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(TrendHunter.com) Belgian award-winning designer and artist Natalia Brilli takes everyday objects and uses her amazing touch with precious leather to create what can only be described as functional sculptures.

Her pieces…

Last night we took one for the proletariat and attended JWT NY’s Halloween party/costume contest. Just, you know, to see what it would be like. Admittedly, it felt strange at first, and a little bit dirty, to be standing face to face with the folks we write about. But they were cool about mingling with the frenemy, and even gave us a front row spot for the contest. And beer. And a few drinks.

In the end, the Chinese food delivery guy won, with Roseanne taking second and the wench winning third. Prizes included cash ($200 for the winner, and smaller amounts for the others) and, lost pride.

Happily, we avoided drowning in the Kool-aid, and managed to make some connections with the folks there. So, thanks for letting us in JWT (specifically Erin Johnson, vp communications)…ps we’re free for holiday parties, too!

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More: “JWT, Ogilvy + Mindshare Get Naked“

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Microsoft's next target in its bid to spread adoption of its new Silverlight video format: Madison Avenue. The company is reaching out to advertisers and publishers offering to bankroll technology costs in order to propagate its new video format Silverlight, which it introduced over the summer as a competitor to Adobe's Flash format.

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re not convinced that animals can express their feelings, then check out these photos from Dailygreen.com’s collection and from the email box of decidedly sad-looking animals.

Who can resist…

Dawn Hands Have Talent is a UGC contest to promote Dawn Hand Renewal, a dishwashing soap that “improves the look and feel of hands in just five uses.”

(TrendHunter.com) These haircutting shears from Freebird belong in every funky hair salon worldwide. Freebird Shears is based out of Hurst, Texas, a blends a pool of designers, artists and craftsmen from all over the world.…

If you’ve got nothing planned for next Tuesday night, head over to Catch-22.

(TrendHunter.com) Do you have NBA fever? If so, you’ll love the awesome basketball innovations featured in the slideshow below.

We were pumped to find out that in 2010, the NBA All-Star game will take place in new Dallas…

The world is a crazy place right now so, we decided try and make sense of at leat one puzzle: Islamic/Arab/Desi advertising in the U.S. Naturally, we contacted Michael Hastings-Black who runs Desedo Films with director Raafi Rivero. The firm specializes in new media and minority markets.

After the jump, Hastings-Black goes through who is doing right, wrong and what your agency should be on the look out for.

1. What are the assumptions that advertising agencies need to wipe away when considering advertising directly to the Arab/Middle Eastern/Muslim demographic in America?

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(TrendHunter.com) If you look closely, you’ll see that these partisan political portraits by Veja Magazine depict more than meets the eye. With the tagline “Get both sides,” the ads are decidedly anti-President George W.…