Texting on the Run – Padded Lampposts Protect London SMSing Pedestrians (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) How considerate! The charity Living Streets has teamed up with the British directory enquiries service on a pilot scheme of padded lampposts, now underway in a London street to protect inattentive pedestrians, mostly those texting on their phones. Brick Lane was found to have the highest number o…

Real Musical Robots You Control Online – Absolut Choir (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Absolut has released another fun ad campaign to promote their world famous vodka, this time called Absolut Machines. We’ve featured one machine already, the Absolut Quartet already, but now we’re showing you the Absolut Orchestra.

The project is an amalgamation of cutting edge technology and the f…

Ultra Viral Internet Prank – Rick Rolling (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) An internet prank has rolled through the early stages of 2008. The fine art of “Rick Rolling” has now become a sought-after trait online.

The aim is to do what ever it takes to get your friends, family, coworkers or anyone for that matter, to view Rick Astley’s cheesy, ’80s pop music video, “Neve…

Geeky Celeb Ad – Mariah Carey Loves 802.11n (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Sure we’ve heard of geeky celebrities like Josh Hartnett (major Star Wars fan), but Mariah Carey? She’s a nerd? According to her latest video for Touch My Body, you bet. Not only do the lyrics include geeky jargon, references to YouTube and video features of Guitar Hero and laser tag.

Flouncing ar…

Green & Charitable Birthdays – ECHOage

(TrendHunter.com) What a brilliant concept. ECHOage is an innovative forward-thinking online party planning tool that provides kids and their parents with the opportunity to protect the environment while saving time and money in the birthday planning process. Co-founder Alison Smith flaunts that “ ECHOage is conven…

Art Made of Jelly Beans – Jelly Belly George Clooney (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I knew George Clooney was eye candy, but I had no idea he could be this sweet! This fantastic portrait of the sexy 460year-old was created out of Jelly Belly jelly beans, forming a sort of candy mosaic.

I adore Jelly Belly beans, so I don’t think I could have this on my wall without picking. His c…

Deodorant Viral Inspired by Japanese Puppet Theatre – Dove Lighting Bolt of Terror Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Dove has made some pretty smashing commercials in the past, and it seems the creative teams behind them aren’t resting on their laurels.

Their latest spot has again been launched into a viral state, and it’s nothing like anything we’ve seen from Dove before. The ads, created by Ogilvy Brazil, prom…

Victoria Beckham as Fashion Police – Fashion Nightmares Reality Show (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The concept behind a new fashion reality TV show is nothing novel, but the fact that Victoria Beckham will play host could add a level of snarkiness audiences will adore.

On Fashion Nightmares, Posh will essentially be playing a fashion police officer in hick towns across North America. The fashio…

Odd Pageants – Miss Longest Hair (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A new pageant is looking for a real life Rapunzel, and she’s got to be young.

The Miss Longest Hair competition in Lithuania seeks to find the girl with the longest hair in the country, with girls as young as seven competing for the title. Some show off hair that cascades down to the floor, while …

Disco Ear Plugs – Sensible New Fashion Trend

(TrendHunter.com) A deaf charity in the UK, the RNID, has asked launched a competition for budding designers aiming to find a fashionable ear plug. Will such thing ever exist I can’t help but wonder?

The statistic that started the campaign came from their research that showed 90 percent of young clubbers have experi…

Environmentalist Artist or Crazy Person? – Can Man (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Well they say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure as the “Can Man” demonstrates this admirably with his extreme recycled fashion. He simply views trash as the raw materials for his art. You have to see it to believe it so check out the video – I like the cork suit the best personally!

Crap-vertising for Shock Movies – Canadian Men in Diapers (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This very clever parody ad would convince you that Canadian men love their diapers – until the end of the commercials and you find out the need the diapers so they can watch the all horror channel, Scream TV. Fun kiddie music, men frolicking in diapers, what could be more fun? The commercial was pro…

Hilarious Spoof – Michael Musto as Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This one made me roll on the floor. Village Voice columnist Michael Musto pays homage to and spoofs the now infamous New York Magazine Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe Last Sitting photo shoot. Musto’s ‘The Ultimate Re-Vamping’ was photographed by Howard Huang.

Musto says, “The slinky Lindsay said…

FireFox on Steroids – Flock (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Ever wonder what FireFox would look like on fox-steroids? Wonder no more.

Flock is here and the Flock rocks! Basically, it packages all of your social networking sites (Facebook, Flickr, YouTube etc) and RSS feeds seamlessly into one web 2.0 user-friendly browser. A feature that Flocks is the “m…

Glamvertising in Hitchcock Inspired Ads – Christina Aguilera for Stephen Webster

(TrendHunter.com) Alfred Hitchcock has been a constant inspiration in Hollywood lately. Christina Aguilera has been announced as the official new face for London-based jeweler Stephen Webster. She stars in Hitchcock-inspired ads for Webster’s Spring 2008 line. Says Webster about his choice of pairing a modern superst…

Agressive Art Furniture – Brass Knuckle Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is a nice chair where you can relax and sip coffee in the morning from your Brass Knuckle Mug. The Brass Knuckle Chair is a formidable metal art chair that would add a touch of, “Don’t mess with me; I’m a bad-ass to your house” and would intimidate your poor retro sofa. The 60L X 39W X 52H inch…

Grandest Piano Of Them All – Schimmel Pegasus Piano (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This hand-made über exclusive Schimmel Pegasus Piano is one of only fourteen that were made ten years ago for high-profile people like Eddie Murphy, Lenny Kravitz, and Prince. Now you have a chance to play this exclusive club because there’s one for sale until March 15th. It sports an ergonomically…

St. Patrick’s Day Viral – Irish Spring Body Wash

(TrendHunter.com) Irish Spring Body Wash is using St. Patrick’s Day as an excuse to launch a silly viral campaign.

Similar to Elf Yourself, Santa Swing and Move Your Lederhos’n, the campaign lets users upload their own photo. They get to select from a variety of facial accessories like mustaches and pipes, head pie…

13 Strange Urinals + Pee in a Singing Moving Clown Mouth (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Urinals have been the target of design ‘innovation’ and experimentation lately, with some designs a hit and most a miss. Joining the crazy camp is this Japanese mechanical urinal in Osaka that is all sorts of wrong. What a strange experience for a little kid (see video). Imagine putting your penis i…

Sex, Stealth, and Haute-Couture – Superhero Fashion & Fantasy Exhibit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” is opening at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2008. The exhibit will showcase legendary American superheroes and their influence on fashion.

The Incredible Hulk suit by Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck is said to inflate phallically in various …