Multi-Cultural Projects in Dubai – Museum of Middle East Modern Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Taking a break from ridiculously tall buildings, Dubai has unveiled the region’s first Museum of Middle East Modern Art. The impressive project was launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid…

Furniture for Feet – High Chair Shoes

(TrendHunter.com) Humans have invented numerous ways to make up for physical shortcomings. Hair extensions. Breast augmentation. Calf implants. Fake nails. Shoes that boost short folks an inch or so is nothing new either.…

Recycled Garbage Projections – Eco Shadow Sculpting (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tim Noble and Sue Webster create art with shadows used by beaming a protected light on a heap of garbage.

The sculpting of each mound of trash is done so precisely, the resulting image is eerily perfect.…

Top 30 Modern Art Posts in 2008 (so far)

(TrendHunter.com) What is art? That question becomes even more difficult to answer when you ask, “What is Modern Art.” However, our Trend Hunters have submitted hundreds (thousands?) of examples. This feature profiles…

Edgy DIY Couture Fashion – The Creative Designs (and Shocking Work) of Naco-Paris (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Acting like an in-your-face showgirl, Naco-Paris is bursting into the fashion scene with edgy designs…

The designs are exceptionally creative with a DIY edge and appeal. The designs are much different…

Radical Advertising – Provocative Exhibit About Advertising (Adbusters, Banksy, LaChapelle) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Germany’s Radical Advertising exhibition is a provoking show that has to be seen (online or live).

The official press text describes, ”Both the exhibition and its provocative title show that the transition…

Studying the History of Shapes – The ‘United by Stripes’ Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) ‘United by Stripes’ is the work of Amsterdam based artist and theorist Maaike Gottschal. The project is an ongoing art, research and exhibition-project. It studies the meaning and usage of stripes in…

Snobby Sporting Equipment – World’s Most Expensive Surf Board

(TrendHunter.com) I love extreme sports. I can’t go surfing in my own country as the waves are too small but if I could, I would definitely go.

However, I would not have a board like the one designed by Kenny Scharf…

Can Shocking Art Go Too Far? – Lamp Skirts (With a Message) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The art world was recently enlightened at a show called “Under My Skin”. At the exhibit, French artist Marianne Maric made these lamps to illustrate girls, “as a thing conveyed by the entertainment world.”…

Footwear as Art – The F*ck Me! Shoe Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These shoes are part of a collection of artist-decorated Terry de Havilland wedges. The shoes are collectively called F*ck Me! Shoes .

The collection was auctioned off 2 years ago to benefit the Chelsea…

Geek Art – WALL-E Lego Model (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s a marriage made in geek heaven.

The first ‘well-done’ model of WALL-E, the adorable robot from Pixar’s much anticipated upcoming movie, made from lego bricks.

The geek-to-the-bones model…

3D Illusion Chalk Drawings II – The Work of Kurt Wenner (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Kurt Wenner, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan is a master chalk artist who originally worked for NASA. At NASA, we worked as an advanced scientific space illustrator. But then, Wenner moved to Italy where…

When Art Becomes Furniture – Stool Based on the Bum of Michelangelo’s David (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Instead of buying a decorative statue, how about a functional piece of furniture that is also a piece of art?

The principle designers of Spain’s ABR, Ramón Úbeda and Otto Canalda, show their artistic…

Landscape Self Protraits – Art by Levi van Veluw (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dutch artist Levi van Veluw’s self portraits are not photoshop enhanced pictures. His artform involves what he calls “material transfers” whereby he adds all kinds of things on himself. His landscape…

Circle Squared – NY Times Emmy Nominated Stop Motion Animation (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) ‘Circle Squared’ is an Emmy Nominated stop-motion animation. The square obsessed video features animals successively eating each other, hinting at the ‘circle of life’.

The art director, Todd St. John,…

Vehicles as Works of Art – The BMW Art Cars (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The BMW Art Cars tradition began in 1975 when French race car driver Hervé Poulain asked Alexander Calder to customize his BMW 3.0 CSL. For 33 years, BMW cars have been turned into rolling works of art…

Retro Plasma Televisions – Wilkerson Furniture

(TrendHunter.com) “Beaver… wash your hands. It’s time for dinner.” If you have to ask then your too young. Despite it’s appearance, this is a very modern, 42″ plasma television. Joe Wilkerson, the designer, wanted it…

Imitation Windows – Brighten Up Your Dive Apartment

(TrendHunter.com) This unusual idea, for imitation windows, may be questionable, but it certainly is creative.

A quick look at some benefits and shortcomings of this idea are listed as follows:

Benefit:

– It cannot…

Bubble Photography – Jason Tozer’s Mystery Planets (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Perhaps these photographs look like some weird and wonderful unexplored planets, however, they are not. Initially I thought they were marbles, but as I scrolled though the stunning spherical shapes I realized…

Classic Characters in Modern Couture – Przemek Sobocki’s Fantasy Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Przemek Sobocki combines fictional and fantasy characters with the fashion world’s hippest designer footwear and accessory pieces in these dazzling illustrations. The images are pieces from his most…