Fireplaces as Art – Innovative Designs by J.C.Bordelet (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) J.C. Bordelet designs fireplaces that reflect a great sense of of style, personality, quality and innovative, neo-retro techniques.

His hot product selection is divided into three categories: central,…

$400,000 Champagne Glasses – Diamond Stemware by John Calleija Breaks World Record

(TrendHunter.com) The title of the world’s most expensive champagne glass goes to the $400,000 Diamond & Crystal Champagne Glass by designer John Calleija. Along with John, it took a team of five jewelers to develop two…

Prizes That Include Security Guards – 24K Gold Plated Bicycles

(TrendHunter.com) An online contest organized by ETA, a UK-based insurance company, is offering a gold-plated bicycle as a prize to mark the Green Transport Week.

To enter the contest, you have to be at least eighteen…

Personalised Swedish Furniture Name Generator – Blogadilla

(TrendHunter.com) Fans of Ikea will surely love this fun online name generator. The creators of the Blogadilla name generator say “This is the kind of stuff you dream up while waiting around in IKEA for 2 hours.” Just…

Faux Louis Vuitton Guitar Strap – Dave Navarro Asked to “Take It Off” (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Even though rocker Dave Navarro is on vacation he felt compelled to share his latest news with his fans this week. Writing on his blog ‘6767’, Dave claims he has received a letter from French design…

Repurposed Hats – Hats Designed with Found and Altered Objects (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Samsara Design is a Chicago based millinery company. Their slogan is “the rebirth of hats” which is evident in their overall aesthetic. Repurposing the roll and look of hats with designs that transcend…

Fake Websites 2 – Canadian Competition Bureau Mocks Up Anatomy of an Online Health Scam

(TrendHunter.com) The Canadian Competition Bureau has launched their Project False Hope initiative to educate online consumers and to combat cancer cure frauds. “The fight against cancer is hard enough, don’t let fraud…

Compostable Corn Bags – BioBags (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) BioBags are made of corn, a biodegradable material that is an innovative environmental alternative to regular plastic bags.

“BioBag is proud to be the best selling brand of certified 100% biodegradable…

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  • ../mediateletipos))) / Michel Waisvisz R.I.P.
    Michel Waisvisz was a composer, performer and inventor of electronic musical instruments. He has been the artistic director of STEIM in Amsterdam since 1981, where he has collaborated with musicians and artists from all over the world.

Procrastination

Procrastination is: Always displacing what you have to do with other “more-preferable” activites”.

And in this excelent video I took from Sindicato de la Imagen’s blog, procrastination is defined with superb visual pleasure.

Megabrands Index

Megabrands
Top 200 Brands ranked by measured U.S. media spending.

Top 200 Megabrands
By measured media spending in 2007

‘Butcher’ InBev Might Spare Bud From Knife


CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — InBev's experience with Stella Artois in the U.K. shows it's willing to adapt to the bigger spending requirements of mature brands in developed markets.

America Has Spoken: In Google We Trust

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The most reputable company in America: Google, which toppled Microsoft from the top perch in the 2007 Harris Interactive Reputation Quotient study released today — and sent it tumbling all the way down to No. 10.

Top 100’s Ad-Spend Growth Grinds to Halt


CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — The Top 100 U.S. advertisers last year increased ad spending by just 1.7%, while measured media spending rose a negligible 0.3% for major marketers — the most sluggish growth since the 2001 recession.

Get Great Hires to ‘Boomerang’ Back to You


Too many of us wonder, as great talent walks out the door: What would it take to get those people to stay?

Defending Big-Screen TVs and a Local Focus


Consider him an anomaly: Paul Guyardo has been chief marketing officer of the same company, DirecTV, for almost three years. In a recent interview, Mr. Guyardo, whose experience includes CMO posts at HSN and Kmart, discussed how he's managed to stick around, how he views the competition and DirecTV's advantage, and why he isn't threatened by mobile content platforms — yet.

Gap Lacked Momentum, So Rightly Cut TV


When Gap Inc. recently announced that it was cutting its TV advertising, many dismissed the move as old-fashioned cost cutting. But could it be part of a deeper strategy to build exceptional growth?

Upstart Challenges ComScore, Nielsen Web-Traffic Counts

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Quantcast this week will start offering people-based traffic counts for its sites, a hybrid of panel-based data and cookie-based measurement, using a statistical formula to account for the inconsistencies often cited when cookies are used to measure web traffic.

Diller Fashions IAC Ad Network


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — IAC is pooling its myriad companies with an ad-sales and targeting system that will marry data from across all its assets to sell audience segments such as wealthy consumers, travelers and sports fans.

Corolla Confronts Sales Slowdown

DETROIT (AdAge.com) — While Toyota's Corolla is still America's fifth-best-selling car, in the first five months of this year, the brand hit a rare bump.