Viral Urban Graffiti – GTA IV NYC Wall Murals (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Grand Theft Auto IV has come up with a really creative campaign to market their latest game. GTA hired counterculture artists to create elaborate graffiti wall murals all around New York City.

The images are scattered from China Town to Harlem, so those in the NYC area can head down and check it o…

Work Space Playgrounds – Google Office in Zurich (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Talk about the ultimate work environment! This work space looks like a playground for grown-ups. The Google offices in Zurich, Switzerland were designed for maximum efficiency and total play space. They’ve got everything from fun brainstorming boards to foosball tables.

No wonder Fast Company chos…

Controversial Bath Bombs for Charity – Lush Guantanamo Bay ‘Bombs’

(TrendHunter.com) Knowing Lush and their ethics as I do, I honestly believe this was NOT a PR stunt, but that the beauty and soap company was simply trying to raise money and awareness for a good charity.

Lush Cosmetics have started making bath bombs to raise money for Reprieve which campaigns to raise awareness of …

5 Spectacular Swimming Pools (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These are some of the world’s most impressive swimming pools which are, for the most part, in hotels and resorts. The article I am borrowing this from, had listed 13 swimming pools but due to space constraints, I had to shrink the list down to only 5 of MY favorite photos of the world’s most incredi…

Supersonic Business Jet – Aerion & Dassault Offer .98 Mach Flights (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You’re in Paris and need to be at an 8 a.m. breakfast meeting in Manhattan. These days, that’s no problem. You can fly from the East Coast of North America to Asia in nine and a half hours. It will all be absolutely possible with the new ultra fast business jets being designed for the discerning bus…

Criminal Rodents – Vietnam Bans Hamsters

(TrendHunter.com) Hamsters have been made illegal in Vietnam and anyone caught with one of the little devil’s can be fined almost double the average Vietnam ANNUAL wage. It is feared the little fellows are a potential source of disease.

Unlike the UK’s small furries, fish are traditional pets in the Far East. Howev…

Fake Noodle Porn – Fake Noodle Cup Full of Naughty Goods (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Instant ramen noodles are popular Japanese products and now people all over the world are slurping these down for a quick fix on a daily basis. They came in all sorts of flavors but now a new product from Japan, Cup Nude, would satisfy your appetite… sexually! The package looks like your ordinary…

Religious Fashion – Stylish Burqas (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Muslim women wear burqas over their usual clothing as a sign of their righteousness, covering them from head to ankle. Marked Moskova in Norway thinks that he can influence muslim women to show style with their burqas. He also has the idea that non-muslim women might adapt this style too. As with mo…

Testing 52 Jobs in a Year – Sean Aiken’s One Week Job (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Young adulthood is a difficult time, particularly when it comes to choosing a career path; it’s even more difficult to find a job which offers a sense of passion.

Instead of getting bogged down, Sean Aiken took this time to dabble with all sorts of different options, and do so publicly. He’s postin…

Cos-Play to Teach Geek’s English – Tokyo Cosplish School (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A Tokyo school has just begun teaching an innovative new subject called Cosplish, a hybrid of the words “cos-play” and “English.”

The strange course focuses on three topics which have become increasingly popular among Japanese culture: the English language, manga, and costume-play. It’s centered ar…

Future Dubai Cybertecture – Du Tower

(TrendHunter.com) Some things have to be seen to be believed. This 38 story tower in Dubai is named the Du Tower and will function as a symbol of the young, high-tech telecommunications company, Du.

“This 115-metre tower consists of open plan offices with high-tech provisions allowing flexible usage either by Du or…

Female Cadets in the Middle East – Iran After the Islamic Revolution (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Most women in religious conservative Iran dress in the traditional burqa, and generally speaking occupy roles that were assigned to them hundreds of years ago. But the female police officers who began training in 2003, display some real bad-ass skills. This is the first crop of female cadets since t…

Disney Night Club – Night Kingdom For Adults

(TrendHunter.com) Mickey Mouse is going night clubbing. To build on Disney World as an adult destination, Disney will launch the Night Kingdom in October 2011. It’s a niche park because it’s only open from 4 pm to midnight and only 2000 people will be allowed.

But, get this: the staffing will be two to one; for eve…

Future Floating Cities – ResidenSea’s The World and Freedom Ship (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you have a thing about living aboard a floating condo, ResidenSea can help you with that for about $2.5 to $7.5 million bucks. ResidenSea is a Florida-based company which manages the world’s only mobile and full-time floating luxury community called The World. Activities on board include swimm…

Camera Sees Under Clothes – T5000 does Strip Search From 80 Feet Away

(TrendHunter.com) Oooh…cameras that see through clothes! Well it really can’t show anatomical details, so don’t get too excited. From a distance of up to 80 feet, the new cameras are capable of seeing things under your clothes that could be a security threat. The waves from any given material carry a distinctive si…

Vatican Makes Green Updates – Modern Day Sins Include Pollution

(TrendHunter.com) The Vatican has updated the list of sins to include modern day evils like environmental disregard. Today’s soul’s need to take bioethics into consideration if they want to live in purity and land themselves a spot in heaven.

“(Within bioethics) there are areas where we absolutely must denounce som…

Medical Themed Bar – D.S Music Restaurant

(TrendHunter.com) If you have an unusual longing for hospital food, then D.S Music Restaurant, a Taipei restaurant bar with a medical theme, may appeal. Customers sit around a hospital bed as drinks ooze into their glasses from a container hanging from the ceiling. At a bar in Shenzhen, China, staff dressed as hot nu…

6 Passenger Personal Jet – Hondajet (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Owning a personal jet has always been a far off dream for many, but that dream may have just become a little more attainable with the introduction of the HondaJet. This new product from automaker Honda, makes jet ownership ONLY 3.65 million dollars away.

First announced in 2005, the jet is final…

Columbian Subculture – Electro Kitsch Movement (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bogota, Columbia has seen a trend progress in the nightlife, cultural, art and alternative scenes. The electro-kitsch subculture has been irrigating around the country, and more events spring up daily to feed this unique sub-culture. The universal and the “local” have combined to add a surface to a …

German Patriotism Campaign – Du Bist Deutschland Ads (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jung von Matt, one of Germany’s top ad agencies, has released a great campaign to help evoke positive feelings of patriotism in the country’s citizens.

The Du bist Deutschland (you are Germany) campaign is a series of 18 photographs of famous Germans who have had historical impact and are known gl…