Argos rolls out comical Christmas campaign

LONDON – Argos is launching its Christmas TV campaign this week, based on the idea ‘celebrate for less.’

Horns, Cages Lace-Up Leggings – Marko Mitanovski Spring/Summer 2010 is Avant-Garde Apocalyptic (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It was nearly impossible to pick a lead image for this gallery of photos from the Marko Mitanovski Spring/Summer 2010 collection. The series is an avant-garde, post-apocalyptic visual feast that has too…

Alarming Oral Illustrations – Irene Rinaldi Draws Artistically Disturbing Mouth Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Irene Rinaldi has created a gallery featuring orally focused illustrations. Titled “Sometimes I Need to Be Realistic,” the illustrations are too realistic for my bee-hating self.

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Delusional Desert Photography – Hector Santizo Captures the Desolate at Burning Man 2009 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Burning Man 2009 is the latest iteration of “an annual art event and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.” Basically Burning Man is…

iPod is the new big brother from 1984

Doubletwist, the itune’s competitor has released a video that is starring an army of men with iPod earplugs walking under the control of Steve Jobs screen. Advertiser: Doubletwist A nice reference to the Apple’s advertising in 1984 to announce the launch of the Macintosh (see the video below)

How to jump in your car

According to this video, the BMW users are better at jumping in their car than the Audi’s. Jump for joy Advertiser: BMW Want to see more ads about BMW? New bmw 7 in an hourglass The bmw game Metalic balls dance for bmw museum Virgin girl for used car bmw Video stop motion for bmw museum in […]

Harvey Nichols Autumn/Winter 2009

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Advertising Agency: Team Y&R, Dubai
Executive Creative Director: Shahir Zag
Creative Director: Komal Bedi Sohal
Art Director: Komal Bedi Sohal
Copywriter: Shahir Zag
Photographer: James Day
Retouching: Core Digital, London
Account planner: Nadine Ghossoub

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Two Greasy Hillbillies in a Tub… Mmmmmmm


A new spot from Siltanen & Parners for fast-food toasted-sub shop Quizno's offends the senses — especially taste.

When Ad Exchanges Talk to Each Other

Is there a way to even further improve economic efficiency by connecting exchanges to one another? This is a relatively new idea that is just starting to be discussed by players within the exchange community.

Walmart’s Straight Talk Plan Challenges Brand-Building Mobile Competitors


SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) –Does it make sense to invest in brand-building when the market you play in is more and more becoming defined by price — especially after mega-retailer Walmart steps in to set a new pricing floor?

Warning Sign Fails – These Signs Beg More Questions Than They Answer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Telegraph presents Week 70 of their ‘Sign Language’ series, which highlights public signage that either fails to explain the situation or presents an immediate oxymoron. Have a look at these warning…

Like Balloon, Cable News Nets Also Adrift



MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — Many media critics are howling over the cable news networks' continual coverage of the "Balloon Boy" drama, as the networks — and their viewers — got caught up in the live coverage. But the real broadcast journalism problem isn't that the cable news networks broke away to go live, but rather what they broke away from.

Ubisoft cria experiência no Twitter para promover “Assassin’s Creed II”

Assassins Creed 2 Twitter Experience

Coincidência que hoje mesmo eu tenha twittado o incrível vídeo das lutas de “Assassin’s Creed II”, revelado pelos desenvolvedores do game, e logo depois a RED Interactive Agency tenha anunciado essa ação, através do Twitter inclusive, para promover a produção milionária da Ubisoft.

Para quem não conhece essa obra de arte feita de pixels, “Assassin’s Creed” é um jogo para PC/Xbox 360/PS3 que te coloca no papel de um exímio assassino na época dos Templários. A sequência do game, que será lançada no dia 23 de novembro, terá sua trama centrada na Itália do século XV.

A “Assassination Experience”, apesar de poder ser experimentada diretamente no site do produto, representa um dos usos mais criativos e complexos do Twitter em uma ação publicitária até o momento. Para entender por completo é preciso testar na prática, mas vou tentar explicar.

