http://www.trendhunter.com/ http://www.trendhunter.com/images/TrendHunterLogo120x30.gif http://www.trendhunter.com/ 120 30 Graffiti and Counter Culture Art en Copyright 2008 2008-10-07T03:39:00-05:00 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/comic-book-art-orignally-cheap-now-creative-value-skyrockets ]]> (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… Pop Culture and Internet Trends Icons and Leaders Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art Lifestyle Trends Life and Hobbies http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/comic-book-art-orignally-cheap-now-creative-value-skyrockets Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:59:49 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/post-it-note ]]> (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… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/post-it-note Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:59:52 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/illustrated-pet-portraits-when-pet-portraits-are-cool ]]> (TrendHunter.com) So you think any form of pet portrait is naff right? A brilliant illustrator called J. Penry is now offering his services as a pet portraitist. These really are works of art in their own right and pieces… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Home Trends Lifestyle Trends Pet Supplies and Trends for Animals http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/illustrated-pet-portraits-when-pet-portraits-are-cool Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:59:52 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/disfigured-icons-dfaces-morbid-work ]]> (TrendHunter.com) D*Face is a British street graffiti artist who also does rather morbid, incongruous and distorted portraits of famous icons, often using images that have been exhibited indoors in galleries and other venues.… Pop Culture and Internet Trends Icons and Leaders Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/disfigured-icons-dfaces-morbid-work Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:39:56 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/guerrilla-ad ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Guerrilla ad campaigns, art and activism are edgy, eye-opening and attention-grabbing. In the vast symposium that fosters human creativity, guerrilla advertising is the guy on stilts who crashes the academic… Marketing Strategy Billboards and Out of Home Publicity Stunts Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Clusters and Top Lists http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/guerrilla-ad Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:51:34 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/extreme-cartoon-violence-james-cautys-controversial-splatter-exhibition ]]> (TrendHunter.com) British artist James Cauty is about to open his new exhibition “Splatter.” It is the first time the London’s Aquarium Gallery will have to put up a parental advisory warning sign. This is because the pictures… Life Stages Toys and Stuff For Kids Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/extreme-cartoon-violence-james-cautys-controversial-splatter-exhibition Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:19:48 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/custom-black-panther-bike ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Artist, cat lover and custom chopper designer Byron Hemmes has made an awesome black panther bike. Yep, he put a giant fiberglass puma on top of a motorcycle frame, painted it black and wants just $567,000… Auto and Motor Trends Luxury Trends Ultra Luxury Modern Art and Design Trends Customization Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/custom-black-panther-bike Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:39:48 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/type-written-portraits-martin-missfeldts-word-processed-marilyn-monroe ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Martin Missfeldt created this Marilyn Monroe portrait with a word processing application named openOffice.org, which is very similar to Microsoft Word. The video shows in step-by-step detail how Missfeldt… Pop Culture and Internet Trends Icons and Leaders Modern Art and Design Trends DIY Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/type-written-portraits-martin-missfeldts-word-processed-marilyn-monroe Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/horror-faces-extreme-bodypainting ]]> (TrendHunter.com) This is some extreme body painting! These horror faces must be part of some type of body painting festival; I know there were two held recently in Austria and Korea. In any event, the first horror face… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Unique and Bizarre Bizarre http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/horror-faces-extreme-bodypainting Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:20:00 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dface-street-art-sculptures-street-artist-disguised-as-council-worker ]]> (TrendHunter.com) D*Face is my second favourite street artist, a great complement as most of them are total aerosols. To be honest, for a while he was giving Pure Evil, my top street artist, a run for his money with brilliant… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Home Trends Modern Art Style and Fashion Trends http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dface-street-art-sculptures-street-artist-disguised-as-council-worker Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:19:00 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/steampunk-watches-haruo-suekichi-funky-timepieces ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Haruo Suekichi spends hours hunched over junk to create some of the most fascinating timepieces in the steampunk design world. Inspired by found items and old watches, Suekichi takes the analogue objects,… Technology Trends and Gadgets Cool Gadgets and Gifts Modern Art and Design Trends Design Trends DIY Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/steampunk-watches-haruo-suekichi-funky-timepieces Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:39:49 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/frutty-art-creations-artistic-apple-installations ]]> (TrendHunter.com) These imaginative and funky art pieces were created for the annual Apple Festival in the southern Swedish city of Kivik. The creative force behind these fruity mosaics is Helge Lundstrom. Lundstrom… Modern Art and Design Trends Customization DIY Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/frutty-art-creations-artistic-apple-installations Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:19:51 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/graffiti-street-markings-roadsworth ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Imagine coming across zebra crossings that are the shape of a bootprint, lined with painted barbwire, a V.I.P crossing with a roped barrier or even a lit firecracker. Various creatures sit on the shadows… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/graffiti-street-markings-roadsworth Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:19:57 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retro-gas-stations-top-architects-thought-they-could-see-future ]]> (TrendHunter.com) What do Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies Van der Rohe, Willem Dudok, Jean Prouve, Arne Jacobsen and Norman Foster all have in common? For starters, each is a world famous architects.  Secondly, each “tried… Modern Art and Design Trends Architecture Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retro-gas-stations-top-architects-thought-they-could-see-future Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:59:56 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/street-art-inspired-decor-graffitti-lamp ]]> (TrendHunter.com) The Graffiti Lamp by D.E.C.A.F (Design-Environment-Concept-Art-Furniture), was presented at 100% Design in Earls Court, London. Its designers are graffiti artists who want to “...bring the city to the… Life Stages Youth Trends Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Home Trends Modern Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/street-art-inspired-decor-graffitti-lamp Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:59:51 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/graffiti-on-girls-body-art-street-art-style ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Tattoo art and graffiti have always been closely correlated.  