Creative Toilet Signs – Bathroom Humor (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These toilet signs are so funny, and so very creative! I particularly like the sign with the underwear and the one made with rope. But I think all five of the toilet signs are very well made. I have a gripe though. I don’t think looking at something I find humorous would help me in the least while I…

Fashion that Gives Directions II – Michael Chen’s Reactiv

(TrendHunter.com) London design student Michael Chen came up with a concept for a jacket for bicycle riders he calls the Reactiv. This jacket uses a accelerometer to track movement. The high-tech garment has LEDs (light emitting diodes) on the sleeves that change colors depending on the cyclist’s actions–such as gre…

Baby Strollers with Skates – The Roller Ruby

(TrendHunter.com) The “Roller Ruby” stroller designed by Valentin Vodev, is a good idea so long as you don’t drink and drive with the baby on board.

Failed attempts at humor aside, this stroller, which comes with brakes, horn and security handlebars, tries to make a fun experience out of taking the cute little spaw…

Bottle Holsters – The Wine Quiver

(TrendHunter.com) Leave the brown paper bag at home! Graf & Lantz has designed a stylish “Quiver” for wine transport.

The Quiver keeps the bottle cool and protected for a day at the beach or a visit to friends.

“The Quiver is made of elegant bi-color 3/16” (5mm) thick merino felt and vegetable tanned leather deta…

Award-Winning PSAs – Animated Amnesty International “Signatures” (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The “Signatures” animated PSA for Amnesty International has just won the Grand Prix at the International Advertising Association (IAA)’s first Socially Responsible Communications Awards 2008.

The 140 seconds ad which was created by TBWA ad agency, Paris with the message, “Your signature is more pow…

Solar Balloons – Sunhope (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The award-winning Sunhope project by Joseph Cory and aerospace engineer Dr. Pini Gurfil is a breakthrough low-cost easily-deployable system that collects solar energy with a minuscule environmental footprint.

Traditional solar systems require vast resources: high initial investments, large land req…

Paper Wallets- Recyclable Accessories by Tyvek (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These paper wallets made by Tyvek are actually made of “thousands of long plastic fibers creating a surface that is both lightweight and durable yet super thin and tear resistant” says dynomighty. They add, “A secret storage area can be used by pulling out the tucked in flaps from the ends, place yo…

Fantasy Portrait Mirrors – The Mr. & Thug Life Adds Tattoos & Moustache (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fantasize about having a moustache or a “thug look”?

These cool “one-of-a-kind” silk-screened hand mirrors by designer Julie Ruiz give the chance to live your fantasy with an instant makeover.

Each signed and dated piece is cut from mirrored Plexiglas in one of two designs: The silver “The Mr.” …

Overprotective Censor Robots


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Today: what’s wrong with the word “analysis” that it had to be partially bleeped out by asterisks into “***ysis”? Or was it “paralysis”? Or “dialysis”? (Found on Webby’s site, People’s Choice voting section).

Tomorrow: cell phone software that bleeps out naughty syllables from conversations in real time.

Duct Tape Art – From Fashion to Sculptures (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Duct tape art is quite the novelty.

The medium is durable, and much cleaner that clay or paper mache. Maybe not as malleable, but still unique as an art supply.

A quick Internet search led me to an article in Freestyle magazine (Volume 15, Issue 6), advertising an annual duct tape festival in Av…

[Book] Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

If there were an award for the most popular PowerPoint graph, it would definitely go to Forrester’s social technographics ladder. Now, two Forrester analysts behind the report have an entire book out, and it’s called Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. You can get a taste of what’s inside from an article the authors wrote for MIT Sloan Management Review in February, or from book blog. I’m looking forward to the wealth of case studies the authors have amassed.

Groundswell is on Amazon for $19.77.

Recyclable Chic Furniture – Beth Fuller’s Junkture Table

(TrendHunter.com) The Junkture Table is yet another example that furniture made from recycled material does not have to look like crap. This chic table’s centerpiece was made from a magnesium wheel rim that was recovered from a junkyard in NYC. This rim was then covered with black glass for that avant garde, urban ch…

Bollore’s Aegis request looks doubtfall after poor Havas performance

LONDON – Unimpressive results at Vincent Bollore’s Havas will do little to persuade Aegis Group shareholders to vote in favour of his latest proposal for board representation, according to a report.

The Sun is red top bright spot as Mirror falls

LONDON – The Sun was the only UK national daily paper to post a year-on-year rise circulation last month, according to the latest ABC figures.

Proximity unveils print campaign for Uncle Ben’s

LONDON – Proximity London has created a print campaign for Uncle Ben’s as part of a £1 million launch for the new Stir-Fry range.

Twitter for iPhone – Twinkle with Geo-Action

(TrendHunter.com) All you Twitter fanatics can rejoice. Twinkle, an iPhone Twitter client with “Locate Me” features, has just been released on Installer.app.

Now people can know WHAT you are doing, and WHERE you are doing it!

Twinkle utilizes the iPhone’s location feature to add location data to your entries. How…

Rip Curl airs surfing quest on Eurosport

LONDON – Rip Curl and Eurosport have launched an integrated online and on-air marketing campaign to promote a new TV series about a group of surfers searching for the perfect wave.

Artistic Energy Monitors – FlowerPod (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Katrine Rafn Knudsen has come up with an artistic playful way to display your energy consumption and remind you to conserve power and reduce your carbon footprint via a computer program and a decorative piece combo.

The computer program monitors your usage and gives you advice on reducing …

Green Parking Spaces – The Santa Monica Civic Center Makes Own Energy

(TrendHunter.com) The Santa Monica Civic Center parking is the first parking space with LEED certified parking structure on the planet says ecofriend. LEED is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System which is the national standard by which a green building is judged. Buildings ar…

For ‘Gossip Girl,’ Modesty Is So Last Season


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The CW network really needs to succeed in tempting viewers back to watch the first new episodes of its flagship program "Gossip Girl." To that end, ads, online video promotions and outdoor billboards will feature characters from the program locked in passionate embraces, with the text message "OMFG" superimposed on top.