$35 Movie Tickets – Cinemas of the Future (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The question is: would you pay $35.00 a ticket for one movie?

Even if each complex will have theaters with digital projection to screen 2-D and 3-D movies, 40 reclining armchair seats, the ones with footrest, just like home? Except these seats have a service button to call a waiter. Why? Because p…

Celeb-Hunters Defend Their Craft


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The Atlantic magazine brought together a panel of gossip gurus and paparazzi to discuss their work and changes in the culture that supports it. "It's the Page Six-ification of America," said New York Post editor Richard Johnson.

It’s a Flickr Search Tool for Art Directors!

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This … this is amazing.

SF-based junior art director Bryan Denman built a flickr search bar for the advertising community. “It pulls in a flickr feed at speed (w/ some other tricks) so that an AD can quickly scour the site as a source for reference material,” he wrote.

Football Resistance: Net

Football Resistance: Net

Don’t let racism be part of the game.

Advertising Agency: CLM BBDO, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Creative Directors: Gilles Fichteberg, Jean-François Sacco
Art Directors / Copywriters: Céline Artigau, Nicolas Hurez
Illustrator: Nicolas Hurez
Published: March 2008

Urine-Powered Batteries – Aqua Power Survival Batteries

(TrendHunter.com) Ces 2008, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, held this year in Las Vegas showed some wonderful new electronic toys and gadgets, but also some very useful items. When you are an adventure traveller or love survival trips here is a very handy product for your outfit.

Who ever have b…

Zoo Hannover: Freedom Soldier

Zoo Hannover: Freedom Soldier

The zoo without bars.

Advertising Agency: Springer & Jacoby Hamburg, Germany
Creative Directors: Thomas Walmrath, Martin Wider
Art Director: Sven Klasen
Copywriter: Toni Selzer
Illustrator: Sonia Raeder
Other additional credits: Christian Behrends
Published: 2005

Siemens Hearing Instruments: Windchimes

Siemens Hearing Instruments: Windchimes

Start hearing life again.

Advertising Agency: Richter7, Salt Lake City, USA
Creative Director / Copywriter: Gary Sume
Art Director: Jeremy Oviatt
Illustrator: Hunter Sebresos
Executive Creative Director: Dave Newbold

Siemens Hearing Instruments: Turntable

Siemens Hearing Instruments: Turntable

Start hearing life again.

Advertising Agency: Richter7, Salt Lake City, USA
Creative Director / Copywriter: Gary Sume
Art Director: Jeremy Oviatt
Illustrator: Hunter Sebresos
Executive Creative Director: Dave Newbold

‘Hazard Lane’ is the Reason Why You’re Going into Foreclosure. Seriously.

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This is a game called Hazard Lane. It was put together by TAMBA for Landmark Information Group. (We like how the title tag says “Landmark Information Group Presents ‘Fair Game'” when the URL is hazardlane.co.uk, and “Hazard Lane” is emblazoned in green across the top of the page. Somebody must’ve missed an email.)

Siemens Hearing Instruments: Violin

Siemens Hearing Instruments: Violin

Start hearing life again.

Advertising Agency: Richter7, Salt Lake City, USA
Creative Director / Copywriter: Gary Sume
Art Director: Jeremy Oviatt
Illustrator: Hunter Sebresos
Executive Creative Director: Dave Newbold

Retro Block iPod Speaker – Old Toys New Uses (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Who would have thought that our old toys would one day, way in the future, be playing our tunes? These fun speakers require no batteries for they run off the iPod’s energy. The Plus signs are your speakers with volume buttons in between. Works with all iPod varieties.

Two Unusual Lamps – MYBrain + Enlightenment (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here at Trend Hunter, we always bring you creative out-of-the-box designs. And these two unique lamps are certainly not your usual boring table lamps.

The MYBrain lamp is literally a replica of the designer’s brain. Using an MR scan of his own brain, designer Alexander Lervik processed the image th…

Hallmark Channel on the Upswing


If 2007 was a booming year for the Hallmark Channel, 2008 is poised to be a boomer year. The cable network made its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on March 25. The network, which saw ad revenues increase by 28.1% from $204 million in 2006 to $245.9 million in 2007, announced plans to produce 30 original movies by year's end.

Imagine If the World Was Made of Bubble Wrap

Wouldn’t it be delightful? You could fling yourself at walls. Roll down stairs. Jump off skyscrapers. (Well … no, not really. But at least there wouldn’t be a mess all over the concrete.) Yeah, a bubble wrap world would…

Aston Martin Makes Richards Out of Dicks, MILFs Out of Moms

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Being a predominently image-conscious, ego-driven society, it’s natural that car advertising…since Henry Ford cranked out the Model T… focus heavily on what a car can do for one’s self image

Pen Power Used to Market Wacom

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Witness The Power of the Pens, the last leg of an email marketing campaign for Wacom by eROI. Wacom makes pen tablets and interactive displays for inputting graphics into computers.

Glass Cone Speakers – Aura by Paul Scarfe (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Paul Scarfe conceived this glass cone-shaped speaker he named “Aura”.

The cone shape is believed to be a sound enhancer and an effective way for sound to travel and project itself.

“By using molded glass to focus and precisely deliver the high frequencies(treble), and the standard bott…

Dr. Pepper Supports Chinese Democracy. Oh, the Horror!

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Uh Oh. Another PR faux paux.

Home Monitoring Computers – ProsperPC (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) ProsperPC is a home system designed to monitor the status of your home.

Every room in the house and utilities like lights and water throughout the home are monitored to keep waste in check and to regulate the use of energy. ProsperPC will alert the home owner of any potentially dangerous activitie…

Street Art History Lessons – Pure Evil Pearly Kings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I love these Pearly Kings & Queens which are popping up all over London – and are by a street artist known as Pure Evil. This work, found on a church hoarding, infuses the London tradition of the Pearly Kings and Queens (started in 1875) alongside stencil sprayed butterflies whose wings spell out Pu…