Roll-Up Cushion Recliners – The Soft Seat KB is a Frameless Furnishing that Conforms to Your Comfort (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Furniture designers cannot assume that their creations will always appeal to the masses in terms of comfort, so many of them develop products that can be manipulated as a means to attract more users….

The Guardian: Pie Chart

Advertising Agency: BBH, London, UK
Creative Director: David Kolbusz
Art Director: Carl Broadhurst
Copywriter: Peter Reid
Illustrator / Typographer: James Townsend
Art Buyer: Sally Green
Head of Art: Mark Reddy
Strategic Business Lead: Ngaio Pardon
Account Director: Alex Monger
Planners: Ida Siow, Lynsey Atkins

Sporty Company Credentials – Tennis Court Business Card Has a Memorable Impact in the Marketing Game (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It takes a great deal of creativity to think outside of the box when designing your wallet-sized professional ID. This tennis court business card demonstrates three-dimensional thinking with an…

Satirical Song Blocked in Pakistan, but No Reason Is Given

No official explanation has been given for the apparent ban on the song, which critics have praised for its sharp humor.

    

Odd Feline Sushi Pairings – Sushi Cats Will Provide Joy to Any Cat Lover (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A lot of weird creations come from Japan and the ‘Sushi Cats’ are just another oddity to add to that pile. Created by Japan-based company Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts, the photos…

Alaskan Media Battle Pits KTUU and Cable Rival

A telecommunications company’s bid to offer TV content raises questions about fairness and monopoly.

    

Oscars Group Opens Up Voting for Foreign Films

The move breaks with a practice that had narrowed Oscar voting in certain categories to those who had seen the nominees on the big screen.

    

The Public Editor: Repairing the Credibility Cracks After Jayson Blair

A decade later, a reporting scandal that shook The Times remains a touchy subject.

    

Reality-Defying Photography – Erik Johansson Returns with More Mind-Bending Photos (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Looking at photographer Erik Johansson’s work is like diving into a storybook. Each photo is so beautifully edited and constructed that it seems familiar, but there’s always a twist….

Silhouetted Cartoon Illustrations – Toy Story Illustrations by Khoa Ho Re-Imagine a Classic Film (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Toy Story is a beloved classic movie franchise that anyone can appreciate, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that even in this time Toy Story illustrations are still favored by many people.

The…

Apocalypse Attack Weapons – The Zombie Slayer Axe Blade Will Slice Through Any Dead Enemies (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Etsy seller Stephen Heeney of SjHeeneyDesigns wants you to be as prepared as possible in case you need to become a zombie slayer during the impending zombie apocalypse.

As such, he has created an…

Architectural Scaffolding Lights – The Construction Floor Lamp Design is Industrially Appealing (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Set up to look like an architectural tower creation, the Construction floor lamp design by Joost van Bleiswijk for Moooi is an architect’s dream lighting.

Simple, yet striking, the light…

Mercedes-Benz: Promise

Collision Prevention Assist. You see the danger coming.

Advertising Agency: RMG Connect, Madrid, Spain
Creative Directors: Nacho Rojo, Nacho Herranz
Art Director: Nacho Rojo
Copywriter: Nacho Herranz
Published: May 2013

Mercedes-Benz: Office

Collision Prevention Assist. You see the danger coming.

Advertising Agency: RMG Connect, Madrid, Spain
Creative Directors: Nacho Rojo, Nacho Herranz
Art Director: Nacho Rojo
Copywriter: Nacho Herranz
Published: May 2013

Mercedes-Benz: Saved

Collision Prevention Assist. You see the danger coming.

Advertising Agency: RMG Connect, Madrid, Spain
Creative Directors: Nacho Rojo, Nacho Herranz
Art Director: Nacho Rojo
Copywriter: Nacho Herranz
Published: May 2013

Mercedes-Benz: Darling

Collision Prevention Assist. You see the danger coming.

Advertising Agency: RMG Connect, Madrid, Spain
Creative Directors: Nacho Rojo, Nacho Herranz
Art Director: Nacho Rojo
Copywriter: Nacho Herranz
Published: May 2013

Vodafone: What’s around me?

Where are you? I don’t know, where are you?
“What’s around me?” application from Vodafone.

Advertising Agency: Y&R ?stanbul / Team Red, Istanbul, Turkey
Creative Director: Ergin Köylüceli
Head of art: Ahmet Ozan Çelebi
Illustrator: O?uz Birgören
Published: March 2013

When Edgy Goes Wrong: Mtn Dew Gave Up Too Much Control


Mtn Dew made a bet on Los Angeles-based rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator — and lost.

The PepsiCo brand found itself apologizing — including via paid Twitter ads — this past week after a branded video the artist produced spurred charges of racism and misogyny.

The video was the second in a series of three Tyler Okonma made in partnership with Mtn Dew and depicted a beaten woman struggling to pick her aggressor out of a police lineup of young black men (members of Odd Future, Mr. Okonma’s rap collective) and a goat, who heckles the woman. The woman is too scared of “snitching” to pick the perp — the goat — from the lineup.

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Drawstring Side Tables – The Line Up Table Combines Resourceful Functionality and Composition (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The most notable aspect of the Line Up Table’s assembly is its curious rope-bound supports. The low coffee table has four rounded legs that angle out from beneath the center of the surface….

Victory for WikiLeaks

Will we see an open-source revolution in 2013?

There is justice in Ireland.

The supreme court of Iceland passed a ruling on April 24, 2013 ordering Valitor – a.k.a Visa Iceland – to resume processing online donations to WikiLeaks within two weeks. And if they don’t follow through, the judge will hold them to it by charging Valitor a nice daily fine of $6,830 until it complies.

“This is a victory for WikiLeaks and freedom of information,” Reporters Without Borders declared, “The arbitrary blocking of payments put in place by financial service companies was completely illegal and has now been condemned as such by a country’s highest court.”

Reporters Without Borders put forth this statement:

We hope that this ruling will put a stop to the controversial decisions that Visa has been taking until now in connection with WikiLeaks and that Visa will instruct all of its partners and subcontractors around the world to comply. It would be strange, and unacceptable, if only Valitor were obliged to provide a service to WikiLeaks in Iceland while all the other subcontractors, including those in the rest of Europe and the United States, were not.

Over the next few months, we demand that all other financial service companies – MasterCard, American Express, and Visa Europe – which have all been directly or indirectly involved in blocking payments to WikiLeaks adhere to the logic of the Iceland ruling. Else, we now have the power and support to legally force them to do so …

And by the end of 2013, we raise a unified and unstoppable global rallying cry for full-transparency, freedom of expression … a true open-source revolution is at our fingertips at long last.

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