Charging Fliers by Weight – Derrie-Air

(TrendHunter.com) Branson made his name hauling Virgins across the pond. Now, Derrie-Air wants to make a fortune by charging passengers by the pound. Luggage charges and peanut charges were, well, peanuts, compared to …

Fake Bodies as Street Art – Mark Jenkins Embed Series (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mark Jenkins has been featured on Trend Hunter before, but his new Embed series was worth a mention. Jenkins is an American artist who specializes in street installations, some of which can be describ…

Google News Spoofs – Fugue.com’s Good News

(TrendHunter.com) This is a nicely done exercise in wishful thinking. A Google News parody was created by a site called fugue.com showing what Boing Boing calls “A brilliantly done spoof of Google News from a paralle…

Shark Surfing – Renegade Sport or Advertising Genius? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This Youtube stunt is a pretty entertaining music video, which may or may not have been staged. The surfer throws large portions of meat into the ocean in hopes being hauled by a white shark when he …

Bomb Alarm Clocks – You Disarm it to hit Snooze!

(TrendHunter.com) This silly clock is really quite functional, albeit annoying.

Unlike a traditional alarm clock, this one not only resembles a time bomb, but also shares some of the same attributes. When woken up b…

Fake Broken Websites – Maison Martin Margiela Site Not Under Construction (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Web surfers have invariably run into the dreaded 404 – Page Not Found message. Occasionally surfers will run into the “index” or “parent” directory which is the code behind the web page. Here’s a des…

Fake Police – Cardboard Cops

(TrendHunter.com) For under $40, you can have a life-sized cardboard likeness of a law enforcer in your home. Very simplistic, but I hear it does the trick. At first glance, these cutouts appear to be real policemen, a…

700 Simultaneous Camera Flashes – Improv Everywhere Celebrates Brooklyn Bridge (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Improv Everywhere, the New York-based improvisation troupe which has been staging pre-planned ‘missions’ and pranks in public places since 2001, celebrated the 125th anniversary of New York City’s bea…

Broadway Poster Spoofs – “Evil Dead: The Musical” Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Toronto-based Evil Dead: The Musical released three promotional poster spoofs using the iconic images of three Broadway plays: Les Miserables, Mamma Mia! and Hairspray.

The images have been give…

Fake Vandalism – Vegemite Guerrilla Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I hate Vegemite, but I do love their new guerrilla campaign. The ads feature fake vandalism with cricket balls appearing to be smashed through car windows and bus station ads, with the tag line, “Look…