(TrendHunter.com) “The pope is for sale,” ntoes the New York Daily News. Pope Benedict XVI’s imminent visit to the United States has unleashed a totally expected wave of commercialism. The article notes, “Memorabilia on sale at the (St Patrick’s Cathedral) Fifth Ave. house of worship ranges from a $4 Pope Benedict bo…
(TrendHunter.com) This huge styrofoam robot, Styrobot, was unveiled at the San Jose Museum of Art recently. The Styrobot which is 22 feet long, is made out of that white foamy polystyrene packing material most of us are familiar with.
The Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon exhibit will be on display until Octobe…
(TrendHunter.com) Graffiti legend, Banksy, has plastered his finest work yet, a three story piece of work on a post office guarded by a CCTV camera. The commentary reads, “One Nation Under CCTV.” At its base, a graffiti watchman, with signature Banksy design, looks over the work.
To create the work, Banksy erected…
(TrendHunter.com) Here are some pictures of the new Banksy art which appeared on a Post Office RIGHT NEXT to a CCTV security camera. The work appeared this week-end, in Newman Street, London. It is his largest work in London to date and uses the theme of the fact we are a nation being watched by CCTV. As you can see…
(TrendHunter.com) These prints by the suddenly-ubiquitous graffiti artist Banksy, recently sold for £96,000(about $152,000) at the Bonham’s Urban Art auction. The painting is the artist’s take on Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe. Only instead of Monroe’s image, Banksy has used Kate Moss. Luxist notes, “In terms of p…
(TrendHunter.com) These toilet signs are so funny, and so very creative! I particularly like the sign with the underwear and the one made with rope. But I think all five of the toilet signs are very well made. I have a gripe though. I don’t think looking at something I find humorous would help me in the least while I…
(TrendHunter.com) The “Signatures” animated PSA for Amnesty International has just won the Grand Prix at the International Advertising Association (IAA)’s first Socially Responsible Communications Awards 2008.
The 140 seconds ad which was created by TBWA ad agency, Paris with the message, “Your signature is more pow…
(TrendHunter.com) Remember Tay Zonday, the young baritone who become famous for his YouTube video in which he sang Chocolate Rain? One guy loved the internet celebrity so much, he had Zonday’s face tattooed on his shoulder!
I’m a bit of an odd person myself, so I can’t judge others for doing bizarre things, but thi…
(TrendHunter.com) Home Sweet Home is a book about Banksy, who is arguably the best-known graffiti artist in the world. Banksy is also very shifty, clandestine and surreptitious. Nobody seems to know a whole lot about the Bristol, England native. And whoever knows something is not talking. Anyway, “Home Sweet Home”, s…
(TrendHunter.com) Wayne Martin Belger builds cameras. But not just any cameras. Belger builds pinhole cameras using such media as gold, silver, aluminum, acrylic, and brass among others. He also employs formaldehyde, HIV-infected blood, human bones, organs and skulls and a host of other unconventional items. A brief …
(TrendHunter.com) Vindict, an Amsterdam wine company, has come up with a really fun campaign featuring water graffiti.
The striking reversed-graffiti is not only an eye catching promotion, but it’s also environmentally-friendly, and a great way to showcase innovative Dutch design. The campaign was launched this mont…
(TrendHunter.com) Who knew that barcodes could be so much fun? Barcodes are the machine-readable representation of information most of us are familiar with.
A Japanese firm named D-Barcode has been “decorating” these codes and their products are now used all over Japan. Great, fun concept.
(TrendHunter.com) Artist Dan Tague has created a social and political commentary collection entitled “Cash Rules Everything Around Me†that is currently shown at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans (until 19 April, 2008). His art makes a statement about the appeal and power of money in our capitalist soci…
(TrendHunter.com) They say the home is an extension of yourself; it’s a haven where you can express your style outwardly. Judging by these mural homes, apparently some people have a lot to express!
I’ve seen garage doors turned into murals, and those alone are very eye-catching, but for the truly expressive, it take…
(TrendHunter.com) What you see on the pictures is human hair magnified many, many times. Carved on the hair is the logo of McMaster University in Ontario Canada. How is that possible? Dr. Ray LaPierre, a professor at the Department of Engineering at that institution, came up with a way to tattoo hair using something …
(TrendHunter.com) I really don’t know how this is achieved or whether these are real leaves but Art Craft On Leaf is magnificent. To be able to lay down a coherent, painstakingly detailed, attractive design on such a small surface takes mad skills especially if they were done by hand. I like the last leaf in the gall…
(TrendHunter.com) The best part of tattoos is being able to design your own; that’s one advantage the real ink and needle has over temptoos. If it’s that ability to customize your own that has you wanting to get inked, wait, because now you can finally print your own tattoos, letting you bypass the risk of contractin…
(TrendHunter.com) Last year, we saw Diet Coke launch limited edition “design” cans featuring art from top Irish artists. It was a great idea, and now Pepsi’s on board with a similar promotion.
Cary Lietzes of ARTCO is trying to find the right blend of art in packaging design. Her new project for Pepsi includes artw…
(TrendHunter.com) OK so we have all heard about DJ ‘mashups’ – but two London street art artists are doing a mashup collaboration style thing too – and the result ROCKS.
MISS BUGS & PURE EVIL (whose kick ass ‘Pearly Kings & Queens’ have already featured on TH) are both releasing a print on the 10th April – then th…
(TrendHunter.com) Architect Nikola Basic has recently received the European Prize for Urban Public Space for the very cool Sea Organ project, an architectural and experimental musical object located in Zadar, Croatia.
“The Sea Organ is a pipe organ that has a set of 35 musically tuned tubes located underneath a set…
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