10 Naughty Home Accessories – From Tables to Fruit Bowls (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designers are still drawn to erotica in the form of furniture. Recently, the BoobyCase drink cabinet arrived, a four poster bed was erected and a titty-fruitty bowl was created. From conventional wood…

APB Singapore hires Publicis for Heineken

SINGAPORE – Asia-Pacific Breweries (APB) has awarded its Heineken beer brand in Singapore to Publicis following a final-round shoot-out with JWT, TBWA and Leo Burnett.

SIA in web-based telephony first

SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines has become the first company to place advertising on MediaRing Talk, a new medium for targeting web-based phone users.

Burnett bags $6m Indonesia account

JAKARTA – Leo Burnett Krea-sindo has emerged the winner of the US$6 million Indonesian creative account of cement maker Holcim after a pitch which began with 10 agencies in contention.

Coach Japan calls for media review

TOKYO – US luxury leather goods and accessory brand Coach has called a review of its media business in Japan.

Tourism Australia hires DDB to handle global creative work

SYDNEY – Tourism Australia (TA) has named DDB Worldwide as global creative agency for its US$169 million advertising account for the next three years.

P&G seals ad tie-up on China’s abang.com

BEIJING – Procter & Gamble has signed a year-long deal with Chinese lifestyle and information site About.com China (abang.com).

Newspaper takes compact decision

KUALA LUMPUR – Malay-language daily Berita Harian and its weekend edition, Berita Minggu, have downsized in Malaysia in a bid to increase readership and advertising revenue.

Indosat caves in to pitch fee demands

JAKARTA – In what could prove to be a milestone in Indonesian advertising, Indosat, one of the country’s biggest advertisers, has caved in to demands from agencies to pay a pitch fee ahead of its US$15 million advertising review.

Seniors in Fashion Ads – Lauren Hutton, 65, for Mango

(TrendHunter.com) Old is definitely in! In the world of the pretty young things, some fashion revolutionaries have managed to cry out, “Old is in!”

And, indeed it is. Previously, we’ve seen grandpas strut their stuff…

AirMedia expands via acquisitions

BEIJING – Following a successful US listing in late 2007, AirMedia Group – reputedly the largest firm in the air travel digital advertising category in China – has acquired Excel Lead International and Flying Dragon Media Advertising.

CIMB picks Ogilvy for Indonesia launch

JAKARTA – The CIMB Group has selected Ogilvy & Mather Indonesia to handle launch advertising for its CIMB Niaga bank operations later in the year.

Gas Rebates Keep Consumers Spending – It’s FREE Gas-mania

While drivers feel they are getting strangled by gas prices, the gas-rebate gimmick business is running wild. It’s almost to the point that if you are spending money, you can ask for a gas rebate! Hotels…

Electric Sportscars – L1X-75 GT from Mullen Motors

(TrendHunter.com) The all-electric, 120 mph L1X-75 GT from Mullen Motor Company and Hybrid Technologies Inc. costs $125,000. The L1X-75 GT offers 100 miles from 4-6 hours of charging, but at 120 mph, you can get a long…

Gas Rebates Keep Consumers Spending – It’s FREE Gas-mania (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While drivers feel they are getting strangled by gas prices, the gas-rebate gimmick business is running wild. It’s almost to the point that if you are spending money, you can ask for a gas rebate! Hotels…

iPhone 3G Voice Dialing & Control – iSpeak (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) An obvious functionality omissions in Apple’s 3G iPhone is voice dialing. Fonix fills this gap with iSpeak, a voice activation application for the iPhone 3G. Thanks to the iPhone’s developer’s SDK, third-party…

Fake Lesbian Fashion Ads – Versace Fall-Winter ‘08 Campaign

Never one to produce boring shots, uber fashion photographer Mario Testino injected the new Versace Fall/ Winter 2008-2009 women’s ad campaign with a mysterious faux-lesbian vibe between two of the most…

Interactive Animated Anatomy – Hybrid Animation Shows Heart Pumping (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Hybrid Animations uses powerful and medically accurate animations to help educate and inform. Their works looks like the old movies where people got shrunk and injected into bodies.

The animation of…

Starbucks Offers More Samples, Discounts

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Starbucks today said it is offering prolonged and far-flung sampling of summer beverages to assuage consumers and boost traffic through the season. The promotions, which vary by region, are focused in major cities. They're also targeted at faithful customers who have Starbucks cards or visit the stores more than once a day.

Fake Lesbian Fashion Ads – Versace Fall-Winter ’08 Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Never one to produce boring shots, uber fashion photographer Mario Testino injected the new Versace Fall/ Winter 2008-2009 women’s ad campaign with a mysterious faux-lesbian vibe between two of the most…