Jelly Bean Art 2 – Madonna Hard Candy Cover (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At a promotional party in the UK for Madonna’s new album, Hard Candy, there was a lot of themed merchandise and decor including these jelly bean portraits.

The art was creative out of real candies, which was very suitable considering the album’s name. The colours were perfectly chosen to reflect t…

Celebrity Dolls – Amy Winehouse Barbie

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen celebrity dolls used as narcisstic promotional tools, but it’s not often we see memorabilia that accentuates a star’s less appealing attributes. This Amy Winehouse Barbie has a lot of similarity with the real UK crooner, complete with black, messy beehive hair style, tattoos and dramatica…

Celebrity Youtube Channels – Madonna Vacuums to Appeal to Fans (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Using YouTube to reach out to your fans is nothing new. But this is the first time a Superstar Diva of the magnitude of Madonna has directly posted a non-conventional video utilizing the popular video site to reach these Youtuber fans.

In a new video posted on her official YouTube channel, Madonna …

Remixed Retro Virals – Pussycat Doll Redoes Duran Duran’s Rio for Caress (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) When you combine a stunning Pussy Cat Doll, remix a wildly popular 80s tune and have a hot Brazilian theme to your campaign, how could it not go viral?

To promote Caress Brazilian Exotic Oil Infusions bodywash, Nicole Scherzinger is using her exotic appeal and stunning voice to a front a new campa…

Imitating Your Youth – Young Me, Now Me (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Young Me, Now Me is a fun photo sharing site that features photographs of people imitating a photo from their youth.

The site, by Ze Frank, is open to anyone, both to peruse the user-created galleries or to upload their own images. It’s a fun and quirky way to be a little narcisistic while being a…

Making Celebs Ordinary – Stars in Their Eyes Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The cheeky campaign for Stars in Their Eyes, a TV show where “ordinary Kiwis” are transformed into superstars for a night, illustrates how ordinary people can have their dream celebrity makeover then “return to normal” while still in character the next day.

The print ads show funny transformations…

Cheap Internet for Travelers – RovAir WiFi

(TrendHunter.com) The blogosphere is buzzing about a new service called RovAir. Rather than paying high hotel fees or subscribing to long term (and pricey) broadband aircard services, travelers can spend as little as $5.95 per day for internet servcie. RovAir ships one of their cards to you overnight, or sends it by …

Naughty Investment Banks – AdultVest

(TrendHunter.com) A what bank? A little bizarre, but read on! Los Angeles is home to the world’s first adult entertainment investment bank in Beverly Hills, as noted by the business section of The Times.

AdultVest is an “investment bank that concentrates its practice exclusively on adult industry investments, merg…

Celebrity Fashion Robots – Gwyneth Paltrow in Vogue (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The intrigue with futurism and robots has permeated the fashion industry, with space-inspired styles supplementing the growing integration of robots and smart technologies in our daily lives.

Labels like Diesel have captured these elements in futuristic photoshoots, but to further solidify the move…

Porn For The Blind – Naughty Reading for the Visually Impaired

(TrendHunter.com) I never stopped to consider how the visually impaired surfed the Internet. But what about porn? Do the braille outputs resemble the image seen here or does a robotic voice whistle or say “what a woman!”? It turns out that a lot of porn sites are poorly designed, for both the blind and those with 20…

Receipt Rings – “Ring Me Up” Tracks Your Purchases

(TrendHunter.com) Ken Goldman’s Ring Me Up is a unique ring that helps you keep track of all your receipts, allowing you to keep them literally on hand at all times.

Goldman uses jewelry as a vehicle for social commentary but what makes his pieces really unique is that they are functional and reflect a great sense …

Back Shavers – iShave Telescoptic Razor For Carpet Backs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This gadget isn’t as exciting as the iPhone, but for those of us with masses of bear fur on our backs, the telescoptic iShave razor is salvation.

With this gizmo, there are no more muscle cramps from twisting our arms around our shoulder blades to get that last patch of hair. The iShave extends up…

Doggy Bags 2 – Meryl Smith’s Faux Dog Luggage

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Meryl Smith created this bag for The Honey Space in Chelsea, NYC and I find something very wrong with this Louis Vuitton doggie bag.

And I’m not just saying that because its Friday night and I live in New York City and I should be somewhere downing alcoholic beverages as if they were brin…

Sperm Earrings – Spermies

(TrendHunter.com) How delightful are these sperm-inspired earrings? With their kewpie heads and sperm-shaped bodies, what else should a designer name them other than “Spermies?”

They sell for $25 on Etsy.com and they do look swimmingly on.

Top 13 Posts Related to Barack Obama

(TrendHunter.com) From Obama Girl to Obama finger puppets, the world is obsessed with all-things-Obama… But there’s also a ton of viral action related to Hilary Clinton…

So who is more popular in the world of viral news and trend hunting?

Perhaps the traffic to these two posts will help determine the best ca…

Top 13 Posts Related to Hillary Clinton

(TrendHunter.com) Hilary Clinton is perhaps the current queen of viral attention… From the “I’m f*cking Obama” video to Hilary Clinton nutcrackers, her name gets noticed.

But Obama’s name is also exceptionally popular…

Which candidate is more popular in the world of viral news and trend hunting? Perhaps the…

Intentional Ugly – 8 Posts For the Ugly Obsessed

(TrendHunter.com) Why pursue only beautiful things when the world is full of so much ugly? Ugly is ‘more real’ and can even be adorable. Accordingly, today we offer you this diversion from pretty objects of desire.

From an ugly model agency to glasses that make your food look ugly, these posts demonstrate that …

Art in a Bottle – Drink Your Way to Bigger Art Collection with 1800 Tequila (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) 1800 Tequila has developed an advertising campaign where nine artists from around the world were commissioned to design collectible limited edition bottles of the tequila; the bottle designs are also being displayed on billboards across several US cities.

But that is not all. 1800 Tequila also put…

Shagadelic Movie Series – Austin Powers 4 to Star Gisele Bundchen (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve got a hankering to giggle at another shagadelic spy movie, you’re in luck, because word in the blogs is that there will be an Austin Powers 4 coming out in 2010 and will be starring none other than the uber sexy Gisele Bundchen.

The 27 year old Brazilian supermodel is said to be reviewin…

Online Divorce Feuds – Air Your Dirty Laundry On YouTube (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) As if divorce wasn’t nasty enough, now feuding couples are taking their dirty laundry on YouTube. This week a little-known actress by the name of Tricia Walsh Smith put up a homemade video on YouTube revealing secrets of her not-so-perfect-marriage to theatre impresario and millionaire Phil Smith. W…