(TrendHunter.com) Pod-style furniture has become increasingly popular. Not everyone desires futuristic egg shapes in their home, however, and may prefer more down-to-earth styles like the Cocoon Collection by Fute Design.…
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Digital gifts used to mean iPods and GPS devices. Call it a product of a flagging economy, or maybe even eco-conscious guilt, but the term has come to entail something entirely different — not to mention weightless and wholly pixilated. Virtual gifts — tiny icons displayed on user profiles, pioneered by Facebook as the intangible present of choice — are being employed by several major companies this season.
Update: No, Wendy has not left the agency, said G2 rep. Jessica Owen-Ward.
“Wendy Lurrie Quits the G2 Pirate Ship Afer only five weeks at the helm, Wendy Lurrie CEO of G2 Direct & Digital has quit. The offical annoncement [sic] has not been made by HQ but it’s the word on the street as of now. An offical announcment [sic]will probably come after G2ers return from their Turkey Day weekend still in a stupor from all the tryptophan. The sudden exit raises many questions.”
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“Wendy Lurrie Quits the G2 Pirate Ship Afer only five weeks at the helm, Wendy Lurrie CEO of G2 Direct & Digital has quit. The offical annoncement [sic] has not been made by HQ but it’s the word on the street as of now. An offical announcment [sic]will probably come after G2ers return from their Turkey Day weekend still in a stupor from all the tryptophan. The sudden exit raises many questions.”
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iJustine (Justine Ezarik) and Karen Nguyen are internet famous.
With that fact in mind, AT&T hoped to borrow some of the ladies equity to sell more phones, but Ad Age, for one, isn’t impressed.
So far, AT&T and its vloggers have published 11 episodes, produced by Tremor Media, but it’s hard to imagine anyone watching more than one, if that. The series is heavy on AT&T, but light on storyline, unless you find it interesting that Justine could be booted out of the competition if she drops her phone a fifth time.
How about you? Does AT&T’s “Lost In America” content work make you want to buy an expensive phone with even more expensive monthly services?
(TrendHunter.com) The latest addition to the list of the world’s most expensive items is this crocodile skin umbrella designed by Angelo Galasso for Italian luxury brand, Billionaire Couture.
With a price tag of $50,000,…
AgencySpy has learned that just three days after Managing Director Betsy Sperry‘s relationship with Grey SF ended, ECD Guy Seese also left the agency, said a source close to the matter.
Seese began his stay at Grey earlier this year.
That leaves Brad Fogel in complete control of the agency. Seese, who left Monday, was not available for comment, nor was Grey SF.
More: “Weekend Update: Betsy Sperry Is Out At Grey West?“
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Six Apart Vice President, Anil Dash, is upset by all the layoffs in the media sector and he hasn’t been sleeping well. So, he came up with an idea that helps struggling journos and Six Apart’s reputation.
According to The New York Times, the TypePad Journalist Bailout Program offers recently terminated bloggers and journalists a free pro account (worth $150 annually) on the company’s popular blogging platform.
In addition to the free yearly membership, the 20 to 30 journalists who are accepted will receive professional tech support, placement on the company’s blog aggregation site, Blogs.com, and automatic enrollment in the company’s advertising revenue-sharing program.
(TrendHunter.com) Given that the shape of traffic lights hasn’t really changed all that much since they were first invented, it comes as no surprise that this square traffic light design concept has been put out there.…
Remember how UNIQLO won the 2008 Cannes Lions Grand Prix (in the Titanium and Cyber Sections)? Neither did we. But, to keep their win at the forefront of your minds, the clothing maker is holding a t-shirt designing competition. The challenge: create the official t-shirt for Cannes Lions 2009.
The winning design will be “commercialized” (go figure), which means it’ll be the official garb of the annual cocaine-cum-sex-cum-ohyeahthisisaboutadvertising event. So, get your screen printing set ready! And sign up, here.
More: “Wrath of Cannes Tonight!“
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(TrendHunter.com) On November 24, 2008, Eric Scott took his spot in the record books, flying the highest and furthest with a jet-pack. If it was not already a daring enough record attempt, he decided to set the record flying…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AdAge.com) — The Democrats are returning to Washington. Now MTV is trying to take back its place in the sun at the presidential inauguration. Sixteen years after MTV's live broadcast of the "Rock 'N Roll Inaugural Ball" for Bill Clinton, MTV is planning a return engagement for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama.
LONDON – The Government has scrapped controversial plans to finance Channel 4’s digital switchover with £14m from the BBC licence fee, admitting the debate had “moved on significantly”.
LONDON – The Newspaper Society is seeking an urgent meeting with the Government, arguing that new plans on planning applications could result in newspapers losing £15m a year in ad revenue.
(TrendHunter.com) What is a Turgooducochiqua? That’s what I wanted to know when I stumbled across pictures on Flickr under the heading, ‘Turgooduccochiqua’. It turns out it’s… are you ready? … “A quail inside a cornish…
Now and then, the warm and fuzzy world of morning TV gets interrupted by a vision from hell. That’s the case with this ad for migraine medication Treximet, now airing during The Martha Stewart Show and the like. It starts off unexceptionally, with a close-up of a woman’s face as she describes her migraines. But soon it becomes clear she has bigger problems—her head seems to have come off entirely. She’s cradling the throbbing thing in her arm, and has a gaping hole in her neck where the head used to be. All of this takes place at a suburban school-bus stop, adding to the Lynchian vibe. (Her son takes his mom’s appearance in stride, but doesn’t like to look directly at her.) Over the top or not, the spot is memorable. And migraine sufferers, not known for understating their level of pain, might actually appreciate the horror-movie theme. Read more at the Treximet site.
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(TrendHunter.com) Fashion meets architecture in Dazed & Confused’s “Human Building Blocks” fashion editorial in the October 2008 issue of the magazine.
Photographer Ben Toms uses the graphic forms of the new season’s…
(TrendHunter.com) Wiesmann, a remarkable manufacturer of exclusive and individual sports cars, shows that they have “a heart for children.” The 1000th handmade Wiesmann not only has a unique design marked with a ‘1000’,…
Not going anywhere for a really long time? Then check out Adobe’s new Web show, ‘Agency of Record’, which gives a behind the scenes look at the ad-world from the perspective of a low-ranking designer at made-up agency WTF Worldwide.
The show is a branding tool for Adobe; in the first episode, main character Sierra uses creative suite to save the day when her whacked-out bosses lose their shit during crunch time. The ad-world parody is well produced, and the zany bosses are fun to watch, but at a whopping 9:02, we’re not sure people will stick around to view the whole thing.
We posted it above, so take a peak and be the judge. How does ‘AoR’ stack up against other Web shows you’ve seen?
One final note: as a branding tool, the show is a brave leap from traditional content. Could this be Adobe’s first step away from Goodby? The Delaney Report recently hinted at a split from their AoR, but we’ll have to see if that pans out.
More: “Advertising Week Addresses Your Concerns“
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