Hasta La Creative!

(TrendHunter.com) Steampunk, a blend of 19th century Victorian style and future devices, is finding its way into all sorts of present day products. We’ve seen steampunk watches, airplanes, and even Star Wars figurines.…

On the third of October, MarketWatch reported that New York based Cliff Freeman lost the Snapple account to Deutsch LA. For Deutcsh, the win meant reigning in the second half of the recently won Dr. Pepper account &#151 the agency now holds all of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group on its roster; but we hear Cliff Freeman is suffering after the loss.

An agency representative would only go so far as to say that the shop is “going through a transition.” Yeah, who isn’t. That was in response to a question regarding rumored layoffs, which got wind of today. We have no further details to share; only condolences if they’re true. CF handles Quiznos, Baskin Robbins, Bonefish Grill and Quamut.

More: “10 Signs You’re About To Get Laid Off“

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Joining in the cost-cutting that offline video companies are undergoing, new-media video company Revision3 is eliminating staff and shows today as a direct result of the economic climate.

Equal parts memoir, manifesto, scrapbook, and revolutionary design manual, Design Anarchy is an urgent call for artists, designers, architects and communicators to re-engage with the world.

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(TrendHunter.com) German bike and chess fanatic, Didi Senft has built a very special chess-related product in honor of the World Chess Championships, currently being held in Bonn, Germany, the first time it is has been…

Looking ahead to what will surely be one of the retail industry’s most painful holidays in recent history, Best Buy is trying a doubly charming approach to its seasonal ads. First, the big-box store is going for the soft sell with its “True Stories” campaign, featuring real employees telling real anecdotes of helping customers. Second, the chain’s chief marketing officer is actually soliciting feedback on the rough cuts of the new TV spots. Over on his painfully underdesigned but otherwise commendable blog, CMO Barry Judge invites anyone and everyone to comment on the six rough cuts, although he encourages you to focus on critiquing the campaign as a whole instead of picking apart one spot. Judge notes that there will be other campaigns hitting the traditional messages of big selection and low prices, but he hopes the True Stories ads can “do a better job in telling the people part of our story.” UPDATE: Barry’s now taken the rough cuts down, having not secured the proper rights for some of the visuals and/or music. Oof!

—Posted by David Griner

Season two is a wrap. Damn these things fly by quickly.

(TrendHunter.com) A draft of what is said to be an Army intelligence report explores the possibilities of terrorists using microblogging tools like Twitter to communicate and disseminate information across an interconnected…

Although they run competing Web sites, Tina Brown and Arianna Huffington are friends.

I remember thinking about five or six years ago how if I went to a digital shop, I’d be pigeon-holed in their creative cul de sac.

WRONG!

According to Ad Age, digital shops are now beating traditional shops for agency-of-record status.

While most clients still seek best-in-class specialists for every discipline, more are showing interest in digital agencies to serve as the lead on integrated communications efforts, consultants said. The uptick is particularly visible among marketers in the retail sector and other product categories where there is opportunity for e-commerce.

What’s more, clients are becoming less and less fixated on the type of agency handling their ad accounts and more on the individual brains behind the marketing campaigns.

In other words, it’s a talent war and the best digital shops have fresher talent, prepared to think differently about the media mix and other topics of interest.