Wearable Canvases – Painted Dresses (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A recently emerging fashion trend has designers asserting their believe that “fashion is art” by transforming their designs into a living painting. The dresses are treated as a canvas and exquisitely painted as an artistic painting.

Designers who have jumped on this bandwagon, as illustrated in the…

Hand-Painted Unisex Shoes – Neon Cow Skin Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These shoes were designed with hand-painted leather and were recently showcased at Neon’s winter fashion show.

“The Brazilian label’s co-designer Dudu Bertholini has been collecting leftover painted cow skin—some of them rare—from his trips abroad to New York and throughout his home country, …

Wood Gadget Cases – Wanxinda iPod Case (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m liking this wood casing for the iPod. There is no real information available on the product, but I like the wood casing because it offers protection for the gadget in case of accidental dropping.

“Wanxinda Enterprise Group showcased its various cases for iPod products during China Sourcing…

Combination Microwave Toasters – LG’s Vertical Toaster

(TrendHunter.com) You have a tiny downtown apartment, and you’re addicted to bagels, but you’re too lazy to run to Tim Hortons each time you get a craving. If this sounds like you, maybe you’d like LG’s bizarre microwave with built-in toaster slot on the side.

It looks more like an old video cassette player, but ap…

Fingerprint Paintings – Inspiration Across the Nation Campaign

(TrendHunter.com) Inspiration Across the Nation is a new campaign The Library of Congress is running to encourage people to inspire others to reach their potential. To participate, all you have to do is send the library your poems, essays, films, pictures or any type of art form you excel at and which can be transfer…

Custom Cigarette Packs – Build Your Own Death Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Build Your Own Death Project obviously is an anti-smoking endeavor that adds creative flair and interactivity in their campaign. Launched by a Chilean agency, BYODP offers smokers the chance to create their own customized package of cigarettes using fully downloadable free templates from their websi…

Burners as Hotplates – Sovrappensiero

(TrendHunter.com) Ever wanted to serve your food fresh, piping hot food straight from the stove? Well then this is what you need. The stove designed by Sovrappensiero is unique in that you can actually remove its modular burner units and use them as hot plates while serving the food. Each of the modular units has a r…

Plantvertising to Go Green – Adidas Grün Campaign

(TrendHunter.com) Adidas has gone green with its advertising campaign. The advertisement, which is suspected to be for its Grün range of footwear, is made of bushes with the iconic three stripes placed using three strips of wood.

Disposable Theme Cameras – Our Wedding Day Camera

(TrendHunter.com) Wedding Favours is a Canadian company that produces disposable film cameras with a theme. The wedding camera for example, is enveloped in white adorned paper with golden letters that read “Our Wedding Day.” The camera comes with 27 exposures.

High Gloss Mini Cans – Coke Slims

(TrendHunter.com) Coke has released their Coke Slim cans all over UK. The Coke Slim is being directly targeting at young women, the idea being the design being that it can easily fit inside the purse. Women don’t want to sacrifice the space they would store their makeup, gadgets and other essentials, but they’re also…

Controversial Crystals – Domestic Violence Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Inspiration can come from any source and the source of inspiration for this crystal collection by Koncern Design Studio for Rückl Crystal is domestic violence.

The Domestic Violence Golden Edition was displayed at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. The collection “abstractly c…

High Tech Designer Tubs – Teuco Sorgente Hot Tub (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Teuco Hot Tub “Sorgente” by Lenci Design has a seamless sunken profile design. The tub ensures a tranquil experience with 8 Hydro-silence whirlpool jets. But what makes this tub stand out from the rest is the features. It has a control panel or remote control operation, underwater lighting, …

LED Bath Tubs – The Underwater Disco Light Show

(TrendHunter.com) The Underwater Disco Light Show offers a psychedelic bath without LSD or even psychotropic prescription drugs.

The disco light effect is produced by LED lighting in four colors moving around to create a disco-like atmosphere and there is a button that changes the pattern.

Wouldn’t these lights …

Logo-Branded Blankets 2 – Corporate Security Blankets (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Writer/artist Douglas Coupland has put a visual, tactile and a very creative spin on a topic that sometimes wanders into the realm of the abstract and the surreal when discussed in public forums. That topic is fear and apprehension about the state of our economy and the bleak prospects prognosticate…

Desktop Clutter as Art – PC Desktop Art Made with Folders (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Gizmodo is running a contest for the coolest looking desktop made entirely out of folders. They have received 14 entries so far and some of them are pretty impressive. Ren and Stimpy, Purple Tentacle, Iron Man, Daffy Duck and one of the character from South Park are among the themes submitted. The c…

Cardboard Box Accessories – Wannabe Turns Boxes into Chic Tables (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Moving into a new place always takes much longer than you originally planned for. So why not make the best out of these numerous moving boxes by transforming them into an instant functional table with the Wannabe.

Wannabe is basically a piece of metal that folds around a cardboard box, converting i…

Lights as Toys – Matt (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Get up, close and personal with this flexible and dynamic light design that promises its user a high level of entertainment and fun.

According to the designers, the knitted light object, called Matt, is meant to be moved and played with.

Through the use of an environmentally-friendly energy savin…

Crystal Cross Overs – Randomly Crystallised Swarovski (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Swedish designers Front created Randomly Crystallised which is a collection of vases and lights for the Swarovski Crystal Palace, a high-end crystal and glass store.

The pieces were made by combining cut crystals with hard blown liquid crystal.

“Front has experimented with crystal as a material,…

Sandals from Old Jeans – RecycleYourJeans

(TrendHunter.com) Next time your jeans look like they’ve had too much wear and tear to keep in your wardrobe, hold on to them. Thanks to RecycleYourJeans.com, you can now have your favourite denim pieces remade into chic sandals. A great idea sure to delight tree huggers the world over!

Recycling jeans into footwear…

Bleeding Paint Chairs – Anna ter Haar Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These brilliant chairs by Anna ter Haar simply demand admiration. The white chairs appear to be bleeding rainbows of wet paint, the fantastic hues dripping from holes drilled in the corners.

The vibrant colours just pop, especially as photographed against the pure white background.

This chair’s g…