Citroen sticks with Teutonic theme for C5 Tourer campaign

LONDON – Citroen is sticking with its controversial ‘Unmistakably German, made in France’ strategy for the launch of the C5 Tourer.

Moral Lessons From Animals – Madrid Zoo: How to Be People (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This new ad campaign for the Madrid Zoo shows us what humans can learn from the animal kingdom. The print ads, which were created by Sra Rushmore United ad agency, Madrid, show a side-by-side portraya…

Windows 7 Demo – Gates Reveals Multi-Touch OS Integration (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Forget about traditional computing and PC interface, Microsoft is taking the excitement of the Surface and iPhone multi-touch and integrating it with their next operating system. Bill Gates and Steve …

Own A Retro Airline Food Cart – Flight001 Trolleys (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Now you can own an authentic, retro piece of aviation history for $1,450. Flight001 has managed to acquire a line on original food trolleys that have been used on various airlines, from the exterior p…

First Ad Industy Rock Band Party A Success

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Last week, Fuel Industries’ Sean MacPhedran, Oddcasts’s Emily Twomey and Desedo’s Michael Hastings hosted Rock Band Night, the first of a monthly series of parties for the advertising industry.

Royal Marsden hires Partners for fundraising brief

LONDON – The Royal Marsden has hired direct agency Partners Andrews Aldridge to raise money to build and equip a new children’s and young adults cancer care unit.

Ocean’s £5.5m deal will fund expansion

LONDON – Ocean Outdoor has sold a stake in the company to private equity outfit Smedvig Capital in a £5.5m deal that the outdoor operator claims will help fund the acquisition of new sites.

Lenovo: Hand

Lenovo: Hand

Presenting the ThinkPad X300. The lightest, thinnest ThinkPad ever.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Bangalore, India
Creative Directors: Rod Vallis, Gautam Dev
Art Director: Jeyananth Velusamy
Copywriter: Melvin Jacob John
Published: April 2008

FT promotes Pilling to editor of Asia edition

LONDON – The Financial Times has promoted David Pilling to Asia editor, replacing Victor Mallet who has been made Madrid bureau chief.

Detective: Body

Detective: Body

The crime and mystery magazine.

Advertising Agency: Grey Milano, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Francesco Emiliani
Art Director: Stefano Fantini
Photographer: Francesco Nencini
Copywriter: Francesca Andriani
Via: bestadsontv

Detective: Skull

Detective: Skull

The crime and mystery magazine.

Advertising Agency: Grey Milano, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Francesco Emiliani
Art Director: Stefano Fantini
Photographer: Francesco Nencini
Copywriter: Francesca Andriani
Via: bestadsontv

Sky told to drop BT advert

LONDON – Sky has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) from using a national press ad for its Sky Talk service.

Interactive Human Body Museum – Corpus (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Along the A44 highway, between Amsterdam and The Hague, sits a giant, human-shaped building. It is the home of Corpus, a tactile interactive museum experience that takes visitors through the spaces in…

See-Through Furniture – Louis Ghost Chairs

(TrendHunter.com) With its clear structure, the Louis Ghost Chairs by Philippe Starck brings to mind images of Cinderella’s glass slippers.

The transparent polycarbonate Louis XV–style chairs are intended for indoo…

Mini Green Supercars – Ignacio Garcia M-112 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Spanish designer Ignacio Garcia conceived the M-112 which is a tiny, eco-friendly prototype concept car. Garcia is part of the EcoCustom Team that took part in the last annual competition of the Shell…

It’s Impressive, Right?

Stuart Elliott points to Coors Light’s efforts to reach beer drinkers on Facebook, MySpace and YouTube.

When it comes to the new media, “Everyone, particularly in offline businesses like ours, is still in a very experimental phase,” Andy England, chief marketing officer at Coors Brewing, said. “We, along with our agencies, are trying to learn what works best and expand on those ideas.”

For instance, “if you put a viral video out there,” Mr. England said, like the “perfect pour” clips posted on YouTube, “How long should it be? How branded should it be?”

Here are some other questions for England and his team…

How shaky should the camera be? How many plants (a.k.a. actors) should appear in the video. How much time do the creatives on our account spend on YouTube?

Musical Suits – The Pacer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A few frills here and there, a well-placed ribbon, and the Pacer musical suit will easily turn into must-have evening attire for hard core ravers. This concept suit responds to electrical pulses creat…

Hyundai appoints Cullis as new head of marketing

LONDON – South Korean car marque Hyundai has appointed Andrew Cullis as UK marketing director.

Aluminium Tubing Chairs – Quarta by Mario Botta

(TrendHunter.com) This radically designed chair is made from aluminium tubing with PVC spacers. It is not clear if the chair is foldable, but it would be a great asset. However, its sleek modern look will grace contemp…

Syed Navqi joins Grey London

LONDON – Jon Williams, Grey London’s recently appointed chief creative officer, has hired Syed Naqvi to the newly created position of head of delivery.