Cheese Sculptures – Eco-Friendly Edible Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The product is environmentally friendly, but it might take a few weeks become truly “green”. I’m talking about cheese sculptures. These time-sensitive art productions can change colour, and maybe even grow hair, depending on how long they are kept.

Having never attempted this activity myself, I…

Magic Mirrors – Carole Mirror Gives You Advice

(TrendHunter.com) Ever stood in front of your mirror and asked it a question, hoping it might reply? Well if you had this design by Robert Stadler, your mirror actually could answer back to you!

The Carole Mirror displays random proverbs and sayings, which probably are just as good as the answers you would get from…

Nuclear Peace Charms- Peace Is Disarming

(TrendHunter.com) Tajima Creative has created a new kind of peace symbol. By donating to the Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund they were able to dismantle a stockpiled nuclear weapon. They then created a charm out of the metal reclaimed from that weapon. They took something destructive and made it constructive.

The c…

Electronic Interface Sinks – High-Tech Trough Sink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Anne Kitzmiller, in collaboration with plumbing and appliances giant Kohler, developed this trough prep sink. The sink is a high-tech device with an electronic interface and garbage disposal synchronization. It also has a controlled rinse cycle with color coded alert buttons.

I have mixed…

Recycled Camera Bracelets – Old School Camera re:vision (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s always nice to see someone come up with secondary uses for items the majority of people discard. Craig Arnold, a designer obsessed with cameras came up with the idea to recycle old camera parts and turn them into jewelry.

Most of the pieces used in the re:vision line come from old school came…

Wearable Universal Remote Controls – The Multi-Chalk (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tobi Kim invented the Multi-Chalk which is a universal remote control that can control everything, everywhere!

“It’s a soft electronic device designed to slip on anything with a button,” notes Yanko Design. “It can be designed to compliment your outfit and style. With a little simple programming,…

Eco-Friendly Amphibious Vehicles – The Detroit Fish (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tang Hua Motors is responsible for this odd looking, amphibious, four-wheeled yellow car. With its oddball shape, it really is hard to take The Detroit Fish very seriously. At least it is environmentally-friendly and amphibious to boot.

Yanko Design has fun describing this vehicle and they rag it …

Flexible Magazine Racks – Reversible Rack to Fit your Lifestyle

(TrendHunter.com) Stephane de Sousa designed this reversible magazine rack concept. Depending on what you want to use it for, the sides of the rack adult to your activity, whether you want to read or store your books and magazines. Its transformable qualities allow you to continue to change your storage, and all thro…

Photoreactive Surface Installations – Project Or (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Project Or is a vortex-shaped surface installation at the Milan Furniture Fair 2008.

When in the shade, Project Or, which reacts to ultra-violet light, turns a transluscent white and when hit by the sun, the segments become colored with different hues. At night, Or turns into a huge chandelier.
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Edible Album Covers – Obacchi Jacket Bento Meals (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bento boxes are a tradition of Japanese cuisine. They are home-packed meals which can be very elaborately arranged and the food is decorated to look like people, animals, or characters and items such as flowers and plants.

Obacchi Jacket Lunch Box started selling custom-made Bento boxes designed to…

Wearable Paper – Jennifer Collier’s Disposable Paper Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jennifer Collier is a British fashion designer who creates paper fashion collections. She has created a group of carefully crafted garments and accessories from bits of paper, plastic and assorted recyclable objects and materials. These disposable materials are then transformed into transient, fleet…

Rock ‘n’ Roll Home Collections – Successful Living from Diesel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Diesel, one of the most frequently featured fashion brands on Trendhunter.com, has launched a new home line called Successful Living from Diesel.

The collection, “Is built around a rock ‘n’ roll and casual living concept, which incorporates Diesel’s trademark style and attitude,” the press release…

Ergonomic Egg Bags – Flo Backpacks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One look at the Flo Backpack designed by Ivan Huber is enough to make any self-respecting adult into their alter ego superhero of choice. The Flo backpack reminds me of a certain mutant turtle ninja half-shell which had gained immense popularity in the 90’s. Apart from making the owner look super co…

Badass Furniture – The Outlaw Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Until I saw the Outlaw Chair from designer Ted Nemeth, I didn’t think furniture could be cool.

Ted is the master of creating custom leather furniture with a bad attitude: one look at the Outlaw Chair proves that. The chair is carved from solid mahogany, painted all black and is covered in rich bla…

Bas Relief Clocks – Time for Raise by Alvin Aronson

(TrendHunter.com) A Beautiful Clock which uses the gradual passing of time with raised bas reliefs which give the clock a splendid embossed effect. The clock runs through its 24 hour cycle with each bas relief raising gradually and then disappearing with elegance as time moves on, just as it would appear on a digital…

Artistic Destruction – CrashBonsai (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Artist John Rooney artistically destroys toy cars to resemble real auto accidents. John sells his CrashBonsai miniature masterpieces for between $75 and $125.

Ironic when you stop to think about the tranquility of bonsai trees in contrast with the anxiety brought about from a car crash. I love it.

Green Floating Villages – Eco Architecture in Northern England (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the winning design for an eco-friendly floating village that is planned for Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, northern England. The winning concept, created by Adam Khan Architects, plans to use wood and other sustainable materials to build this floating village whic…

The News in Thumbnails – ‘Fascinum’ Online Live Art

(TrendHunter.com) The Fascinum is an example of online art which is live.

The site gives a live update of the news photographs which are most viewed (ranked from 1 to 10) on different national Yahoo portals, in real time. Designed by Christophe Bruno, the Fascinum gives a thumbnail view to what is happening around …

Charitable Street Art – Tanqueray Style Sessions (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tanqueray has sponsored a high end auction of street art in a charitable project called Tanqueray Style Sessions.

The events, which combines fashion, street art and music, are taking place in April and May in major cities across the US, including San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans and New York. T…

Giant Green Projections – Earth Images at Grand Central NYC (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) April 22 is Earth Day, but New Yorkers are limiting their thanks for the earth to one single day. The green celebration has turned into one that’s being called Earth Weekend as it extends from April 14 to 22, and includes events around the city.

At Grand Central station, Giant Earth Images are bei…