Water-Waste Awareness Baths – Transparent Tub Has Measurements (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While it’s nice to treat yourself to a luxurious soak in the tub after a long and stressful day, you have to remember that millions of people around the world struggle to find drinking water to survive. Lest you forget, Flore de Crombrugghe has come up with a brilliant transparent bathtub design tha…

Top 15 Creative Cakes + Instructables Contest (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Scrap tradition, get creative! These cakes are ultra innovative!

Some people follow recipes, but really creative people know that the best thing they could ever bake comes from tossing the book aside and taking risks! Just look at this super gallery of offbeat cakes!

Instructables held a contest…

BlackBerry Clamshell Flip Phones – BlackBerry Kickstart (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Until now, BlackBerries have been an open-faced, one-piece mobile device. It’s that very reason that many people either love or hate the phones. Finally BlackBerry has launched an alternative, the BlackBerry Kickstart, a clamshell flip-phone, and it’s likely to attract a whole new swarm of customers…

Virtual Cities – GeoSimCities 3D Philadelphia Tours (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) GeoSimCities is a website that provides a 3-D virtual representation of cities.

This is a wonderful idea. I visited the site and checked out the virtual Philadelphia tours of offered on the site. Also included in virtual Philly was E-shopping, city planning, human interaction with other visitors to…

Design a Doc – Dr Martens FREEDM Contest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Think Dr. Martens are boring? Think you know how to make them better? Doc is listening.

They’ve created a contest, aptly named FREEDM, that gives anyone the freedom to express their footwear design ideas. Entries can be designs for short or high cut (8 or 14-hole) boots and can be as wildly creativ…

Chopstick Glasses – Hip Stix

(TrendHunter.com) How’s this for an unusual concept? Brad Gressel created Stix glasses which double as chopsticks and a hair pin. Well, not really. The stainless-steel chopsticks/hair pins are tucked inside the two arms of the glasses.

I think this is a funny idea. As someone who wears glasses I know just how swe…

Designer Paper Deer Heads – Handmade Wilderness Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I wouldn’t put up real animal heads in my place, but these faux designer deer heads are well worth mounting on the wall! As each piece is made to order by rubyslounge on Etsy, no two will be alike.

The resin deer heads are covered in beautiful papers in a wide array of designs. Since they’re custo…

Baby Luxury Car Logos – Italian Minichamps Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These baby car logos and emblems are too darn cute! The Minichamps campaign features the opulent Italian brands Jaguar, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Maserati in their imagined infant stages.

The adorable ads were created by Dentsu Brazil for Minichamps, a company that makes miniature Italian luxury car…

Canine Mansions 2 – Doggie Dream Homes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Believe it or not, this is a dog house that, in all likelihood, was patterned after the dog owner’s own house design.

Doggie Dream Homes will build a smaller version of a real home for dogs that may include furniture, curtains, air conditioning, satellite TV, internet and even a phone line.

“It …

Knitted Food 3 – Delectables Series by Ed Bing Lee (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The knitted delectables series by artist Ed Bing Lee is the perfect gift to torture that dieting friend of yours.

The knitted food items include a burger, hotdog, cupcake with sprinkles, pumpkin pie, key lime pie, ice cream cone, chocolate cupcake, and other delectables.

Check out the complete col…

Public Graffiti Parties – The Cans Film Festival

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve got wicked graffiti skills, you know the real fun comes from showing off your art. Since scrawling on public buildings is generally considered vandalism, it makes it difficult to select an appropriate canvas. That’s where the Cans Film Festival comes in.

Instead of prohibiting street art…

Themed Robot Sex – Terminator Kamasutra (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These terminator sex positions are the bomb, in a freakish sort of way! I have to confess that I am a fanatic of the Terminator series and whoever came up with this idea is
A. an absolute perv, but
B. a first rate genius.

You can just see the intensity of the love-making by looking at their bloo…

Eco-Luxury Architecture – $15 Million Orchid House (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the design of a sustainable, eco-friendly house shaped in the form of a bee orchid. The house, which is called The Orchid and is located in the UK, uses geothermal heating and an underground pump to create its own energy. So far so good.

The Orchid, designed by Sarah Featherstone, sits on 5…

Interactive History Lessons – The Library of Congress Experience (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Behold the modern library experience.

The recently renewed Library of Congress includes a bunch of exciting new interactive technologies, courtesy of Microsoft.

These exhibitions make the Library of Congress and its collections more dynamic and accessible than ever. Touch-screen kiosks with the …

Sneaker Chairs – Vans Sk8 Hi Chair

(TrendHunter.com) Seen in the gallery is a life-sized shoe chair, the Vans Sk8 Hi Chair, which was developed and produced by Coarse Toys.

What could you possibly do with a gigantic sneaker chair like this aside from sit on top of it? And where do you put the Hi Chair anyway? Do you try to blend it in with avant-gar…

Camouflaged Speakers – SteroStone Fountain Speaker (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This 40-inch water fountain has a speaker inside. SteroStone’s Fountain Speaker is an outdoor lawn speaker with a 250-watt, 8-inch dual voice-coil. By day, it’s a unique camouflage, but by night, you can crank on the internal lights for a hip, mood-setting ambiance.

“At night, the $600 Fountain Sp…

Fake Flesh Body Suits – Nicole Tran Ba Vang (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I don’t really know what to make of Nicole Tran Ba Vang body suits. I don’t even know what it’s correct to call the fake, PhotoShopped boobs, butt and other body parts. Is her photographic work social commentary, camouflage, body enhancement or women’s flesh clothing? Or all of the above?

Pump Action Laptop Surfaces – The Airboard (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever worked with your laptop actually placed on your lap then you’ll definitely appreciated this design by Ki-Seung Lee. The pump action laptop surface Airboard comes to the rescue of millions of lap-surfers worldwide.

Regardless of what you’re using your laptop for, the Airboard makes i…

Umbrella Art – En-JOI the Rain (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For way too long the umbrella has been undervalued as a classic style icon. Think Gene Kelly in “Singing in the Rain”, Diana Rigg in “The Avengers”, Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady”. Sensing this accessory has been misrepresented and misunderstood, British umbrella company JOI is rehabil…

Cutting Edge Design Firms – The Apartment (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A lot of people aspire to be designers, but in order to get mentioned on Trend Hunter, there’s got to be something pretty cutting edge about your company. The Apartment definitely makes our list.

The New York City design agency uses every opportunity to innovate and try new marketing, branding and…