2 in 1 Luxury Mobiles – Dior Phone

(TrendHunter.com) Not to be outdone by Prada, Giorgio Armani or Dolce & Gabbana who recently had their own branded phones, Christian Dior unveiled a line of fashion mobile phones targeting the brand-obsessed consumers with prices starting at $5,000.

Besides the standard cellphone features (touchscreen, camera, multi…

National Centre for Domestic Violence: Slamming

National Centre for Domestic Violence: Slamming

Contains scenes of dad slamming mum’s head against the wall when dinner was late.
Children see up to 90% of attacks in the home.

Advertising Agency: JWT London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Russell Ramsey
Art Director: Ross Callow
Copywriter: Simon Bullett
Photographer: Adam Hinton
Typographer: Chris Hutton

National Centre for Domestic Violence: Dragged

National Centre for Domestic Violence: Dragged

Contains scenes of mum being dragged across the room by her hair screaming.
Children see up to 90% of attacks in the home.

Advertising Agency: JWT London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Russell Ramsey
Art Director: Ross Callow
Copywriter: Simon Bullett
Photographer: Adam Hinton
Typographer: Chris Hutton

Fashion Luggage – Travel in Style (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You’ve got an incredible sense of style, so why skip the opportunity to show your knack for personal flare when it comes to your luggage? While everyone else lugs their boring black suitcases, you can stand out from the crowd with a stylish travel bag?

Featured in the gallery is the Goyard trunks …

Pittsburgh sprouts up in the oddest places

Pedalpittsburghdetail Ever wonder if our universe is just an insignificant part of an infinitely larger, entirely incomprehensible reality—the proverbial atom in the fingernail of a giant? Ad agency Garrison Hughes is more concerned that Pittsburgh exists within the treads of a giant’s bicycle tire, and may be flattened if the giant decides to take part in the Pedal Pittsburgh cycling tour. See the full ad here. Oh well. Even if it’s true, at least it’s only Pittsburgh!

—Posted by David Gianatasio

iShares – Clear the Fog (2008) Digital Billboard (USA)

Agency Venables Bell & Partners sought the expertise of kaboom productions to help transform an empty Manhattan office building into a life-size advertising experience for client iShares – branch of Barclay’s Global Investors, market leader in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

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ITV hire Trinity’s Baker to lead Friends Reunited

LONDON – Friends Reunited has hired Trinity Mirror’s director of digital recruitment Andy Baker as managing director.

Valet Storage – The Box Butler (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Your move to a smaller apartment has the sentimental sap in you sweating in panic; you really don’t want to say goodbye to your boxes of prized useless possessions. The good news is, you won’t have to. Now that The Box Butler is here, you can now stop worrying.

Developed by New York-born designer, …

Sharmila’s Yoga Zone: Directions

Sharmila's Yoga Zone: Directions

Advertising Agency: Mindset Advertising, India
Copywriter: Jitendra B. Lulla
Art Director: Balamurugan S.
Photographers: Satya Prabhu, Bankupalli Ganesh
Creative Director: Mark Samuel

Friends Reunited rings changes as co-owners near £55m earn-out

LONDON – ITV has hired Trinity Mirror’s director of digital recruitment Andy Baker as managing director of its Friends Reunited business, as three of the senior management team depart with multimillion-pound earn-out bonuses.

Consumer-Created Assvertising – Voyages Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) One of the most basic things that even children know about advertising is that, as cliché as it is, sex sells. It really should come as no surprise then that that is the concept people came up with when entering a user-generated ad competition. It didn’t matter that the campaign was meant to be for…

Competing with Compatibility – Napster Rivals iTunes (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Steve Jobs better watch out, because Napster is giving Apple a run for their money.

This week, Napster launched a music-sharing portal on the web with over six million MP3s, a move that could seriously hurt rivals like iTunes.

For reference, iTunes also has around six million songs, but the major…

Indiana Jones LEGO – The Video Trailer

Fans of the Indiana Jones LEGO game and pop culture phenomenon trilogy films must be really excited about the Indy game to be dropped shortly after the fourth film- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- hits theaters in the USA on June 3rd. The latest trailer of the LEGO game includes …

Domain: Tenant

Domain: Tenant

Advertising Agency: The Furnace, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Rob Martin Murphy
Head of Art: Paul Fenton
Art Director: Paul Fenton, The Craftshop
Copywriters: Rob Martin Murphy, Paul Fenton
Illustration: The Craftshop
Photography: Per Ericson
Retoucher: Greg Smith
Published: February 2008

Domain: Inspect

Domain: Inspect

Advertising Agency: The Furnace, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Rob Martin Murphy
Head of Art: Paul Fenton
Art Director: Paul Fenton, The Craftshop
Copywriters: Rob Martin Murphy, Paul Fenton
Illustration: The Craftshop
Photography: Per Ericson
Retoucher: Greg Smith
Published: February 2008

Domain: Flatmate

Domain: Flatmate

Advertising Agency: The Furnace, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Rob Martin Murphy
Head of Art: Paul Fenton
Art Director: Paul Fenton, The Craftshop
Copywriters: Rob Martin Murphy, Paul Fenton
Illustration: The Craftshop
Photography: Per Ericson
Retoucher: Greg Smith
Published: February 2008

Ice for Gamers – Tetris Ice Cube Trays

(TrendHunter.com) These Tetris ice cube trays, designed by Martin Zampach, are the ultimate home necessities if you’ve ever been an old-school Tetris-lover. These trays are the best way to spice up a party, especially if your friends are geek-chic. These rubber trays make it easy to remove the ice, so your cubes wi…

Maktub Beverages Delivery: Cocktail

Maktub Beverages Delivery: Cocktail

Drinks for every occasion.

Advertising Agency: 141/Soho Square, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Director / Art Director: Luiz Tastaldi
Copywriter: Fabio Pinheiro
Photographer: Alê Torres
Published: January 2008

Maktub Beverages Delivery: Castaway

Maktub Beverages Delivery: Castaway

Drinks for every occasion.

Advertising Agency: 141/Soho Square, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Director / Art Director: Luiz Tastaldi
Copywriter: Fabio Pinheiro
Photographer: Alê Torres
Published: January 2008

F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi’s war on smoking continues with cigarette posters. That is, posters created from cigarettes.

Unimed RJ – WAR! – (2008) :60 (Brazil)
F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Brazil who created the “war” commercial by animating cigarettes has now released the second part of the campaign, cigarette posters in the city depicting mass killers such as Osama Bin Laden and Hitler.

In the shot below we see how the poster was made on the street – I wonder if the cop behnind him is trying to prevent die-hard addicts from stealing free cigarettes. In fact, I wonder how long those plexiglass posters survived once nightfall hit.

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