(TrendHunter.com) Architect Shigeru Ban designed the Tea House which was made from paper-based building materials. It was designed to show how materials can be recycled and reused using low-tech construction, ideal for temporary housing for situations like disaster relief.
They also quipped about the house being pe…
(TrendHunter.com) The alarm clock goes off. You roll out of bed and stumble into the bathroom to brush your teeth. As you walk back into the bedroom, you stop and stare. Something isn’t quite right. Something is different. MY BED! IT’S MADE! Oh yeah, I forgot I bought one of those self-making beds designed by Enrico …
(TrendHunter.com) Thanks to a new type of can top made of plastic and aluminium, it is now possible to reseal both steel and aluminium cans after initial opening. The “Ball Resealable End†is the top of a can into which a flat opening mechanism made of plastic is integrated. A simple rotating movement uncovers th…
(TrendHunter.com) The British currency has been given a new face for its coins. The 26 year old graphic designer Matthew Dent drew his inspiration for the new coins from the Shield of the Royal Arms and he was the fortunate one to win the design competition out of 4,000 entries.
The design is quite special. While mo…
(TrendHunter.com) For those of us who still hang on to our landlines, this telephone design is a timeless and beautiful product. Named Colombo one, Colombo two, Big and Sandy eco, a “green†phone made of recycled plastic and in a recycled packaging. The phone reestablishes a visual relationship between earpiece a…
(TrendHunter.com) LEDs produce more light per watt than incandescent bulbs. This is an LED white balloon (light emitting diodes) lamp which is very, very attractive. The lamp is made of polypropylene which is a plastic polymer (natural and synthetic materials with a variety of properties and purposes) which is used i…
(TrendHunter.com) Inspired by the pulseline that illustrates the heartbeat, the Pulseline book shelf by MÃ¥ns Salomonsen is made of 3mm sheet metal and the edge is painted with fluorescent green glows in blacklight.
Apart from the cool design, I like how the shelf provides convenient places to hold large books in th…
(TrendHunter.com) If you are a fan of quick, hot, tubular food, Martin Zampach is your guy. He made the concept Bagetty microwave that is not a box. If you only microwave hot dogs, weinies, sausage, this is much more convenient and space conscience than the bigger traditional microwave. This could spawn a whole new p…
(TrendHunter.com) These pillows from Bonjour Mon Coussin, which means, “Hello, my dear pillow,” in French, are the perfect home accessory if you have a sweet tooth.
As long as you don’t bite into them, they’ll be the most scrumptious design edition. They really do look appetizing though, temptation to eat them coul…
(TrendHunter.com) Seriously! If we’d had colleges that looked like this, some of us might have stayed long enough to graduate! But then again, Ørestad College in Copenhagen, Denmark is just about the the coolest study space I’ve ever seen and studying may not be the first thing that comes to mind. Open, airy spaces …
(TrendHunter.com) The Oulu Bar & EcoLounge in Williamsburg is Brooklyn’s first living wall installation. In addition to vastly improving the looks of the bar (see before picture), the vertical greenery installment makes a very loud environmental statement to all passersby. We can all help by incorporating environment…
(TrendHunter.com) Cup & Jug from Vert design is an exploration of fluidity, interaction and function. It’s smooth, organic form has a lightness and elegance that addresses notions of aesthetic appeal. It is a unique design that is stylish, functional and natural to use.
Cup & Jug was designed with seamless user in…
(TrendHunter.com) The motivation behind designer’s Philippe Malouin’s The Unit is the fact that the average European flat ranges from 30 to 50 square meters.
Since space has become a luxury, the furniture must be ultra compact and accomplish a maximum amount of tasks.
With this design, Malouin wanted to comprise …
(TrendHunter.com) When completed, this exhibition complex, designed by Thompson, Ventulet, Stainback and Associates, will be the largest in China. Located near the capital airport, and drawing on traditional elements like gates and gardens, the complex is linked to the river and the green belt. It includes 16 individ…
(TrendHunter.com) These plushy little bundles are actually stuffed fully customizable toys. The Plusform from Shawnimals and Squibbles Inc is like a three dimensional blank canvas that you can paint, colour, or sew fun extras on, like a tail or rhinestone eyes.
The critter, based on the Shawnimals popular Wee Ninja…
(TrendHunter.com) Taking a bath or shower doesn’t just involve soap and water anymore. From products like glow-in-the-dark bubble bath and soap that looks like French fries to the actual showers themselves, which now come with coloured water, mood tiles and the ability to kick you out for wasting water, innovations i…
(TrendHunter.com) Since I’ve started writing for Trend Hunter, it seems we’ve covered, “the world’s largest” or “tallest” building several times. On each occasion, after getting ready to file it as duplicate, I have discovered the new blue prints are, in fact, bigger than the last.
The race is on the become the bigg…
(TrendHunter.com) This is a video of an installation of seven double-sided vertical screens that is currently in front of the OSRAM main office in Munich, Germany.
OSRAM is one of the two largest lighting manufacturers in the world and is a subsidiary of Siemens AG. This is an interactive art display called Reactiv…
(TrendHunter.com) Finally, a stroller that is designed to traverse stairs. The Metrolla Strolla is an awkward high-chair-on-wheels-looking-thingamajig that would also look good in any urban family’s foyer (pronounced foy-a). Then again this baby-moving machine from designer, Dan Levin, looks like something off of rob…
(TrendHunter.com) This home furniture was created with waste wood that was grabbed, so to speak, by two guys, Bart Bettencourt and Carlos Salgado, who turned it into really nice pieces of work.
Bettencourt and Salgado, whose shop called Scrapile is located in Brooklyn NY, have developed a unique method of collectin…
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