Crystal Gem Bottles for Charity – $1 Million Bombay Sapphire Revelation (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Karim Rashid designed five elegant bottles in the shape of enormous jewels for the Bombay Sapphire Revelation Collection. Gerrard designed the diamond and sapphire caps, Baccarat is the crystal, and the drink inside is Bombay Sapphire gin. Each bottle is priced at $200,000, making the entire collect…

“Back To The Future” For Real? – Russian Mathemeticians Say It May Be Possible

(TrendHunter.com) Nuclear scientists at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) are planning an experiment that could make that a possibility, according to Irina Aref’eva and Igor Volovich, of Moscow’s Steklov Mathematical Institute. CERN’s high energy atom-smashing tests could “create a rift in the fabric…

Viral Valentine – Candy Heart Generator

(TrendHunter.com) We all love to receive customize things, and there’s never been an easier way to send personalized messages than with viral internet greetings. Just in time for February 14, you can customize your own sweet Valentine with the Candy Heart Generator.

The site lets you create your own heart-shaped ca…

Rental Culture for Kids – Baby Plays

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has covered rental culture in the past; we’ve seen iPhone rentals, pet and garden rentals, EV city cars, the ability to rent designer ‘it’ bags and even luxury car time shares.

Last year we featured baby clothes rental, and now a similar concept, Baby Plays, allows for toy rental.

I…

Art That Actually Watches You – Opto-Isolator (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever looked at a painting or sculpture that had eyes that seemed to watch you?

You can try to convince yourself all you want that this wall mount isn’t watching you, but in this case, your paranoid instinct would be right.

The Opto-Isolator is the creepy invention of Golan Levin and Gre…

Secret Urban Fort – Car Tent (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At first, and even second or third glance, this white object looks like a car covered in a protective auto blanket, but be assured, there is no vehicle hidden underneath.

The structure is actually hollow. It’s a car-shaped tent which makes a great secret fort for an urban setting. It would be idea…

Paparazzi Inspire Fashion Campaign – Michael Kors Spring/Summer 08 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While we may argue about the decency and legality of paparazzis, we can not deny how they have become an integral part of our celebrity-obsessed culture. Fashion designer Michael Kors, famous for his jet-set styled ads, pays homage to the paparazzis with his new Spring/ Summer 2008 campaign. Photogr…

Experimental Video Art Project – Spinvision.tv

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re addicted to watching music videos online, then you’ll love Spinvision.tv, a website that has over 5 million videos, enough to entertain for over 27 years if you watched it all.

The experimental video art project by David Troy was launched on January 28, 2008. It’s basically a collection …

Fighting McCafe – Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi

(TrendHunter.com) An americano connoisseur and Trend Hunter addict, I can often be found stationed at a table inside Starbucks, laptop out, catching up on the latest goodies on the site. In addition to my drink, I also have to pay for my internet access, but that could soon change. At least for residents of the US.
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Food Fight Weapon – Zing! Launching Spoon

(TrendHunter.com) Food fights just got a whole lots more fun! To help the less adept food fighter (like me), Fred & Friends developed Zing! food launching spoons.

Zing! is spring loaded, producing smoother launches with the potential of a lot more power and distance. Load up a particularly mushy pea or corn niblet,…

Creative Ad Campaign – M & M Election (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) M & M Australia just unleashed a very creative fun new campaign, the M & Ms Election. Each of the five M & Ms characters is given a different political/campaign style to suit their personalities. The print ads work as fliers for each ‘candidate’ urging you to vote for him/her.

As for television, e…

Nuggets & Cola in a Cup – The Col-Pop (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Col-Pop, a mashup of drink cup and food container is the brainchild of BBQ Chicken, a South Korea–based fried chicken chain. This evil idea sets to make us fatter by making it easy for handy snacking while walking, driving, talking on the phone, or blogging.

And the genius doesn’t stop at pop…

Novel Celebrity Products – Rihanna’s 2nd Umbrella Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It used to be that celebrities would endorse a product or appear in an ad for the brand. These days they want a big cut of the pie, so more and more celebs are launching their own product lines. Each day you hear of a new perfume, fashion line, shoe or bag collection, or in the case of Rihanna, an u…

Unlikely Trademark – ‘High School Girl’ Meat Products

(TrendHunter.com) Japanese meat products manufacturer, Ito Ham, is trying to corner the market on the whole ‘high school girl’ image. They are actually trying to apply for the trademark rights. Their plans? A ‘high school girl’ line of meat pies, gyoza dumplings, pizza, and curry. I don’t get it and maybe that’s the …

Turning Problem into Art – Gum by Numbers (Update) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is how you solve a problem artistically. Instead of banning chewing gum (hello Singapore, 1992-2004), Hubba Bubba collaborated with DDB advertising, Sydney to tackle the problem of chewing gum on the streets by putting up fun, interactive “chew by number” posters that use different flavours of …

Niche Cosmetics For Hi Def TV – Cargo blu_ray Make-Up (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) So it seems that everyone is jumping on the Blu-Ray band wagon and further adding misery to the backers of the HD DVD. As a result, Cargocosmetics has introduced a new range of make-up aimed at make-up artists of the stars who will have every minor skin imperfection advertised by the HD technology. …

Urban Aquarium – Fish Tank Phone Booth (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s surprising the crowd surrounding this peculiar urban aquarium installation isn’t bigger. The fish tank, designed by Benedetto Bufalino, was installed inside a phone booth in Lyon, France.

It’s fascinating by day, but at night when darkness sets it, the obscurity it adds to the streets is surre…

Virtual Clubbing – MTV’s Virtual Lower Eastside (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Due to the popularity of virtual clubbing sites like the hip party venues in Second Life or sites like Virtual Ibiza, MTV has launched their own version to allow party lovers to enjoy their favourite night activities at any time, from the comfort of their computer chairs.

The coolest part about Vi…

Savvy Flickr Use for Marketing – Urban Outfitters Flickr Pool (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Urban Outfitters is making use of the Yahoo-owned photo sharing website, Flickr in an attempt to encourage brand interaction.

The Urban Outfitters Flickr Pool lets the public upload photos of anything related to Urban Outfitters, whether it’s people wearing their clothes, images of store fronts or…

Google Keeps on Tweaking – New Search Result Views

(TrendHunter.com) Google fixes search. It wasn’t broken, but Google just does that.

Now Googlers can make results look different when they search. If you are able to sign up, you can switch between links, or see your results mapped, put on a time line or narrowed by filters.

“With these views, Google’s technology…