(TrendHunter.com) It’s official: the simplest things are the hardest. Look at this, a Tandem umbrella, of course! Why did we ever try to fit under one single umbrella in the pouring rain? One of us was destined to get wet!
The umbrella for two was designed by Jasmine Raznahan and Mark Owens for those who are inse…
(TrendHunter.com) One of the hardest parts about being a student is the cost of education. Textbooks alone cost hundreds of dollars, adding up to thousands throughout their schooling. So how about eliminating that cost entirely and making them free?
Several companies around the world are already doing it including …
(TrendHunter.com) Hello, beautiful!
Samsung has unveiled a brand new touch screen phone, the top premium model in its AnyCall Series:AnyCall Haptic.
AnyCall Haptic sports a new UI that is specifically designed for users to enjoy a rich combination of visual, acoustic, and touch sensations with support of a full dr…
How would you like to have a car, for about $1.50 a day? In Germany and Austria, you can have a car to cruise around in and it won’t cost you more than a euro a day.
LaudaMotion offers people Smart cars, the only catch is that they’re plastered in ads. If you don’t mind riding around in a mobile d…
(TrendHunter.com) This is not the first inhuman babysitter, but the new robot recently “employed” at the famous Fukuoka Japanese department store is the perfect godsend for shopaholic parents with kids.
The 1.4-meter tall robot with a colorful yellow / white outfit was developed by Tmsuk and features an integrated p…
(TrendHunter.com) Combining functionality with a fluid design, the Voyage Barbeque Grid, specially designed for people who enjoy outdoor barbeques, got all your needs covered. The moveable outdoor barbecue ensemble sports a complete range of equipment and furniture integrated into its design.
Voyage includes a barbe…
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AdAge.com) — Procter & Gamble Co. has agreed to buy prestige hair-care brand Frederic Fekkai for an undisclosed sum, bolstering the company's offerings in high-end hair care and potentially opening a new front in professional or mass hair care, too.
Give the kids something better to play with.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, New Delhi, India
Creative Director: Lobsang Wangchen
Art Directors: Lobsang Wangchen, Iraj Fraz Batla
Copywriter / Illustrator: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: October 2007
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide CEO Kevin Roberts' icy stance toward Tony Granger, outgoing chief creative officer of the ad network's New York office, appears to be thawing.
Give the kids something better to play with.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, New Delhi, India
Creative Director: Lobsang Wangchen
Art Directors: Lobsang Wangchen, Iraj Fraz Batla
Copywriter / Illustrator: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: October 2007
Remember that van that looked like it was dipped into the dyeing vat of a private school uniform purveyor? Last year it motored up and down the East Coast to convert heathens to Web 2.0; this year it’s going West.
More people die in road accidents than in wars. Drive Safely.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Delhi, India
Art Director: Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: November 2007
More people die in road accidents than in wars. Drive Safely.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Delhi, India
Art Director: Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: November 2007
More people die in road accidents than in wars. Drive Safely.
Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, Delhi, India
Art Director: Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Iraj Fraz Batla
Published: November 2007
(TrendHunter.com) Steampunk mania describes the modern design movement which seeks inspiration from the era in which steam power dominated.
Faking the antique appearance of the Victorian era devices has become a widely used element of modern art and design. Aside from a heavy use of brass, etching, and copper-plati…
From Ad Age:
Hal Riney, the legendary adman whose work influenced presidential campaigns and whose vision helped shape auto marketing and many other aspects of the business, died yesterday of cancer. He was 75.
During his career of almost 50 years, Mr. Riney developed advertising around the notion that understatement sold better than overstatement, and any conclusions about a product were better left to the audience. He also pushed against advertising that was intrusive or insulting, and he wasn’t ashamed of ads that made people laugh or cry.
Here now, a tribute to that voice:
Sorry that with a quick search I could only find Reagan spots, but hey, only Hal Riney had a voice that was better than Ronald Reagan’s.
R.I.P. Hal.
UPDATE: Okay, here’s one for First Union:
And one for Gallo:
(TrendHunter.com) How would you like to have a car, for about $1.50 a day? In Germany and Austria, you can have a car to cruise around in and it won’t cost you more than a euro a day.
LaudaMotion offers people Smart cars, the only catch is that they’re plastered in ads. If you don’t mind riding around in a mobile d…
When is shockvertising just too shocking? What sort of parameters, if any, should be delineated to mark the division between so-called cutting edge, out of the box advertising and just plain garbage with a very high shocking value designed to call attention to a product by whatever means necessary? …
There’s just something about follow ups to great work that, well, just fall flat. Not that this new Clemenger BBDO-created commercial for Carlton Draught is a bad ad but it’s no Big Ad.
The concept is a little convoluted, but Fergie and M.A.C. Cosmetics are working to tie together glamor and sexual responsibility with the Viva Glam VI campaign.
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