California Gay Marriages – Matrimonial Numbers Spike (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Officials all over the state of California have been frantically issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in the past 2 days, since the Supreme Court lifted the ban on same-sex marriages. The number of…

Binaural Recording – The $3899 Otokinoko Microphone Has Ears (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s called binaural recording and it works like this: a microphone that is shaped like your head (spherical) and has ears records sounds the way humans actually hear things.

When played back through…

Dirt-Repelling Paint Job – Chamelic

(TrendHunter.com) It sounds more like a magic spell than a new technology – a dirt-repelling coating. Spray it on glass, metal, or plastic and… that’s it. The surface stays clean. Developed by the University of Leeds…

Deformed People as a TV Show? – Fox Promotes ‘Fringe’ With 12 Fingered Man (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Perhaps tasteless, perhaps intriguing, the Fox Broadcasting Company is hyping a new show coming that features the oddities and rarities of humankind. The show is called FRINGE and will feature the strange,…

Humanized Video Game Characters – Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV

(TrendHunter.com) The Pixeloo blog and other websites have “untooned” and humanized cartoons and video game characters in the past. Those have included Jessica Rabbit, Homer Simpson, Mario and Bowser among others. This…

Footwear as Art – The F*ck Me! Shoe Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These shoes are part of a collection of artist-decorated Terry de Havilland wedges. The shoes are collectively called F*ck Me! Shoes .

The collection was auctioned off 2 years ago to benefit the Chelsea…

Jelly Gladiator Sandals – HoKI Shoes

(TrendHunter.com) If you were getting sick of the gladiator sandal look, brace yourself, because HoKI is about the be kicked up a notch. The latest are jelly gladiator sandals, made of the same material the ones you had…

Watching TV to Death – Woman Died Watching TV, Found 42 Years Later

(TrendHunter.com) This woman loved her television. Perhaps more than life itself.  Hour after hour passed with her sitting in her favorite chair with a nice cup of tea. She wouldn’t move, it was her life. It was also…

Fake Websites – Pretty Women Lure You to Fake Sites, and Sixt Gets Your Attention (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) There’s nothing that grabs the attention of men quite like the combination of hot cars and pretty women. And that is exactly what gets leveraged in this campaign for Sixt, a rental car company.

We see…

Wearing Only a Logo – Que Fashion Launches Without Clothes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I always find it curious that fashion brands would use naked models to promote their newest lines. Even in such ads, you would at least see the jeans or the underwear thrown in somewhere.

However, you…

Geeky Purfume Jewelry – The Flash Drive Necklace and Perfume Dispenser (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Although stylish, the Scent Drive is clearly an artifact of geeky Jewelry.

The accessory is a unique little flash drive / necklace combo that emits an alluring scent.

This is a must for someone wanting…

Skinned Animals as Advertising – Skinless Argentina 2008 Shows The Other Part of a Fur Coat

(TrendHunter.com) AnimaNaturalis, an international organization dedicated to defending animals, seem to have taken note that a picture is worth a thousand words.

Their campaign shows actress Marcela Kloosterboer with…

Nokia Xpress Music Phone

(TrendHunter.com) Expect to see this ultra-slim music phone around the necks of a lot of people this summer. The Nokia Xpress Music 5310 is tiny. Mine stays in the little coin pocket in right pants pocket without affecting…

Personified Food in Asylum – Fun Heinz Baked Beans Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I love this Heinz campaign which shows personified food items being held at an asylum. Why? Because they are not getting Heinz Baked Beans.

The print ads show an out-of-control sausage strapped to the…

Eco-Friendly Magnetic Cars – Zero Eco Friendly Vehicle (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In the future, cars could run on magnetic energy. Natalie Bonebrake designed the Zero Eco Friendly Vehicle, pod-like transit based on using magnet power as an environmentally-friendly alternative to fuel.…

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Diageo’s Smirnoff partners Manchester United for responsible drinking push

ASIA-PACIFIC – Diageo has announced a two-year deal with Manchester United, to become official spirits sponsor and responsible drinking partner of the football club for its Smirnoff vodka brand in Asia-Pacific.

Hip Hop Taxidermy – Nose Candy by BAST (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Graffiti artist BAST has added a whole new hip hop flavor to taxidermy with his recent works displayed in Brooklynite Gallery.

Entitled “Nose Candy”, the solo exhibition of the New York artist depicts…

Yahoo to offer personalised e-mail addresses

London – Yahoo is expanding its web-based Yahoo Mail service with the launch of two new domain names – ymail.com and rocketmail.com.

Saatchi Singapore sends out blood shot “eye balls” for ESPN


How delightfully…uh….gross.

To communicate the idea that “you don’t have to be there to see all the details” for ESPN, Saatchi and Saatchi in Singapore sent out ‘eyeballs’ as a DM piece.
No, I really, mean balls as eyes here. Balls!

There was a basketball, a baseball and even a football – and that bright red bloodshot football eye is pretty much how my eyes feel after watching supersonic Russian players on speed outrace the Swedes tonight and beat us 2-0. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. whimper, cry, *sob*

Found at comunicadores.info.

 

 

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