Multi-Media Sunglasses – Thanko All-In-One Video Glasses (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The new Thanko sunglasses have a 50 inch virtual screen and can play music and video files from the MiniSD card or can be plugged into your VHS/DVD players.

The built-in media player lets you listen…

(And by ‘Change,’ They Mean Swapping Light Bulbs)

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Here’s a :60 spot that’ll flash you back to Schoolhouse Rock.

Falling Modeltainment – Tripping On Milan’s Catwalk (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For some reason, people seem to get a real kick out of watching models fall on the runway. We’ve seen past videos of model trips become quite viral, and we wouldn’t be surprised if this one from Milan…

36 Badass Innovations to Celebrate The Godfather (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) The Godfather wasn’t just a classic movie, the 1972 character has become a Hollywood icon; Empire magazine recently named it “The Best of All Time.”

To celebrate, “The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration,”…

Credit Crunch Home Exchanges – The Property Swap Shop (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Property Swap Shop recognizes that America’s economy is spiraling downward and plunging into a deep abyss, and the same holds true for other countries.  Many home owners are struggling to sell their…

Cybergothic Hairstyles – Cyberloxx (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Cybergothic movement is getting more and more popular. It is a bit like “future Gothic,” but with fantastic outfits. 

One of the most dominant traits of cybergothic people is their hair. The hairstyles…

Breast Milk Ice Cream – PETA Asks Ben & Jerry’s To Use Human Dairy

PETA is asking Ben and Jerrys to use breast milk as a substitute for the dairy in their ice cream, one of many crazy publicity stunts by the animal rights activists.

Tracy Reiman, PETA’s executive vice…

15 Clever Sony Ads

Since I started writing for TrendHunter.com, I have come across numerous creative Sony print ad campaigns, commercials and publicity stunts.

From the viral success of the Sony Bravia and recent ‘Foam…

Superimposed Naughtiness – ‘Guise’ Portraits by Deborah Oropallo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Deborah Oropallo is a contemporary artist whose installation involves the layering of images of contemporary women in provocative guises and revealing poses and famous 17th and 18th century portraits of…

Anti-Palin Alaskan Protests – Pun-Laden Political Slogans (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The largest rally in Alaskan history took place last week, and surprisingly it was against Sarah Palin. Thousands of protesters gathered and were instructed to get creative in making their own slogans…

Hint, Hint For The New Evironmental Power Rangers

Maybe the environmental ad agency power rangers should take a hint from Good Magazine and Nigel Thomas when they begin to think about their UN-partnered eco-campaign. Forget the onus of responsibility. Please. While we all know that you guys make oodles of dollars, real Americans? They care about the cash. Hint, hint.

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Eco Activist Lighting – The Riot Lamp

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Janne Kyttänen focused on the issue of global warming with this lamp design named the ?Riot?.

The Riot was made by taking the whole life-cycle of a product into consideration, therefore using…

Breast Milk Ice Cream – PETA Asks Ben & Jerry’s To Use Human Dairy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) PETA is asking Ben and Jerrys to use breast milk as a substitute for the dairy in their ice cream, one of many crazy publicity stunts by the animal rights activists.

Tracy Reiman, PETA’s executive vice…

15 Clever Sony Ads (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) Since I started writing for TrendHunter.com, I have come across numerous creative Sony print ad campaigns, commercials and publicity stunts.

From the viral success of the Sony Bravia and recent ‘Foam…

Government Bailout Satire – buymysh*tpile.com

(TrendHunter.com) With the economy in crisis, the US Government recently announced a plan to rescue banks by purchasing their “distressed assets” – assets that no one else wants to buy from them.

In a creative protest…

Cadbury to Consolidate Chocolate Brands at SSF Group


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Cadbury said it is consolidating its estimated $200 million chocolate portfolio at SSF Group, the year-old alliance formed by Publicis Groupe agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and Fallon.

Troubled Nation Soothed by ‘Dancing With the Stars’


MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — A worried nation during a financial crisis escapes by watching dancing contests. That, of course, was the plot of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" the grim film from 1969 that chronicled Depression-era dance marathons. Things, thankfully, aren't so bad, but today's nation worried about wobbly Wall Street is also taken by, and taking in, a dance contest, as for the second night running "Dancing with the Stars" helped ABC to second place in the Nielsen ratings race.

Hot Ad (Wo)Man Of The Day: Andrew McKechnie

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Meet Andrew McKechnie.

Agency: Associate Creative Director, Modernista

Key Work: Finalist for the 2007 Future Gold/Young Creatives Program Clio

Recent Work: Nokia, while he was JWT Singapore

Little Known Fact: He’s a Kiwi.

Quote: (On the Clio’s competition) “With no sleep, far too many red bulls, bad food and a camera crew sitting in the corner of our hotel room, we were left with one hour before the presentation. We decided to kill the weak executions and went in with a solid print campaign and some ambient ideas.”

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Yahoo Introduces New Ad Platform, but Will It Need AOL?


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Jerry Yang responded to the question of whether his company is again interested in AOL with a big, fat maybe. The Yahoo CEO was on hand to announce the deployment of his portal's new ad platform, initially nicknamed Apex when it was first disclosed in February before it was unveiled this summer as Amp, only to be rechristened today as Apt.

AgencySpy Rips Diversity A New One

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In a rant worthy of the early, pre-corporate days here at Adrants, AgencySpy’s Superspy (thank God she’s back) rips into the assholes of, well, assholes.