Celebrity Leggings – Lindsay Lohan’s Hosiery Line

(TrendHunter.com) Right on the back of Rachel Bilson’s collaboration with DKNY, it has been confirmed that Lindsay Lohan is to design her own legging line. Given that Lindsay was once photographed for 21 days straight wearing leggings, it seems she feels compelled to share her love with the rest of the world.

“I’m…

Kinky Photo Shoots – Janet in New BlackBook (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Janet Jackson is on the front cover and inside the April 2008 issue of BlackBook magazine in a pretty kinky and weird photoshoot by Matthew Rolston.

Carrying over the theme of “Discipline” from her latest album, Janet is disciplined on the cover by being trapped inside a cage wearing a skin-tight …

Moonvertising – Rolling Rock Beer In Space (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Rolling Rock, the beer company famous for that mysterious number ’33’, is trying yet another oddball marketing approach – moonvertising. A clever gag or a scientific marvel? We’ll all find out on March 21, the next full moon, when the company attempts to project their logo on to the face of our favo…

Edible Insects – Entomophagy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The word is Entomophagy and that’s the practice of eating insects. Sounds appetizing? I read somewhere that there are 1,462 recorded species of edible bugs and insect eating is part of the culinary menu of many countries. But we are so finicky here in North America.

Anyway, many species of insects…

Colored Toilet Paper – Renova Adds Neon TP (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nearly two years ago Trend Hunter introduced you to black and red toilet paper by Renova. Now the company has expanded their line to include neon orange and green TP.

Now there’s a different way to brighten your day! The designer sheets from Portugal add crisp design to an item that’s otherwise ov…

Hi-Tech Graves – QR Codes Give Info On Deceased

(TrendHunter.com) QR codes are all the rage in Japan, and now they are making their way into the graves! For those who do not know what they mean, QR “Quick Response” Code is a matrix code created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994 that can be turned into web links and are currently the most popular Japanese …

Geek Chic Illusion Drapes – ASCII Computer Code Curtains (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Does anybody remember ASCII code and games that used characters from the old computer code? Old fuddy-duddys do.

Designer Nieke Sybrandy pays homage to the early game designers, but does it in a very cool way. She’s taken the coding and made luxurious, sheer curtains that resemble something entir…

Internet Text Scanners – Dixau (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you prefer to read real books as opposed to digital ones on your PC and you have a hard time comprehending the ‘big words’, or if you are learning a new language; Korean company Unichal has the perfect reading companion for you.

Here is how it works: The $90 Dixau reads along with you, scanning…

Global Relay Race for Marketing – The Urbanista Diaries Promote Nokia N82 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nokia has launched a global advertising campaign called The Urbanista Diaries, a global relay race, to launch the Nokia N82 in hopes of showing the cell phone’s abilities as well as encouraging brand loyalty.
The campaign will deliver news in real time with help from partner sites, CNN, Lonely Pla…

Trading Clothes with Strangers – SwapStyle.com (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tired of swiping your sister’s clothes because she has more fashion sense or a more disposable income?

Try swapstyle.com and swap her clothes with some complete stranger’s, and you’ll never get busted. She’ll just think it disappeared.

SwapStyle is an enormous virtual closet that lets you swap f…

Music Video Advertisements – Madonna & Sunsilk (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In a rising trend of cross-promoting products and music, Madonna, which has already appeared in the first Sunsilk “Life Can’t Wait” Campaign alongside Marilyn Monroe and Shakira, is now the focus of the brand’s new styling product spot.

The new spot follows Madonna’s ever-evolving looks …

Music Video Rides – Universal Studios Rip, Ride, Rockit Coaster

(TrendHunter.com) A new ride coming to Universal Studios Orlando in 2009 will feature enough digital technology to appeal directly to what Universal Orlando officials refer to as the “YouTube culture.” Patrons will be able to personalize their ride by choosing their own tunes and creating a music video that can be up…

Meatless Meat – Semi-Living Food

(TrendHunter.com) This may look like a preschooler’s art project but, it is in fact a hunk of meat. Well, not meat exactly but, not… not meat, either. Scientists in Australia have created a ‘semi-living’ food. This project uses a tissue engineering technique to grow cells from living animals into bodyless animal pa…

Celebrity Branding for Social Networks – Indiana Beckham for Pepsi Youniverse (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) David Beckham channels action hero Indiana Jones in the newest TV ad for Pepsi which promotes a new social networking website (pepsiyouniverse.com) created in conjunction with Youniverse, a software developer and social network. The social site will offer users exclusive footage and downloads and al…

Wiener Dog Purse – Daschund Bag (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re one of those people who think it’s cute yet cruel to tote your dog under your arm like it’s an accessory, then you’ll appreciate the Daschund Bag.

The purse looks like a little wiener dog, is about the same of one too, and nestles nicely under your arm. This gives you the feeling of carr…

Hick Vocalists – Three Redneck Tenors (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Three good ole boys was sittin’ on the Ford onced and begun to harmonizin’ A fancy-schmancy car rolled up and asked if they’d like to earn some money. Since the opera house they normally sang at had sunk into the trailer park’s septic tank, they said yes, and Three Red Neck Tenors was borned. The si…

Futuristic Historical Art – Last Star Wars Supper

(TrendHunter.com) This amazing image is a recreation of Leonardo DaVinci’s “Last Supper” that features Star Wars characters. What’s even more amazing is that the image is actually 69,550 frames from all six Star Wars movies. I’m not sure how much “artistry” is involved in the actual creation of pieces like this. I th…

Futuristic Cover Shoots – Ashton Kutcher “I’m Not Real” on VMAN (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ashton Kutcher (aka Mr. Demi Moore) is featured in an artistic futuristic cover and spread in the new VMan (spring/summer 2008) where he plays a robot being repaired. The “I’M NOT REAL” photo shoot was done by famous photographer Mario Testino,

The concept of the shoot was Ashton’s, “I had a visio…

Coffee Printer – Custom Edible Ink Images (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “Give me a grande caramel espresso drink with an… image of the Mona Lisa painting on top. No! Make it that picture of me and my grandma at the Grand Canyon. Here, it’s on this flash drive.”

You wouldn’t expect to hear this at your local coffee shop and in fact, you won’t, at least not for now. B…

Celebrity Sex Dolls? – Lindsay Lohan and Sarah Jessica Parker Get Inflated

(TrendHunter.com) Lindsay Lohan and Sarah Jessica Parker have been recreated as blow-up sex dolls as new additions to the Pipedream Products line of the inflatable toys. Clearly the celebrities have not authorized their reproduction, so the products only refer to the celeb first names. How upset would you be to fin…