Bicycles as Art – Josh Hadar’s Moving Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sculptor Josh Hadar’s Manhattan studio is located on Broome street in the trendy Soho neighborhood of New York City. Josh creates dynamic, moving works of art such as motorized bicycles in metal and glass. Each piece can be customized to an owner’s physical size and whim. He uses materials such as…

Eco Museums – San Francisco’s Academy of Sciences (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Lovers of eco-friendly buildings will not be disappointed with the hippies in NoCal. This fall, the new museum will be open and the public will have the chance to see what is under those giant bulges covered with grass and flowers. The roof alone is a marvel.

“The $484-million structure will most …

OLEDs Printed Like Newspaper – GE Roll-to-Roll OLED

(TrendHunter.com) Things are about to get a whole lot more interesting in interior design. We have already seen the invasion of LED lights into designs and products everywhere. Now we have the world’s first demonstration by GE of OLEDs printed just like a newspaper.

Basically, OLEDs are thin organic materials trapp…

Shoe Designers Tackle Concept Car – Nike ONE (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Asking a shoe designer to come up with a car, is like asking a sex toy designer to come up with a shoe. Oh wait, I forgot about the Dildo Shoe. So why shouldn’t Nike ONE design team have a go at a concept car. This design may be the answer. It’s just so out-there it looks more like it belongs in Spe…

Beer-Can Home – A Love Shack for Suds

(TrendHunter.com) Now you know what to do with your beer cans. The creator of this “house”, John Milkovisch, passed away in the 1980’s but the beer can house he created has been designated a public folk art monument.

According to the his son, “He never had less than eight or ten cases stacked up in the garage, and …

Avant-Guard Children Furniture – The P’kolino Klick Puzzle Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is some of the cutest kid furniture I have seen. The puzzle design is very attractive and right in sinc with the current trend in furniture design to minimize the space occupied by it. The smart-looking P’kolino Klick line of children furniture combines workspace and a storage place for the k…

Future Dubai Cybertecture – Du Tower

(TrendHunter.com) Some things have to be seen to be believed. This 38 story tower in Dubai is named the Du Tower and will function as a symbol of the young, high-tech telecommunications company, Du.

“This 115-metre tower consists of open plan offices with high-tech provisions allowing flexible usage either by Du or…

Weightlifting with Japanese Dolls – Kokeshi Dumbbell (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Kokeshi are Japanese dolls, handmade from wood, with a simple trunk and an enlarged head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face. The body has a floral design painted in red, black, and sometimes yellow, and covered with a layer of wax. One characteristic of Kokeshi dolls is their lack of …

Ballon Fashion II – Haut Couture with Air

(TrendHunter.com) Generally balloons are associated with children’s parties, and they might even reach artistic constructions and creative design but all people are thinking about is children’s fun. But here we are talking serious business.

The American fashion designers Katie Laibstain, 23, and Steven Jones, 39…

Red Bull HQ – Slide Down to Meetings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Can you imagine working here? The Red Bull head quarters has a video wall, “floating” stairs or, the best alternative, slides to get down a floor! Check out the pictures. The whole place is designed to encourage interaction. The female contingency must have to wear pants or jeans all the time.

“The…

Face Made of Human Bodies – Who Do You Think You Are Ad

(TrendHunter.com) When looked at from afar, it becomes evident that this image of a face actually consists of photographs of hundreds of naked human bodies that, with their combination of unique shapes and colours.

The clever ad was created for a BBC genealogy TV program which focuses on ancestry, called Who Do You …

Ad Promotes Bullshit – Green Energy Campaign by PG&E;

(TrendHunter.com) I am not sure whether the image is just a creation of the blog owner I took this message from or a copy of the ad the energy company released. Whatever the case, it is a perfect design for a billboard promoting the energy company’s “green” intentions for sustainable energy.

As a matter of fact, i…

Airplane Car – Milner AirCar The New Fly-Drive (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Enter the new fly-drive option for the adventurer – the Milner AirCar is both a airplane and a car blended into a curvaceous smooth finish; in the air it cruises at 200mph and upto 25,000 feet, while on the ground in a chassis not much bigger than your average saloon (after the 28ft wide wings have …

Interactive Fashion Tech Tells Eco Story – Edoc Laundry

(TrendHunter.com) Edoc Laundry, a Seattle based clothing company, is all about encouraging the interactive social experience. By combining fashion and technology mediums, Edoc Laundry creates garments with codes and messages that most people can’t see unless they are searched for thoroughly.

These hidden details a…

Recycled Pool Balls Jewelry – Eleanor Salazar’s Eco Accessories (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We all know by now that green is the new black and that engaging in ecologically- and environmentally-friendly behavior as individuals or group entities is the sane thing to do.

Through my short stint as a Trend Hunter, I have been exposed to all kinds of really beautiful objects made from recycled…

Design for the Video-Game Generation – The Slacker (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You are the 80-90s Nintendo-generation and are entering adult life. Read at least two newspapers a day, work harder, stress more, eat a full-grain diet, sit ergonomically on your scandinavian designed furniture. No more slacking, no more goofing around, game over!

So what if you won on a lottery? …

Wooden Orb Mouse – Jupiter PC Mouse (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Jupiter PC mouse is hand-made in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on HonshÅ« island. The spheric mouse also comes in a stainless steel version for Mac users that can be blinged out if that’s the way you prefer to roll.

When I first saw this spheric g…

Columbian Subculture – Electro Kitsch Movement (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bogota, Columbia has seen a trend progress in the nightlife, cultural, art and alternative scenes. The electro-kitsch subculture has been irrigating around the country, and more events spring up daily to feed this unique sub-culture. The universal and the “local” have combined to add a surface to a …

Futuristic Work Place – Meguro Office Space by Nendo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Functional use of space for meetings, workspace and storage that manages to separate but maintains a feel of connection between the spaces. The design is meant to make you think of hanging cloth or waves. You move between each work space by stepping over the lowest points of the divider. Might be ro…

Art that Bleeds – Peforming Art for Your Wall by Oscar Diaz

(TrendHunter.com) We all want art that does something more than just hang there, right? We’re used to multi-tasking, so why should art get away with just hanging around. Oscar Diaz made these artworks that change as the ink bleeds onto the paper. It’s still art because you don’t control the speed or final outcome, th…