At Trend Hunter, we're obsessed with interviewing creative and innovative people. From YouTube celebrities like Marina Orlova (Hot for Words) to our favourite bloggers, like Nandini Maheshwari from BornRich. We like to ask them how they get their inspiration to discover the next big thing.
Check out the countdown, and as you get through the list, dive deeper into the people that fascinate you the most!
Implications - Media personalities are becoming more than just people who entertain. Products that incorporate an aspect of popular culture are appealing to modern-day consumers who are now personally identifying themselves with these figures. Incorporating these names into items could help a company attract more buyers.
Top 50 Interviews in 2009

49
Marina Orlova, Star of Hot For Words (INTERVIEW)

48
Ivan Raszl, Founder of Ads of the World (INTERVIEW)

47
Tweet Stalkers (INTERVIEW)
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46
Yanier Gonzalez, Editor of Destructoid (INTERVIEW)
45
Mark Frauenfelder, Co-Founder of Boing Boing (INTERVIEW)
44
Brian White, Co-Star of 'I Can Do Bad All By Myself' (INTERVIEW)
43
Amber Mac, TV Star and Blogger (INTERVIEW)
42
Deidre Woollard, Editor of Luxist (INTERVIEW)
41
Karim Rashid, Designer & Author of 'KarimSpace' (INTERVIEW)
40
Scott Belsky, Founder of Behance (INTERVIEW)
39
Richard Florida, Founder, Professor & Author of "Who's Your City?" (INTERVIEW)
38
Max Lenderman, Executive Creative Director & Author of "Brand New World" (INTERVIEW)
37
Ben Huh, CEO of Pet Holdings, Inc (INTERVIEW)
36
Ron English, Pop Artist (INTERVIEW)
35
Marissa Brassfield, Editor of TrendHunter.com (INTERVIEW)
34
James Gavin, Author of "Stormy Weather" & Journalist (INTERVIEW)
33
Michael Schrage, Innovator, Writer and Senior Advisor (INTERVIEW)
32
Francisco (Pakko) De La Torre-Rocha, Art Director (INTERVIEW)
31
Michael Connelly, Author of "The Scarecrow" (INTERVIEW)
30
Josh Rubin, Editor of Cool Hunting (INTERVIEW)
29
Sam and Karen, Founders of Craftastrophe (INTERVIEW)
28
Andrew Dobrow, Editor of Gearfuse (INTERVIEW)
27
Ignacio Oreamuno, Editor of Ihaveanidea (INTERVIEW)
26
Lance Ulanoff, Editor-in-Chief of PCMag.com (INTERVIEW)
25
Hal Niedzviecki, Author of "The Peep Diaries" (INTERVIEW)
24
Birgit Lohmann, Editor of Designboom (INTERVIEW)
23
Robert Boswell, Author of "The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards" (INTERVIEW)
22
Michael Losier, Coach & Author of "The Law of Connection" (INTERVIEW)
21
Katherine Russell Rich, Author of "Dreaming in Hindi" (INTERVIEW)
20
Felson Sajonas, Editor-in-Chief of SwipeLife (INTERVIEW)
19
The Gregory Brothers, Creators of 'Auto-Tune the News' (INTERVIEW)
18
Jill Ciment, Author of "Heroic Measures" & University of Florida Professor (INTERVIEW)
17
Neil Gladstone, Editor-in-Chief of Asylum and Lemondrop (INTERVIEW)
16
Wilbur Smith, Author of 'Assegai' (INTERVIEW)
15
Shawn Schuster, Managing Editor of Massively (INTERVIEW)
14
David Ponce, Editor of OhGizmo! (INTERVIEW)
13
Dave Balter, CEO & Author of "The Word of Mouth Manual: Volume II" (INTERVIEW)
12
Brandon Mendelson, President of Earth's Temporary Solution (INTERVIEW)
11
Amanda Smyth, Author of "Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange" (INTERVIEW)
10
Javier Lourenco, Founder of The Uncoolhunter (INTERVIEW)
9
Meaghan O'Neill, Editor-in-Chief of TreeHugger (INTERVIEW)
8
David Fischer, Editor of Highsnobiety (INTERVIEW)
7
Lisa See, Author of 'Shanghai Girls' (INTERVIEW)
6
Paulo Coelho, Author of 'The Winner Stands Alone' (INTERVIEW)
5
Eric Wilhelm, Founder of Instructables (INTERVIEW)
4
Leo Babauta, Editor-in-Chief of Zen Habits (INTERVIEW)
3
Philippa Gregory, Author of "The White Queen" (INTERVIEW)
2
Allan Chochinov, Editor-in-Chief of Core77 (INTERVIEW)
1
Nandini Maheshwari, Editor of Born Rich (INTERVIEW)
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