Arm-Powered Quadcycles – The Champiot Will Pump You Up (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Champiot quadcycle has been billed as “The Great Rowing Machine on Wheels.” It’s obvious why the main locomotive power is via the arms. This bicycle innovation provides upper body exercise unlike the…

Hardcore Tattoo Removal – Go for the Burn With This (Fake) Iron-Inspired Treatment (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Tattoos can be chic, but sometimes they just have to come off. While there are many ways to rid yourself of an unwanted tattoo, the Magic Wand System is one hot option–literally.

The Magic Wand System…

Warner pulls music videos from YouTube

LONDON – Record label Warner Music has ordered Google’s YouTube to pull all of its music videos from the video-sharing website after the two firms failed to reach new licensing terms.

Sky pulls back in bid to buy Tiscali

LONDON – BSkyB has stepped back to re-examine its £450m bid for the UK business of broadband provider Tiscali after talks stalled over the underlying value of the Italian firm.

Cadbury unveils Wispa TV campaign

LONDON – Scantily-clad cheerleaders, a male choir and a man in a panda costume all make appearances in Cadbury Wispa’s new two-minute TV spot by Fallon.

Record audience for Strictly as changes mooted for next series

LONDON – A record 13.3m people tuned in to watch Holby City actor Tom Chambers win the final of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, amid reports that viewers were unable to get through on phone lines to cast their votes.

Happy New Year by Electrabel

Après le superbe Working Kids, le groupe GDF Suez réalise cette fois-ci leur vidéo de bonne année entièrement en stop-motion. Près de 300 000 bougies ont été utilisées, le tout sous la direction de Raf Wathion.

The Making Of

Agency: Famous, Brussels
Creative Director: Christophe Ghewy
Art Director: Nicolas France

Eco-Systèmes: Cockatoo, Woodpecker, Parrot

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“Together, we can stop polluting by recycling.”

Advertising Agency: Young & Rubicam, Paris, France
Creative Director: Les Six
Copywriter: Pierre-Antoine Dupin
Art Director: Louis Carpentier

What is it About this Holiday Season that Just Screams ‘RODEO’?

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Riffing off an idea first presented to us by Lucky Brand Jeans, agency Bernstein-Rein gives us the Reindeer Rodeo, yet another holiday game where the objective is to keep a skittish elf on a bucking…

Learn from Davo: Slow Down, Stupid.

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@dirkthecow introduced us to What Davo Loves, a responsible-driving initiative for Queensland Transport, Australia.

Volkswagen Repair Service: Tragedy

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“Don’t let small damages turn into tragedy. Clever Repair Service.”

Advertising Agency: DDB, Milan, Italy
Creative Director: Vicky Gitto
Art Director: Mattia Montanari
Copywriter: Riccardo Ciunci
Photographer: Winkler&Noah

Mortar’s Recession Solution: A Spork, Some Booze and Pocket-Sized Luck

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Instead of sending over a typical holiday card, Mortar went the extra mile and sent us a Holiday Recession Kit.

Blinged-Out Home Decor – Gemstones in Luxury Interior Design (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s not enough to have beautiful natural stone and slate in home decor. The ante’s been upped to precious gemstones typically used in jewelry like amethyst, tiger eye, carnelian, quartz, and agate applied…

In Denver, a Web Site Tries to Save a Newspaper

Rocky Mountain News journalists get the public involved in the effort to save Colorado’s oldest newspaper.

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The Media Equation: Newspaper Shuns Web, and Thrives

At a time when most big newspapers are embracing the Internet as their future salvation, a small weekly in New Jersey is shunning it, and thriving.

Advertising: Montel’s Back, and Does He Have a Deal for You

When Montel Williams promotes products to viewers of “Living Well With Montel,” he has good reason: how much he makes depends on how well he sells.

Keep It Simple, Stupid

Advertising is a simple business. Of course, we don’t want anyone to know that. It might impact our fees.

Note, I did not say what we do is easy. I said we’re in a simple business, as opposed to something like politics or medicine.

The Ad Contrarian, for one, is pissed that “the advertising business is now in the hands of complicators.”

Web metrics maniacs have been measuring every visit, every click, every time we blow our nose or wipe our ass. They know what we do and where we live and where we go.

Now they need to tell us what are the principles? What are the simple truths? What do we need to know?

We’re waiting.

28 Innovative Music Videos That Are Not Christmas Songs! (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) I bet you are starting to get sick of those Christmas songs on the radio, in the mall, on TV and everywhere you turn. That is why I compiled this cluster of innovative and cutting edge music videos that…

Coke Zero Dance Hero Game

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Recém lançado pela subsidiária da Coca Cola no Canadá, o Coke Zero Dance Hero é um game altamente viciante. Contextualizado na campanha “Coke Zero Taste”, que traz os rabugentos personagens “Tongue” e “Eyeball”, o game convida o jogador a testar a sua habilidade, em algo semelhante ao badalado game Guitar Hero. Porém, ao invés de “lutar” contra a própria guitarra, o jogador precisa ficar esperto para agir com os passos nos lugares e momentos certos.

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Pura coincidência, mas falei antes (aqui) sobre o Pepsi Music Challenge – o jogo também baseado em Guitar Hero, lançado pela sua maior concorrente, a Pepsi.