Artsy Sneakers – The Reebok Straptastik (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These ‘Straptastik’ sneakers came out of the collaboration between Rolland Berry and Reebok.

The artsy high-top kicks are adorned with beautiful semi-abstract images and provide for a fantastic bouquet…

Toyota Corolla: Ninja Kitty

Ninja Kitty

Advertising Agency: Publicis Mojo, Sydney, Australia
Creative Director: Micah Walker
Digital Creative Director: Joel Thomson
Creatives: Grant McAloon, Michael Spirkovski
Account Services: Amanda Wheeler, Damien Pashby
Strategic Planner: Ian Cassidy
TV Production: Jasmin Ferguson, Penny Brown
Digital Creative: Clint Nielsen
Lead Developer: Hugh Campbell
Digital Producer: Julia Prior
Print & Outdoor: Alison Dunlop, Oscar Birken

Normalne Panstwo: Hands

Hands

Concrete Fairness – When building, you can keep your hands clean. Without giving and taking
bribes, corruption in construction sector will lay in ruin. www.normalnepanstwo.pl
I do not offer or accept bribes.

Advertising Agency: PZL
Creative Directors: Kot Przybora, Iwo Zaniewski
Art Director: Miko?aj Man?ett- Leszczy?ski
Copywriter: Weronika Majchrzak
Photographer: Pawe? Fabja?ski
Production house: Shootme www.shootme.pl
Postproduction: Livducci Playground www.livducci.com
Published: October 2008

WWF Indonesia: Soup

Soup

Advertising Agency: Advantage Advertising, Jakarta, Indonesia
Creative Director: Rajesh Menon
Art Directors: Alvin Daniel, Wang Zhi Liang
Copywriter: Rajesh Menon
Agency Producer: Fitri Mohede
Released: October 2008

Mobile Literacy – The ‘Library on Wheels’ Bus (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Muungano is a design group from Sweden that has received the Swedish Library Bus of the Year award for this moving library.

The library on wheels, which is located at the Swedish town of Kiruna, “incorporates…

Recycled Military Aircraft Jewelry – Deploy Peace Necklaces (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Deploy Peace jewelry gives retired military aircraft one last mission to reunite our wounded military heroes with their families in time of need.

Retired B52 bomber and C130 Hercules that were once…

Art-Inspired Denim – Damien Hirst Designs for Levi’s

(TrendHunter.com) As if British artist Damien Hirst wasn’t making enough money selling his bizarre sculptures to the likes of George Michael–who is reported to have paid £50 million for a diamond-studded skull created…

DIY Picture Implants – Photofunia (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Thanks for this article go to my friend and radical unschooler, Ren Allen, without whom I may not have known about Photofunia. 

It’s a fun and interactive site where you upload a picture of your face…

17 Wrestling, Boxing + UFC Innovations – Perfect for Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) Although boxing still receives top pay-per-view billing, the sport of mixed martial arts is skyrocketing in popularity; watching heavyweights like Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture face off as they did this…

Spy Movie Satires – Sarah Silverman as Jane Bond for Harper’s Bazaar (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Comedian Sarah Silverman stars in a satire of the James Bond movie series for Harper’s Bazaar in which she sports haute couture garments and accessories from designers like Dolce and Gabbana, Bottega Veneta,…

Guerrilla Shoe Repair Ads – Modern Shoe Hospital Bandage Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Modern Show Hospital and the Target ad agency have created this sticky guerrilla ad campaign to “remind people of their services.” Bandages which have been designed to blend into the sidewalk have…

Eco-Conscious Floating Hotels – The Aerohotel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This delicate futuristic-looking Aerohotel is the work of Russian designer Alexander Asadov. Asadov is famed for his deconstructed architectural design style, which is counterintuitive to typical Russian…

Homosexuality vs. Mutated Humans – Sexual Diversity Ads: What is Weird For You? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These ads for Mix (Sexual Diversity Film Festival) present you with images of gay couples and mutated weird human bodies with the question, “What is weird for you?”

The witty campaign by Neogama/BBH,…

Starbucks-Inspired Garbage Cans – The Coffee Cup Rubbish Bin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Coffee Cup Rubbish Bin is the perfect addition to any office of a Starbucks fanatic. This garbage can comes complete with a realistic lid and looks astoundingly like a coffee cup from the famed java…

Apocalypse Prophecy Films – ‘2012’ (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) From viral Internet conspiracies to Hollywood mega-productions, the impending doom of the apocalypse is always present in popular culture.

One of the more prominent apocalypse uproars is over the year…

Humanized Movie Characters – Everyday Darth Vader (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Even a Dark Lord needs time off from being evil. See how happy and relaxed he is playing on those swings with the Stormtroopers? These ‘at home’ images show a totally different side to a man that most…

Crowdsourced Ride-Sharing – Avego iPhone App (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In about two weeks, Avego will launch its revolutionary free iPhone app that promises to turn your car into part-time public transportation.

After the Avego app tracks your various transit routes, they…

Futuristic Energy Plants – Green Power Generators (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) How do you want your next power plant to look? All nuclear and green and lush and pretty? Or just plain silly, like a giant lightning rod on top of a pyramid?

No design is too bizarre for these power…

Pedestrian-Friendly City Renovations – Stockholm’s Urban Makeover (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) There is a gigantic black hole in the heart of Stockholm, and a Danish-Swedish cooperative effort is going to fill that hole with a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly recreation area.

Slussen will become…

Edward Sheehan, 78, Foreign Correspondent, Dies

Mr. Sheehan’s perceptive, literate dispatches from the Middle East, Africa and Central America explored the political machinations of the powerful and the misery of the powerless.