10 Nifty Nucleo Designs – Artistic Furniture From LEGO-Inspired Tables to Upcycled Plywood Chairs (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) Nucleo is an incredibly intriguing design team based in Italy that creates artistic furniture. Their work is eclectic in that they don’t possess a framework or mould that is consistent in the…

Argentine fast-food chain opens in UK with horse burgers

Argentina’s leading fast food chain of burger restaurants, Pril, is opening a pilot store in Leicester Square, where it will serve horse meat burgers alongside traditional beef patties.

Vatican to launch TV campaign to boost Church’s image

Pope Francis, the newly appointed pontiff, has asked a number of leading advertising agencies to pitch for a multimillion-dollar international ad campaign, in a bid to try and restore the tarnished image of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pale Sophisticated Fashion – The Grazia France ‘Envies De Nude’ Editorial Stars Cora Keegan (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Spring is here and that means a refreshing new wardrobe full of bright whites, soft pastels and, of course, sophisticated nudes as shown in the Grazia France ‘Envies De Nude’ editorial….

Shipwrecked Swimwear Ads – The Etam Spring 2013 Beachwear Campaign Stars Natalia Vodianova (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Etam Spring 2013 Beachwear ad campaign is bound to bring the 1980’s film, ‘The Blue Lagoon’ to some people’s minds due to model Natalia Vodianova’s striking…

Coca-Cola: Valentine’s Day, Love is in the air

Advertising Agency: MOFILM, London, UK
Director: Hugh Mitton
Producer: Lee Kupferman
Music: Samora O’Neill
Creative: Hugh Mitton
Published: February 2013

Edmonton Literacy Coalition: Cereal

Reading shouldn’t be a guessing game

Advertising Agency: Berlin Advertising and Public Relations, Canada
Creative Directors: Bryce D’Andrea, Jim Hunter
Art Director: Bryce D’Andrea
Copywriter: Jim Hunter, Bryce D’Andrea
Photographer: Christy Dean
Account Director: Justin Archer
Account coordinator: Isaiah Archer
Published: August 2012

Edmonton Literacy Coalition: Pills

Reading shouldn’t be a guessing game

Advertising Agency: Berlin Advertising and Public Relations, Canada
Creative Directors: Bryce D’Andrea, Jim Hunter
Art Director: Bryce D’Andrea
Copywriter: Jim Hunter, Bryce D’Andrea
Photographer: Christy Dean
Account Director: Justin Archer
Account coordinator: Isaiah Archer
Published: August 2012

Edmonton Literacy Coalition: Machine

Reading shouldn’t be a guessing game

Advertising Agency: Berlin Advertising and Public Relations, Canada
Creative Directors: Bryce D’Andrea, Jim Hunter
Art Director: Bryce D’Andrea
Copywriter: Jim Hunter, Bryce D’Andrea
Photographer: Christy Dean
Account Director: Justin Archer
Account coordinator: Isaiah Archer
Published: August 2012

A Timeline of Scam Ads

Scam ads are a chronic problem in adland, a sort of dark underbelly of the industry where agencies and individuals trying to win awards submit work that’s never been approved by a client or run more than a couple times.

Every few years an ad is so offensive that it gets noticed beyond its home country and makes global headlines. This happened most recently with the Ford Figo fiasco, which led Ad Age to delve into the matter again to see how it impacts the reputation of agencies today and map the ways that clients are put at risk. But the practice goes back much further than that.

Here’s a roundup of our coverage, both recent and from the archives — a steadily-growing timeline of incidents and controversies over scam ads, also known as “ghost ads.”

Continue reading at AdAge.com

McDonald’s: The hunt isn’t over

The hunt isn’t over yet.

Advertising Agency: Cossette, Montréal, Canada
Chief Creative Officers: Antoine Bécotte, David Daga, Matthew Litzinger
Creative Director: Christian Desrosiers
Art Director: Maxime Sauté
Copywriter: Patrick Michaud
Account Director: Simon St-Germain

Google: Nose

Google’s 2013 April Fools’ Day promo.

Google: YouTube’s ready to select a winner

Google’s 2013 April Fools’ Day promo.

Google: Explore Treasure Mode with Google Maps

Google’s 2013 April Fools’ Day promo.

Google: Gmail Blue

Google’s 2013 April Fools’ Day promo.

Handsome Car-Inspired Boats – The Audi Yacht by Ramazan Kaya is Sophisticated and Luxurious (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sleek and powerful, the Audi Yacht clearly embodies the vehicle it was named after. A brand known for its subtle sophistication and technological innovation, Audi is a great source of inspiration…

Paul Williams, Father of Rock Criticism, Is Dead at 64

Mr. Williams, who founded the music magazine Crawdaddy when he was a freshman at Swarthmore College, is considered by many to be rock journalism’s founding father.

The Media Equation: Columbia’s New Journalism Dean Looks Ahead in a Digital Era

Not everyone is impressed with Steve Coll, who will become the new dean at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, but journalists now work in a future he thought a lot about.