Drinkable Cigarettes – Schnaider Brand

(TrendHunter.com) “Excuse me, waiter. There is a cigarette in my tea.” Not quite. That cigarette IS the tea. Schnaiders has introduced tea packs and rolls to resemble cigarettes. And get this, the “filter” acts as a float to keep the tea-stick upright for stirring.

Puzzle Billboards – McDonald’s Sort Your Head Out Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) McDonald’s has been on a roll with some very creative campaigns recently. The latest is an outdoor billboard that invites you to “sort your head out” with their 1 Euro large coffee.

The billboard is actually a puzzle that allows you to shuffle the pieces around to sort out the model’s head. The em…

Cooking with Absinthe – Absinthe Oysters Rockefeller

(TrendHunter.com) Absinthe is one of the hottest drinks on the market, mainly because it was illegal for so long due to its perceived hallucinogenic properties. A tamer, legal version has been back on the North American market for a while now, but so far it’s only been served as a drink.

A creative San Jose chef ha…

Fake Jungle Dining – New Restaurant Tropical Rain Forest Theme (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) New Restaurant is a Swedish restaurant that is really, really determined to go green. This is like the European version of the North American Rain Forest Cafe.

Architectural firm Olssonlyckefors has created a jungle-like atmosphere complete with cascading walls of foliage, giving the New Restauran…

Tension-Breaking Chocolate – Kit-Kat Break Your Enemies Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This Kit-Kat campaign brings a whole new twist to the famous “Have a break, have a Kit-Kat” slogan.

The print ads shows people that annoy you (wife, boss, and bully) being broken in half the same way you break your Kit-Kat bars. The message is that whenever you feel angry, depressed, or annoyed tr…

Garbage Seafood – Shock Visuals For Clean Seas (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As a seafood lover, these ads really spoke to me. The photography is exceptional, and at a glance, one might not notice the horrors hidden within each image.

A closer look shows that the sushi is not wrapped in seaweed, but in plastic bags. The fish isn’t covered in a delicious balsamic glaze, but…

Mandatory Calorie Counts on Menus – New NYC Restaurant Rule

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a scary stat: Over the last two years, New Yorkers gained 10 million lbs!! Isn’t that insane? Forunatley, the city is stepping up to address the issue and are implimenting a new law that restaurants must post calorie counts next to each item on the menu.

Would you still order the 740 calori…

Cooking on The Run – Heinz Cooking Contest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This new ad campaign for Heinz Cooking Contest playfully shows you that they are “Looking for chefs wherever they are.”

It does not matter if you are a jumping athlete or a drumming rock star; if you have the chops and talent, send your cooking recipes to the contest mailbox!

The fun campaign was …

Sit-Down Cereal Cafes – Cereality (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) According to the co founders of Cereality, David Roth and Rick Bacher, Cereality is a “Home for Cereal away from home.”

Cereality is the first outlet that sells nothing but cereal. Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe, which opened its first sit-down cafe Wednesday on the University of Pennsylvania campus…

Wine Trial by Vial – WineSide Test Tube Samples

(TrendHunter.com) Fine wine is often an art kept to connoisseurs and other “cultured,” snobby people. But for the rest of us, how do we select a wine without letting our ignorance take the better of us? People who are not too well informed of the right year or region now have the ability to sample a selection of fine…

Top 36 Ways to Organify Your Life – Green Lifestyles (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A lot of people are reflecting on contributions they can make to create a greener planet with Earth Day next week. One of the simplest things people can do is to select organic when purchasing consumer goods, and that doesn’t just pertain to food, although that’s mostly what this feature highlights.…

Cheese Sculptures – Eco-Friendly Edible Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The product is environmentally friendly, but it might take a few weeks become truly “green”. I’m talking about cheese sculptures. These time-sensitive art productions can change colour, and maybe even grow hair, depending on how long they are kept.

Having never attempted this activity myself, I…

Electronic Interface Sinks – High-Tech Trough Sink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Anne Kitzmiller, in collaboration with plumbing and appliances giant Kohler, developed this trough prep sink. The sink is a high-tech device with an electronic interface and garbage disposal synchronization. It also has a controlled rinse cycle with color coded alert buttons.

I have mixed…

Flexible Magazine Racks – Reversible Rack to Fit your Lifestyle

(TrendHunter.com) Stephane de Sousa designed this reversible magazine rack concept. Depending on what you want to use it for, the sides of the rack adult to your activity, whether you want to read or store your books and magazines. Its transformable qualities allow you to continue to change your storage, and all thro…

Edible Album Covers – Obacchi Jacket Bento Meals (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bento boxes are a tradition of Japanese cuisine. They are home-packed meals which can be very elaborately arranged and the food is decorated to look like people, animals, or characters and items such as flowers and plants.

Obacchi Jacket Lunch Box started selling custom-made Bento boxes designed to…

Reindeer Pate – Edible Sells Rudolph’s Relatives (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “A farm raised relative of Rudolph.”

This is what London-based company, Edible, prints on a can of reindeer pate, just one of many unusual “delicacies” that can be purchased from their web site. Other tasty treats include Thai Green Crocodile Curry, Chocolate Covered Scorpion, Worm Crisps, Lizard …

Intelligent Refrigerators – Touch Screen Fridge With RFID Tag Reader

(TrendHunter.com) This fridge knows exactly what it has inside. It’s wired so it can send messages to your phone reminding you to get the vinagrette for tonight’s mixed salad. This is like a personal food assistant.

Designer Kim Otto took a Siemens refrigerator and replaced the existing flatscreen with a touch scre…

Bottled Air – Entree d’Air

(TrendHunter.com) Entree d’Air by Theo Aldridge has joined the bandwagon of bottled products. According to the producers of the bottled air, each bottle contains the purest air from only the most exotic locations on earth. The label on the bottle gives detailed information of the geographical location from where th…

Jelly Bean Art 2 – Madonna Hard Candy Cover (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At a promotional party in the UK for Madonna’s new album, Hard Candy, there was a lot of themed merchandise and decor including these jelly bean portraits.

The art was creative out of real candies, which was very suitable considering the album’s name. The colours were perfectly chosen to reflect t…

Walk-in Coffee Machines – The Javabot (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Javabot is a walk-in coffee machine that blends seven different kinds of specially roasted and ground beans, at the right temperature, to give you that perfect cup of coffee.

The Javabot “delivers a coffee with your favorite blend of seven beans, plus how they are roasted, ground and the tempe…