(TrendHunter.com) Ferrari is always cutting-edge when it comes to design styles. But an Iranian engineer thinks he did better with the Ferrari Zobin Formula 1 redesign.
Siamak Ruhi Dehkordi took a lot of inspiration from…
(TrendHunter.com) At the Tides Restaurant in New York, LTL Architects made a truly striking and totally fascinating ceiling out of bamboo skewers. The bamboo skewers are embedded in the ceiling to form a topographical effect,…
(TrendHunter.com) The Water Slide Simulator is a recent invention from the gang at ‘Prototype This.’ By climbing inside this giant spinning blue wheel you get the full effect of a water slide without leaving your own backyard–or…
(TrendHunter.com) Looking young, suave, and debonaire in traditional ‘30s male attire and spectacles with a cigarette stemming from a holder in his mouth, the front cover of this week’s TIME Magazine depicts president-elect…
(TrendHunter.com) Another ”I wish I would have thought of this” gimmick. When hunters are wandering all over the woods trying to kill Bambi’s brethren this fall, the last thing you want to be doing is crouching on the ground…
Playgirl editors reflect over the end of the magazine, citing a failed vision to be more literary.
Today, we are raiding Half Bakery for a glimpse of the improbable advertising future. Put your sunglasses on; the brilliance of these ideas is blinding.
1. Advertishoes. “Replace the soles of your shoes with soft rubber, impregnated with chalk or ink, that squashes out onto the ground as you put your foot down. Similar to a self-inking rubber stamp.”
2. Get to the airport luggage screeners with X-ray-visible ads: “If two ads are printed on the same page in a magazine, but one is printed with large letters in radiopaque white ink, then the white-on-white ad will only be visible if the magazine is in carry-on luggage viewed by x-ray techs at airport inspection stations.”
3. Ads on status bars (also independently described by AdLab): “Put scrolling text messages in progress bars, and make some money on the side.”
4. Skyscrapers as smoke jet printers: “Except instead of ink being shot on to a page of paper it shoots smoke up in to the air. The print head is mounted on top of a high rise building, and instead of the print head moving it relies on wind to move the ‘paper’ to the side.”
5. Rainbow advertising: “Using refraction and rainbow technology, it should be possible to advertise right on airborne drops of moisture. Simply vary the color makeup of your light source.”
6. Books printed in sponsored typeface: “Free classic books reprinted typeset in a font that has McDonald’s M’s and Special K’s and so forth.”
7. Ads on fake phone numbers in the movies: “Whenever they use a telephone in the movies, they always use a 555 number. I guess they do that so people won’t go home and try to call. Wait a minute. Why not encourage them to call. Talk about a captive audience…”
8. Logo clouds: “Create large lakes in the shape of corporate logos. When the sun shines on them (on a windless day) logo-shaped clouds will appear above them. Note that it might be cheaper to change your company’s logo to the shape of an existing lake.”
9. Lonely? Invite telemarketers in your life with a “Please Call Me” list: “Maybe the local resteraunts could call you around lunch-time and tell you what kinds of specials they have, just so you don’t have to go sit down to find that out.”
10. Spitball billboards: ” This display uses a computer aimed pneumatic spitball cannon which “paints” a picture out of colored spitballs. The display can be wiped clear with a water hose, so the next image can be painted.”
Judging by the speakers list for this year’s FoE @ MIT — a cyborg anthropologist, production designer of Watchmen, producer of Blair Witch Project, director of interactive marketing at WWE, Peter Kim, Grant McCracken — it looks like it’s going to be fun. Registration closed on Tuesday, Nov 18, so hurry. Check out video and audio recordings of the last year’s event, and the year before that.
The head of a Catholic group has his undies in a twist because Boston College is earning money from Victoria’s Secret. Boston College-branded clothing is sold by Victoria’s Secret, and Boston College gets…
The head of a Catholic group has his undies in a twist because Boston College is earning money from Victoria’s Secret. Boston College-branded clothing is sold by Victoria’s Secret, and Boston College gets…
For all the news media outlets that set viewership records in recent months, the looming question after Senator Barack Obama’s election is: What happens now?
Aging rocker Ozzy Osbourne is not particularly known for his eloquence, and that’s exactly why the Leo Burnett Chicago advertising agency selected him as the spokesperson for the Samsung Propel.
The…
Aging rocker Ozzy Osbourne is not particularly known for his eloquence, and that’s exactly why the Leo Burnett Chicago advertising agency selected him as the spokesperson for the Samsung Propel.
The…
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Carlton Fist, the Boston Red Sox legend, is serving up dogs. He’s the pitch man for The Alpo Chop House Originals Grill, a pop-up restaurant, to push Alpo Chop House Originals in Boston. A pure publicity…
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(TrendHunter.com) Many new moms have trouble shedding their baby weight, but Alessandra Ambrosio reported to work for a Victoria’s Secret bikini shoot looking fit and trim. Alessandra Ambrosio joined other Victoria’s Secret…
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(TrendHunter.com) Camilla Diedrich’s fiber optic ‘Nature Ray Charles’ wallpaper is a beautiful set of luminescent wall coverings that seeks to replace electric light fixtures.
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