Controversial Crystals – Domestic Violence Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Inspiration can come from any source and the source of inspiration for this crystal collection by Koncern Design Studio for Rückl Crystal is domestic violence.

The Domestic Violence Golden Edition was displayed at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. The collection “abstractly c…

High Tech Designer Tubs – Teuco Sorgente Hot Tub (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Teuco Hot Tub “Sorgente” by Lenci Design has a seamless sunken profile design. The tub ensures a tranquil experience with 8 Hydro-silence whirlpool jets. But what makes this tub stand out from the rest is the features. It has a control panel or remote control operation, underwater lighting, …

LED Bath Tubs – The Underwater Disco Light Show

(TrendHunter.com) The Underwater Disco Light Show offers a psychedelic bath without LSD or even psychotropic prescription drugs.

The disco light effect is produced by LED lighting in four colors moving around to create a disco-like atmosphere and there is a button that changes the pattern.

Wouldn’t these lights …

Logo-Branded Blankets 2 – Corporate Security Blankets (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Writer/artist Douglas Coupland has put a visual, tactile and a very creative spin on a topic that sometimes wanders into the realm of the abstract and the surreal when discussed in public forums. That topic is fear and apprehension about the state of our economy and the bleak prospects prognosticate…

Desktop Clutter as Art – PC Desktop Art Made with Folders (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Gizmodo is running a contest for the coolest looking desktop made entirely out of folders. They have received 14 entries so far and some of them are pretty impressive. Ren and Stimpy, Purple Tentacle, Iron Man, Daffy Duck and one of the character from South Park are among the themes submitted. The c…

Cardboard Box Accessories – Wannabe Turns Boxes into Chic Tables (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Moving into a new place always takes much longer than you originally planned for. So why not make the best out of these numerous moving boxes by transforming them into an instant functional table with the Wannabe.

Wannabe is basically a piece of metal that folds around a cardboard box, converting i…

Lights as Toys – Matt (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Get up, close and personal with this flexible and dynamic light design that promises its user a high level of entertainment and fun.

According to the designers, the knitted light object, called Matt, is meant to be moved and played with.

Through the use of an environmentally-friendly energy savin…

Crystal Cross Overs – Randomly Crystallised Swarovski (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Swedish designers Front created Randomly Crystallised which is a collection of vases and lights for the Swarovski Crystal Palace, a high-end crystal and glass store.

The pieces were made by combining cut crystals with hard blown liquid crystal.

“Front has experimented with crystal as a material,…

Sandals from Old Jeans – RecycleYourJeans

(TrendHunter.com) Next time your jeans look like they’ve had too much wear and tear to keep in your wardrobe, hold on to them. Thanks to RecycleYourJeans.com, you can now have your favourite denim pieces remade into chic sandals. A great idea sure to delight tree huggers the world over!

Recycling jeans into footwear…

Bleeding Paint Chairs – Anna ter Haar Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These brilliant chairs by Anna ter Haar simply demand admiration. The white chairs appear to be bleeding rainbows of wet paint, the fantastic hues dripping from holes drilled in the corners.

The vibrant colours just pop, especially as photographed against the pure white background.

This chair’s g…

Candy Foil Vases – Chocolate Changing Vase (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Buying a beautiful vase can make a fantastic statement in your living room, but from time to time, you want a change. Inspired by the unwrapping of chocolate candy foils, like that on a Lindt bunny or Hershey’s Kiss, Front Design created the Chocolate Changing Vase.

The vase is wrapped in five bea…

Biodegradable Flower Pots – Graine De Pot

(TrendHunter.com) Designer François Clerc has designed the Graine De Pot, a special biodegradable pot for city dweller gardeners.

The pot is made from a biodegradable plastic container that expands. The container has a lifespan of approximately nine months. You’ll want to plant the seeds this season so your full…

Cultural Handvertising – AT&T;Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) AT&T;has created a multi-cultural print campaign using painted hands. Each image is very colorful, light, and artistic, in a cartoonish kind of way, making it eye catching and very fun to look at. My favorite is the one with the Great Wall of China gloves. Very creative.

They feature painted hands…

Citroen Design Competition – Citroen Sledge Wins C-Design Contest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) French auto makers Citroen ran the C-Design competition to see what designers could come up with using nothing but Citroen car parts and their logo in the design.

The winner was Ognyan Bozhilov who designed the Citroen sledge, the main image featured in the gallery. It uses car parts which include…

Dripping Tar Sunglasses – Anna ter Haar Designs

(TrendHunter.com) Anna ter Haar seems to seek inspiration from drops quite a bit. These big, black sunglasses look as though they are dripping with thick tar. That’s usually a bag thing, but Haar made it look impossibly chic.

She made the black shades for the Klavers van Engelen fall/winter 2008/09 fashion show in …

3-in-1 Furniture in a Box – One To Three For Five (Seconds)

(TrendHunter.com) It seems that “furniture in a box” is the new black in design. It’s all about cramming functional designs in a simple unassuming box that saves space when the furniture is not used, and also keeps your place looking less cluttered and more abstract. The key design issue to keep in mind here is that …

Pleated Paper Furniture – The Cabbage Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The designers at Nendo amaze me every time they come out with a new idea.

The design of this chair was created for the XXIst Century Man exhibition curated by Issey Miyake for the first anniversary of 21_21 Design Sight in Roppongi, Tokyo. The brief given by Mister Miyake was to make furniture out …

Recycled Magazine Art – Paper Coil Mirror (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Recycled and Organic are two keywords which are defining what’s fashionable this season. Check out this large, round mirror covered with coils of recycled magazine pagers. Rolled into coils, the pages of the magazine are attached to the mirror’s frame and then sealed for durability and shine. It’s f…

Musical Robots – Honda Asimo to Conduct Orchestra

(TrendHunter.com) A Honda robot will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a concert that will take place on May 13th in Detroit. The Honda Asimo robot will pick up the baton and lead the human musicians in a rendition of Man of La Mancha’s Impossible Dream.

“The irony of a Japanese automaker trotting out an ad…

Haute Celebrity Fashion – Herve Ledger Bandage Dress (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Herve Ledger, by Max Azaria, bandage dresses are the “it” fashion garment of the season, the rich and famous are going crazy for it. These bandage dresses hug the bodies of Lindsay Lohan, Victoria Beckham, Gisele Bundchen and Mariah Carey, just to name a very few.

Their ultra-sophisticated cut…