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50 Unique Engagement Rings - Could Eddie Van Halen’s Proposal Have Been More Creative? (CLUSTER)
(TrendHunter.com) Eddie Van Halen dropped to one knee at Tiffany’s to propose to publicist Janie Liszewski. Although the two are now engaged, I can’t help but think that a Tiffany’s engagement is very cliche. If you’re…
Balloon Sculptures as Art - Jason Hackenwerth’s Captivating Balloons (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) Incredible. Jason Hackenwerth’s material of choice for his sculptures is balloons. Hundreds and hundreds of balloons. He blows them up and and strings them together in unusual forms to create sculptural…
Votevertising - Red, White & Drew Barrymore in Harper’s Bazaar (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Forget about addictive interactive election polls and make sure to register to vote online before the registration deadline. That’s what Hollywood beauty Drew Barrymore, who is featured on a patriotic…
New Hollywood Glamor - Elie Saab Spring RTW 2009 in Paris (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab is famous for his red carpet fashion masterpieces which are worn by Hollywood movie starlets such as Charlize Theron, Salma Hayek, Christina Applegate, Debra Messing,…
Monkeys As Waiters - Primate Restaurant in Japan (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) I hate to see animals anywhere but in the wild so this monkey restaurant really touched a nerve with me. A restaurant in Japan has some unusual waiting staff on its books. There are two macaque monkeys,…
Extreme Work Spaces - New Leaked Images of Google Office (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve shown you the incredible offices at Google Zurich before, but it was essentially just a sneak peak. The Google work areas are just friggin’ awesome, which is really no surprise considering the company.…
Fat Presidents - Heavier Candidates Get Elected More Often
(TrendHunter.com) Do candidate height and weight measurements play a role in the election? The New York Times recently asked this question and displayed this image to compare past candidates. The results? Of the pairings…
99 Year Digital Photo Storage - Swiss Picturebank (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) The Swiss Picture Bank is a new service that stores your digital pictures for up to 99 years. The bank gives you a guarantee that they will save your digital pictures for 3 cents per 30 years. The SwissPictureBank.com…
Glamorizing Violence - Obscure Roller Derbies Taking Off in UK (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Roller derbies are taking off in the UK in a big way. Seeing that the women who compete in these aggressive competitions dress in incredibly sexy, often dirty, costumes, it is not really surprising. Roller…
Techno-Savvy Naughtiness - Cosmos Austria's High-Tech Fetish (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) An electronic website called Cosmos Austria launched a viral microsite called Hitech-Fetish which shows half-naked women and men in different situations surrounding by equipment sold by Cosmos. The ads…
Motion Sickness Furniture - The Hypnose Sofa (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Rafael Simões Miranda must have been totally wired when he designed the Hypnose Sofa. This would be a great piece of furniture for an optometrist’s waiting room. Note the lovely wallpaper the designer…
Wacky Wine Labels - 10 Bizarre Brands You Won’t Forget (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) What’s in a name? A little bit of marketing, I suppose. Here are 10 wines that have odd, easy-to-remember names. Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush - Crafted using fruit from a number of vineyards Vampire…
Career Scarevertising - Jobsintown.de Barber’s Cape (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Life’s too short for the wrong job. That is the message of this brilliant ambient campaign by Jobsintown.de, a German job search portal. The campaign uses barber capes that transform the person getting…
Faking FedEx - Bandai's Peri Peri
(TrendHunter.com) It seems like most of my mail these days is some sort of bill, somebody wanting money. And to add injury to insult, these parcels seem to have been designed to NOT open, resulting in me ripping the contents.…
Skyrocketing Cartoon Values - Comic Book Collectibles (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Comic book art for sci-fi fans continually gains strength in the art world as computer generated graphics dominate the current on-screen genre. Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator and…
Painting Death - Disturbing Art by Fred Einaudi (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) A bizarre catalogue of danger, impending death and final death, these paintings by Fred Einaudi are truly haunting. This artist is clearly not afraid to push the boundaries of taboo, as seen by the smile…
Real Weapons as Computer Gadgets - Grenade Mouse
(TrendHunter.com) Now you can feel a little like Rambo as you sit at the computer! This grenade mouse is made from a real grenade; just the plastic casing though, as the rest of the space houses the actual Targus computer…
Decorating With Stationary - Post-It-Note Obsession (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Post-It Notes are not just office supplies; they’ve become pop cultural icons. From Sod using them in the Office to Post-it notes becoming a new decorating and art trend, the sticky paper seems to be taking…
Hyper Techno Home Theaters - First Impressions "Architecture of Fantasy" (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) “Architecture of Fantasy” are the creations of 62 artisans for who join to make end-to-end, one-of-a-kind, high performance, high tech, hyper plush, digital cinema experiences for individual homes. The… The…
2.5" Clip-On HDDs - "Hang It On" Enclosure (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) With SSD notebooks coming with a rather low amount of storage, having your complete Janet Jackson and Bruce Springsteen (or Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers, I don’t judge) music and video library handy…
PhotoShopvertising - Butts With Eyes and Ears with Teeth (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Photoshop is an amazing tool for creating fantastically surreal, trompe l’oeil images. Many, if not all, of these photos were created for commercials. For example, the very creative and imaginative…
Guerrilla Hotel Pillows - “Sleep on Boobs” Wonderbra Campaign (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) The ever creative Wonderbra brand went for a humorous, ambient advertising approach with this unusual campaign that was deployed in hotels and beauty parlors in China. Pillows with graphic images of…
Embarrassing Commercial Debuts - Celebrities Who Got Their Break in Japan (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) The pay must have been very good for these Japanese commercials, because these celebrities would not have been caught dead in these ads if they had aired back in the US. Thanks to Japander, many of these…
27 Hairovations - From Shaving Stencils to Head Tattoos (CLUSTER)
(TrendHunter.com) We have a love-hate relationship with hair. Sometimes we want hair, preferably on our heads, but other times, we just want to shave it off, especially in our nether regions. Then again, some say bald is…
Measuring Stick Condoms - Condometrics Reveal the Truth (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Condometric, a condom with a ruler printed on it, is the first prophylactic that measures the length of a penis. Women will probably appreciate this more that many men will, but hey, it finally gets…
Beverages That Clean The Baltic Sea - Plup Water
(TrendHunter.com) Plup Water is spring water from the Anttila well in Lestijärvi, Finland. The Finish company sells each Plup Water bottle for 10 euros, the proceeds going to the Baltic Sea Action Group which helps clean…
Faking Interviews - Jennifer Love Hewitt Denies Us Weekly Story (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Jennifer Love Hewitt received a lot of criticism after appearing in an ‘exclusive’ Us Weekly cover story which detailed her 18 lb weight loss in just ten weeks. I think she deserved each and every bit…
Touchscreen Jukeboxes - Dual Screen IntelliTunes (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) This revolutionary new digital touchscreen jukebox from IntelliTunes features two LCD screens and wall-mount chassis, so you don’t need to part with any space to accommodate it. The wall-mounted design…
Solid Red Multimedia Installation - The Scarlet House (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) In Sweden, on a very small island called Stakholmen, sits this hauntingly beautiful scarlet house. The intense Monopoly Hotel red house has a footbridge connecting it to the shore. Not a plastic mock-up…
Clothes Made From Your Pet's Fur - Canine Couture (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) These are not just ordinary portraits of people posing with their pets. Look a little closer and you will see that the owners are wearing clothing that resembles the fur of their dogs. They’re not just…