Designer Night Life – Roberto’s Cavalli Clubs (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Italian designer Roberto Cavalli has branched outside the fashion industry to work on interior design projects. His latest endeavour is opening a nightclub he would design himself. The first Cavalli Club will open in October 2008 in Dubai, a city where he’s already designed a tower and residences.
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3D LED Window Displays – Harrod’s “Senses” Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Harrod’s, the famous London department store, has launched a brilliant in-store campaign called “Senses” which uses a 3D LED display of vibrant colours and patterns to mimic the senses.

An image of a city skyline by night appearing to be under a dramatic storm evokes the senses of sight, sound and …

Innovative Custom Laptop Decor – SkinStyler Trackpad Skins (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen countless computer skins before, iPhone skins and funky mouse pads, but the newest form of personalizing your electronics is decorating laptop trackpads.

These colorful trackpad skins from SkinStyler add a little bit of oomph to that piece of your Macbook that never really gets looked at…

Tea Candles as Pixels – Moving Art by Phil Hansen (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Candles are one of the oldest forms of interior decoration, having been used not only as a light source for centuries, but to set a mood. They continue to be focal pieces on their own or to enhance art, but this piece takes an uber modern approach by turning tealights into an image which looks like …

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…

Landmark Toilets – Plastik Architects Design in Kent (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Why should you hire an architect to design public toilets? The answer can be found in the work of trendy, young designers Plastik Architects in London have completed their first public commission: a building for toilets next to a car park in Gravesend Kent.

The up-and-coming designers, who were …

Improving The Workplace – Multi-sensory Kapsel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The multi-sensory trend seems to be the next big thing in gadget and interior design. Check this Multi-sensory Kapsel, a ‘functional space that stimulates the senses’. It creates an oasis of calm and relaxation in a busy work place by projecting soothing sounds and aromatic scent to create a tranqui…

Layered ‘Chameleon’ Furniture – Oz Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine flicking through the pages of a color-intense magazine and then transposing that feel onto a piece of furniture and you’ll get an idea of the concept behind this chair; it is the clever design of Cate Högdahl and Nelson Ruiz-Ascal of cate&nelson;, and provides a unique piece of furniture tha…

High Fidelity Canopy Bed Theater – Hi-Can (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the most impressive Bed/ Home theater combo I have come across. Italian designer Edoardo Carlino has created Hi-Can, a High Fidelity Canopy that features integrated flaps, ventilation along with a hi-fi system and a screen with DVD player. You can even surf the internet on a humangous screen…

Urban Olfactory Installation – AIR Lets You Smell Helsinki, Budapest, Paris. (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This urban olfactory installation is by far one of the most phenomenal travel-related concepts I’ve seen.

Think for a second what Italy might smell like, or Bombay or Amsterdam. No, it’s not the smell of thin crust pizza, curry or pot. The smell of a city goes much beyond that, and it’s those uniq…

Bathtub Inspired Furniture – Badezimmer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What an absolutely unique chair and table set! Designer David Olschewski describes his Badezimmer design as “A seating group evinces a puzzling character that invites the viewer to experience it sensually and reflect on its origins. The forms are based on a Plexiglas bathtub and shower tray ensemble…

Decor As Art with Hidden Messages – James Hopkins (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) British artist James Hopkins blurs the lines between decor and art with his furniture artworks. He carefully constructs installations with mundane everyday objects, transforming them into artwork installations with hidden messages.

The ‘Love Seat’ artwork for example is constructed from four differ…

Recycled Cigarette Pack Art – Lamborghini Reventon (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Someone put their old cigarette packages to creative use when they built this model Lamborghini Reventon. It’s even got fully functioning doors that lift upward just like on a real Lambo. It’s even got detailed seats that can be taken out. You’d half expect to see a mini Marlboro Man behind the whee…

Fake a Twinkling City View – The Better View Curtain (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Do you ever dream that instead of looking at your ratty lawn during the day that you could see the twinkling lights of huge metropolitan city? Or maybe you’re stuck with a horrible view of a neighbouring concrete building. If you want a change of scenery without leaving your home, then you’ll love t…

Fashion, Art & Social Commentary – ‘Lamp Girls’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is absolutely the best and most creative use of fashion and art to make a social statement I have seen of late. Marianne Maric, a french super talented recent art school graduate, is considering working as a photographer.. or stylist.. or designer… Well, she hasn’t made up her mind just yet, …

Mechanical Luxury – Roland Iten’s Belt Buckles

(TrendHunter.com) There’s luxury. And then, there’s LUXURY. The men’s watches and accessories designer, Roland Iten, falls into the latter. This company has started an uber-luxury product line of hi-precision, solid-gold, mechanical belt buckles. These fine trouser-accessories will cost you a whooping $25,000. Thin…

Velcro Jacket – Takkiainen (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While the Takkiainen was designed to bring together lonely people who might happen to brush up against each other in a busy city, the most fantastic implication of the Velcro jackets is their possibility to attach babies and children to the body. How much easier would it be to stick your kid on your…

Flames That Move & Multiply – Bravit Candle (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Bravit Candles, designed by German-born and Eindhoven-trained Christophe van Bömmel, are made of sheets of paraffin. They have trails of wicks that cause the original flame to ignite other flames and to die out over time.

This can add a mood setting dimension of entertainment to your romantic eve…

Designers Stretching Work Spaces – Around The Corner Desks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These pieces of furniture are sexy. Amanda Levete designed “Around the Corner’ for architects Future Systems to be built by Established & Sons (great name.) Each experiments with a different material: hot neon colored fiberglass, silky black marble, cool Corian, and sensuous laminated wood. Wow seem…