E-Paper Jewelry – E-Paper Slap Bracelet

(TrendHunter.com) Chinese company Chocolate Agency is working on a concept e-paper slap bracelet. The accessory is made of a thin, flexible, high contrast screen that can display images. In addition, the length of the bracelet can be altered simply by adding magnetically attached extenders. This concept bracelet is p…

Graphic Plays on Words – Scrabble Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These ads for Scrabble are quite clever, going to show how different people’s minds can create very different results from the same possibilities.

The first image shows the letter G, D and O and depicts a dog portrayed as if he were a god. Another shows an image of a Da Vinci-style art rat, and a …

Controversial Photo Exhibits – Jackass by Terry Richardson (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) NYC photographer Terry Richardson chose the guys from Jackass to pose as the ‘heroes’ of his most recent exhibit at the LaForet Museum in the Harajuku district of Japan, and let’s just say he wanted to feature them in all their craziest glory.

The poses range from mildly serious suit shots to total…

Cloud Shape Photo Sets – SKYplay (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember looking for shapes in the clouds as a kid? Perhaps you still do it. Anyone who has every enjoyed this past time, will sureley appreciate this SKYplay photo series.

The gallery shows how the artists who collaborated on this photo set on Flickr cleverly used the natural shapes of clouds to s…

Top 100 News Stories in Pictures – TenbyTen.org

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re like me, you’re attracted to stories with great photos. If this sounds like you, TenbyTen.org is worth checking out. It features the top 100 current news stories in a photo cube of, you guessed it, 10 photos across and 10 photos high. It’s updated hourly and is a great resource for spottin…

Mobile TVs – The Samsung P960

(TrendHunter.com) I’m totally in love with this cell phone, even though I don’t really watch that much television. Unfortunately, it is not available in the USA yet. The Samsung P960 is the first slider cell phone with an integrated TV in Europe.

“It supports the Euro mobile TV standards DVB-CBMS and OMA-BCAST,” Cr…

Political Protest Protection – The Miranda Camera (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Miranda, designed by Gabriel Lam, is the perfect devise for the rabble-rouser or wannabe revolutionary, which ever term is PC right now.

But I am being facetious and obnoxious.

This is a very useful devise for the current political climate in the USA. The Miranda is a small, cheap, flash mem…

Naughty Supermodel Portraits – Gisele Photo Worth $193,000

(TrendHunter.com) At Christie’s this April, the only nude photo of France’s first-lady, Carla Bruni grabbed the attention of the global media. Even more noteworthy was the fact that a nude photo of Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen sold for $193,000, beating out Kate Moss’ nude which sold for $97,000.

The re…

Butterfly Monocles – Uma Thurman for Another Magazine (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Actress Uma Thurman was recently featured in an editorial spread as well as in an interviewed by Another Magazine. I love photography by Craig McDean, particularly the butterfly motif as a symbol of rebirth symbol. The way McDean featured it as an imitation monocle is quite beautiful.

The theme, an…

Too Close Up Ads – 2 Funny Binoculars Campaigns (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Two new campaigns for Olympus and Bynolyt illustrate the power of their binoculars in two fun, but totally different ways.

Bynolyt goes for the distance with its Eskimo ad that shows an attractive girl in her underwear slapping a guy who was spying on her with his Bynolyt binoculars. The creative …

Torture Couture III – Ashton Kutcher’s Ass Kicking in Details (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ashton Kutcher will appear in the May issue of Details Magazine and already it’s generated controversy as some of the rather violent photos were already leaked online, making their rounds in the blogosphere. The cover of the magazine shows a very hip-looking Kutcher with the caption, “Ashton Kutcher…

Photo Paintings – Fusion Portrait of Mephisto (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Emerging Chinese photographer Maleonn fuses over ten years of training as a painter with his unique, theatrical photography style in the captivating Portrait of Mephisto series.

Each piece of the series began as a black and white photograph which was then printed on watercolor paper. Each piece is …

Revisiting Retro Magazine Covers – Esquire 1962 – 1972 as an Art Exhibit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For 10 years, George Lois was the photographer responsible for every single cover of Esquire Magazine. From 1962 to 1972, the talented photographer created an array of different covers, 92 to be exact.

“Many of Mr. Lois’s covers were controversial, not so say irreverent or deliberately provocativ…

Photo Speakers – Speakers with Pictures for Your PC

(TrendHunter.com) Long ago Trend Hunter featured art speakers, which were essentially paintings that could pump your tunes. These photo speakers are pretty similar but they are photo frame speakers for your PC.

If you are tired of the same conventional looking speakers, then give these photo frame speakers a try. …

Disposable Theme Cameras – Our Wedding Day Camera

(TrendHunter.com) Wedding Favours is a Canadian company that produces disposable film cameras with a theme. The wedding camera for example, is enveloped in white adorned paper with golden letters that read “Our Wedding Day.” The camera comes with 27 exposures.

Raining Gadgetery – The Sony Tumble Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Hot on the heels of its recent Foam City viral, Sony Electronics has launched a new marketing campaign for its DSLR cameras and camcorders. The multi-platform campaign, which features Sony cameras “tumbling” from a mountain top, will launch on print, TV, street billboards, subways, in-theater, a…

Video Projections on People – Verlopen (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I had to look at these images for several minutes to make sense of them. In fact, it wasn’t until after watching the video and reading the description that I recognized it was not only extremely unique art, but that these bizarre group portraits had an important social message.

They bring awarenes…

Financial Abundance Phones – Lucky Dragon Cell Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Lucky Dragon phone was inspired by elements of Chinese design traditionally believed to bring about financial abundance.

It was designed by best-selling author Lillian Too who writes about Feng Shui and is also an avid follower of the ancient Chinese practice.

The phone comes in red with a pa…

World of the Future – NVArt: Art Space Competition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Complex at the Centre of the Universe won first place in a competition run by CGSociety (Society of Digital Artists) and NVIDIA. The NVArt: Art Space Competition challenged artists from around the world to come up with their own grandiose and awe-inspiring vision of the world.

“The entries are…

You as Medieval Art – Old-Fashioned Portraits by Eyeworks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The middle ages have had a strong influence on fashion lately, with a lot of collection bearing medieval themes. However, the movement has gone beyond the catwalk and into the home. You can now have a giant, custom Medieval Portrait created for your living room.

Eyeworks Photography is offering hi…