(TrendHunter.com) BMW unveiled the M1 Homage, the luxury auto maker’s sleek new super car at the Concorso d’Eleganza at the Hotel Villa d’Este this past weekend. The unveiling of the Homage was to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the M1 super car model which was discontinued in 1981.
(TrendHunter.com) A lot of people make fun of me for going crazy with highlights and color coding, but the Rainbow Bookshelf takes organization but hue to an extreme.
Chotda organized his extensive library by jacket color, putting all red books, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple together, in the order of the r…
(TrendHunter.com) Designer Serghei Tanas decided to do something about the fact that mobile phone technology has ignored the needs of the disabled thus far. It offers special features that will assist with the blind such as braille features.
“This phone features a braille keypad which will enable the blind to use t…
(TrendHunter.com) Decades after they were deemed cool, are you still fascinated by lava lamps? If yes, why not revive one of the funkiest lights of the disco era with these psychedelic LED shot glasses?
As long as they’re containing liquid, the internal LEDs of the Lava Lights glow red, blue and green. After you’ve …
(TrendHunter.com) Some people like to live life on the edge, and while seek their adrenaline through extreme sports, others do it through extreme cuisine. The world’s most deadly food is Torafugu or Tiger Fugu, the filet mignon of blowfish. The epitome of dangerous luxury meals is Tiger Fugu sashimi, served totally r…
(TrendHunter.com) Airwaves is a little concept car designed by Lei Liu. The car was conceived with the intention of being an easy-to-park vehicle, offering less of a harrying, stress-laden adventure. The Airwaves design is also intended to provide a safe, comfortable and fun ride for the driver and passengers. The ca…
(TrendHunter.com) This month, 60,000 bottles of wine from the southern Languedoc region of France being to Dublin, Ireland in a 19th-century barque, saving 8.324 kg (18,375 lb) of carbon, an estimated 140 grams (4.9 oz) of carbon per bottle, compared to the regular mode of shipment.
The 52-metre (170-feet), three-m…
(TrendHunter.com) While it’s not a new concept to Europe, bicycle sharing has yet to become mainstream practice in North America. Thankfully Washington has taken a clue from programs like the Velib public bicycle rental service in Paris and Bicing in Barcelona as they’re opening SmartBike DC next month.
It’s the fir…
(TrendHunter.com) Character animation is becoming more evolved than ever before, as proven by the latest teaser for Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA4). The game, to be released next week, uses a new Euphoria Engine, thought to be among the most realistic at rendering character animation.
What does this engine actually do an…
(TrendHunter.com) Luxe ice cream manufacturer Haagen Dazs has developed an elaborate public awareness campaign to the help save the honey bees. Alarmingly “more than 25% of the Western honey bee population has disappeared over the last several winters.â€
The ad is an operatic video by the Goodby Silverstein & Par…
(TrendHunter.com) The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) launched an ethical fashion ezine named “Thread”. The online magazine seeks to address issues many fashion-conscious and environmentally-responsible people constantly grapple with such as the damage sustained by the environment due to irresponsible and unethica…
(TrendHunter.com) Lead designers from Honda, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Lotus and Mitsubishi all competed in a Hot Wheels Design Competition. The competition celebrated the 40th anniversary of Hotwheels 1/64th-scale die-cast toy cars.
The Honda Racer is a winning concept from a design competition by Mattel Toys. Hon…
(TrendHunter.com) E-paper technology has been tantalizing our minds and imaginations with each new, fascinating development that crops up. Lunar Design created the Lunar BLU which is a concept jacket that uses flexible organic E-paper that can show other people your mood, subway maps (as the picture shows) and even v…
(TrendHunter.com) Dubbed as the first six-wheeled supercar, the Covini C6W is a wheel-lover’s dream. Designed and made by Covini Engineering, this vehicle boasts 400 horsepower and 4-wheel steering – increasing the braking, comfort and directional stability. Covini Engineering has also had a hand in the design and ma…
(TrendHunter.com) The last aquarium desk we featured, the Milk, was neat, but it was only big enough to house one goldfish. The Azoo Eco-Desk Lifestyle Aquarium, however, is big enough for an entire school of tropical fish.
Better than simply being a mini aqua park below your work surface, the Azoo also takes care o…
(TrendHunter.com) Trading cards have always had a strong following in professional sports leagues. Animated TV shows and collectible card game companies have long since produced trading cards as well. Considering the success of all those, how about applying the same concept in the white-collar business world?
People…
(TrendHunter.com) The THOUT UtiliTILE is a storage unit for your utensils. Instead of storing your spoons, folks and knives in a drawer, you can hurl them as you would a dart or a knife into this mounted tile on your wall.
“Ideal for small-space living, UtiliTILE: Dining is a series of simple-to-mount yet elegant l…
(TrendHunter.com) This creative TV spot for the Mercedes C and E-Class uses ghosts to depict how the stellar innovations of the past meet the incredible vehicles of today. The Ghosts of an Illustrious Past ad uses ghostly imagery that is more entrancing than spooky; you can’t help but look.
The ad mentions Mercedes…
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve featured a number of posts on Fake Love about people who seek romantic companionship from plastic dolls. We’ve also featured several controversial ads that promote awareness for genital mutilation, but never have we had an article that covers both topics.
These ads are for the Association of…
(TrendHunter.com) Facebook has launched its Greenbook application to help reduce CO2 emissions emitted by its servers and millions of worldwide users.
Basically what the Greenbook add-on does is generate money through sponsorship. The money collected through these sponsorships are then used to fund emission reducin…
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