Post-Disaster Design Competition – “What if New York City. . .” (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) New York City sought innovative ideas for providing provisional housing for residents who may lose their homes as the result of a catastrophic coastal storm. Because of the city’s high population density and the desire to resettle as many residents as possible in their former neighborhoods, a new …

Luxury Cars Inspire Furniture – Aston Martin DB6 Couch (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you love your Aston Martin so much that you want to have a piece of it in your house, Aston Martin Heritage Designs exclusively presents the Aston Martin DB6 couch. The limited edition couch will surely add a sense of cool to your living room and cause you to be admired by your friends and visito…

Bespoke Ice Cream Vans (2) – Ice Cream for Grown Ups (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I have recently found Lola’s Ice and I have to say I think I prefer them to ‘Scoop’ as its a bit more about the ice cream / fun / flavours and a bit less about the design element of it and being too cool for school.

Their crazy ice cream van offers home made eclectic sorbets and ice creams and is a…

Living Large While Single – Hoesch SingleBath Suite (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Any dude that designs or builds a bath suite that is design for a single person, needs to have their head – or other body parts – examined. Hoesch SingleBath is just that. It’s got the cool Mirror TV Cabinet that lets you watch TV in the mirror, the Walk-in shower with a special drying floor, and th…

Eating in 2015 – The Critter Grater

(TrendHunter.com) Having a design contest for how we might eat in 2015 means getting some fun as well as futuristic designs. Even if they are meant to be a little cheesy, like this animal designed grater. The cool part is that you don’t have to hold it to use it. No more grated knuckles. It’s called “Scratch my Back.…

Flood Adaptive Accommodations – Waterstudio Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you live in a place with a high possibility of being submerged under water and frequent floods, it only make sense to move away from conventional architecture and design when it comes to home building. Rather you would need something that would be able to withstand this force or nature, so why n…

Eco-Friendly Furniture With Flair – Creative Cartons by Les Cartonnistes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What is flexible, sturdy, costs practically nothing, gets thrown around, and is taken for granted? If you think that cardboard is basically useless, think again.

When “Cartonist” Bertrande Durand-Jenny created her atelier Les Cartonnistes Associés in 2003 in Paris, everyone else was either re…

Tote Inspired by Manila Envelope – Mac Bag for Macbook Air (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The thinness of the new Macbook Air, and its ability to fit into a manila envelope (as illustrated in its commercial) inspired this carrying case design by London-based designer Michael Leung. The Mac Bag is 34.5 x 24.7 x 22 mm, water resistant and constructed with waxed cotton, felt lining, and pla…

Ultra-Green Office Building – Hidden Eco-Friendly Corporate HQ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The perfect excuse for being late for work has inadvertently been created by the architect and interior design team at the Penson Group. This proposed headquarter, called the Vestry, of a major UK company comes with a layer of green grass that disguises it from view. The layer of grass and hedges on…

Neon Denim – Cali Glow In The Dark Denim (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cali Denim has produced a glow in the dark range that was predicted (albeit in jest) by top Trendhunter Bianca Bartz back in August 2007 in her review: The (Hideous) Return of Shoulder Pads Fashion. And I quote “This decade has been a decade of old-trend-revival. There have been no significant new l…

Collapsible Earthquake Helmet – Tatamet

(TrendHunter.com) Football games. Motorcycle rides. Construction sites. These are the activities that Americans think of when they think of helmets. This is what makes the following Japanese product so unique – a collapsible earthquake helmet. Tatamet helmets are made to protect people from the very real threat of a …

Design Mirrors Nature – The Chameleon Truck is a Centipede (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Even with all our technology and breakthrough inventions, we still look at mother nature for inspiration. Thats what Haishan Deng did when he designed the Chameleon Truck.

This bionic cargo transport wonder utilizes an innovative segmented body that remarkably resembles that of a centipede. This en…

Redesigning Holland To Deal With Global Warming – Entire Country Will Float (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The climate change is already starting to influence architecture and building design. In order to adapt to rising sea levels and the fact that 20% of the country is already below sea level, Holland officials are re-designing the entire country so that it floats on water. City planners near Amsterdam…

Charge Batteries While You Walk – Knee Brace Dynamo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) US and Canadian scientists have created a unique and useful device that will use your body movements while walking to charge up your batteries for a whole host of gadgets. As a human dynamo you will effortlessly produce enough energy to power up your mobile for 30 minutes form just one minute walkin…

Artvertising (Update) – Red Bull Art of Can Exhibit (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A while back we featured the Art of Can Exhibit which challenged artists to get creative with Red Bull cans. The works the artists put together are truly amazing. They have worked the silver and blue aluminum cans into the most magnificent sculptures. I suppose after consuming that much caffeine, yo…

Ice Cool Modern Living – Snow House (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When you think of Norway (if you ever have, that is), you would probably think of rocky fjords, cold weather, warm people, and an abundance of very lucrative goods like fish and oil. Most would not think of the architecture or designs of the Scandinavian country.

The Snow Home, as I like to call i…

Going Green With Plant Power – Cradle 2 Cradle Spinach Concept Home (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Stop the presses, they have found a good use for Spinach other than for torturing young children. Get this house design that uses Spinach for much of the exterior surface. It was conceptualized by Cradle 2 Cradle and uses filtered storm water to grown the spinach. The house can generate twice the v…

Reinventing The Wheel – Folding Bicycle Wheel (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The folding bicycle wheel is a very innovative space saver for the courier or commuter who, for security measure, removes their front tire. Now instead of having to take the awkward wheel with you to your office, you can simply fold it up and put in into you brief.

Designed by Duncan Fitzsimmons, …

Made-To-Order Lighting – Black Lace Chandelier (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This black chandelier is the epitome of chic. The glossy tubular Perspex shade is permeated by a fancy, laser cut designs to allow light to shine through and cast delicate patterns on the walls. From within the circular opening, Jet black crystals cascade down like the elegant tentacles of a calming…

Curtains In Any Shape Or Form – Magnetic Curtains (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Most curtains remain in a 2D world where they limit themselves to a few functions and positions. Innovation has sparked the mind of Florian Krautil who has given these magnetic curtains 3D functionality. Adding hundreds of tiny circular magnets, which are evenly spaced throughout the curtains to all…