Wearable Paper – Jennifer Collier’s Disposable Paper Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jennifer Collier is a British fashion designer who creates paper fashion collections. She has created a group of carefully crafted garments and accessories from bits of paper, plastic and assorted recyclable objects and materials. These disposable materials are then transformed into transient, fleet…

Rock ‘n’ Roll Home Collections – Successful Living from Diesel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Diesel, one of the most frequently featured fashion brands on Trendhunter.com, has launched a new home line called Successful Living from Diesel.

The collection, “Is built around a rock ‘n’ roll and casual living concept, which incorporates Diesel’s trademark style and attitude,” the press release…

Ergonomic Egg Bags – Flo Backpacks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One look at the Flo Backpack designed by Ivan Huber is enough to make any self-respecting adult into their alter ego superhero of choice. The Flo backpack reminds me of a certain mutant turtle ninja half-shell which had gained immense popularity in the 90’s. Apart from making the owner look super co…

Badass Furniture – The Outlaw Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Until I saw the Outlaw Chair from designer Ted Nemeth, I didn’t think furniture could be cool.

Ted is the master of creating custom leather furniture with a bad attitude: one look at the Outlaw Chair proves that. The chair is carved from solid mahogany, painted all black and is covered in rich bla…

Green Floating Villages – Eco Architecture in Northern England (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the winning design for an eco-friendly floating village that is planned for Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, northern England. The winning concept, created by Adam Khan Architects, plans to use wood and other sustainable materials to build this floating village whic…

Bendable Sinks – Kohler Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The high-end Kohler Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet represents a complete departure from the conventional rigid faucet. This stainless steel Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet is designed to hold any pose and to bend and fold according to the needs of the user and to be tucked away when not in us…

Easier To Pick Up Coins – Beveled Edge, Angled Coins

(TrendHunter.com) What an utterly simply yet ingenious idea! How many times have you suffered from the embarrassment of clumsily trying to grab at that coin that fell down?

Coins have had pretty much the same core design since their introduction: flat and mostly round – two design aesthetics that make a coin pretty …

Design Week Highlights – Jean-Marie Massaud at Milan Design Week 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Talented designer Jean-Marie Massaud has a solid presence at Milan Design Week 2008 with many unique creations. Here we present you with five of the showcased designs.

The designs are (top to bottom, left to right):
1. Curiosity Cabinet for AV Mazzega is a rather curious and unique suspended lighti…

Transformer Scales – Shu-Hung Yeh’s Universal Scale (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Scales can be pretty intimidating. Sometimes, you want to get off them as soon as you step on. Also, when it comes to its usability, most scales are not very universal or user friendly, in the sense that they do not accomodate people with disabilities and handicaps.

Designer Shu-Hung Yeh has come u…

Convertible Travel Bags – Student Designs at Milan 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Convertible Travel Bag concept is the result of a collaboration between the Florence School of Architecture and Picuadro. The aim of the project was to present 14 bags developed by third year design students at the Italian institution of higher education.

“The objective was to meet the needs o…

Cigar Box Paintings – Ed Musante’s Birds (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) To get noticed, artists today need to find a really unique edge to gain exposure. Ed Musante has created buzz by selecting cigar boxes as the canvas for his paintings of birds.

His avian cigar box characters range from intricately detailed Barred Owl to birds with vibrant shades in their feathers …

Bra Protectors – Smart Broad Bra Smart Travel

(TrendHunter.com) Don’t you hate it when your bras are crushed when you unpack your suitcase while travelling? If yes, then you’ll love the Bra Smart Travel from Smart Broad, a must-have for ladies that travel a lot and want to keep their undies/bras organized and neat. Bra Smart Travel can hold up to six bras.

The …

Guitar Piano Hybrids – The Harpejji (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Harpejji is a hybrid musical instrument that was invented by a math professor by the name of Jorn Starret. The musical instrument, which has 24 strings on 24 frets, is the offspring of a union between the guitar and the piano.

I’m looking at this strange-looking new guitar/piano fusion and I’m …

Religious Phones – Buddhist Nokia N70 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This first of its kind Buddhism mobile phone is a heavily customized Nokia N70 that is decorated with numerous Buddhist aesthetics that makes for the ultimate religious phone.

The phone features 24 K gold plating, a Buddha on the back and intricate carvings and religious symbols all over. It also h…

Luxury Purse Coolers – Veuve Clicquot Globalight (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the Veuve Clicquot Globalight limited edition champagne cooler designed by Karim Rashid who is one of the most prolific designers in the high-end hotel and home goods arenas. Rashid was inspired by the idea of a purse or handbag.

The sleek looking, soft pink bubbly chiller sells for a cool…

Ice Cream Cone Lights – Whippy CFL Bulbs

(TrendHunter.com) First Aunt Bessie introduces cones with mashed potatoes, and now there are these ice cream lamps! No question about it, wafers are HOT at the moment. Even if you’re not massively into kitsch, there’s no denying the Whippy light fixtures are kind of cool. Best of all, they support eco friendly CFL b…

Jelly Bean Art 2 – Madonna Hard Candy Cover (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At a promotional party in the UK for Madonna’s new album, Hard Candy, there was a lot of themed merchandise and decor including these jelly bean portraits.

The art was creative out of real candies, which was very suitable considering the album’s name. The colours were perfectly chosen to reflect t…

Credit-Card Sized Cologne – Conquest for Power Seekers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Conquest is a portable cologne designed for metrosexual professionals on the go.

The perfume is stored in a thin container the size of credit card for easy portability and holds 20 ml of fragrance.

“Conquest is a perfume focused on an emergent public of men called the Power-seekers, one who loo…

Honey Comb Speakers – The Hive

(TrendHunter.com) The Hive, as I will introduce it here, refers to a high end new sound system, not the hairstyle British crooner Amy Winehouse recently made popular again. Having said that, Hive is a funny-looking sound system that consists of several hexagonal flat panels or cells in a honey comb pattern that can p…

Urban Cars of 2020 – City Transport Cell (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) City Transport Cell (CTC) is a car concept designed to be used 12 years from now. Specifically designed for urban life, the CTC is based on a concept which allows all the parts to be replaced on a click.

“Built for the year 2020 it is a flexible and easy to navigate car in the hectic urban live,” …