Cut-Out Mustaches – Nike Vintage Shows Love for Retro Facial Hair (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nike knows consumers think retro is hip, but the sports brand wants to be the one to bring the mustache back. They want to revive the age of sports in which the mustache played an integral role in the…

Innovative Makeshift Umbrellas – The Eco Brolly

(TrendHunter.com) Umbrellas are like 4×4 vehicles. They don’t get appreciated until they’re needed. The Eco Brolly is a quasi-umbrella design — quasi in the sense that there is only half of it, the skeleton. When it starts…

Packing Tape as a Beauty Accessory – The Body Tape (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This has got to be the mother of all multi-purpose tapes!

The Body Tape is 100% vinyl packing tape that can be worn as an accessory. The quaint tape is printed black on white and there are four different…

Custom Adult Tree Houses – Baumraum Architects (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Germany-based company, Baumraum, designs and builds treehouses. Not the cookie-cutter, kiddy ones, but the super expensive, custom-built ones. They boast being able to build a house in any tree. Should…

100 Mile Drawings in the Sand – World’s Largest Human-Made Art by Jim Denevan (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jim Denevan is a Santa Cruz, CA-based artist who makes freehand temporary drawings in sand using only a stick and a rake. Working up to seven hours and walking long distances to work on his drawings, Denevan…

Green Chess – Recycled Auto Part Chess Set

(TrendHunter.com) Kicking it into overdrive, the Recycled Auto Parts Chess set was done by Armando Ramierez. Each piece is a small sculpture made from reclaimed auto parts; for example, the bishop’s heads are spark plugs.…

Hard-To-Read Watches – The Galaxy by Tokyoflash

(TrendHunter.com) On Trend Hunter, innovation and originality take the pedestal. In the world of watches, Tokyoflash takes design to a new level with their newest watch, the Galaxy. The watch allows you to make a fashion…

Fuel Cell Vehicles of the Future – The Revolute (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Will somebody please build one of these neat little cars? How much fun would it be to buzz around the neighborhood or bog in the REVOLUTE? The really cool part? It has a clicker that reconfigures the wheelbase…

Futuristic Eco Kegs – The Kegstand (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Why the hell hasn’t this been thought of before? Seriously! Frequent party-throwers will want to invest in one of these: The Kegstand. Designed by Kaleidoscope, a product development consultancy in Cincinnati,…

Measuring the “Greeness” of Lawns – The Grass Scanner

(TrendHunter.com) I think the grass scanner idea by the RCA Design Interactions show (UK) is brilliant.

The Grass Scanner, a device designed by Alice Wang that measures how green your grass is. Using 3 Pantone Color Cue…

Custom Chandeliers – ‘Rock and Royal’ Lighting (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I found Rock & Royal who make custom chandeliers and mosaics. Their works are simply AMAZING. I love the skull and cross bones and the gun. I don’t think I…

Sidewalk Pod Vehicles – The Camper Lotus (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) (Insert tongue firmly in cheek) The Camper Lotus is a zero-emission transportation device designed by Patty Yuan. She has conceived the notion that people aren’t fat, don’t need more exercise and sidewalks…

Cat Patios – Window-Mounted Feline Luxury Deck

(TrendHunter.com) For the price of about $150, your family cat can be treated to the luxurious Window Cat Patio.

As pictured here, the self-contained unit mounts to a window using only a Phillips screwdriver.

Features…

Carved Vegetable Bikinis – The ‘Big Is In’ Campaign by Magimix (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) ‘Big Is In’ campaign for the Magimix line of food processors features print ads which use Rubinesk, bikini-clad, veggies. Food carving has been seeing a resurgence in recent days, and here we see eggplants,…

Art Meets Medical Treatment – Lamb Dialys (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Revital Cohen is a second year student at the London Royal College of Art.

She is fascinated by the inhumane effect dialysis machines have on patients with defunct kidneys.

In a presentation of her work…

Parcel-Carrying Scooters – The Cargo by Elliot Ortiz (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This attractive scooter dubbed the Cargo was designed by Elliot Ortiz, an industrial design student from San Francisco. The two-wheeled vehicle was conceived as a light cargo vehicle as its name indicates.…

Constantly Changing Museum Hotels – The Museumotel Utopia (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In the town of Râon-l’Etape, France, the Museumotel Utopia offers nine “love” bubble bungalows for your next vacation. All of the decoration is drawn from the decorative and stylistic heritage of the…

Paper Shampoo – Airport Security Safe Hygiene Innovations

(TrendHunter.com) No more excuses for dirty hair! Paper Shampoo is the answer to the recent airline security restrictions on liquids. In addition to traveling, this ultra compact unique shampoo can be great for camping…

Designer Demolition Parties – Philippe Starck Destroys Royal Monceau Palace

(TrendHunter.com) Next year Philippe Starck plans to rock the establishment with a new take on “sexy, intelligent” luxury at Paris’ Royal Monceau palace hotel. But before rebirth comes destruction, and so last night Starck…

Giant Waterfalls as Urban Art – The New York City Waterfalls (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) New York City now offers a spectacular public waterfall installation for those who yearn to see cascading falls but are far from what one would consider to be an outdoorsy type. There’s no hiking involved…