Creepy Furniture – Han Solo in Carbonite Desk

(TrendHunter.com) Tom Spina Designs created this super creepy ‘Han Solo in Carbonite desk’ for Mark Hall of the Grammy Award winning group Casting Crowns. It is a custom designed desk that fits a Star Wars-style theme. The makers claim the desk ‘is beyond furniture… it’s not just a desk, it’s art!’ It’s damn cre…

Light as Frozen Droplets of Water – The Drop Lamp (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The beautifuly designed Drop Lamp is a vertically suspended lamp that looks like droplets of water frozen in space.

The natural characteristics of Murano mastery and engineering used in making this stylish Italian lamp makes each piece a unique creation. No two lamps are identical. The Drop Lamp w…

2 in 1 Water Vessels & Toy – Y Water Bottles

(TrendHunter.com) While most water bottles are lightweight and disposable, fuseproject and L.A. based Y Water are moving in the opposite direction, by creating a bottle that they hope, will sitck a little longer. The bottle has a distinctive Y-shape, serves as a bottle that carries vitamin enriched water for childre…

Suspended Pod Furniture – Hanging Chairs Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The incredible Hanging Chairs collection, designed by Nick Rawcliffe for Raw Studio, is made from sustainable materials using simple manufacturing processes. The collection is ultra cool and has three models to suit all spaces and environments. All chairs fold flat when taken down, for easy storage …

Statement Footwear – Jesus Loves You Sandals

(TrendHunter.com) Do you want footwear that leaves an impression? Then you can find no better than the range of shoes from Shoes of the Fishermen.

These are simply brilliant! The Shoes of the Fishermen area series of shoes that leave the words “Jesus” (right foot), “Loves You” (left foot) in sand and other wet groun…

Catchin Waves On The Thames – Venture Xtreme

(TrendHunter.com) London will soon open the Silvertown Quays Venture Xtreme – a gigantic sports complex that will feature 30 adventure activities. Phase one of this £1.5 billion facility will include an outdoor wave machine. Current plans have the surfing machine next to the aquarium Biota! and will produce London’…

Transformer Furniture – Chair to Sofa (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A 3 in 1 beautiful piece of furniture. Designer Roel Verhagen Kaptein describes his transforming chair/sofa creation as a solution for limited living space. It can be transformed and used for different purposes. In everyday use, it is a single seat chair, taking up very small space. The folding move…

Obamarketing – Ltd Ed Shepard Fairey Prints Say Obama is Progress

(TrendHunter.com) Shepard Fairey’s subversive ‘Obey’ graphics are powerful because of their vague (obey whom?) but clearly political overtones (he’s depicted Stalin, Mao and even Bush). Now he has turned his attentions to Barak Obama, and the man he believes stands for progress and hope. The results have been amazing…

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 …

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…

Neon Fashion – Electric Clothes & Accessories (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ready to brighten up your wardrobe? I mean really brighten it up? Then try a flash of neon. A while back we showed you Victoria Beckham’s neon tube dress, and while some thought it was a sartorial atrocity, others found it outrageously appealing!

The trend is catching on with multiple designers, 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 …

Innovative Cable Railway – Off the Rails Austrian Design by Zaha Hadid (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Climbing the picturesque in the Austrian mountains, and crossing the River Inn, the stunning new cable railway in Innsbruck (opened December 1st) features doubly curved glass, sweeping, fluid forms and designer Hadid’s signature ‘fluid’ expression. Architect Zaha Hadid explains “we wanted each stati…

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…

Utilizing Limited Spaces – Staircase Library (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) London is one of the most expensive cities when it comes to apartments and houses. Limited by space, the architect designing the apartment for an Austrian couple living in London came up with the idea of a ‘library staircase’ to meet the client’s desire for a large library. English oak stair treads …

Penile Art – ‘Pricasso’ Paints Portraits With Penis (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Pricasso is well known on the sex-fair circuit (so they tell me) for his penile artworks and one-to-one portrait sessions and is now about to move into the mainstream art world with his inclusion in an Australian professional art competition. Pricasso aka Tim Patch will be showing off his works that…

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…

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. …

A Light That Floats – LED Floating Lamp (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The new LED technology is proving to be a catalyst and inspiration for creative new designs. In addition to being energy efficient, LEDs are lightweight and give off a clean, attractive light. Designer Luc Schouten employs this technology in his patent pending Floating Lamp design that uses helium f…

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…