Death of Pinball – Is it Gameover? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is something pretty disturbing which I saw while hunting for trends. Although trendhunter.com tends to look at the future and upbeat finds, I just had to give this a mention. According to the New York Times, there is only one company left that mass produces the Pinball machine. Stern Pinball In…

Sewing With Signatures – Amnesty International: Portrait Shuts Up Dictators (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Following its award winning animated Signatures campaign, Amnesty International has come up with an equally creative print campaign illustrating the power of your signature.

The Amnesty International Portrait campaign consists of print ads showing black and white portraits of famous dictators with …

Charging Shelves – Driinn (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This simple little piece of plastic and rubber could be the saviour of your cell phone. The Driinn, designed in Holland and manufactured in Italy, hangs between your charger and the wall socket providing an ultra handy little shelf to hold your phone, PDA or MP3 player while charging.

No more acci…

Racing Watches – F1/Carbon GMT

(TrendHunter.com) John Pszeniczny has designed the fastest watch on Earth dubbed the F1/Carbon GMT.

The designer sough inspiration from the world of F1 race cars, leading to the construction of carbon fiber, Swarovski crystal, rubber and metal. The watch has 18 identical rubies and tells the time in all of the 18 c…

Art Made of Guns – PAPC Guns for Peace (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Over its long years of civil war, the Cambodian government has collected and destroyed more than 160,000 weapons across the country.

Some of the weapons which were not destroyed were donated to the PAPC. The PAPC (Peace Art Project Cambodia) is a project that was started by British artists Sasha Co…

Raining Gadgetery – The Sony Tumble Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Hot on the heels of its recent Foam City viral, Sony Electronics has launched a new marketing campaign for its DSLR cameras and camcorders. The multi-platform campaign, which features Sony cameras “tumbling” from a mountain top, will launch on print, TV, street billboards, subways, in-theater, a…

Space Saving Clothes – Magic T-Shirt Grows With Water (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Going on a trip and need to utilize your luggage space efficiently? The Magic T-shirt is the ultimate space saver; it magically compresses a full-sized shirt into the size of a hand using a “special technique”.

When you want to use the t-shirt, simply soak it in cold water for a little while and Vo…

Video Projections on People – Verlopen (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I had to look at these images for several minutes to make sense of them. In fact, it wasn’t until after watching the video and reading the description that I recognized it was not only extremely unique art, but that these bizarre group portraits had an important social message.

They bring awarenes…

Cultural Handvertising – AT&T;Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) AT&T;has created a multi-cultural print campaign using painted hands. Each image is very colorful, light, and artistic, in a cartoonish kind of way, making it eye catching and very fun to look at. My favorite is the one with the Great Wall of China gloves. Very creative.

They feature painted hands…

Citroen Design Competition – Citroen Sledge Wins C-Design Contest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) French auto makers Citroen ran the C-Design competition to see what designers could come up with using nothing but Citroen car parts and their logo in the design.

The winner was Ognyan Bozhilov who designed the Citroen sledge, the main image featured in the gallery. It uses car parts which include…

USB Displays II – Flash Drive Concept Shows Storage Left (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tokyo-based designer Mac Funamizu loves to come up with creative designs of USB drives that show you how much space is left in fun and unusual ways.

Here we present you with three of his designs. A syringe shaped drive is not for those who hate needles. Data is represented as the liquid inside the…

Financial Abundance Phones – Lucky Dragon Cell Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Lucky Dragon phone was inspired by elements of Chinese design traditionally believed to bring about financial abundance.

It was designed by best-selling author Lillian Too who writes about Feng Shui and is also an avid follower of the ancient Chinese practice.

The phone comes in red with a pa…

Musical Robots – Honda Asimo to Conduct Orchestra

(TrendHunter.com) A Honda robot will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a concert that will take place on May 13th in Detroit. The Honda Asimo robot will pick up the baton and lead the human musicians in a rendition of Man of La Mancha’s Impossible Dream.

“The irony of a Japanese automaker trotting out an ad…

Haute Celebrity Fashion – Herve Ledger Bandage Dress (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Herve Ledger, by Max Azaria, bandage dresses are the “it” fashion garment of the season, the rich and famous are going crazy for it. These bandage dresses hug the bodies of Lindsay Lohan, Victoria Beckham, Gisele Bundchen and Mariah Carey, just to name a very few.

Their ultra-sophisticated cut…

Spoon Scales – Digital Measurement in a Scoop

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re an obsessive cook who needs to get the exact measurements according to the recepie, this Spoon Scale gives you an instant reading of whatever you scoop. It also will come in handy if you are a drug dealer and want to do business on the move…

The built-in digital scale is accurate to 0.1…

Robotic Bouncers – “Bum Bot” Shoos away Homeless (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What does a small business owner do when he’s tired of his pub getting broken into? He builds a robot, of course. Atlanta pub owner Rufus Terrill is an upstanding citizen, he’s owned his successful business for four years and sits on the board of a nearby child care center. But he’s angry about crim…

Wearable Fitness Coaches – Nike+ 2008 (UPDATE) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Nike is releasing the next version of the Nike+ Sportband, their high tech training assist tool. The Nike+ Sportband has a removable USB which can be directly plugged into your computer allowing you to download data to your system. The module also uses the USB connection to recharge itself.

Nike+ …

Fire Fighter Robots – Forest-Clearing Transformer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jordan Guelde designed this fire fighter robot, an innovation which could help save the lives of many if it comes into production.

“This is an advanced robot designed to clear large areas of foliage from around a forest fire to help stop the flames from spreading” says Yanko Design.

Unfortunate…

Awareness Ads with Punch – The Cowards’ Show Against Domestic Violence

(TrendHunter.com) We have been featuring quite a few ads from around the world with strong, often controversial content on TrendHunter.com and the reactions have ranged from shocked to disturbed, with many readers not caring to be exposed to the material. I believe there are some things that need to be continually ex…

Pocket Turntables – Pacemaker Portable DJ System

(TrendHunter.com) The Pacemaker Portable DJ System is the ideal systems for those starving DJs who are on their way to making it big.

The Pacemaker lets you do a range of profession audio manipulation including “limitless mixing between two independent channels.”

The pacemaker is compatible with all popular forma…