Charity Viral – ActionAid Asks Who Pays with Customised Game

(TrendHunter.com) Nonsense London have just created this fun game for ActionAid inviting users to digitally dress up and make their own animation. It is to support ActionAid’s Who Pays? campaign who are lobbying for tighter regulations of how UK supermarkets deal with producers in developing countries.

The game…

Extreme Climate Change Protest – Greenpeace Jumps On Airplane (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Greenpeace has stepped up, perhaps a little too high this time, as activists climbed on top of an airplane in London.

To protest climate change, four UK environmentalists rallied together, managed to breach security, and climbed on top of a Boeing aircraft at London’s Heathrow airport. They were u…

Celebrity Banter – Jimmy Kimmel is F–king Ben Affleck (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jimmy Kimmel has responded to girlfriend Sarah Silverman’s viral video with a celebrity filled viral video of his own: ‘I’m F–king Ben Affleck’. The celebrity studded viral includes cameo appearances from Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Cameron Diaz, Joan Jett, Macy Gray, Robin Williams…

Plastic Surgery Obsession Ads – Chevrolet Jabs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Chevorlet is certainly not trying to impress or get the business of plastic surgery obsessed LA and Hollywood. “If it’s not fixed by the one who made it, it probably won’t work.” That’s the new campaign slogan for Chevrolet Official Service Center. Couple that with images of plastic surgery gone ove…

Gunpowder Art – Cai-Guo-Qiang Paints With Gunpowder (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cai-Guo-Qiang the Chinese artist will display his gunpowder works of art at a unique solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. His gunpowder works carry many accolades and have recently sold for over US $9 million that is sure to add to his growing list of admirers and awards.

Cai works…

Dining in 2015 – It’s All About Fingers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We were taught growing up a golden eating etiquette rule which says “Don’t eat with your fingers.” But looking at the submissions for the Dining in 2015 contest, I guess that etiquette is about to change. Four entries revolved around the use of fingers as cultry utinsels. A few more designs ut…

Music Up Your Bum – Spongebob Squarepants Musical Rectal Thermometer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is damn creepy yet funny. A grinning Spongebob Squarepants Rectal Thermometer going up your bum! The fact that it is officially licensed is all sorts of wrong. I know they want to make it kid-friendly and all, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to shove your favorite cartoon character up your a…

Gun Frying Pans – Over Easy Uzi

(TrendHunter.com) It seems everywhere you look you’ll see guns these days, fashion, food, IRL. Why not take the hottest accessory and eat it too? The gun egg fryer lets you do exactly that. Simply crack your eggs into this gun-shaped frying pan, season, and you’ll be able to satisfy your tummy and your craving to…

3D Magazine Issue With Mosaics – SI Swimsuit Edition Has Kid’s Games (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) SPOILER ALERT: Hey guys, tired of looking at the scantily clad women in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition? Get your daughter to help you scour the backgrounds for hidden images.

Just kidding, but they were actually strategically placed there. A spokesperson described it as the 3-D issue and …

Gas Mask Fashion – Aitor Throup’s Strange Suit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We were surprised to see designer gas masks, and just when the shock of the product’s existence wore off, we’ve been replaced with the fear that gas mask fashion is another step closer to becoming main stream. Yikes.

Aitor Throup has taken the design of an ordinary gray suit to the next level with…

Recycled Design Clothes Swapping – What’s Mine Is Yours (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Against the trend of ‘throw away’ fashion, British clothes swapping site What’s Mine is Yours helps you recycle your trends and gives you access to dozens of new wardrobes. If your closet is anything like mine, you’ll have loads of things you’ve almost never worn but that you like too much to throw…

Viral Pork Campaign – Stand By Your Ham

(TrendHunter.com) The UK’s pork industry has been hurting pretty badly, but pig farmers aren’t getting discouraged yet. At least not until they’ve tested the powers of online virals.

A group of about 20-30 farmers gathered in London to produce a song called “Stand by Your Ham,” a parody of the Tammy Wynette song, “…

Fat Male Cheerleaders – Florida Marlins Cast Manatees

(TrendHunter.com) When you think cheerleader, you’ve probably got an image of some young, toned, big-boobed, prancing girls with way too much pep than a normal human could exert when flailing pom-poms, right? Well, the Marlins are looking to change that stereotype.

On February 24, they’re casting a team of plus-siz…

Pet Computer – MacQuarium Combines Geeky Love of Fish and Macs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s like an aquarium screensaver but better– A MacQuarium is an aquarium that you can customize to fit inside your old MacIntosh computer shell–making a well designed (if dark) home for your goldfish and allowing you to still display the decorative (if useless) Mac exterior (some mac owners reall…

Naked Street Portrait – Selfridges Gets Naughty To Promote Stripped (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Naughty marketing is one of the most tried and true ways of getting attention, but it’s still rare to see full on nudity in a public place. Selfridges in London had a model pose nude in their window during rush hour, wearing nothing but a shawl as she posed for a painting by Jacques le Trompet,.

H…

A School bus on Skis – The Windsled (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I wish I had such a cool school bus when I was young. The Windsled ‘bus’ carries school children of La Pointe, a remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, to classes several weeks each year, with an operating cost of over $20,000 annually.

The windsled was built by …

Protect Your Wrist, Tantalize Your Tummy – PC Breakfast Wrist Rests (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As someone who works and plays on the computer, I am starting to feel the effects of RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in my wrists. The Breakfast Themed Wrist Rest Set aims to ease the wrist’s strain and pain while sending ‘i want greasy breakfast’ signals to your brain. The set comes with a ‘plate’ m…

Reigniting The Brand – Justin Timberlake Bringing Givenchy Back (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Givenchy is set on revitalizing their men fragrance line and connecting with the young generation by recruiting Justin Timberlake as the face of an all-new men’s fragrance that will debut this fall. The launch comes after a four years absense in the market since ‘Very Irresistible for Men’ was relea…

Creepy Furniture – Han Solo in Carbonite Desk

(TrendHunter.com) Tom Spina Designs created this super creepy ‘Han Solo in Carbonite desk’ for Mark Hall of the Grammy Award winning group Casting Crowns. It is a custom designed desk that fits a Star Wars-style theme. The makers claim the desk ‘is beyond furniture… it’s not just a desk, it’s art!’ It’s damn cre…

Bizarre Luxury Buys – $675,000 License Plate

(TrendHunter.com) A Delaware man shelled out $675,000 at auction for the number plate “6”. The man whose name is Frank Vassallo IV, admitted afterwards that he was prepared to go as high up as 1 cool million. Mr Vassallo’s family is already in possession of plate #9 for which $185,000 was paid at auction in 1993, and…