Emergency Money Box – Break Glass for Change

(TrendHunter.com) Every parent has found the need to occasionally raid their children’s piggy bank to get loose change when desperate. Here’s an alternative so that you won’t have to handle a rather irrate kid when they find out what you have done.

Although the ‘Emergency Money Box’ by Becky Miller is not designed …

Bendable Sinks – Kohler Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The high-end Kohler Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet represents a complete departure from the conventional rigid faucet. This stainless steel Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet is designed to hold any pose and to bend and fold according to the needs of the user and to be tucked away when not in us…

Easier To Pick Up Coins – Beveled Edge, Angled Coins

(TrendHunter.com) What an utterly simply yet ingenious idea! How many times have you suffered from the embarrassment of clumsily trying to grab at that coin that fell down?

Coins have had pretty much the same core design since their introduction: flat and mostly round – two design aesthetics that make a coin pretty …

Design Week Highlights – Jean-Marie Massaud at Milan Design Week 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Talented designer Jean-Marie Massaud has a solid presence at Milan Design Week 2008 with many unique creations. Here we present you with five of the showcased designs.

The designs are (top to bottom, left to right):
1. Curiosity Cabinet for AV Mazzega is a rather curious and unique suspended lighti…

Transformer Scales – Shu-Hung Yeh’s Universal Scale (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Scales can be pretty intimidating. Sometimes, you want to get off them as soon as you step on. Also, when it comes to its usability, most scales are not very universal or user friendly, in the sense that they do not accomodate people with disabilities and handicaps.

Designer Shu-Hung Yeh has come u…

Convertible Travel Bags – Student Designs at Milan 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Convertible Travel Bag concept is the result of a collaboration between the Florence School of Architecture and Picuadro. The aim of the project was to present 14 bags developed by third year design students at the Italian institution of higher education.

“The objective was to meet the needs o…

Cigar Box Paintings – Ed Musante’s Birds (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) To get noticed, artists today need to find a really unique edge to gain exposure. Ed Musante has created buzz by selecting cigar boxes as the canvas for his paintings of birds.

His avian cigar box characters range from intricately detailed Barred Owl to birds with vibrant shades in their feathers …

Bra Protectors – Smart Broad Bra Smart Travel

(TrendHunter.com) Don’t you hate it when your bras are crushed when you unpack your suitcase while travelling? If yes, then you’ll love the Bra Smart Travel from Smart Broad, a must-have for ladies that travel a lot and want to keep their undies/bras organized and neat. Bra Smart Travel can hold up to six bras.

The …

Guitar Piano Hybrids – The Harpejji (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Harpejji is a hybrid musical instrument that was invented by a math professor by the name of Jorn Starret. The musical instrument, which has 24 strings on 24 frets, is the offspring of a union between the guitar and the piano.

I’m looking at this strange-looking new guitar/piano fusion and I’m …

1,000 Kilogram Photo Album – Women of Vietnam by Hitomi Toyama (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You’ve just laid your eyes on the world’s largest photo album! I have no idea where anyone would get a printer to produce photographs big enough, but apparently Hitomi Toyama, a Japanese photographer did.

The 1,000 kg photo album, titled “Women of Vietnam,” is four meters tall and 3 meters wide an…

Fantasy Video Landscapes – Tony Oursler’s Art Playground (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This incredible piece of live art is part of an art installation in Kaukapakapa, New Zealand. Tony Oursler, a New York artist created video landscapes in a private art playground. The project showcases wild outdoor designs such as these animated skulls projected on a Pohutukawa a tree.

The installa…

Top 61 Unconventional Weddings – Modern Matrimony From Engagement to Divorce (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Wedding season is finally upon us. If you’re looking for tips for a traditional wedding, you’d better leave now. If you’re looking for cutting edge and quirky, read on!

The following bits of trend candy highlight some of the top innovations for your special day, from high tech engagement rings lik…

Religious Phones – Buddhist Nokia N70 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This first of its kind Buddhism mobile phone is a heavily customized Nokia N70 that is decorated with numerous Buddhist aesthetics that makes for the ultimate religious phone.

The phone features 24 K gold plating, a Buddha on the back and intricate carvings and religious symbols all over. It also h…

Musical Cartoons – Tori Amos Comic Book Tattoo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tori Amos, one of the most talented real musicians of our generation, has collaborated with some of the biggest comic book artists in the world on the Image Comics release “Comic Book Tattoo”.

“Comic Book Tattoo” is a 480-page, full color anthology that transforms Tori’s songs into visual …

Luxury Purse Coolers – Veuve Clicquot Globalight (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is the Veuve Clicquot Globalight limited edition champagne cooler designed by Karim Rashid who is one of the most prolific designers in the high-end hotel and home goods arenas. Rashid was inspired by the idea of a purse or handbag.

The sleek looking, soft pink bubbly chiller sells for a cool…

Ice Cream Cone Lights – Whippy CFL Bulbs

(TrendHunter.com) First Aunt Bessie introduces cones with mashed potatoes, and now there are these ice cream lamps! No question about it, wafers are HOT at the moment. Even if you’re not massively into kitsch, there’s no denying the Whippy light fixtures are kind of cool. Best of all, they support eco friendly CFL b…

Jelly Bean Art 2 – Madonna Hard Candy Cover (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At a promotional party in the UK for Madonna’s new album, Hard Candy, there was a lot of themed merchandise and decor including these jelly bean portraits.

The art was creative out of real candies, which was very suitable considering the album’s name. The colours were perfectly chosen to reflect t…

Credit-Card Sized Cologne – Conquest for Power Seekers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Conquest is a portable cologne designed for metrosexual professionals on the go.

The perfume is stored in a thin container the size of credit card for easy portability and holds 20 ml of fragrance.

“Conquest is a perfume focused on an emergent public of men called the Power-seekers, one who loo…

Interactive Crime Scenes – Guerrilla Ad in German Bar

(TrendHunter.com) This is a very clever advertising campaign for 13th Street Suspense Channel. A bar in Hamburg, Germany installed a bloody crime scene in the bathroom that can only be seen with a special black light. When a person enters the bathroom, the regular lights are turned off and replaced by the black light…

Honey Comb Speakers – The Hive

(TrendHunter.com) The Hive, as I will introduce it here, refers to a high end new sound system, not the hairstyle British crooner Amy Winehouse recently made popular again. Having said that, Hive is a funny-looking sound system that consists of several hexagonal flat panels or cells in a honey comb pattern that can p…