Artvertising (Update) – Red Bull Art of Can Exhibit (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A while back we featured the Art of Can Exhibit which challenged artists to get creative with Red Bull cans. The works the artists put together are truly amazing. They have worked the silver and blue aluminum cans into the most magnificent sculptures. I suppose after consuming that much caffeine, yo…

Inflatable Couture- Dresses Made Entirely of Twisted Balloons (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These dresses, made entirely out of twisted balloons, are an absolute wonder to look at. They were crafted with the same techniques clowns use to make balloon animals, yet these pieces are a lot more elaborate.

Each dress is made of hundreds of balloons tied together to create incredible gowns tha…

Ice Cool Modern Living – Snow House (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When you think of Norway (if you ever have, that is), you would probably think of rocky fjords, cold weather, warm people, and an abundance of very lucrative goods like fish and oil. Most would not think of the architecture or designs of the Scandinavian country.

The Snow Home, as I like to call i…

Going Green With Plant Power – Cradle 2 Cradle Spinach Concept Home (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Stop the presses, they have found a good use for Spinach other than for torturing young children. Get this house design that uses Spinach for much of the exterior surface. It was conceptualized by Cradle 2 Cradle and uses filtered storm water to grown the spinach. The house can generate twice the v…

Reinventing The Wheel – Folding Bicycle Wheel (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The folding bicycle wheel is a very innovative space saver for the courier or commuter who, for security measure, removes their front tire. Now instead of having to take the awkward wheel with you to your office, you can simply fold it up and put in into you brief.

Designed by Duncan Fitzsimmons, …

Made-To-Order Lighting – Black Lace Chandelier (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This black chandelier is the epitome of chic. The glossy tubular Perspex shade is permeated by a fancy, laser cut designs to allow light to shine through and cast delicate patterns on the walls. From within the circular opening, Jet black crystals cascade down like the elegant tentacles of a calming…

Curtains In Any Shape Or Form – Magnetic Curtains (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Most curtains remain in a 2D world where they limit themselves to a few functions and positions. Innovation has sparked the mind of Florian Krautil who has given these magnetic curtains 3D functionality. Adding hundreds of tiny circular magnets, which are evenly spaced throughout the curtains to all…

Movie Theatre House – Hagy Belzber’s Theater Wall (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Where else but L.A. would home architecture be so dominated by the media? The owner is Hagy Belzberg. If there is nothing worth viewing on the screen, then a view out any of the glass walls will be just as award-winning. Terraces and patios for the movie buffs, and a 65 foot infinity pool for those …

Smart Energy Generation – Revolution Revolving Door (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What a smart eco-friendly idea. The Revolution Door’s concept is similar to a turbine spinning somewhere deep inside a hydroelectric dam or within wind turbine to generate renewable electricity. New York designers Fluxxlab’s Revolution puts otherwise-wasted kinetic energy from a revolving office doo…

Table for The Book Lovers – The ‘Ex Libris’ 2008 by MOCO (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Inspired by its own 2004 Ptolomeo and Ptolomeo Wall book shelf designs, Italian company MOCO presented a new table design, the Ex libris, at the Maison&Object;in France, January 25-29, 2008. A very cool design that will bring a library-chic look to your study or living room, as long as you have eno…

Ambilight Spectra TV Illuminates the Home – Aurea By Philips

(TrendHunter.com) Take a step into a new dimension of sensory experiences. Released by Philips and integrating the unique Ambilight Spectra technology, Aurea is an innovative, flat television screen that brings a sensual and unique lighting and color experience to the home.

Investing 50 million euros in its ‘Sedu…

Chic Café – Nestlé’s Nespresso Boutique In Paris (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The world’s biggest Nespresso boutique is now part of one of the most famous avenues on the planet, the Champs-Elysées.

With its 1500 square meters (16,150 square feet) of space on two levels, the “Star” Boutique invites Parisians and international visitors to indulge in high-end pleasures …

Suits of Armor For Animals II – Warrior Mice by Jeff de Boer

(TrendHunter.com) We featured amour for dogs before, but now Jeff de Boer, a Calgary-based multi-media artist, offers something new (or at least new to the 21st century) with his suits of armor for cats and mice. His masterpieces of metal are true conversation pieces and everything that art should be. They’re so nove…

The Simple Life Experience – Living in Suburban Tipi (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Do you feel sometimes like ditching your complicated house and lifestyle and opting for a simpler one? Inspired by yuris, tipis, and igloos, designer John Paananen wanted to see if living in such an iconic spire would work in today’s modern world. The “house” temporarily existed at Cranbrook A…

Furniture For Small Space Living – The Pivot Table (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Small space dwellers sometimes space out over not having enough space. Follow? That’s why this piece of furniture is particularly intriguing. The Pivot Table takes up a relatively small space, but has a lot of storage potential as it transforms into multiple sets of drawers.

The design by Yael Mer…

Stylish Sea Burial – Sea Shell Urn

(TrendHunter.com) Some may feel that any talk of death or burial is cold and morbid, while others will see it as rebirth and rejuvenation, some look forward to it, while others try to outpace it with every lotion, potion and drug available. However, the result is that we will all be pronounced lifeless at some point …

Tiles Monitor and Shout at You – Talking Floors For Dieters

(TrendHunter.com) There is no place to run or hide!!! Spanish ceramics company Tau Cerámica collaborated with inventor Pep Torres to create these infernal Diet Floor Tiles, which have weight sensors and a CPU that controls different parameters. They can even detect individual people that are in their database and re…

Furniture Can Change Your Thoughts – Mind Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Mind Chair is the creation of London designers Peter Marigold and Beta Tank and is an amazing chair that utilizes sensory substitution technology developed in the 1960s to send and display high-definition moving imagery into the mind of the person seated in it. The design uses a standard plastic…

Kid Safety Pod – Nestt Egg Carseat (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Make something mandatory and chances are the design is going to be worse than child-like. It will be ugly.

Nestt wants to change that. They have returned the child to the egg, something many mothers wish they could do on command. The design on the Nestt Egg Carseat is a charming solution to a fed…

Biodegradable Plastic – EcoGen Bathroom Products (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) EcoGen is the first of a new generation of biodegradable plastic. A durable plastic, EcoGen will last for years in your house and yet will decompose in months on your domestic compost heap. This could be the end of landfill!

The material is being launched in a range of 7 bathroom products avail…