DIY Paper Heroes – Cubee Craft (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Perk up your cubicle or desk with these fun and super cute paper cube people from Cubeecraft.com. You can make these for free by simply printing out the templates on card-stock and then cutting them o…

RFID Tickets – Beijing 08 Olympic Security

(TrendHunter.com) Beijing has proposed a plan to install RFID tags on tickets to prevent those trying to enter with fake passes. It indicates the situation of the assigned seating and stores information like where the …

Kitchen Jewelry – Wearable Pottery by Gesine Hackenberg (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Gésine Hackenberg is a German artist and metal smith who thinks outside the box when it comes to creating unusual jewelry. She connects between ordinary objects and making something wearable. Her kit…

Battered Pinup Girls – Memphis Roller Derby Calendar 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Who says beauty can’t be rough? As a newcomer sport in town, the Memphis Roller Derby approached Archer/Malmo ad agency to come up with creative ways to raise their profile and promote their teams.
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Cardboard Surfboards – Mike Sheldrake’s Home Creation (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mike Sheldrake is not a designer or someone with any surfboard building trade skills, but he built his own surfboard anyway. Sheldrake turned to the internet for research and came up with a 3-D modeli…

Solar Speedboats – Czeers MK1 is World’s First (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Czeers MK1, a solar powered speedboat, is the world’s first of its kind. The ten meter, 20-knot boat is a zero emission, 100% carbon fibre speedster covered in photovoltaic cells, from the top of …

Foam Frisbees – Revolutionary EZ Spin Disc

(TrendHunter.com) The EZ Spin is a revolutionary Foam Frisbee Disc being referred to online as the best recreational disc available today. After flying one of these multi-feature toys, it is “EZ” to see why.

Wham…

Lawnmower Racing – Grasscar Mower Sports for Rednecks

(TrendHunter.com) Grasscar Mower Sports, the rural counterpart of NASCAR Auto Racing, is a non-profit organization based in New York State.

Through racing their lawnmowers in various tracks, these “Rednecks Racing…

Wooden Skateboards – Piotr Woronkowicz Laser Etching

(TrendHunter.com) These skateboards may not be performance rated but the laser engraved natural wood skateboard exudes artistic style. Piotr Woronkowicz, a Californian artist experimented with CAD technology on these s…

Micro Robot Soccer – World Nanobot Foot Ball Cup 2008 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The RoboCup Soccer Competition is a sporting event held every year, but this year they’ll be adding a new category called the nano robots. These robots are smaller than a grain of salt but have the de…

Themed Chess Sets – Hockey, Fishing, Cowboys & More

(TrendHunter.com) While it is common to see Simpsons’ Chess Sets, featuring Homer as the King, and Franklin Mint Civil War chess sets, where historical figures are personified in the pieces, alternate influences on tra…

Jet Engine Bicycles – Dangerous Creations on eBay (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) You need ear protection, head protection, and you should probably wear body armor too. Bob Maddox, an artist and cabinet maker from Oregon, invented the jet-powered bicycle and started selling them on eBay. Even he is afraid to see just how fast his creations can go. He imagines they can go up to 75…

Fishing Lure Jewelry – Kaga Samurai Folk Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Kaga fishing lures are a Japanese folk art which some say embodies the samurai spirit. The featured designs are from a Japanese family firm called Meboso Hachirobei Shoten which has been in business for 430 years! Their latest craft is transforming them into wearable pieces of art in the form of jew…

Indiana Jones LEGO – The Video Trailer (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Fans of the Indiana Jones LEGO game and pop culture phenomenon trilogy films must be really excited about the Indy game to be dropped shortly after the fourth film- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- hits theaters in the USA on June 3rd. The latest trailer of the LEGO game includes …

Backyard Arenas – Outdoor Hockey Rink Design Contest

(TrendHunter.com) Since the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and the National Hockey League (NHL), began celebrations for Hockey Day in Canada in 2000, one of their features was a contest of the best backyard hockey rink. With the numerous hockey-crazy communities in Canada, there were no shortage of impress…

Snowboard Painting – Action Art by Matt Cheney (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) There comes a point in every artist’s life when ideas fill his head to the brim. Sometimes there’s just too much to express that the body feels like exploding.

How many artists can actually feel comfortable going beyond the four walls of their private sanctuary and follow their body’s need for extr…

Futuristic Tennis Gear – Lacoste Brings You To 2083 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) As a celebration of their 75th anniversary, Lacoste unveiled a breath-taking futuristic 3D spot with a companion site.

The theme of the spot is “let’s reinvent the game” and depicts the future of tennis with a projection of what how tennis will be like after 75 years, in 2083.

The art direc…

Evo Luxury Yachts – The Green Jet by Erik Sifrer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Green Jet that designer Erik Sifrer has put together is an 187 foot sail yacht that runs on both wind and hydrogen power. The luxury yacht uses two automated Aero-sail systems that can be controlled by a touch screen and an on-board computer which determines the best position for the water craft…

Recycled Soda Can Jewelry – Eco Art by the Disabled (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Most people know about fair trade coffee, but there are also fair trade artisans who stand to gain a better standard of living if what they produce fetches fair prices. The Mombulu Workshop in Mombasa, Kenya is a group of disabled artisans who make some pretty funky jewelry out of recycled soda pop…

Athletic Light Graffiti – Stickman Basketball Players

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve covered light graffiti before, the photographic art of creating designs or writing with the use of a small, rapidly moving light source in a dark setting, yet it still continues to fascinate us as well as the rest of the photo-intrigued blogosphere.

Although this image looks like a bunch of …