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In one of the most innovative ads we’ve featured, HP organized a guerrilla marketing campaign for its photo paper.

The urban installations were created by Publicis of Malaysia and were comprised of “holes” in the city. Each black hole was made of paper and strategically placed around the city to f…

After a few weeks of teasers and trailers, Nike finally released the 2-minute full version of the “Take it to the Next Level” spot after it aired on broadcast via ITV at the beginning of today’s Manchester United game.

The spot is directed by Guy Ritchie of Lock Stock & Snatch fame, who is no stranger to branded films. Several years back, he directed the 10-min. short, “The Hire: Star” featuring Madonna & Clive Owen for the BMW films series.

As anticipated, this spot is pretty impressive. Definitely falls in line with the overall Nike image of late. I’m curious to see of there’s any further integration of the spot into any of Nike’s advertising, beyond being featured (in high quality) on the Nike Football Homepage. Either way, it’s okay — the Guy Ritchie fanboy in me is satisfied.

(TrendHunter.com) If you are in Paris and see a strange guy drawing very quickly on a small ticket, don’t worry, you’ve just encountered Luc Grateau! The artist uses old Metro tickets as a canvas to create miniature portraits of fellow passengers riding the Parisian subway.

“Every day in Paris, you see dozens of …

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — When "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" opens worldwide May 22, so will a lot of Dr Pepper cans in the States. And while the promotional relationship is designed to be mutually beneficial, it clearly helps Dr Pepper more than Dr. Jones.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AdAge.com) — Ad agency chiefs used to hearing doomsday forecasts for their business model heard very different calls from two industry leaders at the American Association of Advertising Agencies' 2008 Leadership Conference here.

YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) — Move over, family-friendly video gaming: The next edition of "Grand Theft Auto" is here. And "Grand Theft Auto IV," arriving after years of a franchise drought with plenty of grown-up violence, profanity and prostitution, is expected to lift the entire industry even further, while putting the spotlight firmly back on the core gamer audience.

(TrendHunter.com) Actress Uma Thurman was recently featured in an editorial spread as well as in an interviewed by Another Magazine. I love photography by Craig McDean, particularly the butterfly motif as a symbol of rebirth symbol. The way McDean featured it as an imitation monocle is quite beautiful.

The theme, an…

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine: You’re standing in the metro, the guy behind you levels his mobile phone to the back of your shirt and at that moment, you get a chit with his number. Uuuhhh! Either, you’re one of the rare 5% of extraordinarily stunning people of the world or you’re wearing a T-Shirt by Emma Cott.

Due to …

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re thinking, “The return of polka dot dress? But that look didn’t go anywhere.” I’m here to let you know that yes, it did. But it’s back, so if you were still rocking the look, you’re in luck, because you’re back in style!

In fact, dresses in general are returning in a number of patterns an…

(TrendHunter.com) This funky handbag with built in solar panels is one hot purse! While the first handbags with solar-powered functionality to hit the market were for the most part ugly, the designs are starting to pick up.

This red suede handbag with blue panel and brown leather straps is the creation of C’N’C Cos…