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Hot New TrendsTop 12 Designs From Recycled Car Parts (SUPER GALLERY)
Before sending your car to the junkyard, you might want to reconsider salvaging some of the parts. The following 12 pieces of Trend Candy illustrate the recycled designs that can be created with old car parts.
Features is jewelery, fashion and home furnishing made from recycled tires, box springs,…
33 lb Gowns - Blake Lively in Christian Dior
Blake Lively, seen in the photo, is the actress who plays Serena van der Woodsen, the beautiful protagonist, on the CW’s salacious hit series, Gossip Girl. She is posing for a Vanity Fair shoot with a heavily jewel-encrusted, ultra luxurious, 33 lb yellow Christian Dior gown.
The haute couture s…
Intelligent Whiteboards - Microsoft TouchWall (VIDEO)
Bill Gates demonstrated a new multi-touch computer and interface, called the TouchWall, at the Microsoft CEO Summit in Redmond on May 14.
While Microsoft Surface's steep price tag of $10,000 makes it too expensive for the average consumer, TouchWall is the poor man's surface; with the system being…
Air Quality Detecting Fashion - EPA Dress
With increasing pollution in urban communities, it would be great to have clothes that alert you when the air quality gets really poor, allowing you to take precautions to protect yourself.
Designer Stephanie Sandstrom's EPA Dress, which is currently showing at the 2nd Skin Exhibition at San Franc…
Pocket-Size Scooters - Patinette Butterfly (GALLERY)
The search for minimalism in design has produced a strikingly diminutive prototype scooter that, when folded up, is barely bigger than a beer bottle. The concept was sanctioned by BMW and the Mini Cooper from which it gets its colors, according to designblog, and is the brainchild of Swiss designer …
AMOLED Notebooks - Samsung Prototype
Samsung SDI, the Korean manufacturer’s display division, gives us a sneak peak into their upcoming AMOLED laptop designs with this strikingly stylish 12.1” prototype.
The prototype, which will be showcased for the first time next week at the Society For Information Display (SID) 2008 in LA, fe…
Stand And Drive Cars - The Slide by Matthias Pinkert (GALLERY)
Matthias Pinkert conceived this “city car” where the lone passenger and driver stand in an upright position. The concept vehicle called The Slide is meant for the crowded, chaotic urban environment where parking spaces are priceless, albeit temporary, possessions.
Needless to say, it is also …
Customizable Android Phones - Mimique (GALLERY)
With Google’s new open source Android OS expected to be out soon, we are seeing more and more mobile phone designs and concepts that utilize the much anticipated platform.
One example is the Mimique touchscreen phone concept by RKS design consultants of southern California that looks like the lov…
Flannel Shirts Return - Dolce & Gabbana Pre-Fall 2008 (GALLERY)
While we're just starting to warm up to the Spring and waiting for the Summer, Dolce & Gabbana are already over it. The uber stylish fashion brand are wetting our appetite for the cold season with these brand new Pre-Fall 2008 ads.
Shot by famous fashion photographer Mario Testino, the campaign fea…
Rotary Dial iPhones - iDial (GALLERY)
Combine cutting-edge gadgets and retro style with this awesome beyond words rotary, analogue style dialler iDial application for the iPhone.
In a clash of the past and present technologies, iDial utilizes the iPhone's innovative multi-touch capabilities with the ancient but cool dialler of analog …
Hot Rods for Kids - Matchbox Ads (GALLERY)
I love commercials inspired by the fantasies of children! This clever Matchbox campaign looks like photo stills from class movies, only instead of handsome men and stunning women in the vintage cars, it's kids who are still a good half decade from obtaining their licenses.
The toy car ads, by Ogil…
Macadamia Nut Bowls - Husque Houseware (GALLERY)
Mark Harrison’s Husque houseware is really attractive. Fashioned out of Australian macadamia nut shells, The Australian designer uses a special compound to mold the shells and create very beautiful, colorful bowls and other tableware that make use of nuts, pods and organic shapes as sources of ins…
Historical Art on Currency - Gazeta Mercantil Ads (GALLERY)
Take a look at this new advertising campaign from Brazilian business newspaper, Gazeta Mercantil. These print ads are sure to cause controversy, as they show the Dollar, Euro and Yen displaying important events that took place in each area of the world.
"For the U.S., that means 9/11, pot, oil, wa…
Bikini Model Statues - Blush: Stop Nudism (GALLERY)
What a smart and cost-effective idea to use popular statues to model your latest fashion line. At least you know they'd show up on time!
That's exactly what Blush swimwear "Stop Nudism" campaign did. The creatives at glow ad agency, Berlin took it to the streets and used statues as models with stic…
Recycled Robot Jewelry - Obvious Front (GALLERY)
D Young, the artisan behind Obvious Front, makes the funkiest robot earrings, pendants and ornaments from recycled parts of old TV and VCR. The quirky, humorous bots are assembled from capacitors, wires, resistors - anything that can form the body, arms, legs and head of his little creations. He has…
Coffee Makers of the Future - Nespresso Design Contest Winners (GALLERY)
Well known for their sexy and creative coffee maker designs Nespresso gives us a peek at the future of coffee designs with the announcement of the winners of their second Nespresso Design Contest at an awards ceremony in Milan.
The four winning designs are:
First place: ”Untitled" by Brice Genr…
Vegetables As Appliances - Antoine Lebrun’s Aion Kitchen (GALLERY)
Antoine Lebrun’s futuristic kitchen design called Aion Kitchen is supposed to answer the question, "What would a small kitchen look like in 10 years?" Brandt Aion is a multi functional kitchen which merges electromechanical and vegetable technology. The specialized plants, which were developed by …
Organizing Group Action Online - The Point (VIDEO)
If you want to take action for a cause, but you can't do it alone, take a look at The Point, a platform for group action. Making a difference as a group is much more possible than for an individual, so the site creates unique campaigns for which users pledge to take action once it reaches the tippin…
Giant Gum Bubbles - Big Babol Ads (GALLERY)
I must have invested hours as a kid trying to blow big, pink bubbles with my chewing gum. I could blow small ones, and every once in a while I managed a big one, but it never lasted long enough to be captured in a photo. I went through all sorts of brands, including tubs of the 5 cent per piece kind…
Eco Heroes - WWF: Be The Hero Campaign (GALLERY)
Rather than shock and disturb you with violent or crude images this fun WWF Be The Hero campaign shows you that you can be the hero and save the planet by adjusting your lifestyle with small acts or awareness.
The campaign consists of five print ads that illustrate how a normal average person can …