Seating to Promote Weight Loss – The Hobart I-Cool Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The cool looking Hobart I-Cool seat has been designed to reduce body weight while sitting.

The concept accelerates calorie output through temperature regulation. The I-Cool is touted as the “first ever…

Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín: The Messiah

The Messiah

The return of the Messiah.

Advertising Agency: Gomez Chica/EURO RSCG, Medellín, Colombia
Creative Director / Copywriter: Juan Sebastian Jaramillo
Art Director: Camilo Díaz
Photographer: Augusto Cartagena
Published: March 2008

Vote Early, Vote Often in the Adrants Last Annual Pre-Election Eve Poll

Catchy! What with the perfect storm of ad:tech and the election this week, place your bets on what will likely happen at either event. In keeping with possible future election irregularities, and because Adrants is equal opportunity like that, feel…

Vote early, vote often in the Adrants Last Annual Pre-Election Eve Poll.

Catchy! What with the perfect storm of ad:tech and the election this week, place your bets on what will likely happen at either event. In keeping with possible future election irregularities, and because Adrants is equal opportunity like that, feel…

Gears of War 2: cue angst-ridden track and epic visuals.

While HALO 3 still feels like the gold standard for video game trailers, Gears of War 2 doesn’t hurt the cause here with the trailer for Last Day. Just take one part contemplative hero, one part hip track (How…

Mountain Dew: Sideshow Stalker

Sideshow Stalker

Advertising School: School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
Instructor: Frank Vitale
Art Director: Jason Hirsch
Director / Copywriter: Tommy Troncoso

The Times: Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks

Get deeper into the Olympics online.
www.thetimes.co.za

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Cape Town, South Africa
Creative Director: Chris Gotz
Art Director: Prabashan G. Pather
Copywriter: Sanjiv Mistry
Photographer: Barry White
Published: August 2008

Snowball Launchers – The Snow Blaster

(TrendHunter.com) Forget water guns and Nerf guns, here’s a cold weather toy that looks like great fun. You don’t need a baseball pitcher’s throwing arm to launch these snowballs. Just pack snow in the forming chamber,…

Red Alert 3: Remix

Remix

Advertising Agency: Draftfcb, San Francisco, USA
Creative Director: Matt Reinhard
Art Director: Tony Vazquez
Copywriter: Colin McRae
Agency Producer: Tonya Nelson
Color-Correction: Eric Schira
Song: Hell March
Composer: Frank Klepacki
Song Remixed by: “From Last to Last”
Aired: September 2008

Portable Personal Breathalyzers – The Etiquette Checker (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Etiquette Checker from TopMan is a pricey but nifty little gadget. To use the device, the subject simply breathes into the tester and reads the digital results on the LCD screen.

The appeal of your…

Oh, is there an election tomorrow?

Maybe it’s not the candidates who you’re on the fence about, but their people. Straight outta Brooklyn, creatives Lindsay Ballant and Ian Boyle have put together a site called Behind the Candidates which looks at the differences between the…

Gears of War 2: Cue Angst-RiddenTrack and Epic Visuals.

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While HALO 3 still feels like the gold standard for video game trailers, Gears of War 2 doesn’t hurt the cause here with the trailer for Last Day.

Tacky Toilets – Blinged-Out Bathrooms (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Everyone has to use them, so you might as well make them look great. I am of course talking about toilets.

These are true beasts dedicated to tacky glitz. Sadly, most of these are art pieces with only…

Convertible Storage Systems – The Transformer Shelf (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Former Sushi Chef Martin Sammer has set his sights on furniture design with the Transformer Shelf. The chic unit has many compartments that slide out independently, offering countless options for storage…

Sensis + Google AdWords = makes sense

After (very) recently meeting with Sensis reps to explain why it really didn’t make sense to use Sensis BidSmart for our clients, I am very pleased to see that Sensis will start showing Google AdWords from Q1 2009.

Sensis’ lack of an API to pull reports and manage campaigns meant that a whole lot of manual […]

‘Campaign Embeds’ Hitting End of Tours

While the experience of covering a presidential campaign is invaluable, journalists’ opportunities are few after the election.

As Blogs Eat Its Bread and Butter, a Satire Magazine Folds

Last week, Canada’s Frank magazine, which once took unvarnished delight in the failings of others, stopped publishing.

Saluting a Banker in a Banking Year Worth Forgetting

The trade publication American Banker unveiled its Banker of the Year award last week: It went to Kenneth D. Lewis, chief of Bank of America.

Wall Street Crisis as a Reality Show

The producers of the reality TV series “Wall Street Warriors” find themselves in a case of life imitating life.

Yahoo News Is Bracing for a Day of Heavy Traffic

With an increasing number of people using the Internet for news, sites like Yahoo are treating election night as a prime programming occasion.