Green Chest Waxing – Harrison Ford Gets Waxed For Deforestation (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) No, it’s not a scene from the 40 year old virgin, it’s Hollywood movie star Harrison Ford making a powerful statement about deforestation by getting his chest-hair waxed. While Britney Spears took the easy road and auctioned her clothes for the environment, Harrison invited Access Hollywood to docum…

Controversial Crystals – Domestic Violence Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Inspiration can come from any source and the source of inspiration for this crystal collection by Koncern Design Studio for Rückl Crystal is domestic violence.

The Domestic Violence Golden Edition was displayed at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. The collection “abstractly c…

LED Bath Tubs – The Underwater Disco Light Show

(TrendHunter.com) The Underwater Disco Light Show offers a psychedelic bath without LSD or even psychotropic prescription drugs.

The disco light effect is produced by LED lighting in four colors moving around to create a disco-like atmosphere and there is a button that changes the pattern.

Wouldn’t these lights …

Desktop Clutter as Art – PC Desktop Art Made with Folders (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Gizmodo is running a contest for the coolest looking desktop made entirely out of folders. They have received 14 entries so far and some of them are pretty impressive. Ren and Stimpy, Purple Tentacle, Iron Man, Daffy Duck and one of the character from South Park are among the themes submitted. The c…

Free Magazines 3 – V Magazine Goes Digital, FREE (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) V Magazine, one of the biggest and most influential fashion magazines, embraces the future of media by going fully digital, for FREE.

That’s right, all content of the magazine is now available to you at the click of a mouse. The browsing system allows you to explore the issue by content, by page t…

Nail Rings & Hairrings – Bijules Earrings Made of Hair & Brass Nails (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Extravagant, elegant and edgy – these rings can be worn individually or as a set. There is even a pinkie version available. Polished brass ‘nail rings’ are from the ‘Serpensive’ line by New York City-based accessory designer Jules Kim. The jewelry slithers up your finger with rock star sty…

Awareness Through Fashionable Celebs – Tommy Hilfiger, Aly & Aj for MS (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tommy Hilfiger and teen pop duo Aly & Aj have teamed up with the Nancy Davis Foundation for MS to promote MS Awareness Month in May.

Aly & Aj model vibrant orange We ♥ to Erase MS T-Shirts, exclusively designed by Tommy Hilfiger for the cause.

Hilfiger also designed a Orange Wallet/Very Necessa…

Landmarks Celebrate Stars – Empire State Building Goes Pink For Mariah Carey (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You know you’ve made it as a Super Star when NYC officials light up the Empire State Building in lavender, pink and white to celebrate your latest chart-topping album.

Starting Friday, April 25th the NYC landmark will be lit up for the entire weekend.

Raining Gadgetery – The Sony Tumble Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Hot on the heels of its recent Foam City viral, Sony Electronics has launched a new marketing campaign for its DSLR cameras and camcorders. The multi-platform campaign, which features Sony cameras “tumbling” from a mountain top, will launch on print, TV, street billboards, subways, in-theater, a…

Retro Icons in New Ads – James Dean, Marlon Brando, Lucille Ball & Dean Martin for Armstrong Floors (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In order to promote their realistic-looking laminate floors, Armstrong has come up with this witty “It only looks like the real thing” campaign.

The campaign utilizes great photography and art direction for a realistic portrayal of dead icons in new images. Four print ads feature James Dean, Marlo…

Plastic Surgery Get Well Cards – Life Me Up (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) http://www.liftmeupcards.comAlleged celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Ashlee Simpson, Cher, Goldie Hawn and so many others have supposedly done it. And according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, so have some of the people you know (maybe even your friends or family members) as nearly 1…

Political Brand Sponsorship – Abercrombie & Fitch Back Obama (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A recent obvious product placement for the Barack Obama campaign has been creating much buzz in the blogsphere. The reason is that it is for non-other than the sexed-up Abercrombie & Fitch brand.

Three young guys, wearing tshirts with big Abercrombie & Fitch logos, stood directly behind the preside…

Exploding Hearts as Art – Beating Heart in a Box (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The unique Beating Heart art by Billy Chasen was presented at the American Heart Association’s 2008 Heart of New York Gala at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City.

I am not sure how to describe it, watch the video above as the heart sprays blood all over the inside of a glass cube and come u…

Musical Robots – Honda Asimo to Conduct Orchestra

(TrendHunter.com) A Honda robot will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a concert that will take place on May 13th in Detroit. The Honda Asimo robot will pick up the baton and lead the human musicians in a rendition of Man of La Mancha’s Impossible Dream.

“The irony of a Japanese automaker trotting out an ad…

Haute Celebrity Fashion – Herve Ledger Bandage Dress (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Herve Ledger, by Max Azaria, bandage dresses are the “it” fashion garment of the season, the rich and famous are going crazy for it. These bandage dresses hug the bodies of Lindsay Lohan, Victoria Beckham, Gisele Bundchen and Mariah Carey, just to name a very few.

Their ultra-sophisticated cut…

Robotic Bouncers – “Bum Bot” Shoos away Homeless (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What does a small business owner do when he’s tired of his pub getting broken into? He builds a robot, of course. Atlanta pub owner Rufus Terrill is an upstanding citizen, he’s owned his successful business for four years and sits on the board of a nearby child care center. But he’s angry about crim…

Urban Survival Kits – Subivor for Subway Emergencies (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Doomsday industry is expanding. A business by the name of Subivor has produced a so-called subway survival kit complete with protective mask, flashlight, a pry bar, a silver-tone metal whistle, and towelette pouch and a compact bag with a reflector tape.

The Subivor, which comes with its dooms…

Wal-Mart Gets Cool? – Young Hollywood Open Road Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In a bid to reach out to the cool young crowd, Wal-Mart utilized the hippest names in young Hollywood to promote the Brand Ocean Pacific (Op) spring/summer 2008 line. The line will launch next month exclusively in Wal-Mart stores and its online store.

The hip marketing campaign features seven risin…

Pocket Turntables – Pacemaker Portable DJ System

(TrendHunter.com) The Pacemaker Portable DJ System is the ideal systems for those starving DJs who are on their way to making it big.

The Pacemaker lets you do a range of profession audio manipulation including “limitless mixing between two independent channels.”

The pacemaker is compatible with all popular forma…

Death Masks of the Famous – Postmortem Celeb Faces (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Death masks have been around for a very long time. They come from the practice of making a plaster mold of a person’s face postmortem for portraits, paintings, as remembrance etc. Death masks exist of very famous people such as Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Hitchcock, the German philosopher Frederick Niet…