Urban Survival Kits – Subivor for Subway Emergencies (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Doomsday industry is expanding. A business by the name of Subivor has produced a so-called subway survival kit complete with protective mask, flashlight, a pry bar, a silver-tone metal whistle, and towelette pouch and a compact bag with a reflector tape.

The Subivor, which comes with its dooms…

Transformer Plants – From Vase to Flower to Vase Again (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This vase not only adds a unique splash of design and greenery to your home, but it has beautiful symbolism. It begins as a brown vase, then as you nurture it, it blooms into a plant. After the leaves wilt, it returns back to its vase state.

Watch the video to see a time lapse of the living vase.
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Luminescent Leaf Lights – The Eco-Friendly Leaft (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Stephan Siepermann showcased his unique Leaft wall lamp recently at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2008.

Each luminescent leaf in these LED lamps is made out of recycled plastic casts that are connected together into a branch. The design offers a soft playful intertwining of li…

Illuminated Eco-Chic Windows – Lightway (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It appears that light bulbs may soon become obsolete if Damian Savio, a Sydney design student, has his way.

The Longueville designer invented Lightway window louvers that illuminate dwellings without the need of an external energy source or a light bulb. Using the latest in transparent photovolta…

Green Hangers – 100% Recycled Cardboard Coat Hanger (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Green Hanger was born as a bid to resolve the ever-increasing problem of wire and plastic hangers ending up in landfills each year. When you choose Green Hanger, you are using a product that is attractive, functional and most importantly environmentally sound.

“The Green Hanger is a fully recy…

Adjustable Furniture Design – Stack Drawers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Traditionally, a chest of drawers design includes an exterior frame, back panel, and runners on each drawer which can only be opened in one direction. Designer Shay Alkalay ignores all such standards and notions in his new 2008 design, Stack, for British company, Established & Sons.

The dynamic des…

Reinventing British Beach Huts – Bathing Beauties Festival Architecture

(TrendHunter.com) Beach huts on the Lincolnshire coast of the UK have had radical makeovers as part of the Bathing Beauties festival, the first part of which was in 2007.

The festival makes beach huts truly for the 21st century. In addition to Jabba the Hut (pictured) there is one titled Eyes Wide Shut which featur…

Stylish Flagship Stores – Fiat London (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fiat UK has just opened a stylish new Flagship Store in London’s West End and celebrated the occasion with a design exhibition and fabulous party.

The exhibition, called Fiat Workpop 500, featured the work of 22 young designers competing to design an accessory for the Fiat 500 that will go into …

Bamboo Sunglasses – iWood Shades are Green Chic

(TrendHunter.com) Why should nature lovers shy away from the fashion scene? To be green chic, here’s exactly the accessory you’ll need, especially when hanging out in the sun during that protest rally.

These iWood sunglasses from The Green Loop are hand-made from sustainable harvested bamboo. However, the $350 pric…

Luxury Outdoor Showers – Get Fresh Al Fresco (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Whether you have just wandered in off the beach, just finished your run, or are done with the “honey-do” chores, how luxurious would it be to step into an outdoor shower? Here are a couple that are fantastic looking. The D’un jardin a l’Autre is forged iron in five parts and the Azure shower is made…

Numbered Furniture – Horde by Numbers for Organizational Freaks

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Pietro Arosio for EmmeBi has definitely hit the spot with Horde by Numbers, his line of numbered furniture.

Next time your wife asks you where you put the bottle opener, you wont have to answer, “Second from the top, third from the bottom.” Instead, you could just say, “Cabinet number 10.”…

Different Business Cards Each Day – Be the Change You Want to See (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Why settle for a boring business card with one design when you can have a different look for each day of the year?

With a slogan of “Be the change you want to see in the world”, this limited edition Y.O.C Box contains 365 unique and surreal business cards, one for each day of the year. Each card is…

Superhero Fashion – Fantasy Exhibit at the Met (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art spring exhibit called Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy kicks off on May 7th. The exhibit, spearheaded by the work of Coco Rocha, is being sponsored by Giorgio Armani and the May issue of Vogue Magazine featuring a robotic Gwyneth Paltrow will a…

Cigarette-Shaped Salt n Pepper Shakers – Flavor Country

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Myan Duong created these sexy cigarette shaped salt and pepper shakers as an act of defiance: “They can stop you from smoking in restaurants, but they can’t stop you from ashing into your food.”

The “Flavor Country” salt and pepper shakers by allow you to carress these fake cigarettes …

Phone Photo Frames – Frame Tele (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The concept FRAME TELE from Tao Ma is both a picture frame and a phone that shows pictures of your family members or friends or your own picture continuously on the screen. When the phone rings, the frame can display a previously saved picture of whoever is calling or some pretty scenery instead. If…

Typography Rugs – John Pour Home (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Your front entrance helps largely to shape the first impression people get of your home, and your rug plays a role in what you reflect. To show you’re not just an average Joe, let your personality come out with one of these John Pour Home rugs. Instead of having a message printed on them, their shap…

World of the Future – NVArt: Art Space Competition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Complex at the Centre of the Universe won first place in a competition run by CGSociety (Society of Digital Artists) and NVIDIA. The NVArt: Art Space Competition challenged artists from around the world to come up with their own grandiose and awe-inspiring vision of the world.

“The entries are…

Keyboard Pants – Beauty and the Geek Jeans (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Erik De Nijs stitched up this techno-geeky pair of jeans so that wherever he went, he wouldnt be far connecting to technology.
Built in to the knees are speakers for rocking while you run, and an integrated keyboard which when used would make people wonder why you were touching yourself so…

Glass Balloon Animals – Jeff Koons Rooftop Exhibit at the Met (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Metropolitan Museum of Art is always full of beautiful art exhibits, but one of its most recent is actually ON the Met instead of inside.

Jeff Koons’ sculptures are currently on display on the rooftop of the New York art museum, the world famous Manhattan skyline acting as its backdrop.

The …

Retro Magazine Purses – Momaboma’s Paper Vintage Bags (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Momaboma is an Italian company that creates really beautiful, retro, vintage bags. The bags are made out of paper from recycled glam magazines from the 1950’s and 1960’s and other material such as old vinyl records. The carefully-chosen paper is then processed with resin, polypropylene, vinyl and gl…