Modern Photorealism – Paintographs by Sarah Graham (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I have just discovered this artist Sarah Graham whose painting are just amazing. They look so real, unless you look closer, you could mistake them for photographs.

Her work is based on the pop culture and inspired by her working in Woolworths at the age of 16.

Ambigramic Fashion – Love Hate Psy-Shirts

(TrendHunter.com) When you look at the shirt normally, it appears to say, “Hate,” but look at its mirror image, and it displays “Love.” This ambigramic t-shirt reveals that no matter how icy you try to act, you’re really a loving softie at heart.

This reminds me of witches and evil entities in movies who look beauti…

Hands as a Canvas 3 – Funny Fingers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Although hands aren’t a traditional art canvas, they do prove to work wonders for some very remarkable art, as proved by our previous post on animal hands and this gallery of “Funny Fingers.”

These photographs merit a second link, they’re incredibly well done, and many of them need to be examined t…

Eco Chic Transit – Swarovskied Low-Rider

(TrendHunter.com) Bling on the attention! This crystal-covered bike will cause so many double takes, the rider had better be prepared to take responsibility for whiplash! Low-riders are focal points as they are, but imagine the stares you’d get riding around on this Swarovskied one!

So, who would buy this 110,000 cr…

Conservation Innovation – Happy Tap

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Julia Treutiger has come up with an eco-friendly shower tap design that reminds you to conserve water.

Happy Tap features segmented joints that break apart providing a visual timer as they slowly snap back into place. This subtle mechanism reminds you to cut your shower short and stop wast…

Functional Spinning Walls – TurnOn is Your Whole Apartment (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Save space and bring out the hamster in you with TurnOn , a Multi Functional Spinning Wall that integrates several revolving modules linked together. Change between dining table, kitchen, bedroom, or exercise room with a simple spin of the wheel!

“The wheel literally turns, and as the positioning o…

Creative Art – Pyramid of 9000 Plastic Spoons by Jill Townsley (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jill Townsley’s impressive art piece Spoons is constructed using over 9,000 plastic spoons and over 3,000 rubber bands.

Spoons is exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in NYC.

The fragility of the installation, contrasted with its sheer magnitude and the huge number of the pieces used r…

Exclusive Bed Designs – The Sphere by Karim Rashid (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Famous multi-talented designer and artist Karim Rashid has created an exclusive bed design, The Sphere, for Hollandia International.

The Sphere was recently revealed in Moscow to much hype and fanfare. The fancy bed features 32″ Colored Television with an optional 5.1 surround sound Theater System,…

OLED Lamps – Early Future is World’s First

(TrendHunter.com) Famous designer Ingo Maurer has designed the world’s first organic LEDs (OLEDs) table lamp for OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, entitled Early Future.

Early Future made its debut at the Light&Building;fair on 6 April, 2008, and is being produced as a limited edition.

Martin Goetzeler, CEO of OSRAM said…

Portugese Helium Lights – Joao Sabino Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I found out about Joao Sabino whilst looking at the keyboard bag (shown below) which led me to his website and in turn, a large section of some of his awesome designs.

I think the way he reinvents objects, such as the wine glasses, is really fresh and actually different, for once showing you can re…

Canoe Made of 7,382 Chopsticks

(TrendHunter.com) Shuhei Ogawara, a city-hall employee, has made a 13-foot canoe from thousands of disposable chopsticks that he collected from the city hall cafeteria. He was disturbed that perfectly good wood was being thrown away – so, he spent two years constructing this 66 pound boat out of 7,382 chopsticks. A l…

Naughty Fairytales – Melissa’s Modern Heroine Photography (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you had long hair like Rapunzel, would you rope your man like this?

These digitally altered, modern-day fairy tale images include classic heroines with sexy, modern twist. They include Little Red Riding Hood who’s sitting on the the back of the Big Bad Wolf’s bike; another image shows Cinderell…

Celeb Height Comparisons – Who Tall Are You Mirror

(TrendHunter.com) Who tall are you? No, that’s not a typo; with the Who Tall Are You Mirror, you can find out who else stands at your height.

The mirror looks like an ordinary rectangular mirror in shape, but it’s etched with an image of measuring tape with heights of the stars marked along either side. The chart h…

Hair Tattoos – Gallium Ions

(TrendHunter.com) What you see on the pictures is human hair magnified many, many times. Carved on the hair is the logo of McMaster University in Ontario Canada. How is that possible? Dr. Ray LaPierre, a professor at the Department of Engineering at that institution, came up with a way to tattoo hair using something …

Appliance Skins – Pimp your Espresso Machine!

(TrendHunter.com) Obsessed with customization? Now you can pimp your espresso machine (Krups models, Cube, Siemens, Magimix) if you get tired of the same old look. For about 9 euros (about $14) you can change the skin of the coffee machine to one that’s more fun to look at.

I’m at a loss for words. What do I care wh…

Foliage Canvas – Art Craft On Leaf (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I really don’t know how this is achieved or whether these are real leaves but Art Craft On Leaf is magnificent. To be able to lay down a coherent, painstakingly detailed, attractive design on such a small surface takes mad skills especially if they were done by hand. I like the last leaf in the gall…

Space Furniture – Metallics at Milan Design Week

(TrendHunter.com) Design Week Milan 2008 is just around the corner; this sneak peek reveals that metallic colors are going to be just as popular for furniture as it has been for clothing.

Although they look like it, these chairs aren’t inflatable, but they still look fantastic. Designer Arik Ben Simhon used full cu…

Creative Dumping – Break-Up Handkerchiefs

(TrendHunter.com) The break-up handkerchief is also a break-up letter. Two-in-one so to speak. The handkerchief is written up with generic reasons why people break up relationships, so all you have to do is hand it to the person you’re dumping and they will know what time it is. This is a very convenient use of a han…

Biker Buildings – JaThe NE Apartments for Motorcyclists Only (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Japanese love their motorcycles, and property is at an ultr-apremium, so a huge percentage of the population lives in apartments.

The small-space restrictions considered, it only makes sense to have an apartment designed for motorcyclists only. The JaThe NE complex consists of eight apartment …

Morbid Light Fixtures – Enpieza’s Colgao Lamp

(TrendHunter.com) This morbid lamp was created by design studio Enpieza located in Spain. The Colgao (“hung” in Spanish) is hanging from the top horizontal rod of the lamp. The lamp looks very simple except for the tasteless, hanging anthropomorphic figure. Either the designers were fresh out of ideas or they are int…