May
21
FT promotes Grimshaw to FT.com managing director
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – The Financial Times has promoted Rob Grimshaw, its global online advertising director, to managing director of FT.com.
May
21
FT promotes Grimshaw to FT.com managing director role
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – The Financial Times has promoted Rob Grimshaw, its global online advertising director, to managing director of FT.com.
May
21
Luxury Friendship Bracelets – Scosha NYC (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Remember those friendship bracelets your made as a kid? The ones you made by knotting colourful string or pulling beads through your hemp creations? It’s time to relive your youth, but this time, with a lot more class and opulence.
These luxury friendship bracelets combine metals, leather and line…
May
21
Majority of passengers against in-flight mobile calls
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – An overwhelming nine out of 10 consumers do not want to hear mobile phone ring tones on airplanes, flying in the face of European Commission moves to bring mobile calls to European flights.
May
21
Budget celebrates half-century with car giveaway
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Car rental brand Budget is marking its 50th year with a competition to find five free cars, backed by an integrated campaign created by digital direct agency Cheeze.
May
21
Fashion Tool Bags – Sherry Stein Totes
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(TrendHunter.com) Sherry Stein was determined to create a line of bags that are both chic and work-friendly, and came up with an extremely fashionable, yet durable line of handbags, computer bags, and accessories. Whether you’re looking for an everyday tote bag or a tool bag, check out her site!
May
21
Online Medical Records – Google Health
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(TrendHunter.com) Google has released a new service that will allow people to track their medical records online. Google Health will track all your medical visits as well as track your tests results.
The password protected service will take the frustration and anxiety out of the wait for results like mononucleosis,…
May
21
Cone Crusts – Konopizza
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(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever been inconvenienced while downing a slice of pizza while in a rush? Or fallen victim to sloppy pizza toppings landing on your lap? Or even worse, losing a whole pizza that fell off your plate? If so, the Konopizza is is an obvious solution. The crispy, ice cream cone-shaped crust comf…
May
21
Cobra campaign delivers pub sales message
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Joshua G2 has helped create a nationwide ad campaign for Cobra beer, announcing that the brand is now available in pubs.
May
21
Braille Watches – David Chavez’s Haptica (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) The Haptica is a very attractive braille wrist watch for the visually-challenged. The contours of the case are meant to provide an ergonomic, yet intuitive and efficient interface. The dials are protruding circles with a Braille dot located on the outer edge of the top side of the timepiece and the …
May
21
Indiana Jones LEGO – The Video Trailer (VIDEO)
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(TrendHunter.com) 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 …
May
21
The leg’s fake, the marketing genius is real
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Now that the fad of tattooing corporate logos on one’s skin has run its course, a Canadian man named Nate Smids has upped the ante by selling ad space on his prosthetic leg! Smids is hoping to upgrade to a higher class of leg, but they don’t come cheap, so he’s off, hat in hand, to advertisers. We’ll spare him our usual scorn for ideas like this because a) we can’t pick on a guy with one leg, and b) his idea to use “removable, laminated logos [and] rotate ads on a regular basis†is genius. He should get companies to sponsor him in fun runs and turn himself into a human Nascar.
—Posted by David Kiefaber
May
21
Orange to trial handheld e-newspaper in France
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Orange is trialling a handheld electronic newspaper device in France from next week that can store the equivalent of 200 newspapers and will be automatically updated with news every hour throughout the day.
May
21
Samsung Soul: you won’t believe your eyes
Posted in: UncategorizedThe kids over at Engadget have “no idea what Samsung’s getting at” with the video above, but it’s fairly obvious to us: The Samsung Soul cellphone is a three-dimensional object that’s thin enough to pass for two-dimensional. Which is fine by us, since our cell phones are getting a little pudgy. The bigger question here is, why did they need the help of an annoying hipster and his Magic Eye Overstock warehouse of optical illusions to promote it?
—Posted by David Kiefaber
May
21
Your giant urine sample came back clean
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Dear Dave: Thanks for submitting a urine sample for our annual AdFreak drug screening. We’d share the results, but you know our motto: Pass, fail—it’s all good! Much as we’re impressed with the volume of your posts (and occasionally the quality of them), we are astonished with the volume of your output in this regard. We’re hiring a trucking company to haul away the container, so your paycheck this week may be lighter. You know, this “giant urine sample†idea is exactly the kind of wacky notion that could build some buzz for … oh, let’s say, HealthPartners in Minneapolis. Especially if Twin Cities agency Kerker & Associates fashioned the creative. The campaign also includes a bunch of YouTube videos featuring Petey P. Cup, a walking and talking pee cup. Let’s get a quick item on this! And for God’s sake, cut down on the coffee!
—Posted by David Gianatasio
May
21
13th Street: numb3rs, multiply
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Advertising Agency: Shackleton, Madrid, Spain
May
21
13th Street: numb3rs, divide
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Advertising Agency: Shackleton, Madrid, Spain
May
21
Simba Ghost Pops: Vending machine
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Check out the video to see the vending machine in action.
Advertising Agency: NetWork BBDO South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Julian Watt
Art Director: Angie Batis
Copywriter: Este du Plessis
Operations: Clinton Mitri
May
21
Russell T Davies to step down as Doctor Who producer and writer
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Russell T Davies, the man who reinvented ‘Doctor Who’ for a new generation of fans, is to step down from his role as lead writer and executive producer to be replaced by Bafta-winning writer Steven Moffat.
May
21
WCRS scoops Anna for BMW April Fool ad
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – WCRS has won the April ad of the month in this year’s Awards for National Newspaper Advertising, for its April Fool BMW ad featuring a canine repellent alloy protection system.
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