(TrendHunter.com) A while back Trend Hunter told you about Nikon’s new campaign starring comedy actor Ashton Kutcher. The campaign has been very successful in reaching out to geeks, the celebrity-obsessed and the cool kids, all at the same time, thanks to the casting of the likable Kutcher.
Here are some of the pr…
(TrendHunter.com) Google Earth is as entertaining as it is informative. In this feature, we profile some of the interesting Google Earth innovations and applications.
People are using the Google Maps for everything from finding addresses to creating giant-scale art projects and advertising campaigns.
Take a look …
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve covered light graffiti before, the photographic art of creating designs or writing with the use of a small, rapidly moving light source in a dark setting, yet it still continues to fascinate us as well as the rest of the photo-intrigued blogosphere.
Although this image looks like a bunch of …
(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever recorded video footage of yourself on the go, you probably looked like a goofball with your camcorder or cellphone stretched out in front of you… not so stealth. With this slender backpack, the Porta2030, you can record more low profile footage and actually stream your video as long…
(TrendHunter.com) Tim Flack’s portfolio of photography is astonishing. He captures stunning images of animals using unexpected perspectives and extreme close-up points of view. Flack’s photos of bats are genius, he actually makes them look.. cute… in a way. There is a sense of actually ‘experiencing’ the c…
(TrendHunter.com) My father, a German living in Beijing, sent me a beautiful article from Bild.de, the online version of a popular German newspaper. It was a moving piece that was supplemented with touching photos like those in the gallery. It got me thinking how a natural disaster can leave over 42,000 individuals k…
(TrendHunter.com) When dealing with sexuality, most magazines do it stealthy… but not German Vogue. The only words on the cover of the June 2008 issue are “SEX by Mario Testino” written across an image of a nearly nude, masked Claudia Schiffer. The theme of the issue is clearly the timeless topic of sex, yet Vogue …
(TrendHunter.com) Joshua Hoffine is an artist who finds inspiration in Hollywood icons like Stanley Kubrick. He directs the stars of his photos, usually family and friends, using elaborate sets and props, make-up and lighting to create creepy images that are terrifyingly beautiful. Hoffine evokes the fears that we al…
(TrendHunter.com) The Trend Hunter community has been fascinated by what’s being referred to as “untooning.†The new graphic art form strips famous pop culture characters of their “cartoon†characteristics and transforms them into what artists imagine they would look in the flesh. This process gets to the …
(TrendHunter.com) A lot of photographers were worried that with the dawn of the internet and the ubiquity of digital cameras, that the true art of photography would be lost. Fortunately, the opposite has happened.
There are millions of websites dedicated to showcasing the beauty of photography, from classic black a…
(TrendHunter.com) About 1,800 people went fully nude for American photographer Spencer Tunick, who is well known for regularly staging such mass nude events, at the stadium that will host the Euro 2008 soccer final.
On his website Tunick said, “This very special ephemeral installation that we are inviting you to be…
(TrendHunter.com) Manuel Perez Prada designed a unique concept for a camera that could be used in one hand, which he claims is a new archetype for a camera. The design seems to be inspired by ancient telescopes.
While they love the concept, Yanko Design dissects the mechanism and thinks its pre-mature, given the cu…
(TrendHunter.com) Camera bags and phone pouches are functional, protect your gear but are so boring. Hine Mizushima’s handcrafted bags are anything but boring.
These functional art pieces for your purse are fun, funky, colourful conversation pieces. Great not just for cameras and phones but cosmetics, ipods and…
(TrendHunter.com) This Sony campaign illustrates that capturing life’s special moments doesn’t have to be a major production if you have the Sony Handycam DVD. The campaign consists of three print ads: Action Movie, Love Story, and Musical.
While capturing true love can be tricky, and the razzle dazzle of life can b…
(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever been surprised to see a stranger appear to pose like he’s part of your photos? It’s no accident. In fact, there’s actually a term for what he’s doing. He is PhotoBombing.
The term refers to people who intentionally jump into the scene of a photo to land themselves a spot in your phot…
(TrendHunter.com) I haven’t decided if this is the greatest Firefox add on ever, or the creepiest, but I can guarantee it will become a very popular download for a lot Facebook addicts.
It’s a free tool bar add-on that allows you to download entire Facebook albums. You can use it to save any album, be it your own o…
(TrendHunter.com) Young Hwan Kim designed this concept camera for Sony dubbed the Snap..
“Inspired by a man’s wallet, the surface is covered in leather. Like other ultra compact Cybershot cameras, you slide the cover to activate, only it pivots from a corner for easy one handed operation,” Yanko Design notes. “Ou…
(TrendHunter.com) This ad for Absolut vodka shows a dissection of a bottle of vodka. What’s special aboutt his ad is that although the glass dissection shown is computer-generated, the water filmed in the ad is the real deal.
A balloon with the same shape as the bottle filled with water was blown up and filmed at 8…
(TrendHunter.com) Fee is not a mop! This a wild image was recently taken at a preview of a purebred dog show in Dortmund Germany. The Puli named Fee, a sheep herding dog, was jumping over a bar…the type used in the sport of dog agility.
According to the American Kennel Club, “The Puli coat is unique. There is not…
(TrendHunter.com) The Greenpix Zero Energy Media LED Wall in Beijing was created by Simone Giostra & Partners and Arup and can be seen in the gallery. The gigantic LED wall, which is near the site of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and which is set to go live sometime this month, will display videos of art-related ev…
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