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LONDON – Greenpeace has launched its own version of a famous Bond film – to warn about the dangers of coal-fired power stations.

(TrendHunter.com) Lea Redmond’s World’s Smallest Postal Service is by far my favorite miniature version of an existing product. Redmond is a clever transcription service that lets you select up to six sentences for a miniature…

LONDON – Digital agency I-Level has been appointed by pharmaceutical firm Bayer Consumer Care to handle its digital media planning and buying.

LONDON – Mobile operator O2 has launched a reward scheme for contract customers.

(TrendHunter.com) These familiar figures are a part of the Pedestrian Project by costume designer Yvette Helin. From 1995 to September 11, 2001, Helin and a few friends donned these costumes and walked around New York City,…

My schizophrenic generation, alternately called Gen Y, Echo Boomers, Millennials or Generation Me, might have finally settled on a name for itself. Or at least, it’s been given another one: Generation WE. That’s the title of Eric Greenberg’s new book, and his first promotional video for it, “Generation WE: The Movement Begins” (above), premiered last week and is well on its way to a million views. For a billionaire boomer still enamored with the potential power of youth action, Greenberg puts on a pretty stirring show. Despite the long running time (4:45), the video caused an unexpected stirring of idealism from deep within my cynical heart. Furthermore, Greenberg seems rather invested in this pet project, releasing the entire book for free online and funding a political action site set to drop in early 2009. It’s just this “WE” name that gets me. Another rich boomer, Al Gore, has his own “We” campaign, demanding action on the climate crisis, and they’re nearing 2 million young recruits. If only they could somehow put aside their differences and join their campaigns together. … But if I know my wealthy boomers, it’s always my political action Web site, my book deal, my pet philanthropy project—just me, me, me.

—Posted by Rebecca Cullers

Live the nightmare. This Halloween, Freddie Krueger is loose in the park.

Advertising Agency: David&Goliath, USA
Chairman / Chief Creative Officer: David Angelo
Executive Creative Director: Colin Jeffery
Creative Director: Ben Purcell
Art Director: Adam Nelson
Copywriter: Aryan Aminzadeh
Photographer: Ethan Pines

Live the nightmare. This Halloween, Freddie Krueger is loose in the park.

Advertising Agency: David&Goliath, USA
Chairman / Chief Creative Officer: David Angelo
Executive Creative Director: Colin Jeffery
Creative Director: Ben Purcell
Art Director: Adam Nelson
Copywriter: Aryan Aminzadeh
Photographer: Ethan Pines

I hope we’re not supposed to feel sorry for the guy in this German Ikea spot, because anyone dumb enough to buy human furniture deserves to be inconvenienced. Not really buying the dream premise, either. What prize did this ad win, exactly? I hope it was a copy of Super Mario 2 with a note inside saying “Try harder.” By Jung von Matt.

—Posted by David Kiefaber

We’ve all faced that moment of doubt when we wonder, “Will I ever move past my former life as an incarcerated, HIV-positive, spell-casting tranny?” Well, doubt no longer! The Prophet Isaac is here to show that it can be done, and that in the process, you can squeeze two kids out of a wife with no uterus! I can’t find any evidence of whether this ad is legit or some weird hoax. But just in case, can any of our London brethren head over to Ormside Street on Nov. 24 and report back? I’m pretty sure Scamp got a sex change while he was locked up at Azkaban. Now’s his chance for redemption! Hat tip to my friend Whitney.

—Posted by David Griner