Low Cal Diet Wine For Milder Hangovers – Altos de la Ermita

(TrendHunter.com) One of the first thing people often have to cross off of their lists when dieting, and also one of the hardest to give up, is alcohol, as it’s loaded with calories and slows the metabolism. Good news for those watching their waistlines is that they may not always have to pass on the glass thanks to …

Watergun Assassination Tournaments – StreetWars (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Could you handle being an assassin? Well this trend has become the latest craze in London and has now moved on to the US.

Streetwars, tournaments that run 24 hours a day for three straight weeks, have already taken place in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Vienna and Wroclaw, Poland.…

Eating Locally – Will We All Become Locavores?

(TrendHunter.com) Eating locally is not only fashionable, but may one day soon be necessary. Locavores are those inclined to obtain their food supplies from sources that are nearby. Since our food travels more than 1,000 miles on average, the implications are huge. How long can we continue to sustain this?

Japanese Robot Carries Luggage – RoboPorter at Kita Kyushu Airport (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Japanese are in with another robot first, the RoboPorter is a thus far free service that is being tested at Kita Kyushu airport in southwest Japan. He’s not very cute and doesn’t seem to be much for bending over. It looks pretty much like the bending and lifting is up to you and RoboPorter i…

Miss Landmine Contest

(TrendHunter.com) Created by Norwegian artist Morten Traavik, the Miss Landmine contest is both a protest of the use of landmines and a celebration of beauty. It’s no secret that landmines are violent objects of war that indiscriminately maim and kill – often innocent people. The Miss Landmine contest in Angola conti…

Buddhist-Themed Amusement Park – Suoi Tien Park (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Who says spirituality can’t be fun? Suoi Tien Park in Vietnam is an amusement park themed by all things Buddhism.

Forget meditation or consuming nothing but healing herbs, this park has all the fun things traditional amusement parks do including wild roller coaster rides, water slides, race cars a…

World’s Largest Gucci Store – Gucci New York (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) New York can add another feature and tourist attraction to its already long list – the new Gucci flagship store about to be opened on 725 Fifth Avenue. The new store will be the world’s largest Gucci store oozing elegance and architectural artistry. The architect is the world renowned James Carpente…

Ban on Patio Heaters – EU Committed to Energy Conservation (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) European environmentalists have proposed a ban on outdoor heaters, a feature many people have become accustomed to at public outdoor venues.

The heat lamps are often featured in restaurants and cafes with outdoor patios, and make for a very comfortable setting for nights out. Particularly smokers …

Convertible & Compact Saves Space, Adds Design – The SmartSide Board

(TrendHunter.com) Young upcoming British designer Giles Wilson-Copp anticipated consumers’ needs perfectly when he created the SmartSide Board.

Perfect for people who have small apartments but still crave design, the SmartSide Board is a cross between a storage cabinet and a table. A set of four chairs convenient…

Magazine For Trendy Career Women – Business Madame

(TrendHunter.com) Women today have more sides to them then ever before. They can be mothers, sisters, girlfriends, wives, entrepreneurs, frequent travelers, fans of technology, cars, art, or design, fashion enthusiasts, or even all of the above.

Founded by Andrée Fraiderik-Vertino, Business Madame seeks to explore…

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 …

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…

Eco-Friendly Furniture With Flair – Creative Cartons by Les Cartonnistes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What is flexible, sturdy, costs practically nothing, gets thrown around, and is taken for granted? If you think that cardboard is basically useless, think again.

When “Cartonist” Bertrande Durand-Jenny created her atelier Les Cartonnistes Associés in 2003 in Paris, everyone else was either re…

Ultra-Green Office Building – Hidden Eco-Friendly Corporate HQ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The perfect excuse for being late for work has inadvertently been created by the architect and interior design team at the Penson Group. This proposed headquarter, called the Vestry, of a major UK company comes with a layer of green grass that disguises it from view. The layer of grass and hedges on…

Collapsible Earthquake Helmet – Tatamet

(TrendHunter.com) Football games. Motorcycle rides. Construction sites. These are the activities that Americans think of when they think of helmets. This is what makes the following Japanese product so unique – a collapsible earthquake helmet. Tatamet helmets are made to protect people from the very real threat of a …

Ice Cool Modern Living – Snow House (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When you think of Norway (if you ever have, that is), you would probably think of rocky fjords, cold weather, warm people, and an abundance of very lucrative goods like fish and oil. Most would not think of the architecture or designs of the Scandinavian country.

The Snow Home, as I like to call i…

Banning Negative Behaviour for Health – New Policies in Serbian Hospitals

(TrendHunter.com) Negative words are not exactly a good thing to expose sick patients to. Serbia has decided to implement a new rule banning gossip from all hospitals in the country. They’ve also said they wouldn’t tolerate rudeness, grouchy moods. The staff were also prohibited from accepting brides (gifts, money) i…

Chic Café – Nestlé’s Nespresso Boutique In Paris (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The world’s biggest Nespresso boutique is now part of one of the most famous avenues on the planet, the Champs-Elysées.

With its 1500 square meters (16,150 square feet) of space on two levels, the “Star” Boutique invites Parisians and international visitors to indulge in high-end pleasures …

Furniture Can Change Your Thoughts – Mind Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Mind Chair is the creation of London designers Peter Marigold and Beta Tank and is an amazing chair that utilizes sensory substitution technology developed in the 1960s to send and display high-definition moving imagery into the mind of the person seated in it. The design uses a standard plastic…

Protective Party Bags – Safe Clubbing Pack

(TrendHunter.com) In the small town of Swindon, South England, Clubbers are being handed party bags containing essential items in order to protect them throughout their hedonistic evening. The kits contain a bottle of water to prevent dehydration, lollipops to raise blood sugar level as it has been proven low blood …