Sleek Pet Carriers – Ceramic and Platinum Travel Doghouse for Well-Heeled Canines (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Well-heeled pooches will travel in luxury with this ceramic and platinum travel doghouse. It’s a ceramic suitcase with platinum accents, designed by Marco Morosini for Bosa.

Most pet carriers on the…

Top 20 Unique Books and Articles for Book Lovers in 2008

(TrendHunter.com) This countdown features the most innovative books, book trends and stuff for book lovers in the last year.  The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million…

Designer Shoes for Dolls – Barbie Gets a Pair of Christian Louboutin Pumps (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Next year, in honor of her 50th birthday, Barbie is set to get a pair of designer Christian Louboutin pumps.  The shoes will even have their own special label: Barbie Pantone 219 Pink.

According to Luxist,…

Bizarre Holiday Menus – Heston Blumenthal’s Reindeer Milk Ice Cream and Sugar Baubles

(TrendHunter.com) I haven’t always thought the best of Heston Blumenthal, but his ‘In Search of Perfection’ Christmas show and book has totally changed my mind.

In the past, Blumenthal has used MRI scanners to create…

13 Viral Pranks and Internet Memes (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) The Web is awash with viral pranks and Internet memes that only make sense to individuals who are constantly connected. From Rick Rolling to Disaster Girl, many of these pranks wouldn’t be funny in an…

20 Young Male Hollywood Highlights of 2008 (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) Young male Hollywood stars such as Twilight’s Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron and Daniel Radcliffe are giving the females in the business a run for their money.

While the buzz in 2008 about Miley Cyrus was…

Interactive Online Tomfoolery – Make Any Website Totally Porked at Bacolicio.us (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bacon. The web loves bacon. And it continues. Here’s a fun site that puts a lovely piece of bacon–not too crispy–over any website you enter into your browser bar. Add the much-loved meat to a deeply…

Graph-Based Beer Ads – Goldstar Uses Flow Chart to Outline Your Path to Beervana (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These hilarious ads for Goldstar beer use flow charts to outline the different steps in a woman’s night compared to a man’s. You’ll notice immediately how short a man’s path of enlightenment is compared…

Unusual Religious Iconography – 10 Pieces of Subverted Jesus Artwork (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Christmas is almost here. It means a lot of things to a lot of different people – just as Jesus Christ does (and even religion itself, for that matter). I thought I would explore the many different ways…

Toy Popularity Predictions – The Building Our Future Conference

(TrendHunter.com) The first-ever Building Our Future Conference brought toy makers from all over the world to project the toy trends ten years from now. Their predictions were published in the toy industry publication ‘Playthings’…

Eyeball Piercings – The JewelEye

(TrendHunter.com) There are countless ways to puncture your skin with a metal stud or needle. The face is a popular place to start, and the eyes in particular. Piercings on or near the eyebrow, tear ducts and between the…

A salute on the 37th National Day of the UAE

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Advertising Agency: TBWA\RAAD, UAE, Abu Dhabi
Creative Director: Martin Lever
Art Director: Sherif Galal

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Ecotastic Gifts – From Cardboard Taxidermy to Plush Toy Chairs (THTV)

(TrendHunter.com) Looking for eco friendly gift ideas?  This video featuers some of the most creative products and artistic creations.  Recycled cardboard taxidermy is just the beginning…

The ecotastic gift guide also…

DIY Christmas Cannons – Create Your Own Tinsel Explosions for Hours of Blastastic Fun (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Using the same concept as a potato cannon, you can create your own Christmas cannon with PVC pipe and a bicycle pump. Instead of loading the cannon with a potato, however, you use tinsel, confetti, or…

Calendars for Makeup Brands – V Magazine Goes Behind the Scenes at Maybelline Shoot

Maybelline, the drugstore cosmetic favorite, is sexing it up with a limited-edition calendar featuring models Julia Stegner, Adriana Lima, Anna Wang, and Jessica White. V Magazine went behind-the-scenes…

Novelty Electrical Socket Accessories – The Electroman Surge Protector

(TrendHunter.com) The Electroman Surge Protector offers up his hands and feet for you to turn one socket into four.

Each grounded socket has an on/off switch, and the indicator light is positioned to represent Electroman’s…

Promotions with Cultural Stereotypes – ‘Lonely Fortune Writer’ Ad Singles Asian-Americans Out (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) To promote sales for ‘Healthy Choice: Asian Inspired Cafe Steamers,’ ConAgra foods created the website ‘Lonely Fortune Writer.’ Unfortunately for ConAgra, their new interactive site is considered insulting…

Suggestive Gayvertising – The Black Tulip Gay Hotel’s ‘Anal’ Floor Map

The latest ad for Amsterdam’s Black Tulip Gay Hotel is a bit, well, anal. On the floor map is the outline of a man bent over with a red arrow and a caption stating “You Are Here” pointed directly at the…

Louis Vuitton: Coppolas, Keith, Sean

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Advertising Agency: Ogilvy and Mather, Paris, France
Creative Director / Art Director: Christian Reuilly
Copywriter: Edgard Montjean
Photographer: Annie Leibovitz
Art Buyer: Laurence Nahmias
Account Director: Laurent Janneau
Group Account Director: Samuel Giblin
Account Executive: Marie Reynaud

Real-Life Military Ray Guns – The Laser Dazzler is Part Phaser, Part Light Saber (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s against the United Nations’ rules to permanently blind your enemies, but much to the delight of armed services, temporary blindness may be okay in its place. US government agencies and others are…