So it seems fitting that actual graffiti should be the next wave of body art. Those graffiti artists are naughty boys and if you need any… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Style and Fashion Trends Naughty Trends Lifestyle Trends Unique and Bizarre http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/graffiti-on-girls-body-art-street-art-style Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:19:00 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/street-art-protest-pixacao-gallery-grafitti-attack ]]> (TrendHunter.com) In protest against the marketing, institutionalization and domestication of street art, 30 members of a graffiti art movement known as ‘pixacao’ stormed into a Brazilian gallery brandishing spray cans… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art Social Trends Activism and Awareness http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/street-art-protest-pixacao-gallery-grafitti-attack Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:19:55 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zipper-tape-experimental-street-art-project-zips-up ]]> (TrendHunter.com) This experimental sticker project by French designer Benoit Lemoine is simple but entertaining. Large rolls of tape are applied to public spaces and trees to mimic a giant zipper. I hope Lemoine makes… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zipper-tape-experimental-street-art-project-zips-up Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:59:52 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beautifying-your-trash-dumpster-art ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Dumpsters are not pretty. They are boxy, stained and dented. But why should they be? They are trash receptacles. They are where cellophane packaging and dirty diapers briefly hang out before taking a dirt… Modern Art and Design Trends Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beautifying-your-trash-dumpster-art Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:39:56 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/8-modern-versions-of-the-mona-lisa ]]> (TrendHunter.com) The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s famous masterpiece, still smiles her enigmatic smile in these eight modern works. The La Gioconda, as it is also known, was painted in the 16th century but is still popular… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art Clusters and Top Lists http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/8-modern-versions-of-the-mona-lisa Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:59:56 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/street-art-how-to-sustainably-preserve-your-car-wreck-as-a-guerrilla-market ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Recently I was touring the Greek Isle of Kos on a scooter and came by two shops in a little city outside the city of Kos. They are on opposite sides of the street some 50 yards apart. First I didn’t… Marketing Strategy Publicity Stunts Environmental Trends Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/street-art-how-to-sustainably-preserve-your-car-wreck-as-a-guerrilla-market Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:00:03 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rural-street-art-making-over-abandonded-norwegian-outbuildings ]]> (TrendHunter.com) The Norwegian government invited two well-known street artists by the names of Dolk and Pobel to work with them on a project this summer. It was to make abandoned warehouses and houses look a lot better.… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rural-street-art-making-over-abandonded-norwegian-outbuildings Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:59:55 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/felted-dog-portraits-capture-your-pets-in-3d ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Pet portraits are bad enough, but these are really freaky and eerily lifelike with the precise markings of the fur copied into each felted fur toy dog. They are so lifelike, in fact, that they are freaking… Pop Culture and Internet Trends Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Style and Fashion Trends Lifestyle Trends http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/felted-dog-portraits-capture-your-pets-in-3d Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:39:57 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/deborah-oropallo ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Deborah Oropallo is a contemporary artist whose installation involves the layering of images of contemporary women in provocative guises and revealing poses and famous 17th and 18th century portraits of… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/deborah-oropallo Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:59:51 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sleep-standing-up-the-vertical-bed ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Polyphasic sleep is the practice of sleeping multiple times in a 24-hour period rather than laying down for 8 straight hours. How do you practice polyphasic sleep patterns while you’re at work? You… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Unique and Bizarre Bizarre http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sleep-standing-up-the-vertical-bed Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:19:56 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/omen-doll-artwork-stephanie-alice-rogers-uses-found-materials ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Pretty faced dolls are giving way to realistic faces and odd faces. Each of these dolls by Stephanie Alice Rogers has a story to tell. She creates her doll artwork from fabric, clay, paint, wood, human… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Unique and Bizarre Bizarre http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/omen-doll-artwork-stephanie-alice-rogers-uses-found-materials Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:19:57 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/guerilla-art-start-shepard-fairey-isnt-a-one-hit-wonder ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Shepard Fairey is a street artist that has become a hit because of his two-tone print of Barack Obama with single words “hope” and “progress.” But Shepard Fairey has a long career as an underground artist.… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art Social Trends Activism and Awareness http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/guerilla-art-start-shepard-fairey-isnt-a-one-hit-wonder Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:19:57 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/giant-robot-art-with-vehicles-project-transformers-by-guillaume-reymond ]]> (TrendHunter.com) For his Project Transformers, Swiss and French artist Guillaume Reymond literally orchestrates a veritable fleet of cars, buses, ambulances, and fire trucks to form various Transformers. The artwork was… Pop Culture and Internet Trends Music Movies and Media Viral Videos Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Modern Art http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/giant-robot-art-with-vehicles-project-transformers-by-guillaume-reymond Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:19:52 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iran-usa-seattle-tehran-poster-show ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Art has brought Iran and the United States closer together in The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show which opened last month at the Bumbershoot music and arts festival in Seattle, USA. Who knew that posters… Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Social Trends Political Trends http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iran-usa-seattle-tehran-poster-show Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:14:01 -0400 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/daily-photo-aging-17-year-time-lapse-photography-of-dan-hanna ]]> (TrendHunter.com) Dan Hanna has been at his Daily Photo Aging Project for 17 years. Since 1991, he has taken two portrait photos of himself every day to record himself getting older. The time lapse photographs show his… Technology Trends and Gadgets Digital Cameras and Photography Life Stages Modern Art and Design Trends Graffiti and Counter Culture Art Live Arts http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/daily-photo-aging-17-year-time-lapse-photography-of-dan-hanna Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:59:00 -0400