Jewelry from Recycled Car Parts – Hi Octane Jewelry

(TrendHunter.com) Hi Octane Jewelry makes their accessories from recycled car parts. The pieces integrated in the jewelry have been salvaged from auto junk yards and turned into new treasures, making each piece a unique one.

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Making Every Drop Count – DROP Shower Head by Giulio Iacchetti

(TrendHunter.com) Looking like a leaky blue balloon, or a big drop of water, Giulio Iacchetti’s “Drop” shower head for iB Rubinetterie, improves water delivery and because it’s made of silicon, it doesn’t allow for the formation of icky lime deposits. The whole idea is to save water when showering, making every “Drop…

Glasses Made of Ice – Icydrink

(TrendHunter.com) Super sexy and practical, Icydrink glasses keep your cocktail chilly and won’t water it down. Fashionable and hip bars around the world have installed this innovative appliance which produces the cone-shaped ice glasses.

Not only are they awesome for keeping drinks chilled, but they’re also fan…

Shockvertising Smokefree Campaign – NHS: Get Unhooked (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What a powerful campaign!

With a slogan of “Get Unhooked”, these print ads from NHS smokefree show young guys and girls literally hooked. And by hooked I mean a painful hook up their lips.

The ads say “The average smoker needs over five thousand cigarretts a year. Get unhooked” and provide contact…

Olympic Mascots – China’s Panda Idol (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Make a panda (specifically one called Jingjing) an Olympic mascot and it goes straight to their huge black and white heads.

There is no doubt, Panda’s are everywhere at the moment – a fact cemented in my mind by the panda website – panda fix – which is dedicated these furry beauties… …with even…

Projector Alarm Clocks – Shine Time on the Ceiling

(TrendHunter.com) Oregon Scientific has put out two really cool retro alarm clocks. The projector alarm clocks feature a projector that shines the time on the ceiling. The clocks also feature atomic-clock synchronization and a temperature display with a wireless thermometer. Very creative.

Offbeat Wedding Cake Toppers – Argumentative Bride & Groom (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Not a fan of brideszillas? (Get over it, girls) These non-traditional cake toppers really tickled my fancy. I love the idea of having an arguing couple on top of a cake. Lets face it, that will be a million times more realistic than a couple kissing, entwined with doves or other such nonsense!

In t…

Leather Jackets From Vintage Carseats – Platinum Dirt VIN Jackets

(TrendHunter.com) These gorgeous leather jackets are perfect for auto snobs — they’re lined with salvaged leathers and fabrics from vintage car seats.

The Platinum Dirt VIN Jackets are made to order and custom-fit by Dustin Page, a passionate connoisseur of cars himself. A lover of Cadillacs and Lincolns from the ‘…

Eco Chic Transit – Swarovskied Low-Rider

(TrendHunter.com) Bling on the attention! This crystal-covered bike will cause so many double takes, the rider had better be prepared to take responsibility for whiplash! Low-riders are focal points as they are, but imagine the stares you’d get riding around on this Swarovskied one!

So, who would buy this 110,000 cr…

Laptop Forcefields – Hi Volt Antivirus

(TrendHunter.com) Is existing antivirus software not cutting it? A new, physical method called “Hi Volt Antivirus” plans on using electricity to protect your computer. OK, not really but, let’s not burst anyone’s bubble. This guy created a rotating electrode and decided to take a pic as it hums around his laptop and …

Redneck Road Signs – Hitch Hands (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Are you tired of idiots on the road? Or does your vehicle just need a little personality? Let the world know how you really feel with these Hitch Hands brought to you from the same rednecks who felt your truck needed balls. Whether it’s a peace sign, love sign or the ever popular flipping the bird s…

Exclusive Bed Designs – The Sphere by Karim Rashid (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Famous multi-talented designer and artist Karim Rashid has created an exclusive bed design, The Sphere, for Hollandia International.

The Sphere was recently revealed in Moscow to much hype and fanfare. The fancy bed features 32″ Colored Television with an optional 5.1 surround sound Theater System,…

Beauty Backlashes – Botox Moves From Face to Brain (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It seems there are new concerns that the ever popular Botox may do more than get rid of wrinkles. A study suggests that the botulinum toxin appears to move from its injection site to the brain. It was thought that the toxin only acted locally but now it appears it can be transported along axons to s…

Unconventional Motivation – Gold’s Gym Ads

(TrendHunter.com) Encouraging words sometimes aren’t enough to get someone to work out — sometimes, a good visual is a lot more powerful. In my opinion, this ad for Gold’s Gym could have been drawn with the signs reversed as well.

As this image implies, you walk into Gold’s pinner, you walk out a buff and built st…

London Eco Cars – NICE Mega City

(TrendHunter.com) The NICE concept for vehicles is based on a very simple algorithm: there is no internal combustion energy. It is a new hit in London as the vehicles provided work on electric engines.

The cars are built in France and they are exclusively available from the NICE Car Company in London. The Mega City…

Zero Gravity Watches – Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk

(TrendHunter.com) As more and more of us (millionaire non-astronauts) are traveling into space, we need a means of telling time. Apparently, the zero-gravity environment in space is enough to render earthly timepieces, obsolete. Watch-maker, Seiko, has answered our challenge by producing the Spring Drive Spacewalk wa…

Fighting Discrimination – Canadian Nudists To Paypal: Don’t Cut Us Off, Eh! (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These photos of seniors doing the bunny hop is just down right scary and I AM a senior! A group of naked Canadians are looking into a class action lawsuit against PayPal. The Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN), aka Canadian nudists, claims that after four years of business, PayPal suddenly cut o…

Portugese Helium Lights – Joao Sabino Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I found out about Joao Sabino whilst looking at the keyboard bag (shown below) which led me to his website and in turn, a large section of some of his awesome designs.

I think the way he reinvents objects, such as the wine glasses, is really fresh and actually different, for once showing you can re…

Canoe Made of 7,382 Chopsticks

(TrendHunter.com) Shuhei Ogawara, a city-hall employee, has made a 13-foot canoe from thousands of disposable chopsticks that he collected from the city hall cafeteria. He was disturbed that perfectly good wood was being thrown away – so, he spent two years constructing this 66 pound boat out of 7,382 chopsticks. A l…

Top 29 Underwater Innovations, From Deep Sea Golf to Fashion Photography (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fancy a round of underwater golf? What about eating in an underwater restaurant? We’ve done an underwater trends feature before, but we have so much more to add to the list!

Underwater activities are no longer limited to submarines, snorkeling or diving. With advancements in technology, a rise in …