You As A Pop Up Greeting – Stand-Up Doll Contact Cards


Emerson Taymor wanted a unique and creative contact card to promote himself, so he came up with this fun card where a cut-out of himself pops up and forms a stand-up doll.

For maximum effect, Taymor used…

World’s Biggest, Most Bizarre Record Breakers (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter is always on the look out for the next big thing, which is why we frequently feature record breakers. We have seen a lot of “The World’s First/Biggest/Smallest/Fastest/Tallest/Most Expensive”…

Earthquake Weddings – Photos in the Wake of the China Quake (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Since the California earthquake has our mind on earthquakes once again, it’s an appropriate time to showcase this dramatic gallery of photos taken on May 12, 2008 in Sichuan, China.

A photographer was…

Starbucks Posts First Quarterly Profit Loss

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Starbucks cited economic "headwinds" and restructuring costs for its dreary third-quarter report, it first loss as a public company. CEO Howard Schultz, however, maintained that the company's brand remains strong, and that customers remain loyal to Starbucks, even if tighter budgets keep them from visiting as often.

Flying with Balloons over Brazil – Priest’s Publicity Stunt Loses Air (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Hot on the heels of Pixar’s Up trailer comes news that a Brazilian priest made it back to the ground after being lifted in the air by hundreds of helium balloons.

Unlike in the animated movie trailer,…

Microsoft BrowseRank vs. Google PageRank

Modified VW Bugs – Monster and Jet Powered Beetles (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This monster VW Beetle tops our list of the biggest bugs we’ve ever seen!

Generally, the Volkswagen Beetle is thought of as a fun woman’s car, or brings back childhood memories of Herbie. While most…

Feed Speeder Readers – Spreeder

(TrendHunter.com) It’s tough at the top. (Har!) To keep a sharp, keen, edge over other Trend Hunters, pro hunters always depend on speed reading through their RSS Feed headlines.

When a hot subject pops out, a Trend…

10 Amazing Lego Sculptures (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It was really hard choosing just ten Lego structures to feature in this gallery, but here they are: truly mind bogglingly complicated things made from Lego.

Lego Heart – Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.…

Healthy Food Market Targets Children

Mark our words: Mad Men will drive agency fashion.

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Now that corporate casual is boringly abundant on the client side, it’s nearly time for contrarian agency types to switch up business fashion. And how do you rebel against casual? You go Mad, of course. Word on the street has it that BBDO New Yorkers are already rocking skinny ties and fedoras. The industry could use a little sprucing up to be honest. I don’t mind wearing a suit now and again. Of course, I’m just not sure what HR is going to say about a crystal Scotch decanter. Think you’ll never see your flip-flopped, tatooed art director partner in a sharp suit or an up do? Come on. Who is more susceptible to advertising than ad people?

Cloud and Sky Typography – Letters Inspired by Nature (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This university project was created by Lisa Rienermann while taking a semester abroad in Barcelona while studying typography at the University of Essen in Germany.

While in Spain, Lisa kept looking…

Twitter Cookies – Fortunes Based on Real Tweets

The latest gimmick for Twitter addicts are Twitter Fortune Cookies!

The cookies look and taste like the traditional Chinese cookies, only the fortunes inside them are based on real Twitter updates from…

Pre-Paid Social Networking Cards – FaceCard (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Facecard is the modern way to teach children the responsibility of money. Unlike traditional bank cards for beginners, the Facecard Prepaid MasterCard focuses on online transactions as well.

Since tweens…

Personal Flight Vehicles – Glenn Martin’s Jetpack (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jetpack travel is just around the corner, or so says Glenn Martin from New Zealand.

Martin is getting a lot of press for a flight that lasted a few seconds and only got him a few feet off the ground.…

Haunting Photoshop Art – Images by Tony Ariawan (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter loves the Behance Network, an online artistic haven to retreat toif you want to blow a few hours. The art is truly inspiring.

Tony Ariawan used Photoshop to create the Stop Haunt Me Everyday…

Counterfit Shoes Brand YOU – Fake Nikes Tattoo Your Feet (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fraudulent, imitation, bogus, counterfeit, knock-off, fake… whatever word you choose to describe non-licensed brand names products, they still remain somewhat of a novelty.

The quality of these products,…

Chocolate Billboards – Giant Cadbury Bar


This massive Cadbury billboard looks great. It is also very effective as it made me stop dead in my tracks and have another look.

The giant chocolate bar is just another example of the new era of billboards…

Finding Meaning Where There Is None

What do you think about when the words “Country First” are attached to an ad?

John McCain, who has adopted this tag as his campaign slogan, would like you to think that he’s a patriot genuinely concerned with your problems. Yet, there are so many ways to read this line. I read it like this:

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What does “Country First” mean to you?

Facebook Against Teen Dieting – Pink Patch Ads Pulled

(TrendHunter.com) Pink Patch has been banned from advertising on Facebook and other places on the web because of fraudulent claims.

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) spoke up for thirteen year old girls everywhere…