(TrendHunter.com) Just spotted: a Coke vending machine walking around outside Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Coca-Cola has sent oversized robot vending machines around Tokyo to pinch the heads of people who prefer a differe…
(TrendHunter.com) Tube travel in London can be really boring, but it was actually what inspired the concept of a new game, Animals on the Underground. I say new because it has just recently made it online in the form o…
(TrendHunter.com) McDonald’s Japan has started an innovative new Contactless Coupon loyalty and payment program that has been under development for nearly a year. The program started with 175 stores and will expand gradually to all of Japan’s 3,800 stores by 2009.
The mechanism utilizes Felica RFID technology fou…
(TrendHunter.com) There is a growing fad in Japan to have your MP3 player, cell phone or any other personal technology, designed by your favorite celebrity. A number of pop singers, actors and other famous people have signed on to design products that are marketed to the growing number of young, celebrity-obsessed co…
(TrendHunter.com) While it’s hard for most of us to image, not everyone can afford to have their hair washed and trimmed, and that includes children. In eastern India, a new initiative is seeing around 4,000 barbers volunteer their services to school-aged children who could otherwise not afford a hair cut.
They’ll b…
(TrendHunter.com) Japan has vending machines that dispense cigarettes, and just like similar machines in Europe, they provoke issues with underage children buying tobacco. To help prevent access to cigarettes by minors, Japan has come up with a new sensory technology that is meant to detect the age of the buyer by me…
(TrendHunter.com) Are squirrels the new tofu? Apparently, the little rodents have recently earned themselves the reputation of being an ethical delicacy in the UK. “Suburban ‘free-range’ meat,” was what TreeHugger called it, and the Guardian described it as, “The ultimate ethical meal.”
We’ve mentioned before that t…
(TrendHunter.com) Criss Angel, the young rock magician and escape artist, is collaborating with Cirque du Soleil to launch Believe, a new Las Vegas show at the Luxor Hotel and Casino.
The teaser for the much-anticipated show has finally been launched, and can be seen above.
The show kicks off in about five months…
(TrendHunter.com) The fake giant river painted on Dutch streets a few months ago must have been a hit, because now another giant street mural has been created in the Netherlands, this time featuring images of giant fried eggs.
The Art Aggcident will be on display in a giant urban square for the next six months in L…
(TrendHunter.com) A lot of exotic destinations, including Rio de Janeiro, have two sides to them: the beautiful, touristy side shown in the media, and the “real,” sketchier side.
Not everyone wants the postcard experience; in fact, some companies are actually paid to set up traffickers and tourists. Private Tours, …
(TrendHunter.com) The prestigious architecture firm Foster and Partners have won an international competition to design a highly sustainable mixed use complex for Beach Road in Singapore. Occupying an entire city block, they will create a 150,000 square meter ecologically-friendly quarter in downtown Singapore with c…
(TrendHunter.com) Playgrounds are made for kids to have fun and enjoy their years of innocence. That’s the general thought in most parts of the world, but in some Soviet countries, playgrounds house evil-looking, nightmarish statues that illustrated the elements of Slavic fairy tales.
The demon-like playground equi…
(TrendHunter.com) Anticipation is rising in Beijing for the Summer 2008 Olympic Games, and that excitement has translated into some pretty unique art. Song of Sand 2008, shown in the above video, is a really creative project that celebrates Chinese art forms and symbolism in conjunction with the Olympic brand.
Trad…
(TrendHunter.com) True to the country’s green nature, Canada’s official Olympic 2008 clothing line will be an environmentally-friendly one. In addition to having Canada’s patriotic red and white colours, the fashion line is laced with hints of forest green.
The fashion line, which was unveiled at a Toronto fashion …
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve covered a number of different street style blogs, and recently mentioned The Sartorialist was covering college fashion at Yale. Now the live fashion spotting has spread to events, with Style.com covering the real life fashions of Coachella attendees.
Linlee Allen photographed attendees of Th…
(TrendHunter.com) “With great power comes great responsibility,” and that is true for holding celebrity status as well. Hollywood A-listers have a huge influence on people, so it’s great to see stars like Will Ferrell use their fame for a good cause.
The Anchorman star is known for his funny ways, but through these…
(TrendHunter.com) Beijing looks like they’re just about ready to host the Summer 2008 Olympic Games. At the very least, they’ve got the Beijing Capital International Airport ready to receive athletes, media and visitors from about the world. In fact, the new Terminal 3 building alone is reportedly capable of facilita…
(TrendHunter.com) Japan has a whole realm of sub-cultures that seem utterly bizarre to foreigners. Tokyology is a recently released documentary that covers some of the most unique aspects of Japanese pop-culture, with a heavy emphasis on the Tokyo and individual regions like Harajuku and Shinjuku.
To supplement the…
(TrendHunter.com) Visiting New York? How will you know where the best late night pizza place is or what museums are actually worth checking out? Ask someone that lives there!
“Just Ask The Locals” is a novel New York City tour campaign. It features about 30 celebrities familiar with the area and covers the areas of …
(TrendHunter.com) The Habita Hotel, a design hotel in Polanco, Mexico City, recently covered a four story wall entirely in graffiti art. The purpose of the project was not only create a unique architectural facade but to support the street art so prominently displayed through the city.
The entire project took three…
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