Beads as Pixels – Star Trek Bead Curtains (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Bead Me Up, Scotty! Artist Devorah Sperber uses beads as pixels to beam Captain Kirk, Spock and Bones in a fittingly back to the future way. They manage to capture the partially-beamed look, as if they are just about to fully form. The effect is pretty neat like a hologram.

Coloured Showers – LEDs Show Water Temperature

(TrendHunter.com) One of the most frustrating moments of taking a shower is when you have to step under the water beam without knowing the water is too hot or freezing cold. Particularly as de shower delays some minutes before the warm water starts flowing out. For USD 45,00 you can solve one more frustration in your…

Holographic Touch Screen Dishes – Cup PC (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This concept PC takes the idea of a cup of into a system of holographic touch screens and infrared communication.

The cup contains a holographic projector and serves as the main interface of the Cup PC. It uses other types of interactivity like stacking cups to share data, pouring data and other v…

Intentionally Ugly Power Strips – Standby Surge Protector (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What’s red, long, bendy, and shockingly useful? The Standby surge protector!

This utility strip wasn’t made to tidy up your peripheral cords or hide the mass of wires behind your home stereo system. No, this guy was designed by the Climatised Objects Project to be right out in the open – reminding…

Creative Business Cards – Lego Brick Card (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) La Cambre Architecture (founded in 1927) is the most famous architecture school in Belgium. The school wanted new business cards that reflect their focus on “creation” and “practice”, so they commissioned the Leo Burnett, Belgium ad agency which came up with these creative business cards.

Creative …

Two Unusual Lamps – MYBrain + Enlightenment (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here at Trend Hunter, we always bring you creative out-of-the-box designs. And these two unique lamps are certainly not your usual boring table lamps.

The MYBrain lamp is literally a replica of the designer’s brain. Using an MR scan of his own brain, designer Alexander Lervik processed the image th…

Glass Cone Speakers – Aura by Paul Scarfe (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Paul Scarfe conceived this glass cone-shaped speaker he named “Aura”.

The cone shape is believed to be a sound enhancer and an effective way for sound to travel and project itself.

“By using molded glass to focus and precisely deliver the high frequencies(treble), and the standard bott…

Street Art History Lessons – Pure Evil Pearly Kings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I love these Pearly Kings & Queens which are popping up all over London – and are by a street artist known as Pure Evil. This work, found on a church hoarding, infuses the London tradition of the Pearly Kings and Queens (started in 1875) alongside stencil sprayed butterflies whose wings spell out Pu…

Faking Street Cred – Hero Tattoos

(TrendHunter.com) These are called Hero Tattoos and what they do is fake street cred.

So for example, If someone takes a nasty, embarrassing spill and sustains a cut that needs stitches, they can get a tattoo claiming that they got the scar fighting off an armed robber who slashed him with a knife. I’m making stuff…

Hoax Hacks – Skullphone Fakes Digital Billboard Hijack

(TrendHunter.com) It was rumoured that a series of Clear Channel digital billboards were hacked by an 18 year old graffiti artist by the name of Skullphone.

As of March 25th, 10 billboards in LA were displaying Skullphone’s logo (a skull talking on a phone) intermittently along with their regular ads. And you can b…

Musical Clothes – MP3 Music-ed T-shirts (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Music-ed T-shirts are iPod/mp3 music T-shirts that are earphone equipped to allow for easy listening of any portable multimedia player like iPods, MP3 players, multimedia mobile such as DVD players, portable radios, etc. The T-shirts, which are customized, are individually hand printed, so no tw…

360 Degree Mirror

(TrendHunter.com) The 360 Degree Mirror saves you from constantly twisting your neck while you style your hair by featuring a seven panel 360 view that makes all angles visible simultaneously.

Although the product targets girls, I think guys who cut their own hair can really use it as well.

Of course you don’t nee…

Multi-Function Art – Klotho by Mattias Pinkert (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mattias Pinkert designed the Klotho.

This is an object that could be conferred the label of “work of art” in some quarters. In that light then, the Klotho is an artistic piece with multiple functions. The object can be used to hang clothes, shoes, coats and a multitude of other thing. Multi-functi…

Comic Book Furniture – Crepax Art Furniture (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Comic books have become more and more influential for the 20th century art.

Italian designer Giuseppe Canevese brings to light the most important works of Guido Crepax in the form of furniture which can be brought into our homes.

Crepax is an Italian designer who influenced comic art and design …

Expanding Garbage Can – Growing Bin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Perfect for lazy people who do not like to take out the trash often, designer Young-min Heo must have had me in mind with this Growing Bin design.

The Growing Bin utilizes an adjustable set of concentric rings that can expand vertically to accomodate more and more trash.

It’s a good quick-fix for …

Business Manga – The Adventures of Johnny Bunko by Daniel H. Pink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Would you take advice from a comic book? Adults in Japan do, where manga, or comics, are hugely popular across all age groups. Japanese manga covers all topics, yet in the western world, there are no comics geared toward adults, and definitely none that could be found in the business section.

Danie…

Double-Stemmed Umbrellas – Tandem Umbrella For Lovers

(TrendHunter.com) It’s official: the simplest things are the hardest. Look at this, a Tandem umbrella, of course! Why did we ever try to fit under one single umbrella in the pouring rain? One of us was destined to get wet!

The umbrella for two was designed by Jasmine Raznahan and Mark Owens for those who are inse…

Top 10 Steampunked Items + Stratocator Guitar (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Steampunk mania describes the modern design movement which seeks inspiration from the era in which steam power dominated.

Faking the antique appearance of the Victorian era devices has become a widely used element of modern art and design. Aside from a heavy use of brass, etching, and copper-plati…

Top 5 Things You Can Do By Number – Numerical Art (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember those Paint by Number projects you did as a kid? Now there is a whole range of projects you can create or enjoy by number, and they’re not limited to the under-10 set.

Take a look at all these other art and lifestyle activities that are done according to numbers, from Chew by Number proje…

Rooms Made of Chocolate II – Choccywoccyboudoir (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A company called Choccywoccydoodah has set up an intimate boudoir of sheer chocolate for dacadent self indulgence. A bit like the chocolate room except that was a PR stunt and this is the real deal. I really love this idea though essentially it is just a tasting experience with knobs on.

Up to 12 g…