Assassins in Classifieds – Hire A Hitman On Craigslist

(TrendHunter.com) I could start off with a list of reasons that someone might have for hiring a hitman but, I’ll bypass that list and go straight to the “trend.” Supposedly, you can hire a professional killer to off your…

Recruiting Models from MySpace – Costume National Hires From Web (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fashion designers and labels must be getting sick of big time models. Either that or they’re realizing the marketing power that radiates from real people. It is becoming obvious that for the coming seasons,…

Nacional Supermarket: International Pizza Day

International Pizza Day

Advertising Agency: Paim Comunicação, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Creative Director: Fabio Bernardi
Art Director: Fabio Piucco
Copywriters: Marcio Blank, Rodrigo Rocha
Photographer: GH Digital
Published: July 2008

Bounty: Phone

Phone

Advertising School: Seneca College, Toronto, Canada
Art Director: Gabriella Rackoff
Copywriter: Neil Blewett

Bounty: Shower

Shower

Advertising School: Seneca College, Toronto, Canada
Art Director: Gabriella Rackoff
Copywriter: Neil Blewett

Bounty: Bed

Bed

Advertising School: Seneca College, Toronto, Canada
Art Director: Gabriella Rackoff
Copywriter: Neil Blewett

ESPN Classic: The Time Traveling Channel

The Time Traveling Channel

ESPN Classic, the time traveling Channel. In June, relive the greatest finals of the french rugby cup from 1975 to 1992.

Advertising Agency: Hemisphere Droit, Paris, France
Creative Directors: Trank Tapiro, Christophe Lafont
Art Director: Edouard Delage
Copywriter: Lessly Chmil
Published: May 2008

Fake Metal Bikinis – ‘Organic Armor’ Bustier Sets (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These warrior-wear ‘Bustier Sets’ are part of Paul Hersey’s ‘Organic Armor’ collection. The bustier sets may look like they would weight you down with pounds of uncomfortable metal, but the opposite…

ANCAP: Run

Run

Beware of cars with less than four stars. ancap.com.au
Crash testing for safety.

ANCAP is The Australasian New Car Assessment Program

Advertising Agency: Marmalade, Melbourne, Australia
Creative Director: Neil Mallet
Art Director: Tim Forte
Copywriter: Dan Forrestal
Illustrator: Ashley Bird
Photographer: Chris von Menge
Retouching: Imagenation
Published: June 2008

ANCAP: Barricade

Barricade

Beware of cars with less than four stars. ancap.com.au
Crash testing for safety.

ANCAP is The Australasian New Car Assessment Program

Advertising Agency: Marmalade, Melbourne, Australia
Creative Director: Neil Mallet
Art Director: Tim Forte
Copywriter: Dan Forrestal
Illustrator: Ashley Bird
Photographer: Chris von Menge
Retouching: Imagenation
Published: June 2008

ANCAP: Pole

Pole

Beware of cars with less than four stars. ancap.com.au
Crash testing for safety.

ANCAP is The Australasian New Car Assessment Program

Advertising Agency: Marmalade, Melbourne, Australia
Creative Director: Neil Mallet
Art Director: Tim Forte
Copywriter: Dan Forrestal
Illustrator: Ashley Bird
Photographer: Chris von Menge
Retouching: Imagenation
Published: June 2008

Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival: Wind

Wind

Advertising Agency: Target
Creative Director: Tom Murphy
Art Directors: Jessica Tipping, Dax Fullbrook
Copywriter: Terri Roberts
Group Heads: Jenny Smith, James Jung
Designer: Jeff Mclean

Udderly Cute Tablewear – The Calf & Half Creamer

(TrendHunter.com) So you don’t forget where the cream for your coffee originally came from, the Calf & Half creamer is a humorous double-walled glass pitcher designed by Liz Goulet Dubois for Fred Studio.

The inner chamber…

Redneck BBQ Branding – The Road Kill Griddle

(TrendHunter.com) The Road Kill Griddle is the perfect cosmetic barbecue attachment for any redneck, as it brands the worlds “ROAD KILL” on your meat.

The idea is self-explanatory, as the picture says it all… ALMOST.…

Olympic Coloured Dumbbells – The Weider Weight Set

(TrendHunter.com) Celebrate the spirit of Beijing Olympics and pretend that you’re one of the competing athletes with the Weider designed dumbbells! The 300 lb. weight set has ring rubber bumpers inspired by the five rings…

Domain Name Squatting – Mass .TV Auctions on GoDaddy.com

(TrendHunter.com) There has been some serious domain name squatting – buying a domain name hoping to sell it for profit – and it involves some of the biggest television stations in the U.S. A Florida man, who apparently…

Frozen Gas Weapons – Wasp Knife Threatens UK

(TrendHunter.com) What an utterly awful way to die. Britain’s Metropolitan Police are fearing the use of the Wasp Knife. The dangerous knife instantly freezes the internal organs of stabbed victims by injecting a ball…

Nissan Teana: We could turn inside out – But why show off

We could turn inside out - But why show off

Advertising Agency: TBWA\Moscow, Russia
Creative Director: Donald Tursman
Art Director: Alexander Tibelius
Copywriters: Alexander Kapelevitch, Alexey Meshkov
Directors: Pleix
3D Production: Pleix
Aired: June 2008

Oreo: Elevator

Elevator

Milk’s Favorite Cookie

The traditional dunk of an Oreo cookie into a glass of milk was dramatized with the use of a panoramic elevator in a shopping mall. This attention-grabbing use of new media gave us one more way to show that Oreo is milk’s favorite cookie.

Advertising Agency: DraftFCB, New York, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Chris Becker
Executive Creative Directors: Sandy Greenberg, Terri Meyer
Art Director: Jeseok Yi
Copywriter: Claudio Lima
Photographer: William Tran
Released: April 2008

100,000 Men on Segways – Security Guards at China Olympics

(TrendHunter.com) The upcoming Olympics in China have and will produce a lot of headlines. China has already been noted for their specially-made Bird’s nest arena in Beijing, the largest fireworks display in the world,…