(TrendHunter.com) A new sports shoe from Reebok aimed at the less-phobic customers has just been showcased in Tokyo, Japan. The Insta Pump Fury Snake Collection has been released from the boxes and is sitting (or slithering) on the shelves for a short while before being snapped up by the hunter human.
The collection…
(TrendHunter.com) Australia’s The Daily Telegraph reports that Melbourne artist Vincent Fantauzzo put the finishing touches on his painting of Heath Ledger at his Docklands studio the day before the star was found dead in his NY apartment.
Ledger sat for Fantauzzo on his last visit home to Perth, Australia in Decem…
(TrendHunter.com) Maybe the photograph of the amorous couple has tainted my perception, but these giant lanterns look like they create the ultimate backdrop for a romantic evening, perfect with Valentine’s Day just around the corner.
The giant red lanterns act as an idealistic prop for a night of endearing conversa…
(TrendHunter.com) Chen Feijun and Zhao Bin designed a shoe ,Pioneer, that converts the kinetic energy of walking into electrical energy, which powers a headlight at the front of the shoe. The red dot award: design concept 2007 winner is a smart fashion choice for any evening/ night activity.
Pioneer is based on the…
(TrendHunter.com) AK-47 is an artist often considered a bit of a renegade.
Over the last years, Aaron Kent has conceptualized projects with such variety while still staying true with the fringe dwelling style of the AK-47. Kent does not limit his work to a genre that is sure to create income. This artist lends himse…
(TrendHunter.com) For once there were no guest lists on the door of the ‘must go to party’ this weekend. That’s because the Banksy party was in the virtual world of Second Life. The 24 hour party, which took place on Saturday, was to launch the online Second Life Banksy gallery know as ‘Banksy’s Ghetto’.
It was se…
(TrendHunter.com) Urban planners are hard at work to design street lamps that will be self sustaining, and they’re innovating all around the world.
As the latest spin on the trend, Japan is experimenting with lamps that are both solar and wind powered. The lower part of the structure turns and stores energy in a b…
(TrendHunter.com) Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban will launch a new fashion line called Evie and Hank, their all too cute nicknames for each other. I guess Nick and KiKi wasn’t acceptable.
Urban had sold Hank and Evie tees on his website, but now the married celebrity couple thinks their fame will bring them new fort…
(TrendHunter.com) Erohina Yulia has designed a functional chair that enables you to store your coat and bag/luggage inside the chair itself. This chair may be very useful in resturants and Cafe’s where you can conveniently hang your coat and put your bag inside the chair you are sitting on.
(TrendHunter.com) Printers are traditionally big, ugly evils that invade and clutter your oh-so-precious desk and office space. The Hanging Printer provides a sexy, compact solution right at the reach of your fingertips by hanging vertically on the side of your desk.
The paper feed and print head, along with a sexy…
(TrendHunter.com) Sex in Design/Design in Sex is an exhibit at the NYC Museum of Sex and will feature a wide variety of exhibits that display sex as art and design.
If you think about it, most of the passion and inspiration for the design of say a laptop or car can stimulate and tantalize the senses in a similar wa…
(TrendHunter.com) A great way to make use of unwanted plastic bags is to use them as bin liners. Of course, hiding these bags from being seen are a common problem. That’s why we’re really happy to see that someone finally came up with a great solution!
Tubelor is the iF product design award winner in 2008, a pr…
(TrendHunter.com) These sculpture are retreads of a different kind, using old tires, the artist has created something new. Artists like this need to get pumped up to do more and show the world that recycling is the “tready” thing to do.
Here are some more examples of recycled art:
Portraits from Recycled Junk Mail…
(TrendHunter.com) Alexander McQueen has designed a suggestive and somehow astonishing sculpture within his collaboration with Puma.
The huge “Bones”, made of glass fiber and steel, has been inspired by the skeleton structure of both a puma and a man.
Is it a museum piece? No, it’s an amazing exhibitor structure re…
(TrendHunter.com) The Museo Aero Solar is a flying museum made with plastic bags that fly using solar energy. The bag will fly from town to town, country to country, even continent to continent. Each time the bag lands, more bags will be added and increase flight distance.
What a great idea to raise awareness of pla…
(TrendHunter.com) There is a more pristine and acceptable way to get tanked. Install the Silverfish Aquarium set up from Octopus Studios. Having fish around adds calmness and serenity while adding glorious natural colors and movement. This walk-around set up with let you enjoy your hobby from any angle in all kinds o…
(TrendHunter.com) No sinking feeling here. From stunning Bauhaus to mass manufactured Eljay, bathroom designers are breaking all the rules to come up with striking choices so you can emphasize your personal pleasure and pride. Some are Zen-like in their oneness with nature, while others show the creativity that the d…
(TrendHunter.com) It’s the age old problem: what is it worth for somebody to take all their clothes off? In Rome, they are wrestling with this problem as nude models for art students are on strike. Both male and female models have been walking the picket line for higher wages. Although there are 1500 models in Rome o…
(TrendHunter.com) A disturbing and controversial new exhibition is taking place in Liverpool, UK displaying genuine skin tissue in sculptures- and as if that was not enough, Sk-interfaces at FACT have included thought-provoking items such as a tiny coat made from human and rodent skin that will grow over the course o…
(TrendHunter.com) It’s not just style savvy tree-huggers producing green fashions; major international designers joined the green bandwagon for the Fall 2008 Fashion Week in New York. At an Earth Pledge Initiative event called FutureFashion, 28 designers, including Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, YSL, Versace, Givenchy, D…
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