Assassins Creed 2 Twitter Experience

Trata-se de uma batalha social em tempo real, em que os jogadores utilizam seus perfis no Twitter para enviar comandos específicos de ataque, defesa e fuga. Após conectar seu Twitter com a plataforma, um outro usuário é indicado como seu alvo. Assim que você twitta um ataque, a vitíma terá um limite de tempo para responder, podendo digitar as ações diretamente ou usar a interface de ícones no site.

As missões são enviadas aleatoriamente durante o dia, portanto, é preciso ficar de olho na aba de replies do seu perfil no Twitter. Conforme participa e responde as ações de outros jogadores, você ganha novas armas e habilidades. Os pontos e rankings ficam registrados também no site assassinscreed.com/twitter

Assassins Creed 2 Twitter Experience

A inovação está mesmo no uso do Twitter, já que a brincadeira é basicamente um Adventure/RPG textual, assim como muitos jogos da década de 1970. O site ainda disponibiliza um data visualization das batalhas.

Para os não gamers e/ou para os nãos conhecedores de “Assassin’s Creed”, a ação pode soar complicada, mas é pertinente para o público que interessa e ainda usa O Twitter, a ferramenta online de mídia social mais hypada da década, de forma que nenhuma marca conseguiu fazer até hoje. Sem invasão, sem spam, só por opção do usuário.

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Kraft Foods | Kitchenistas

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Em mais uma daquelas ações de marketing que envolvem blogueiros como potenciais influenciadores, a Kraft Foods recrutou cinco mamães blogueiras para escrever sobre receitas e sugestões de refeições que levam Velveeta, um queijo processado muito popular nos Estados Unidos, fabricado e distribuído pela Kraft.
As “Kitchenistas” selecionadas para esta campanha terão que ajudar os consumidores a utilizar os queijos Velveeta em novos pratos, dando a eles sugestões muito mais criativas.
Cada uma das blogueiras tem um dia especial da semana para compartilhar suas próprias receitas em um hotsite. Há ainda uma fan page do Facebook que ajuda a aumentar o buzz da campanha.
Os visitantes do VelveetaKitchenistas.com podem deixar um comentário para concorrer a vários prêmios em dinheiro e produtos da marca.

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Scary Cake Monsters – Cakeland is a World of Sweets Protected by Cake Dragons (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Scott Hove, the artist behind Cakeland, has taken cake decorating to a serious extreme. According to his description, Cakeland is a refuge from the harsh realities of the world—a place where one can be…

Padded Crotch Jeans – The Calvin Klein Body Jeans Lends an Enlarging Optical Illusion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Clearly a sock isn’t good enough anymore, because the Calvin Klein Body Jean has an added bonus for all you bashful boys: a padded fly. But why care? I mean, do people really assess the bulge as much as…

How Bloomberg Can Benefit from BusinessWeek’s Ad Sales


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Bloomberg LP's acquisition of BusinessWeek may provide both parties benefits on the editorial side. But Bloomberg ad sales efforts also stand to gain from BusinessWeek's relationships with marketers and agencies. And ad sales, along with those planned editorial improvements and higher subscription prices, are going to play a big role in determining what happens to BusinessWeek one or two years from now.

Google Wave Should Beware of the ‘Communications and Collaboration’ Pitch


A lesson for Google Wave: In the 1990s unified messaging failed to take off because we couldn't answer the question: "but what problem does it solve?"

Yahoo Cancels Popular ‘Paid Inclusion’ Search Program


Yahoo is canceling a program that provided one of its key differentiators: Yahoo Search Submit Pro, also known as paid inclusion. The move especially affects e-commerce and retail players.

Finland’s Broadband Rights; The Gap in China; Brazil’s Animation Business and More


Finland, where 95% of the population has Internet access,> a legal rights.British conservatives launched an ad campaign on possible music-industry savior Spotify. Gap will open its first store in China.