(TrendHunter.com) This seemingly ‘normal’ coffee mug is an engineering marvel on the inside. Like traditional vessels of our morning nectar, the Brugo mug keeps its contents hot, acting as an insulator. But, with each sip, Brugo’s patented, thermodynamic science prefills a small chamber – allowing the liquid to cool …
(TrendHunter.com) Olfactory to improve taste
What people think they taste is solely the result of inhaling odours. The tongue recognises only the five basic taste varieties. All other tastes are the result of odours. Odours enter, to put it simply, the nostril to the nasal cavity, where they are detected by the olfa…
(TrendHunter.com) The siphon bar may be pricey but it makes coffee in an uber cool way. Water is heated below with a halogen light, the vapours are forced up into a canister containing coffee grinds. Once removed from the heat it is that stirred to create a “whirlpool†effect, siphoning the coffee back down into …
(TrendHunter.com) Sweet and oh, so sickening! Produced by the Komatsuya confectionery and bakery in Japan, these chocolates are shaped like grub worms. Despite their less than appealing nature, the maker can’t keep any on the shelves. The chocolates are called Youchu Choco and are made from milk chocolate, corn flake…
(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve got a girlfriend or boyfriend who’s freakishly addicted to potatoes, then boy have I got the perfect Valentine’s Day gift idea for you! This heart-shaped potato is currently up for grabs on eBay, but you’ll have to act fast because bidding stops on January 24!
It’s had 13 offers, putting …
(TrendHunter.com) Perrier, the fine bubbled mineral water has had a designer makeover. Previously only sold in green bulbous glass bottles, Perrier will be makings its aluminum debut in these bottles designed by Paul and Joe.
The fashion water comes in yellow, brown and green bottles decorated with retro comic styl…
(TrendHunter.com) Din-ink is so much more than just a pen cap as I’m sure you’ve noticed. It’s pen cap cutlery. Spoon, Fork and knife caps that conveniently fit over the end of your pen so you can do your homework and eat it too! Made of 100% biodegradable and atoxic and packaged in compostable material “the …
(TrendHunter.com) Companies all over the world are leveraging whatever green traits their product or service can offer, and now, so is a famous candy brand… just not in the way you’d think. Nope, the Valentines campaign has nothing to do with being environmentally friendly, instead, it has to do with sex.
The ol…
(TrendHunter.com) Greece vs China is a plate with a clear concept: take the plates needlessly broken during any traditional Greek wedding celebration. salvage them, and glue them back together to sell them as high minded design objects. But don’t worry about getting broken china chips in your hummus because the pla…
(TrendHunter.com) A team of Iranian designers came up with this brilliant cooking idea which actually isn’t as disgusting as it first looks. Your car’s exhaust is used as a barbecue to grill your food!
That still sounds bad, but consider that the fumes don’t come into contact with the burger, the exhaust just hea…
(TrendHunter.com) DesignBoom.com, a design news blog, recently held a design competition called dining in 2015. With an impressive 4843 entrants from 98 countries, three designs tied for first place. This was one of the winners – din-ink by Andrea Cingoli, Paolo Emilio Bellisario, Cristian Cellini, and Francesca Font…
(TrendHunter.com) It sounds horrifically toxic, but scientists have found that the secret to perfect ice cream may lie in a new type of antifreeze. The discovery comes from food scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Everyone knows that soft serve, ice cream bought at a cafe or the first serving from …
(TrendHunter.com) Just when you thought there was enough, the energy drink market just got another new drink.
Bionic Boink Energy Drink out of Tempe Arizona has developed a drink with the main ingredient being cayenne pepper. According to founder Michael Southworth, he believes that Redbull and Monster Energy Drink…
(TrendHunter.com) Rated lowbrow but brilliant by New York Magazine, Dunkin Donuts appears to have a hit on their hips, er hands, with the newly introduced M & M topped donut and the Milky Way hot chocolate drink. Calories? Don’t ask. The new donut combination is getting rave reviews from the blogosphere, which we all…
(TrendHunter.com) If you’re into the idea of drinking tea that has been hand(?) (paw?) picked by monkeys from rare wild Chinese tea trees, and are willing to pay $25 for 57g (about 2oz) for the experience, well here you go.
Could Monkey Picked Tea be the beginning of a hand-picked-by-animals trend? Will armies of C…
(TrendHunter.com) The China news says this 4 foot high peacock is a lantern made out of potatoes. It’s on display at a department store in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province. 2008 is the International Year of the Potato as declared by the United Nations. The declaration is to promote food safety and alleviate pover…
(TrendHunter.com) In the US, Domino’s Pizza recently created an online “pizza builder” that is quite amusing. The cool thing is that once you’re done with your creativity, you can actually save your pizza and/or place the order and receive at home your “personalized” pizza in just half an hour! Check it out the nex…
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