Fresh Delivery Photography – Newborns by Thierry Bouet Show The Beauty of Innocence (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) How adorable is this new series from French photographer Thierry Bouët?

Thierry captured 50 newborn babies right after they were delivered. There is something magical about capturing these babies in…

Portraits of Crack Addicts – USER by Tony Fouhse Finds Compassion for the Fallen (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) ‘User’ is a photography project by Tony Fouhse in which he captures beauty in ugliness as he photographs crack addicts at one street corner in Ottawa, Canada over the period of a few months.

“The casual…

It is all in the Business for Microsoft

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Focusing largely on software solutions that most business find handy in making them efficient, Microsoft has focused their new wave of ads towards guiding people on the important of software in the world of business. A couple of these ads can be found on their website, although some have already been aired on various mediums of advertising such as TV, audio and print.

Taking off from their “I am a business (PC), and proud of it” slogan, you can expect Microsoft to aggressively hit the business sectors. But the thing is, will the business sector grasp these invectives despite the crisis today?

The release largely consists of a Q&A with the company’s general manager of its Advertising and Customer Engagement Team, Gayle Troberman, in which Troberman explains the strategy behind the ads.

(Source) ZDNet

Celebrating High School Stereotypes – 2009 Standard Staff Calendar (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Standard hotels celebrate the new year with a nod to High School stereotypes in their 4th annual Staff Calendar that looks like a yearbook from the 80s.

Real staff from each of the Standards’ home…

Banvertisements – 10 Over-the-Top Ads Banned Worldwide (This is Why We Love the Web) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In the past, banned ads, let’s call them banvertisements, never saw the light of day outside the agencies in which their were conceived. With the internet, however, this has changed. The ads above, for…

Denim-Specific Skivvies – SS09 MovereJean Underwear Enhances Male Features (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ladies and men attracted to men, now that you’ve finished drooling over MovereJean’s hot male underwear ad models, it’s time to learn how MovereJean’s (who postulate they have made the first jean-specific…

‘Whopper Virgins’ Rivals Online Success of ‘Freakout’

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Burger King's recent "Whopper Virgins" campaign is on track to replicate the online success of the fast feeder's earlier viral success "Whopper Freakout," but its impact on sales remains to be seen.

Mercedes Picks Razorfish for Digital

DETROIT (AdAge.com) — Mercedes-Benz USA tapped Razorfish as its new digital agency of record after a quiet review, Steve Cannon, VP-marketing at the automaker, said.

Steelers Steal ‘Golden Globes,’ ’24’ Viewers


MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — It was supposed to be a battle between the tapestry of deceit on "24" and red carpet of "The Golden Globes." Instead it was the steel curtain, otherwise known as the Pittsburgh Steelers, that won the night as CBS rode a Steelers victory to win a big night of network TV.

Interview: Seth Godin on How Often To Post to Your Blog


How often should you post to a blog? The guy atop Ad Age's Power 150 list shares his thoughts on the subject with B.L. Ochman.

Group M Forms Dedicated Mobile Unit

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Around this time every year, the same industry rallying cry can be heard: This will be the year mobile marketing finally breaks out. But for WPP Group and a host of clients, 2008 finally was that year. Or at least the year mobile went from being a possibility to a permanent part of some brands' integrated media strategy.

Country Weekly Drops Subscriptions for Newsstand Sales Only


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — American Media is amputating about 80% of Country Weekly's paid circulation as part of a bid to keep the title publishing.

ALS Spot Conveys Nightmare (May Cause Them)

The below spot, from Tampa-based agency Dunn & Co., is running in the Tampa Bay area to raise awareness about ALS, also know as Lou Gehrig's Disease. When an ALS sufferer's motor neurons start to die, muscles waste away. He then loses the ability to walk, speak, eat, and eventually breathe. Not exactly the easiest thing to portray in an ad.

The Best Health and Wellness Products From CES


Although I'm always blown away by many of the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards honorees, as the Interpublic Emerging Media Lab's health-care director, I'm especially interested in advances in the health-and-wellness category. We've seen amazing advances in this category in the past few years, and here are some of this year's best.

Political ‘It’ Dogs – Obama Chooses Between Portuguese Water Hound and Labradoodle (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Portuguese Water Hound (AKA Portuguese Water Dog) might just be the next ‘it’ dog if President-elect Barack Obama goes opts for this breed of pooch for the next four-legged White House mascot.

Obama…

Gatorade’s G, Audi Gets Serenaded by Woody Guthrie, Virgin Atlantic’s Sexy at 25 and Every VW Designer’s Fight


This week's episode of Creativity's Top 5, courtesy Creativity-Online.com, the first of 2009, Audi gets a corrugated look and serenaded by Woody Guthrie; TBWA/Chiat/Day enlists Lil Wayne to narrate a mysterious Gatorade spot; director Ivan Zacharias illustrates the battle within every VW designer; Gary Hustwit unveils the trailer to his new film, "Objectified"; and RKCR/Y&R and Traktor celebrate Virgin Atlantic's 25 years in style.

Nude Shockvertising – AnimaNaturalis Strips Women for Animal Rights (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Animal rights activist groups such as PETA and AnimaNaturalis have discovered the fine art of using the nude body to send a message. These images of AnimaNaturalis activists in Spain depict something much…

Please Stand By While We Load This Website


You know those things that play while you wait for a fancy flash-based website to load? Well they're called preloaders and they're going extinct. But Big Spaceship isn't going to let them go quietly.

With Steve Jobs Sidelined, Who Will Evangelize Brand Apple?


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In this first installment of Dumenco's Media People — a new interview series with media grandees conducted by our media columnist Simon Dumenco — Macworld VP-Editorial Director Jason Snell talks about Apple's challenges in the wake of news reports about Apple CEO Steve Jobs' mysterious health problems.

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