(TrendHunter.com) This is a bit of a strange one I was forwarded at work. The images are from a condom fashion show in China. I don’t know a lot more than that, but the pictures are AMAZING. If I was to guess, I would say it is about promoting safe sex.
Condom Couture – Guilin Fashion Show (GALLERY) (TREND HUN…
Cuba announced on Friday that it will allow Cubans the unrestricted use of mobile telephones for the first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access to consumer goods.
Cuba has the lowest rate of cellular telephone use in Latin America with the service been mainly restricted until now to foreigners and government officials.
The Cuban telecommunications monopoly ETECSA said it would begin mobile phone service for the general public in the next few days.
“ETECSA is able to offer mobile phone service to the public,” it said in a statement published in the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
Many Cubans have for long wanted access to cellular phones and hoped it would be among the first steps taken by Raul Castro, who took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro as Cuba’s first new leader in almost half a century on February 24.
Some Cubans have mobile phone service in the name of foreigners or their work places. They will now be able to put the contract in their own names, ETECSA said.
It said the new service would be paid for in hard currency in order to fund the development of Cuba’s telecommunications systems and extend land line telephone services. Reuters reports
(TrendHunter.com) Levis has ventured into the wireless phone business. Most of us are used to and familiar with Levis other products such their jeans, T-shirts, shoes, etc. Recently however, Levis, put out a very limited edition of a cell phone called the Red Tab.
The Red Tab comes with MP3 player, stereo bluetooth…
It’s turning out to be the Year of the Tongue in advertising. We had the loutish Coke Zero tongues, Burger King’s excited morning tongue, and Hyundai’s long dog tongue. Now, we get a spicy jumping tongue in a new U.K. spot by AMV BBDO for Doritos Chili Heatwave chips. This new ad is most similar to the old Tooheys Extra Dry spot, in that the organ flees its owner in search of liquid relief. On the subject of generally distressed tongues, see this AdFreak post from June 2005, which was originally about Altoids sour gum but has since become a little community of healing for consumer mouths ravaged by all sorts of spicy gums and candies.
—Posted by Tim Nudd
Another print ad execution for Alka Seltzer from JWT Bangkok, Thailand. Confusing since BBDO Bangkok just did this awesome high-speed stroboscopic photography style campaign which easily falls under the category “teh ossom“. So who in Bangkok has the alka-seltzer account, I wonder? Everybody?
(TrendHunter.com) For the first time in history, pawn shops in Paris that normally only accept antique family heirlooms are accepting wine. According to experts, the Credit Municipal de Paris is located in a building that “happens to have 18th century cellars below ground, providing the perfect storage area for the…
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — The impressive "Frontline" documentary "Bush's War" on PBS got lost in the ratings shuffle as other networks bombarded viewers with singing amateurs, dancing stars, a Britney guest appearance and other lighthearted fare.
Brian Morrissey is a journalist in the employ of Adweek.
Here’s some randy creative for Hot Video by CLM BBDO, Paris. The piece at left reads “Don’t worry, both candidates get the secretary job.” Wallpaper-style background shares what-all went on between the lines.
What do you get when you mix a New York-style pizza brand…in Holland…with the Italian mafia?
Last Exit To Nowhere is “home to a collection of unique shirt designs which are inspired and pay homage to some of the most memorable places, corporations and companies in modern fiction – from the sunny shores of Amity Island (Jaws) to the frozen climes of Outpost #31 (The Thing).”
That’s right, show your movie-geekdom on your chest kids. My fave T-shirt depicted on the left. What kind of movies do I like? 🙂 Oh yeah! Zombie films!
(TrendHunter.com) Really interesting what Time Out New York has been doing lately. In each issue there are real-world ways to meet and hang out with the editors, writers and staff of the magazine.
The magazine was starting to feel somewhat corporate, but this brings it back to the streets where it all started. For …
I'd like Asian-American agency and community leaders to take note of a couple of new commercials that are airing on TV. These spots give me hope that mass-market advertising firms do have the ability to create simple but memorable ads that don't resort to the tiresome old stereotypes that can malign a whole population of people.
(TrendHunter.com) How many pixels?
It all started on my first computer. What resolution should I set my screen to? Oh, that damn pixel is dead, it ruins the view. Now pixels are an integral part of our everyday life. How many pixels is that camera on your phone? How many pixels on the LCD screen of your phone, mult…
(TrendHunter.com) The Polaroid may be nearing extinction, with none to be produced again, but Jeremy Kost refuses to swap his clunky camera to join the rest of the world in digital photography.
Whether or not you consider 20 ft tall men in their underwear making funny faces art or not, the fact of the matter is tha…
(TrendHunter.com) A digital clock and a chess set. But what I like the most about this ingenious gadget is its beautiful design. I’m a sucker for a pretty design even if I don’t care for the product.
The digital clock’s interface, with its funky looking screen, is a great idea and it gives the gadget a “personality…
(TrendHunter.com) One of the Wal-mart billionaires decided that the world wide headquarters for Wal-mart, Bentonville, Arkansas, needed a world-class art institution.
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will be dedicated to American art and artists. Over 100,000 square feed with a 25 seat auditorium will be …
(TrendHunter.com) Amazon’s BookSurge has been getting a lot of buzz, as it could potentially change the print-on-demand industry.
BookSurge allows anyone to ship them their books, Amazon will warehouse them and then sell and ship them through the site.
“According to talks with several pod houses, BookSurge has tol…
Our first reaction after viewing these three new ads by Lowe Strateus for Miss Epil was “what the hell is that guy doing stuck in the jungle?”
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