Gigantic Pop-Up Book – Space Book (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The unique “Space Book” art installation by designer Jin-Hui Kim is not your usual pop-up book.

For starters, it is so gigantic that it features whole spaces completely furnished open up like a pop-up book.

You can simply walk into the story.

I could see the concept working in museums or exposit…

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.

Geeky Celebrity Endorsements – Ashton Kutcher in Nikon Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Nikon TV commercials starring Ashton Kutcher were launched yesterday nation wide. The commercials, reportedly, will be shown in trendy locales such as boutiques, hotels and upscale stores.

“The campaign highlights the exquisite styling, fashionable colors, simplicity and great performance of N…

Eco Protest Through Spoofs – Greenpeace Kleercut Kleenex Parody (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Greenpeace is getting more exposure than ever now that millions of people have developed a deeper emotional investment in conserving the environment. They’ve been rolling out advertising campaigns that are getting picked up left and right by advocates.

Their latest campaign series involves a spoof …

Artificial Intelligence Rates Your Website – Feng-GUI

(TrendHunter.com) Feng-GUI is a web site that simulates human vision and creates an attention heatmap for any web site. The user inputs a URL or logo and then, waits for the set of artificial intelligence algorithms to indicate where and to what magnitude people look. It is an eye-tracking site that can help web mas…

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…

$35 Movie Tickets – Cinemas of the Future (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The question is: would you pay $35.00 a ticket for one movie?

Even if each complex will have theaters with digital projection to screen 2-D and 3-D movies, 40 reclining armchair seats, the ones with footrest, just like home? Except these seats have a service button to call a waiter. Why? Because p…

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…

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…

Odd Auctions – French First Lady Nudes at Christy’s

(TrendHunter.com) On April 10th, 2008, Christy’s will auction off a nude photograph of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, which was taken before she was married. Carla Bruni posed for the black and white photo in 1993, when she was a model. It is expected to sell for $4,000.

Carla is lucky that she doesn’…

Software Problems in Bathroom Stalls – Google’s Testing on the Toilet

(TrendHunter.com) Albeit famous for creating a friendly work environment for their employees, Google doesn’t give them a moment to relax.

The company, heavily leaning upon the creativity of its workers, doesn’t like it when their brains stop solving software problems. By sticking software codes and problems to …

Sites for Mr. Mom – Diaper Dude (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Mr. Mom movement is growing stronger by the day, with more fathers participating in the hands-on parenting process, some even choosing to stay home with the kids while their wives go out and win the bread.

To help these dads connect, the makers of the Diaper Dude (which we featured last year),…

Controversial Games – Miss Bimbo Plays With Diet Pills, Gets Boobs Jobs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Our young women don’t have enough to worry about it seems. A Web site in England is causing a stir, upsetting many parents and others.

MissBimbo.com is a “game” of fashion and hairstyles, and it also offers breast enlargements and diet pills. The site lets users to create a character using credit …

Collective Human Joysticks – AudienceGames (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine a crowd sitting in a cinema moving their bodies from side to side to control a car projected in the screen. Just like a gigantic maneuver or a “collective human joystick”.

This is AudienceGames created by Brand Experience Lab, last summer. After two completely successful pilots with Volvo a…

Zipcar Drive In – Drive In to Arctic Tale, Don’t Drive Out

(TrendHunter.com) Although drive-in movies are no longer mainstream, there has been a modern relaunch involving the eco-friendly Zipcars!

Car owners of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville will be able to drive in and enjoy National Geographic’s Arctic Tale at Harvard Square’s Brattle Theater on March 26 in a projec…

Inviting Bloggers to Boost Exposure – Sony Foam City (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen a number of bigger names embrace the power of the blogosphere, from General Motors to Chanel.

Now Sony is testing the influential powers of the blogging world with the release of Sony Foam City, a TV spot which shows Miami being transformed into a huge swamp of bubbles. They used the wo…

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…

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…

Toilet Transformers – Aviary Toiletron (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The fear of using a public toilet is called “Parcopresis” and this is a fear shared by many of us. And according to Aviary, they know why: “Toilets are one of the most favored hiding spots for evil robots from other galaxies. We finally have video proof.”

Aviary’s resident plumber, by the name of …