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Other than a bowl of real, healthy fruit to eat, the fake fruit bowl as a decor item is so tacky most people would not contemplate having it in their homes. Even the better attempts at realism still fall far short of any artistic expectations. Until Anthony Biancaniello’s Art Glass Fruit, that is.…

Horro Stuffed Animals – Matt Kirkland’s Dissected Toys (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When most of us think of stuffed animals, we think cuddly, cute, snuggly and lovable. For some designers have more twisted, less affectionate associations with the toys. Matt Kirkland tore open this series of stuffed animals to reveal the insides of them, showing what the inner workings of mechanica…

Amorphous Fashion Watches – Strobe

(TrendHunter.com) Inspired by the works of the artist Giger, designer Benjamin Wysk used Giger’s amorphous forms as a biomechanical symbiosis in his Strobe watch design “to reflect there the person and the clock.”

According to Wysk, the design, which is an entry in the Signity watch design contest 2008, is for peopl…

Safety-Oriented Compact Cars – The Solid (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Solid car was designed by Nikita Gutsalenko, a student at the Product Design and Transport Design at the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, Russia. The aim of Gutsalenko’s design is to help solve the issue of overcrowded parking spaces.

The concept car comes with the standard safety f…

Stone Age Modernism – Glass Knives by Noa Bembibre

(TrendHunter.com) Hardcore, New Finnish Design is presenting Noa Bembibre and her Glass Knives collection during New York Design Week 2008.

“Bembibre’s glass knives combine the very ancient roots of design – transforming rocks into tools – with innovative contemporary kitchenware design,” HardcoreDesign s…

Bullet-Proof Bird Houses – The Architect’s Bird Feeder (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Those with a modern sense of style and a dwelling to match will appreciate the ‘Architect’s Bird Feeder’ .

Architect Doug Patt designed the contemporary feeder out of bullet-proof polycarbonate. Why bullet-proof? I can only assume that the material’s clearness and durability was his rationale…

Coffin Tables – Memento Coffee Table Casket (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designed by Charles Constantine, Memento is a wooden coffee table that can store books, magazines and other personal mementos during your lifetime. The design twist is that it also awaits your death to store YOU. As a bonus, an open casket is easily arranged with the conveniently removable top piece…

Flared Chairs – The $2,105 Gownchair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Gownchair is a limited edition, luxury-priced, sculptural chair by Giorgia Paolini from the Paolini Design Store. Its flowing contours and strong visual impact will suit those with an appreciation of fashion, art and bold design.

It is handmade of fibreglass — the production presentation on th…

Transformer Coffee Cups – Multicultural En Terrasse / To Go Mug (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While coffee is a universal drink, different cultures have different rituals and ways of drinking it. For example, while most people in New York City would have their coffee “to go” and drink it on the move, you’d be hard pressed to find the same in Paris, where the typical coffee drinking is …

Mini Recycled Yachts – 3D Plywood Luxury Boat (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cognizant of the fact sailboats cause a lot of damage to the ecosystem, designer Max Koriath conceived the 3D Plywood Boat.

“By using a patented new process that applies a beech wood veneer to readily available plywood parts, this design gives you all the luxury and durability of more costly woods…

Wine Lights – Set the Mood With BettyLou (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Having the appropriate lighting is one of the most fundamental parts of setting the right mood. BettyLou gets it just right, with their warm, bright and safe Wine Lights.

The wireless lamps, which are meant to be placed inside a wine glass, use lithium ion batteries which will provide that sensuou…