(TrendHunter.com) A strain of marijuana in California has been baptized as the “Tom Cruise Purple” and is promoted with a label showing a picture of the actor laughing like a crazy person; Cruise and his reps are not exactly elated about this. The weed in question can be found in clubs where marijuana is used legal…
(TrendHunter.com) The F50 TUNiT is the new customizable hi-tech Adidas boot unveiled recently in the UAE.
The boot allows players to choose among the different looks the shoes has to offer.
“Choose the fit and comfort level by inserting your preferred chassis,” says launchwire.com.
“This hi-tech boot is the thi…
(TrendHunter.com) This is a French ad for the Discovery Channel that says, “Coming soon, Horror Night on Discovery Channel.â€
This is pretty funny! I like the “shrunken head” effect as the three people cower and shrivel up inside their clothes.
(TrendHunter.com) Honeyee just unveiled an amazing feature for the new Number (N)ine Spring/Summer 2008 collection with breath-taking “Bird” inspired photography and capturing movement.
(TrendHunter.com) Brace yourself for another online addiction! Vivaty, a 3D virtual chat system, is a really fun way to enhance your social networking experience. Vivaty works with just about all popular social networking sites and lets you chat live, complete with a Second-Life style avatar! Imagine — your REAL Fac…
(TrendHunter.com) Dear God is one of the most touching sites I’ve come across. Even if you’re not particularly religious or even spiritual, the site will speak to your heart. People go to this site to pour out their inner most feelings, pains, hopes and prayers. I couldn’t imagine anyone would not feel moved when the…
Surrogate advertising happens when the brand extension is seen as a guise for a product that is almost non-existent in commercial terms.
(Source) MyNews.in
So just when you think it is the end for these vices, a sudden light over the horizon looms for brands with similar ones associated with aggressive advertisers today. But the real question is up to when will this be.
(TrendHunter.com) Oh, how I love creative subtle advertising like this PLAYB0Y outdoors billboard in Germany.
The challenge was to create a billboard that makes men aware of PLAYB0Y in a subtle unusual way using the idea of “PLAY, BOY!” without using nudity.
The Philipp und Keuntje ad agency, Hamburg, Germany came …
(TrendHunter.com) Koleston’s ads always merit a second look; they’re so creative, and they’re also award-winning. At first glance, this photo looks like an image of a very full pair of cherry red lips. The ad is for Koleston Hair Colours, so it makes sense that when you take a closer look, the image is actually of so…
(TrendHunter.com) Google wants to leverage the real estate publishers have allocated to display their ads by giving readers more ads at their option. Have you noticed the little < > arrows? They will let you scroll to get more contextually appropriate ads to click on. With click through rates falling rapidly, Google…
(TrendHunter.com) Alright, I’ve found out that this “trend” is nothing new but, I’ve never seen nor heard of it – Viagra Ice Cream. Is it Viagra-flavored or is it Viagra-infused or is it just blue? The ice cream in these pictures come from Japan and Hungary which are known for their unique flavors but, come on… a m…
(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a bit of memorabilia for Barbie fans who are now all grown up, with bigger bank accounts, yet with a continued fascination with the epitome of girly pop culture icons.
This Barbie necklace costs a small fortune, with prices getting up to $15,000. I could see this doing well in the Asian mar…
(TrendHunter.com) Although boobs are probably the number one used body part in advertising, the ass does get its fair share of attention as well. It even has its own “assvertising” ad gimmick name.
Here we bring you five billboard ads utilizing the ass to sell various products, from jeans and clothes to gym membersh…
(TrendHunter.com) Instead of turning the nearest flat surface into your mobile office, Michael Kritzer designed this four-wheeled Digital Office Assistant so you can have a productive work environment that truly is mobile.
This system is not only a great space for laptops, but also for accommodating a hard drive, a…
(TrendHunter.com) USB toys are all over the place and USB the size of storage is getting increasingly larger. Eventually it would be nice to know how much storage space is left on a USB, preferably before you start to download data.
The designer, Mac Funamizu, a Tokyo-based web and graphic designer, needs an angel …
(TrendHunter.com) Designers have a lot of fun with coffee cups and mugs, weird shapes and handles – but none really try to improve the utility of the mug. Here’s a design that takes into account that lips are used in the drinking of coffee. This design has a small indentation around the rim of the cup to prevent spil…
(TrendHunter.com) Tres funky! Scheduled to be shown at the historical Milanese Gallery on April 16th, Ryan Frank’s creation ‘ZiG’ is a modular display/storage system made from solid bamboo. It’s set on caster wheels which allows for ease of movement which in turn allows you to be creative in the way you link th…
(TrendHunter.com) I have seen my share of mediocre and poorly executed ads, but this one takes the cake hands down.
I am all for being intrigued by an unusual image, but there is a big difference between an intriguing ad and a confusing one. And these ads for Biopiscinas pool cleaning products fall in the latter cat…
(TrendHunter.com) Gee it’s Nano everything and people with big fingers may not like these. Peter Hwang’s small concept for the Apple iPod has a ‘Home’ button that when touched allows browsing the same way as with the iPhone. Docked to the mini speaker cradle, you can simultaneously send and receive data in the i…
As if Rick Astley wasn’t getting enough inexplicable renewed popularity, here’s a bit more. A brilliant digg user decided to solicit the help of fellow dig users on a level of epic proportion when he discovered that the New York Mets are holding a contest to vote for the 8th inning sing-a-long song. Potential to be quite possibly the largest Rickrolling of all time.
And for those not too familiar with the concept of Rick Rolling, here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia:
Around the year 2003, an Internet prank known as “rickrolling” appeared involving misleading links redirecting to the music video. It increased in popularity as a 2008 April Fool’s Day joke through various media, including YouTube rickrolling all of its featured videos on that day, and a website allowing people to Rickroll their friends phones.
In ‘a couple of weeks’, about 13 million people had been ‘rickrolled’ into watching Astley’s video, the BBC reported on 1 April, 2008.”I think it’s just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it,” Astley told the Los Angeles Times in late March 2008, adding: “That’s what’s brilliant about the internet.”
So now the link has been dugg over 8000 times, and it’s spreading on fark and 4chan as well. Tomorrow is the final day to vote. It’s certainly a very real possibility that the NY Mets (and fans) may have just been Rickrolled like never before. Which says a good deal for internet memes and the significance of internet users (like those on digg) in swaying public polls – and who knows what else. Just something to think about while you try to imagine a packed Shae Stadium sinning “never gonna give you up…”
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