Creature Tosses Some Shit Our Way

If you have yet to join Ad Club Seattle, this spot from Creature might persuade you.

Japanese Hayfever Pods – Pollen Robots

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever had the misfortune of suffering from hayfever, you know those afflicted will no just about anything to avoid the frustratingly uncomfortable symptoms.

Pod-shaped Pollen Robot are being sent out by a Tokyo weather forecasting company to monitor the levels of allergen-causing particle…

Electronic Tees Recharge With Hugs – 8-Bit Dynamic Life Shirt

(TrendHunter.com) Are you a techie? Is your significant other into tech too? Then you need to score this clever pair of T-shirts and light up your love this Valentines.

If you are separated by a few feet, 2 1/2 hearts will light up. But when you get within hugging distance, the pixelated hearts on the 8-Bit Dynamic…

Gawker Crowns ’25 Most Memorable Super Bowl Ads’

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Gawker has put together a nice list of commercials it’s dubbed “The 25 Most Memorable Super Bowl Ads.”

Beijing National Aquatics Center – Water Cube (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The count down to the 2008 Summer Olympics is getting tighter as the Beijing games approach. In an effort to prepare the city for its international tourism explosion, Beijing has been erected some phenomenal structures including the new Water Cube.

The National Aquatics Center, as it’s also known,…

Chocolate Laptop (Part II) – Swiss Post Marketing Campaign

In this era of electronic communication which caused a huge decline in postal services worldwide, nobody is imagining that the execution of a direct mail campaign can have a tremendous influence on the sales results of a company. As long as gadgets, samples and free gifts can not be pushed through t…

Adrants Plagiarizes Agency Spy’s Love For UK Levi’s Campaign

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There are a few of these, but here’s our favorite from a series of new print ads from BBH UK for Levi’s.

News Brief: BBC appointment

MEDIA: The BBC has appointed the deputy MD of Henry’s House as its new head of press for BBC1. Julian Payne will take up the role in mid March, replacing Jane Fletcher, who resigned after last year’s ‘Crowngate’ affair, when the Queen was misleadingly shown storming out of a photo shoot.

Shine to highlight ginger beer mixer

Soft drink brand Old Jamaica Ginger Beer has hired Shine Communications as it seeks to target its new diet variant at chic young women.

Haugen gets V-P role at Edelman

Burson-Marsteller’s former European creative director has joined Edelman in a similar role.

Beware of bloggers, Dell boss warns conference

Computer giant Dell is making a concerted effort to engage with bloggers since it was caught out by a PR crisis.

Dating site nabs a bit of Mischief

The UK’s largest online dating site has brought in Mischief PR as its strives to stand out in an increasingly competitive market.

Agencies in place for big summer music festivals

The O2 Wireless Festival and the Big Chill have reviewed their PR arrangements ahead of the 2008 summer season.

Midlands agency for house builder

The UK’s largest house builder has turned to a regional agency to communicate new brand values.

Starbucks in CSR push as report predicts cutbacks

Starbucks is creating a new post of UK head of comms and corporate social responsibility (CSR), in an attempt to build a ‘greater understanding of the brand’.

Taylor Herring boosts sumo.tv

Taylor Herring is to promote a popular ‘short attention span’ online TV channel run by Loaded magazine founder James Brown.