Bling Bling Boring (Part II) – Top 29 Overly Glittering Fashion Items (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tired of diamonds, Swarovski crystals, baubles, gems and precious jewels? Then you’ll love part two of our Bling Bling Boring feature.

This time around we’re featuring outrageously glittery style and beauty and fashion products.

If it’s blinged, we’ve got it, from diamond eye lashes to $62,000 l…

High-Tech Graffiti – “Couleur sur l’Objet” Painting Robot

(TrendHunter.com) Get Banksy one of those! “Couleur sur l’Objet” by Stefan Rechsteiner brings high tech and robotics to street art. “Couleur sur l’Objet” is basically a wall climbing robotic printer, based on the principle of the vortex-robots that are able to climb walls with the help of suction. It featu…

Real Musical Robots You Control Online – Absolut Choir (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Absolut has released another fun ad campaign to promote their world famous vodka, this time called Absolut Machines. We’ve featured one machine already, the Absolut Quartet already, but now we’re showing you the Absolut Orchestra.

The project is an amalgamation of cutting edge technology and the f…

Art Made of Jelly Beans – Jelly Belly George Clooney (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I knew George Clooney was eye candy, but I had no idea he could be this sweet! This fantastic portrait of the sexy 460year-old was created out of Jelly Belly jelly beans, forming a sort of candy mosaic.

I adore Jelly Belly beans, so I don’t think I could have this on my wall without picking. His c…

Electricity Producing Toilet – Benkatine Turbine Uses Potty Power

(TrendHunter.com) Currently we burn wood, coal, and natural gas to produce electricity. We also harness the power of falling water in hydroelectric power plants and capture the energy of rising water with wave-converting buoys. All ingenious ideas, but they’re expensive and wasteful.

Wouldn’t it be nice to power th…

Recycled Couture – Eco Chic Fashion Show in Jakarta (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen so many recycled fashions on Trend Hunter, but it’s a very good thing that we love to feature. The fact that eco-chic has now been picked up by the masses is fantastic and shows our society’s commitment to the environment. It also goes to prove that recycled doesn’t equate to trashy.

Th…

Disco Ear Plugs – Sensible New Fashion Trend

(TrendHunter.com) A deaf charity in the UK, the RNID, has asked launched a competition for budding designers aiming to find a fashionable ear plug. Will such thing ever exist I can’t help but wonder?

The statistic that started the campaign came from their research that showed 90 percent of young clubbers have experi…

Environmentalist Artist or Crazy Person? – Can Man (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Well they say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure as the “Can Man” demonstrates this admirably with his extreme recycled fashion. He simply views trash as the raw materials for his art. You have to see it to believe it so check out the video – I like the cork suit the best personally!

Bling Bling Boring (Part I) – 26 Luxury Gadgets (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) By now just about all of us have grown sick of sparkly gadgets… it’s the now very mainstream trend we at Trend Hunter are now simply referring to as the “Bling Bling Boring” craze.

As a final adieu to feature posts which feature nothing unique or exotic other than rhinestones, Swarovski crystals…

Glittery Gadget Really Flies – Silverlit iBird (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) So you like remote control toys, but are afraid to admit it because you think they’re only for boys? You’re wrong little ladies. Just look at this stunningly elegant iBird from Silverlit.

The dainty, glitter-encrusted gizmo flutters gracefully thanks to Silverlit’s mini-ornithopter technology and …

Solar & Wind Powered Pre-Fab Spa – Desert Winds Eco Spa (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When thinking of a spa, I envision a natural, calm, quiet setting, not over the top sterile environments like Las Vegas. But Vegas may be the best place for this environmentally friendly Desert Winds Eco Spa. The concept is for a solar and wind powered development.

It would be composed of pre-fab …

You on a Times Square Billboard – I in the Sky Public Art Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine seeing yourself on a billboard in Times Square, lit up on one of the most famous streets of the world. You don’t have to be a model or a celebrity for it to be possible anymore!

Thanks to “I in the Sky,” a new public art project, anyone can step inside a designated photo booth to have their…

Agressive Art Furniture – Brass Knuckle Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is a nice chair where you can relax and sip coffee in the morning from your Brass Knuckle Mug. The Brass Knuckle Chair is a formidable metal art chair that would add a touch of, “Don’t mess with me; I’m a bad-ass to your house” and would intimidate your poor retro sofa. The 60L X 39W X 52H inch…

Grandest Piano Of Them All – Schimmel Pegasus Piano (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This hand-made über exclusive Schimmel Pegasus Piano is one of only fourteen that were made ten years ago for high-profile people like Eddie Murphy, Lenny Kravitz, and Prince. Now you have a chance to play this exclusive club because there’s one for sale until March 15th. It sports an ergonomically…

Sneaky Safes – Picture Frame Box Stores Your Loot

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve all seen movies, especially cartoons, in which secret rooms or safes are hidden behind picture frames. This frame is even cooler. Even if the thief looks behind your cheesy family portrait, he’ll be hot, hot, hot in terms of closeness, but he won’t be able to see the safe. That’s because the f…

Backyard Getaway Globe – Ornate Garden Rotating Lounger

(TrendHunter.com) The Ornate Garden Rotating Lounger is the perfect seclusion getaway. Just steps away from your home, you could find peace and tranquility surrounded by the fragrant flowers in your own beautiful garden.

Since the globe rotates, your can change your view as often as you like, perhaps rotating with …

Victorian Computer – Steampunk Mac by Dave Veloz (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This computer is the creation of Hieronymus Isambard “Jake” von Slatt who is an enthusiast of modern technology in historically inspired Victorian-era enclosures, an art form known as “steampunk.” The creation is a beautifully-crafted and fully-functional laptop computer. The outer lid features a mi…

Sex, Stealth, and Haute-Couture – Superhero Fashion & Fantasy Exhibit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” is opening at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2008. The exhibit will showcase legendary American superheroes and their influence on fashion.

The Incredible Hulk suit by Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck is said to inflate phallically in various …

Mile-High Eco-Tower – 500 Floor London Building (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is another plan for a super-high skyscraper, this time in Europe’s very own London.

The eco-friendly building, which will be 500 stories high, could house 100,000 non-height-fearing people as well as, schools, hospitals, and stores. The unique aspect to this design, which will be situated in …

Artistic Gravity Computer Virus – Newton Virus (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Troika, a London art and design studio, wanted to revive the golden era of harmless fun computer viruses. Viruses were born out of the wit of early computer adopters, viruses whose sole purpose was to surprise and amuse. A non-destructive form of artificial life. So they created an artistic Newton V…