LONDON – Business-oriented social networking site Xing has become one of the few social networks to reveal its commercial performance, announcing that it generated ad revenue of Euro1.7m for the first nine months of 2008.
(TrendHunter.com) Stonehenge has been recreated in at least 7 different places. Basically, the fame of the prehistoric monument is inspiring numerous recreations.
1) Banksy’s ‘Stonehenge’ Glastonbury installation was…
We can’t confirm that at least one of the actors in this classic Amy Grant video is Brad Harrington, ex-president of Cutwater, but a source tells us that the dude in glasses is him. For your moment of zen, fast forward to 1:30; as our spy put it, the clip is priceless.
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(TrendHunter.com) A very rare set of identical triplets were born this week, the most surprising part being that they were conceived without invitro fertilization.
“Identical triplets occur when one fertilised egg splits…
Advertising Agency: Co’nform Belgium
Creative Director: Seb De Roover
Art Directors: Seb De Roover, Geert De Rocker
Copywriter: Tom Berth
Director: Dirk Verheye
Production: TRS Brussels
Actor: Johan Heldenbergh
Aired: October 2008
(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever had trouble holding a camera steady without using a tripod? ith Samsung’s new anti-shake camera, images have never been clearer for those with non-steady hands. The urinal print ad pictured…
Hot American teens meet online, go to “London!”, drink all day, dance all night, then start eating each other in various suggestive and predatory ways.
(TrendHunter.com) After comparing John McCain to Hitler, Madonna went off last week on Sarah Palin in the Madison Square Garden stop of the Queen of Pop’s ?Sticky & Sweet Tour?.
Madonna made her feelings quite clear by…
The A2591 blog has posted a handful of movie posters redesigned to mostly just show the films’ product-placement sponsors. They’re stylish and no-frills and will make you feel smart and unbrainwashed. Via Kottke.
—Posted by Tim Nudd
Mexico invades Chicago O’Hare in a zealous attempt to show middle Americans it’s “Beyond Your Expectations.”
Imagine the terrifying possibilities.
Art Director: Steve Yee
Art Director / Programmer: Sean Ohlenkamp
Copywriter: Forrest Boleyn
Photographer: Psychofish
Voice talent: Rebekah Voss
Published: October 2008
– Among its minions, BlackBerry brags about celebu-users.
During Apartheid eighteen million people were forced to live on only thirteen percent of South Africa’s land.
4.5 million were given 87%
Advertising Agency: Grey South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Creative Director / Art Director: Mike Barnwell
Copywriter: Jack Malepa
Published: June 2008
Because you already have enough to do as an independent, we don’t expect you to come for nothing.
Advertising Agency: DDB, Belgium
Creative Director: Peter Aerts
Copywriter: Tom Berth
Art Director: Geert De Rocker
Art Buyer: Gisèle Kuperman
Photographer: Kris Van Beek
Post production: Beefactory
Account Team: Yves Bogaerts, Francis Lippens
Because you already have enough to do as an independent, we don’t expect you to come for nothing.
Advertising Agency: DDB, Belgium
Creative Director: Peter Aerts
Copywriter: Tom Berth
Art Director: Geert De Rocker
Art Buyer: Gisèle Kuperman
Photographer: Kris Van Beek
Post production: Beefactory
Account Team: Yves Bogaerts, Francis Lippens
Adding to the Internet’s recent embrace of the morbid, the new funeral-planning site MyWonderfulLife invites users to “Plan your funeral, your way.” The end of one’s life is perhaps not the most opportune time for self-empowerment, but better late than never, I guess. The site’s services include, obviously, planning funeral details. Hmm, do I want to be buried or cremated? I was hoping to do both, just to be on the safe side. It’s not like I can try one and change my mind if it doesn’t work out. Should I donate my organs to medical science? What if I give them my eyes and can’t see who I’m talking to in the afterlife? Is that Winston Churchill or Kurt Cobain? I won’t have a clue! The site also lets you compose messages to loved ones. (“Hey Tim, it’s Dave. I’m dead. You doing anything Saturday?”) There’s even an area for bequeathing one’s prized possessions. I’m leaving my Roget’s Thesaurus to Brian Morrissey, so he too can pepper his stories with jazzy words like “bequeath.” My Cabbage Patch collection goes to the Guggenheim! The inscription on my headstone? I think Dorothy Parker said it best: “You might as well live.”
—Posted by David Gianatasio
In “Fridge Magnet,” a Guinness truck stops in a Buenos Aires neighborhood, gets all magically magnetic and starts drawing refrigerators to itself.
LONDON – Bebo is stepping up its investment in original content such as KateModern, with plans to launch at least six productions in 2009.
100W. Awarding effective advertising.
Advertising Agency: Lowe Brindfors, Stockholm, Sweden
Creative Director: Håkan Engler
Art Director: Petter Lublin
Copywriter: Olle Langseth
Photographer: Bisse Bengtsson
Production: Adamsky
Retouching: Rickard Dymling
Published: October 2008
100W. Awarding effective advertising.
Advertising Agency: Lowe Brindfors, Stockholm, Sweden
Creative Director: Håkan Engler
Art Director: Petter Lublin
Copywriter: Olle Langseth
Photographer: Bisse Bengtsson
Production: Adamsky
Retouching: Rickard Dymling
Published: October 2008
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