Noise Awareness Billboards – AEG Eloectrolux Advertises The Decibel Level (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In a global billboard campaign by AEG-Electrolux for Noise Awareness, AEG has installed billboards with built in decibel meters so that passerbys can see the noise level. The boards have been installed in major European cities like London, Madrid, Berlin and Milan. However there were some interestin…

Cute Profanity as Fashion – The Cheeky Parisienne Is Back (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This time last year we were blown away by the cuteness and cheekiness of parisien fashion designer, Nicole Locher. Trend Hunter covered her line of ‘Embroidered Profanity’. In short, her collection consisted of the cutest little tops, with the naughtiest messages embroidered onto them.

Now she i…

Dreamliner Gallery – Actual Showroom For the $150 Million Boeing Dreamliner (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) After spending a fortune on an empty aircraft, buyers of Boeing Dreamliner can enjoy the experience of equipping their own airplane.

In the Dreamliner Gallery, a showroom created by Boeing, customers can walk in and choose the type of seats, interiors, coffee makers, entertainment systems they wan…

Website for Ethical Fashion – The BBC’s ‘Thread: Fashion Without Victims’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) launched an ethical fashion ezine named “Thread”. The online magazine seeks to address issues many fashion-conscious and environmentally-responsible people constantly grapple with such as the damage sustained by the environment due to irresponsible and unethica…

Leading Car Designers Creating Toys – Honda Wins Hot Wheels Design Competition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Lead designers from Honda, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Lotus and Mitsubishi all competed in a Hot Wheels Design Competition. The competition celebrated the 40th anniversary of Hotwheels 1/64th-scale die-cast toy cars.

The Honda Racer is a winning concept from a design competition by Mattel Toys. Hon…

Shadow Design – Transform Your Roof Into Art With The Rosett (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I have always been fascinated by shadow decorations and how light can transform a boring surface into a more visually appealing one. That’s why I love this design, Rosett, which gives you an instant imitation of the appearance of shadow decoration. Simply screw it into an electric socket with just a…

Is Clutter the New Minimalism – Artistic iPod Island Hub (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As an act of defiance and rebelliousness against the current trend towards minimalistic high tech gadgets, designers Ingo Strobel and Katja Hiendlmayer have come up with this ironic one-off iPod Island Hub art installation. The minimalism trend is best exemplified by Apple and its products, so it wa…

Top 50 Breakthroughs in Graffiti (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This super gallery showcases the cutting edge of graffiti, including remote controlled graffiti robots, graffiti chocolate bars, LED graffiti throwies and cleanvertising.

Graffiti and counter-culture art have always represented the cutting edge of cool, but modern advances are taking graffiti to …

E-Paper Clothes – Lunar BLU Jacket Display

(TrendHunter.com) E-paper technology has been tantalizing our minds and imaginations with each new, fascinating development that crops up. Lunar Design created the Lunar BLU which is a concept jacket that uses flexible organic E-paper that can show other people your mood, subway maps (as the picture shows) and even v…

Optical Illusion Curtains – Swarovski VEIL Has Hidden Mona Lisa

(TrendHunter.com) VEIL is a shimmering curtain comprised of 1440 1440 Swarovski crystals. It was created by Paul Cocksedge for the Swarovski Crystal Palace in Milan.

The four meter high curtain appears to transforms when you see its reflection in a mirror as it creates a fantastic optical illusion of da Vinci’s Mon…

6 Wheel Supercars – Covini C6W (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dubbed as the first six-wheeled supercar, the Covini C6W is a wheel-lover’s dream. Designed and made by Covini Engineering, this vehicle boasts 400 horsepower and 4-wheel steering – increasing the braking, comfort and directional stability. Covini Engineering has also had a hand in the design and ma…

Mentos and Coke Still Viral? – 1500 Students Break Record

(TrendHunter.com) 1,500 students in Belgium dressed in matching ponchos to participate in a competition to break a new world record, and they succeeded! They made it into the Guiness World Records for the most Mentos and Coke explosions.

This is one of those Guinness record things which involve a whole bunch of peo…

Aquarium Desks 2 – AZOO Eco-Desk (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The last aquarium desk we featured, the Milk, was neat, but it was only big enough to house one goldfish. The Azoo Eco-Desk Lifestyle Aquarium, however, is big enough for an entire school of tropical fish.

Better than simply being a mini aqua park below your work surface, the Azoo also takes care o…

Magical Milk Cartons – Milk Gone Bad Lights Shows Secret Image (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Milk Gone Bad is a collection of eight unique lamps that float somewhere between toys and furniture. The lamps are disguised as milk cartons. When the lamp is turned off, it looks like a plain white milk carton, but once you turn it on, the lamp comes to life, displaying an exciting and startling im…

Porta-Party iPods – Human Interaction Series

(TrendHunter.com) This very unique Porta-Party iPod was spotted at an art exhibit in Los Angeles. No, it is not an art installation, but an exclusive, fully-functioning portable toilet. I refer to it as exclusive because reportedly only those with an iPod or iPhone could make the toilet work. I don’t know exactly how…

Utensil Dart Boards – Thout UtiliTile

(TrendHunter.com) The THOUT UtiliTILE is a storage unit for your utensils. Instead of storing your spoons, folks and knives in a drawer, you can hurl them as you would a dart or a knife into this mounted tile on your wall.

“Ideal for small-space living, UtiliTILE: Dining is a series of simple-to-mount yet elegant l…

BeanBag Chairs from Recycled Cars – Waste Furniture (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I always find it very disheartening that recycled products are mostly pretty expensive. Usually you have to pay a premium to go “green”, which both discourages and confuses me. Utilizing recycled materials should make the product cheaper not more expensive.

Take these giant bean bags by Spanish com…

Recycled Seatbelt Designs – Lounge Chair Saves Life

(TrendHunter.com) The Seatbelt lounge chair combines two life savers: seatbelts that save human lives, and product recycling which saves our planet.

The chair is designed by Nuttapong Charoenkitivarakorn and created by Thai villagers who loop lengths of recycled cotton-nylon seat belts around the chairs’ plywood fra…

Expandable Furniture – Cube 6 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Naho Matsuno has designed a classic piece of furniture called the Cube 6 made of birch plywood and maple. The cube unfolds into six tiny stools that would be ideal when you have a small group of friends pop by one morning and all of them start whining that they want to sit down.

The piece…

Concept Sports Phones – Nokia Euro 2008 Mobile?

(TrendHunter.com) This Nokia concept phone is creating quite a stir, yet nobody seems to know much more than what can be seen from the design. The sports phone has been featured and speculated about in several leading tech and gadget ezines, so there must be something buzz-worthy about the mobile.

What is known is …