Cool Trends :: Issa

Firetography - Angel Island Fire Photography on Flickr (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Flickr is once again proving to be THE source for disaster photography as images of the Angel Island fire are spreading like wild fire on the popular photography sharing site. As you can tell from these…
Reverse Psychology PSAs - Don't Vote Campaign Shows Killer Oil Prices (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Oil prices are killing us, but don’t vote… Borders Perrin Norrander ad agency uses the same reverse psychology approach as the recent star-packed video PSA we featured. They both ask you not to vote.…
Breast Cancer Awareness Auctions - Christina Applegate Donates Ribbon Roses (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) Hollywood star Christina Applegate has donated hundreds of roses she made from ribbons during her mastectomy recovery earlier this year. Just in time to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the…
Iconic Cartoon Comebacks - New Pink Panther & Pals on Cartoon Network (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) One of my favorite cartoon shows, The Pink Panther, is making a big worldwide comeback on the Cartoon Network in Fall 2009. Thanks to a deal between Turner Broadcasting and MGM Worldwide Television,…
Man-Eating River Monsters - The Goonch Catfish (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) A mutant fish has started killing people after being accustomed to feeding on human corpses. A goonch, a huge type of catfish, developed a taste for flesh in an Indian river where bodies are dumped after…
Air-Powered Cars - The MDI AirPod (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) While the bizarre-looking line of air-powered automobiles from Motor Development International won’t win any beauty contests, their technology will revolutionize the automaking industry, and the conversation…
Tamagotchi Life Clocks - The Jinsei Tokei Alarm (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) The Jinsei Tokei or Life Clock is an alarm clock that contains an animated avatar inside that mimics your real-life events in Tamagotchi-like fashion. There are three character options: a schoolgirl,…
Spooky Bento Boxes - 10 Halloween-Inspired Mini Meals (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) A bento is a meal that is served in a box. Traditionally, bento boxes contain either tiny compartments or individual components, each with its own simple lunch item. Today, however, just about anything…
Online Menstrual Cycle Planners - Mon.thly.info (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) Why does Mother Nature control our lives? Because she is quietly involved in the things we do and the way we do them. Busy little glands change as little girls grow up, and these glands become raging little…
USB Floppy Disks - Reinvented Retro Gadgets (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Do you remember the floppy disks that used to be the haven of important data before? These days, it’s hard to see them being used anymore simply because of their relatively low storage capacity compared…
Safety Pin Gowns - Versace Dress Voted the All-Time Best (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Who could possibly forget the figure-hugging Versace dress Elizabeth Hurley wore to the 1994 premiere of ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’? The gown, dangerously held together with safety pins, revealed Elizabeth…
Crying Calligraphy - Writing with Sprayed Tears
(TrendHunter.com) A Chinese artist named Ru Anting recently demonstrated his unusual talent for making calligraphy art by spraying his own tears onto a board covered with red paper. First he sucks up water through his nose…
Cloned Mobile Playlists for Couples - The Twinned MP3 Player (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) This Twinned MP3 player is ideal for anyone who has someone special with whom they share everything. Designed by Liberty Fearns, the Twinned MP3 player is made up of two identical MP3 players that can…
Music Inspired By Financial Crisis - Credit Crunch Creativity (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) The only nice thing I can say about this song is that at least this artist, who goes by Antndebt, has found a way to make light of global economic failure. The song is so bad that it makes my toes curl,…
South African Eco-Cars - The Joule Shines at Paris Auto Show (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) Electricity is still clearly charging the automotive world. At the Paris Auto Show, the Joule has been stealing all the press coverage--and for the right reason. The Joule is a six-passenger electric…
Naughty Fantasy Sports - Lingerie Football Leagues (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) Hot undie-clad women’s football teams are cropping up everywhere and men are rejoicing as there is now an official LFL League (Lingerie Football League) which includes ten women’s groups from across the…
Ankle-Breaking Apparel - 9 Disaster-Inducing Designs (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has done several features on eccentric high-heeled shoes that are killer, mean-looking and just plain dangerous. The batch of footwear we bring you today features a wide range of very eclectic…
24 Percussion Designs - Perfect for Keeping Travis Barker Busy (CLUSTER)
(TrendHunter.com) We’re hoping these 24 percussion-inspired designs will help Travis Barker fans get their drum fix as he recovers at Los Angeles’ Grossman Burn Center. They range from wearable tee shirt drum kits to exploding…
Scorpion-Shaped Guitars - 10 Artistic Axes (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) If you are bored with your regular, standard-looking guitar, you may enjoy this array of bizarre and unusual instruments assembled by Humoric.com as part of its collection of unorthodox guitars. The…
Unusual Bacon Culinary Innovations - Bizarre Repurposed Pork (VIDEO)
(TrendHunter.com) I really don’t get why bacon is the meat that everyone loves, with inedible iterations modeled after bacon like clothes, furniture, tattoos, soap, hats, and scarves. Prosciutto di Parma aged ham doesn’t…
Super-Sized Novelty Gadgets - The WowPod (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Russian artists Aristarkh Chernyshev and Alexei Shulgin have designed a super-sized iPod that they’ve called the wowPod. To add to the novelty quotient, the giant iPod also comes with super-sized earphones.…
Sushi Costumes - 10 Inedible Baby and Pet Outfits (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Everyone loves a bit of sushi. In this gallery, dogs, babies and students all get in on the sushi costume concept. All of these costumes are just brilliantly crazy. Even when they are bad, they still pull…
42 Shopping and Mall Trends (CLUSTER)
(TrendHunter.com) The way we shop has been completely revolutionized. We are spending more time and money making purchases online than ever before. Web-based boutiques have given us access to buying options that in the…
Bacon Accessories - 8 Inedible Obsessions (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has written about bacon-inspired products before--from a bacon tuxedo, to bacon bandages and bacon-flavored dental floss. To me it is absolutely counterintuitive and mind-boggling that someone…
Freaky Felines - 10 Bizarre Cats (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) There are ugly cats and there are freaky cats--these are most certainly freaky. And, of course, with Halloween just around the corner, any self-respecting witch needs a cat for her broom. When it comes…
88 Viral China Innovations (CLUSTER)
(TrendHunter.com) The 2008 Beijing Olympics brought China’s blend of ancient culture and up-to-the-minute innovations to the forefront of world news. Much of Chinese culture is still misunderstood, but it remains a fascination…
Artfully-Addressed Envelopes - Harriet Russell's Royal Mail Challenge (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) In her curious series of playfully-addressed envelopes, Harriet Russell issues forth a challenge to Royal Mail postal workers: How far are you willing to go to deliver my mail? The illustrator wrote…
Street Lights Powered by Dead Batteries - The Energy Seed Lamp (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) You might think that dead batteries become useless as soon as they’re unable to power your gadgets, but they can actually still be used as a power source for street lights. The Energy Seed, designed by…
Touch Screen Bathroom Fixtures - The Electtronico Faucet (GALLERY)
(TrendHunter.com) Carlo Frattini’s Electtronico faucet gives users the ability to easily manage their water usage. The Electtronico faucet features a touch screen control panel that lets users sync all the faucets installed…
56 Alternative Homes and Innovations - When You Can't Get a Mortgage (CLUSTER)
(TrendHunter.com) Shanty towns or Hoovervilles consisting of tents, RVs, huts and so forth are now cropping up in many unusual places, the likes of which have not been seen since the Great Depression. One reason is the…