Reinventing Great Products – Skittles Rolls Out New Flavours (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mars knows they have a good product on their hands with Skittles, but that doesn’t stop them from innovating. They’re continually coming up with new flavours to offer creative, often bizarre alternatives.

Their latest flavors includes Chocolate Mix. Other unique tastes include Ice Cream Skittles w…

Top 10 Design and the Elastic Mind Exhibits – MoMA 2008 (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) There is a currently an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City that is creating buzz around the world. The exhibit, Design and the Elastic Mind, is a combination of art, science, technology and design and includes influential projects from around the world.

We’ve featured a few indiv…

Fashion that Gives Directions – Turn Signal Jacket

(TrendHunter.com) Clothes that use LED’s for flare are usually intended to create a “look at me” reaction. But Leah Buechley, has designed what appears to be a practical use for clothing that lights up. Shirts for bikers that flash turn signals. The way bikers are hunched over the handlebars, wouldn’t it make more se…

Fashionable Micro-Lending – Benetton’s Global Campaign to Support Birima (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Benetton has launched a global campaign in support of micro-lending program Birima which is based in Senegal. It seems micro-lending or micro-credit programs are suddenly becoming ubiquitous and trendy as they are increasingly tied to big companies (in this case Italian clothing retailers Benetton) …

Aquarium Desk – Milk iAltar (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re going to shell out on a slick new MacBook Air, you’ll want a table that’s just as stunning to show off your the Apple of your eye.

The Milk desk was designed to match Apple’s stylish products with its slick white coating, but it’s been kicked up a notch thanks to an integrated aquarium. …

Next Gen Baby Naming – SMS Language Influences Name Choice

(TrendHunter.com) The mystery of texting has brought with it, a unique language known to the “uncool” as SMS language. This language uses abbreviations for certain sounds and replaces traditional ways of spelling words with more intuitive ones – “y” instead of “i” and “k” instead of “c”. Thus, new ways of spelling ba…

Futuristic Ceiling Light Inspired by Paper – Vinta Butterfly Light (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Simple aesthetics are so often the most beautiful as in the case of the functional Butterfly Light that is so much more pleasing to the eye than those gaudy ceiling lights.

“The concept of the Butterfly Light was ignited from the idea of folding a piece of paper,” according to Trendinsights. “The …

Westernizing Asian Cutlery – DIY Chopsticks

(TrendHunter.com) Do you run into problems when eating Asian food because you can’t quite figure out how to use chopsticks? If you’re prone to flicking rice everywhere or shooting sushi across restaurants, stop disturbing other patrons and create your own pair of westernized chopsticks.

All you have to do is use th…

Faux Police Cruisers – Tranformer Fan’s Mustang Fakes Authority (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen people faking status, but it looks like the hip thing to do in Nevada is faking authority. If you ever see a cop in a 2007 Mustang Cruiser in Sin City, don’t let him pull you over; chances are, he’s not an officer.

Jessie Vigil from Las Vegas painted his black and white Mustang to look …

Human Pinatas – Hilarious Chocolate Skittles Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m sorry, Chocolate Skittles? Why not just buy Smarties right off the bat?

If you’re initial thought was the same, maybe their new commercial can convince you. Serving up the sweet new product with a side of humour, the silly TV spot has the potential to encourage people to at least try the new c…

iPod Case Made of Your Pet’s Hair – VIP Fibers & Fur Ever Yarn

(TrendHunter.com) VIP Fibers is a company offering the ultimate service for pet lovers. I’m talking series animal freaks.

The next time your doggy goes for a trim or you decide to shear your cat (just keep the fur on the head for a nice lion effect), keep the leftover fur and send it in to VIP Fibers and they’ll spi…

3D LCD Table Menu – TEC Tobidasu Menu (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen a variety of futuristic dining approaches, like Baggers, the waiterless restaurant in Germany, and now we see the TEC-designed pop-up Tobidasu Menu built into restaurant tables.

Customers sitting at the table needn’t interact with servers, saving the restaurants money and eliminating co…

Famous Portraits Made of Sushi – Ken Kawasumi’s “Sunflowers”

(TrendHunter.com) Japanese chef Ken Kawasumi shows off his recreation of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers series at an event celebrating the release of his book”The most simple way to make decorative sushi-rolls’ in Japan”. Predictably, Kawasuni’s Sunflowers rendition is made entirely of sushi and somethin…

Graffiti Seat – The Throne by Ted Nemeth (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What better way to punch up the colour in your living room than with an item like this ultra hip graffiti seat? Whether you have white walls and clean lines or an eclectic mix of clutter, this sofa would suit many modern living environments.

The urban chic statement piece designed by Ted Nemeth is…

Eco Friendly Cleaning – Method (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I’ve been using Method’s line of environmentally friendly cleaning products for about two years now, and never really considered how cutting edge the company really is, both in the product and the company’s branding. They line, which also includes body care items, is biodegradable, all natural and c…

Beds on Ceilings – Bedup by Decadrages (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As more people than ever are moving to the cities, they’re having to deal with small space living. If you keep your mind open to creativity, you can come up with some really ingenious uses of space.

French company Decadrages has designed the Bedup to use in small, cramped spaces. Your bed goes up …

Silver Sneakers – Adidas 25th Anniversary Shoe

(TrendHunter.com) Silver sneakers. No, make that silver coloured sneaks from Adidas. This is the German, sportswear company’s 25th anniversary and this is the special edition shoe they released to commemorate it.

Adidas makes a great shoe and has been an innovator in features that changed the “basketball shoe.” Jus…

Retro Lounge Pod – Ris and Selldorf Sunball (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the very retro Sunball lounge chair, circa 1969.

The spherical lounge chair was designed by Ris and Selldorf against the backdrop of a counterculture movement that gave us Woodstock, the Vietnam war and the concomitant massive protests of the anti-war movement, women’s liberation and sex, …

Transformer Gadgets – Flashlight Becomes Machine Gun (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Transformers are slowly making their way into our everyday lives, from transformer furniture to this Transforming Flashlight/Machine Gun.

It fits into your back pocket where it looks like a flashlight. However, if someone gets stupid, you pull it out, open it and much to your attackers chagrin, th…

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 …