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Modern art is exploding into mediums never before explored. We’re obsessed with innovative artists, leading edge designers and individuals who exude ultramodernism.


Visual Culture

Visual culture is the field of study that relates to all aspects of visual imagery, which can include traditional art, video games, comics, media, advertising and anything that has a visual component.


Graffiti and Counter Culture Expression

Graffiti artists like Banksy prove the point that artistic movements often ignite from counter culture expression. By tracking the counter culture, you can find out what’s on the cutting edge of cool.


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Double-Jointed Body Popping - Robert Muraine on “So You Think You Can Dance” (VIDEO) Double-Jointed Body Popping - Robert Muraine on “So You Think You Can Dance” (VIDEO)

The judges on the popular “So You Think You Can Dance” TV competition were unprepared for the body popping moves of Robert Muraine. He is a 20 year old street “popper” from Los Angeles, California where…

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DIY  Disaster Dioramas  - Spitefuls Paper CraftsDIY Disaster Dioramas - Spitefuls Paper Crafts

Cubicle workers will never be bored again with the Disaster Dioramas from the Spitefuls website. Free downloads of plans will help you recreate the Titanic and Hindenburg disasters by cutting out and folding…

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Faces as Artistic Objects - “BallPoints” by Levi van Veluw (GALLERY)Faces as Artistic Objects - “BallPoints” by Levi van Veluw (GALLERY)

Dutch artist Levi van Veluw’s “Landscape” and “Material Transfers” self portraits were featured on Trend Hunter a few months ago, where we explained that the concept of elemental transfers means that the…

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Digital Creationsim - Oilcorner's DeviantART (GALLERY)Digital Creationsim - Oilcorner's DeviantART (GALLERY)

Photoshopping has become almost impossible to detect thanks to spectacular software and amazing creativity. A fine example of this can be seen on oilcorner’s deviantART page - a self-proclaimed photo manipulator.…

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Manimal Sculptures - Prodigious Products by Rebeca Gilling (GALLERY)Manimal Sculptures - Prodigious Products by Rebeca Gilling (GALLERY)

Rebeca Gilling’s unusual human-animal hybrids are 3-D fantasy artwork. Some of her creations are mounted just like taxidermal work except that these were the figments of her fertile imagination.

One…

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Pantone Chip Mosaics - Manetones by Tim Fraser Brown (GALLERY)Pantone Chip Mosaics - Manetones by Tim Fraser Brown (GALLERY)

What do you do with over 5,000 unused pantone paint chips? Why make it into a picture! British artist Tim Fraser Brown created a cool reproduction of Édouard Manet’s ‘Bar at the Folies Bergere’ entirely…

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Street Art Body Ink - Banksy Tattoos (GALLERY)Street Art Body Ink - Banksy Tattoos (GALLERY)

When I started researching Banksy Tattos, I thought it would be a bit of a struggle - but I was SO wrong.

It appears having tattoos inspired by Banksy’s graffiti is actually very common. If you got one…

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Hay Stack Houses - The Watchhouse Brinta (GALLERY)Hay Stack Houses - The Watchhouse Brinta (GALLERY)

This piece of architecture made of haystacks is called the ‘Watchhouse Brinta’ and was created by Studio Makkink & Bey Tytsjerk.

The Watchhouse can be found sitting in a field somewhere in the Dutch…

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Giant Public Jewelry Art - Inges Idee's Shiny Installation (GALLERY)Giant Public Jewelry Art - Inges Idee's Shiny Installation (GALLERY)

Specialists of German art ,“Inges Idee”, created a public art display composed of jewelry outside the parking garage of a fashion shopping center called Karlsplatz in Düsseldorf.

The art, which is composed…

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Archaeological Dig Fashion - Knitted Shreds by Graham Tabor (GALLERY)Archaeological Dig Fashion - Knitted Shreds by Graham Tabor (GALLERY)

New York based knitwear designer Graham Tabor compares his work “to that of an archaeological dig.” His designs incorporate layers of knit fabrics, and translucent fabrics detailed with chain and hair…

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Visual Product Surgeries - Photographing Toothpaste Guts (GALLERY)Visual Product Surgeries - Photographing Toothpaste Guts (GALLERY)

Trend Hunter is fond of quirky photography, as you can see in the cluster of 25 quirky photography sets below. This Product Dissections project by Erik Boker is as quirky as they come and a great addition…

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Offensive Children's Clothes - The PeanutButter Mofo TShirtOffensive Children's Clothes - The PeanutButter Mofo TShirt

“Up yours! Give me my chocolate before I whoop your ass!” This “PeanutButter Motherfcker” t-shirt was designed by artist Jim Shaw for a 1996 DAM tour in Japan.

144 of these offensive children’s shirts…

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Animated da Vinci Paintings -  Peter Greenaway's Last Supper (VIDEO)Animated da Vinci Paintings - Peter Greenaway's Last Supper (VIDEO)

British film maker Peter Greenaway has produced an amazing new film on Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”. Using clever lighting, recorded singing and projectors, he brought new life to this famous…

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Film Noir Parodies - Disney Princesses as Sin City Characters (VIDEO)Film Noir Parodies - Disney Princesses as Sin City Characters (VIDEO)

Fans of the successful 2005 cult film noir “Sin City” will love the artwork of graphic artist, Curt Rapala. He was particularly drawn to the distinctive black and white imagery of the film with selective…

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Deer Cupcakes - Sweet Bambi Sculptures (GALLERY)Deer Cupcakes - Sweet Bambi Sculptures (GALLERY)

“Twinkle Twinkle Baby” is the name of Andrea Canalito’s delightful sculptures. The yummy looking and gigantic cup cakes complete with sprinkles were the bodies of baby deer. Only the fawns’ cute heads…

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