Your Own $5,200 Monster – Lifesize Alien (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you love Sci-Fi and creepy creations, you can now bring home your very own Alien for $5,200. The life-size prop is built to 1:1 scale, standing at 7’7”. It can be the perfect art for your bedroom standing next to your bed.

Alien features resin and rigid foam head, transparent dental acrylic …

Cars of The Future – Pforzheim Winter Degree Show (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Welcome to the future of automobiles. This year’s Winter Degree Show at Hochschule Pforzheim offered a glimpse into the auto style of the future. And it’s looking damn good! The car concepts are elegant, beautiful and otherworldly. The concepts are collaborations between big automobile companies (…

Sponsor A Hippo Roller For An African Community – Hippo Roller Project

(TrendHunter.com) What is a Hippo Roller? It’s a simple, yet great idea to help those in developing countries who must carry safe water to their homes. The Hippo Roller is basically a plastic barrel with a handle. The barrel can be filled with clean water, then rolled back to the village or home. The barrel, or “rol…

Semi-Submerged Eco Luxury Home – Trilobis 65 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen all sorts of cool homes on Trend Hunter, like tree houses and shipping container homes. We’ve also seen a rising obsession with aqua culture, so it’s neat to feature something that combines the two with this extreme house boat concept, the Trilobis 65.

Similar to the Jelly-Fish 45 Habit…

Guerrilla Campaign for Homeless – Vitae Shelters

(TrendHunter.com) Around the streets of Portugal, the inside lids of garbage cans have been adorned with stickers bearing images of a tired looking, older homeless man. Accompanying the image is a tag line that reads, “Help. So that no one has to come here for food.”

This guerrilla marketing campaign for Vitae Shelt…

Rockstar Branding – Gunmetal Grey Nail Polish by Pat Benetar

(TrendHunter.com) After all the star gazing at London Fashion Week, of course you know gunmetal grey is the hottest new nail colour (pair it with your 80’s neon accessories and dip dyed tshirts). But did you know you could get a bottle of Lippmann’s ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ dark grey varnish designed with Rock a…

BookShelf Adjusts Shape to Contents – Elastica BookShelf (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I like the concept of this bookshelf which dynamically adjusts its shape to whatevere you put inside it. The Elastica Bookshelf, designed by Arianna Vivenzio, is basically a large elastic bandage stretched around 2 metal posts that are permanently fixed to the wall.

The design allows you to fit a …

Practical Hydrogen Power Gets Closer- Aluminum Rich Alloy

(TrendHunter.com) A new aluminum rich alloy has been developed by Purdue University Engineers that could solve the main problem preventing the widespread use of hydrogen-powered vehicles. That is, hydrogen can be readily produced by a number of methods, but safely and efficiently transporting it, distributing it, and…

Innovative Design Could Spur New Sport – The Surfbike

(TrendHunter.com) Soon to be introduced on the market by Québec,eau,soleil.inc, the Surfbike is purported to be the “first surfing bicycle in the world”.

The source doesn’t provide much information, but the picture suggests this may be a slight misnomer. Although the rider certainly appears to be pedaling in bicyc…

Environmental Cars Can Be Super Awesome Too – LifeCar (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Morgan LifeCar is a concept car due to be launched at the Geneva Show in March 2008. According to the makers, the LifeCar’s purpose is to demonstrate that a zero emission vehicle can also be fun to drive. The project is a collaboration between Oscar Automotive, Cranfield University, QinetiQ, O…

Post-Disaster House-To-Go – Fresh Start (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The owners of Martin House-To-Go lost everything after Katrina, then came up with the Fresh Start, a 2008 moving post-disaster house which retails for about $30,000. They describe it as a ‘fully equipped house-on-wheels that can go where you go, with no special permit or license required. All you ne…

Transformer Watercraft – Yamaha Waveboat Turns From PWC to Boat in 60 Secs

(TrendHunter.com) No longer to you have to choose between a Person Water Craft (PWC) and a boat. Now you can have both! Designed with a Yamaha Wave Runner in mind, the Waveboat allows you to dock your PWC into its center, lock it in, and in 60 seconds you have a jet boat! The Waveboat will be on the market in March a…

Compact Bicycle of the Future – Everglide Recharges Your Gadgets (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Anybody that finds inner-city goings a hassle will be with me in hoping Frag Woodall’s entry for the 2007 Australian Design Awards becomes a commercial reality.

The Everglide is a bike that has the ability to be packed into a backpack, wheeled like a suitcase, or ridden like a regular bicycle. …

Holiday Branding – Armani Easter Eggs

(TrendHunter.com) As a kid, I used to leave the Easter Bunny a few carrots, just to make sure I got some good chocolates. Now that I’m an adult, what do I have to do to make sure I get some Armani Easter Eggs this year?

“Embossed with the unmistakable ‘A’ and delivered in a sky blue box dressed with a ribbon, these…

Corner Pictures Frames – Yvonne Schroeder Design (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a why-didn’t-I-think-of-that? design, the Corner picture frames.

They’re designed for accessorizing the inside or outside corners of a wall and come in beech black or natural maple.

At $400 bucks a frame, I REALLY wish I would have thought of that before the product designer, Yvonne Schro…

Polaroid Tribute – Digital Polaroid Frame (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With the imminent death of Polaroid, David Friedmans designed a digital picture frame concept that makes sure the familiar look of a Polaroid photo lives on.

The design incorporates retro features such as a “Classic” mode where the photos gradually appear over about a minute or so, just like a rea…

Bring Graffiti to High Tea – Welovekaoru Graffitea Cups (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Drinking tea from china cups typically evokes images of older ladies in frilly dresses and is often considered a stuffy past time. Be prepared to let go of those stereotypes.

The odds of you seeing a table full of grannies sipping from Kaoru Parry’s cups are oh so slim. In the very off chance you …

Chest of Plastic Suitcases – Take Out by Klaus Aalto (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What looks like an ordinary chest of drawers is actually a cabinet of suitcases.

This design enables ease of transport for certain items, whether for travel or simply to bring something to a nearby room.

The Take Out was designed by Klaus Aalto.

While the site suggests it would be good for toy…

Bug Sucking Vacuum & Zoom – Eyeclops Get More Fun

(TrendHunter.com) Last year’s cool electronic eyeball has new features available to add to the fun in 2008. The new model of Eyeclops now comes with three levels of zoom, 100x, 200x, and 400x. And this fall, the company will make it easier to catch the bugs and stuff you zoom in on with their new bug-sucking vacuum a…

Low Cal Diet Wine For Milder Hangovers – Altos de la Ermita

(TrendHunter.com) One of the first thing people often have to cross off of their lists when dieting, and also one of the hardest to give up, is alcohol, as it’s loaded with calories and slows the metabolism. Good news for those watching their waistlines is that they may not always have to pass on the glass thanks to …