Swingin’ Sock Monkeys – Artists Remake Childhood Toy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you can’t get enough of sock monkeys then you will love these pieces from Rebecca Yaker of Hazel and Melvin. They have a variety of creative designs with a common theme which is, of course, the sock…

Commercial Breakups – Microsoft Dumps Seinfeld from Ads (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates have officially broken up. Seinfeld is out of the commercials for Windows Vista, and his replacements–Eva Longoria and hubby Tony Parker, Deepak Chopgra, and Pharrell Williams–are…

Knitted Street Art – Territorial Stitched Signs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Canadian artist Lauren Marsden has created knitted street signs for every street she has lived on in Victoria, BC.

The style of each knitted piece is based on that of the street sign she covers over.…

Braille Textured Home Decor – The Love Is Blind Vase

(TrendHunter.com) This beautiful vase by artist Jessica Marie Lertvilai features Braille translations of love letters for a sleek yet romantic piece.

This simple concept subtly puts forth the message that love is blind.…

Video Game Needlepoint – Subverted Stitched 70s Scenes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Becky Schaffer’s traditional needlepoint scenes aren’t what you might expect. She’s taken traditional 70s-era kits and pimped them out using modern-day icons such as Lara Croft.

At first glance, these…

Nature-Inspired Wool Art – Felt Animal Sculptures (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For an alternative to traditional taxidermy, check out Yvonne Bavman’s felted wool animal sculptures. The bear rug has a really whimsical feel about it and the pigs are so lifelike and look so cute I wont…

Frightening Flights – 8 Scary Places to Touch Down (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Drug runner pilot or commercial airline pilot, which would you choose to land on these freaky airstrips? I’m going with the dude that is probably stoned and is used to landing in the jungle at night with…

Microsoft’s New Ad: “I’m A PC” And Is Jerry Making A Comeback?

Short and fast. Here’s the phase II debut of the Microsoft work from CP_B featuring that lying liar Pharrell Williams and a bunch of other folks. What do you think?

There’s also a rumor floating around that the Seinfeld ads have not, I repeat HAVE NOT, been nixed. Apparently, the team was told to hold off on running the next spot in the series. WTF? Come on… really? All this hype and speculation for the ad and tech bloggers of the world is getting so boring. Who cares about the creative when all these PR machinations are going on? Yawn.

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Bug Art – Tiny Glass Insect Sculptures (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Wesley Fleming’s glass insects feature an incredible level of detail. Take a look, for example, at the amber claws on the fire stag. It’s astounding, especially considering that most of these pieces are…

Bovine Art Contests – The Salt Lick City Cow Lick Competition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Salt Lick City Cow Lick competition started as a joke and has now really taken off. Cows and other cattle are given salt blocks to lick. The resulting shapes are then displayed as sculptures and judged.…

18 Unique Ways to Enjoy Cigarettes, Slowly Killing Yourself

As kids take up smoking, it’s important that they know there are fun things to do with cigarettes as opposed to just becoming addicted to the nicotine. Children can release their artistic ability by designing…

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2.0 – ayePhone App Translates Text Messages (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Friday is the International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Of course, nobody talks to anybody anymore, we text each other instead. So Area 49 has decided that they will launch the ayePhone to prevent iPhone users…

Billion-Dollar Airport Deals – Richard Branson to Buy Gatwick (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group (Virgin Atlantic Airlines), is moving to buy London’s Gatwick Airport.

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The Heels of New York – Fashion Week’s Promenade of Stilettos (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s the heels at the end of a long stretch of legs, not the handbag or the dress, that have taken New York by storm.

Bill Cunningham of the New York Times documents the land of extreme heels in a fascinating…

18 Unique Ways to Enjoy Cigarettes, Slowly Killing Yourself (CLUSTER)

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Smoke-Free Smoking – Electronic Fake Cigars Add Nicotine, Subtract Smoke

(TrendHunter.com) Back in the day, Trend Hunter/AdSense money let me upgrade the quality of my cigars. Now I’m able to upgrade my vacations. But if I ever wanted to kick the cigars, this invention would help.

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Olympic Gymnasts as Runway Models – Stella McCartney for Adidas S/S 2009 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Stella McCartney for Adidas Spring/Summer 2009 show at London Fashion Week was full of energy and movement as members of the British Olympic gymnastics team performed their routines dressed in the…

Virtual Reality Web Browsing – ExitReality 3D Web Browser (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The freshly launched and world’s first 3D web browser (of which we were, until now, only given a preview), ExitReality’s 3D Web Browser, is going to take the worldwide web by storm. 

Forget clicking…

Bizarre Antique Finds – The Vampire Slaying Kit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This curious vampire slaying kit was sold on eBay as an was apparently genuine 19th Century kit. Naturally, it was made in Transylvania.

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Desert Outdoor Art – Cadillac Ranch (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This strange outdoor art project takes place in the middle of the desert, and is comprised of ten half-buried Cadillacs covered in graffiti. These cars are known as the Cadillac Ranch, founded in 1974…