Scenic Body Art Photography – Liviu Burlea Paints People in His Beautifully Bodacious Bodyscapes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While he makes the subjects of his bodyscapes part of the surrounding scenery, artist Liviu Burlea does not allow them to blend into the background.

People become sculptural works of art when…

Clorox: Franklin

Advertising Agency: DDB West, San Francisco, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Lisa Bennett
Group Creative Director: Chad Ackley
Copywriter: Andrew Hajjar
Associate Creative Director / Art Director: Kelly McCullough
Agency Producer: Jessica Manning
Director of Production: Frank Brooks
Group Account Director: Rebecca Hines
Account Executive: Ashley Wurzel
Account Director: Michelle Ehlinger
Production Company: Hello!
Director: Matt Smukler
Executive Producer: Carl Swan
Line Producer: Gayleen Sharon
Director of Photography: Tim Hudson
Editorial: Beast
Editor: Jim Ulbrich
VFX/Online: Beast Editorial
VFX Artist: Dave Burghardt
Telecine: New Hat
Sound Design and Audio Mixing: POP Sound
Sound Designer: Peter Rincon

Renault Master camping car: Pisa

You won’t ever want to stop.

Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
Chief Creative Officer: Olivier Altmann
Creative Officer: Hervé Riffault
Copywriter: Thierry Lebec
Art Director: Bénédicte Potel
Assisting Art Director: Magali Valencia
Account managers: Stéphane Gaillard, Boris Langlois, Caroline Su, Adeline Blanc

Renault Master camping car: Moscow

You won’t ever want to stop.

Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
Chief Creative Officer: Olivier Altmann
Creative Officer: Hervé Riffault
Copywriter: Thierry Lebec
Art Director: Bénédicte Potel
Assisting Art Director: Magali Valencia
Account managers: Stéphane Gaillard, Boris Langlois, Caroline Su, Adeline Blanc

Renault Master camping car: Mont Saint-Michel

You won’t ever want to stop.

Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
Chief Creative Officer: Olivier Altmann
Creative Officer: Hervé Riffault
Copywriter: Thierry Lebec
Art Director: Bénédicte Potel
Assisting Art Director: Magali Valencia
Account managers: Stéphane Gaillard, Boris Langlois, Caroline Su, Adeline Blanc

Copywriter Publishes a Book of Tweets, Gets Amish Guy to Advertise It

Keith Wisniewski, a writer and associate creative director at Publicis Seattle, likes being funny on Twitter. So, he went ahead and published a book of what he considers his most hilarious tweets. Too Small to Fail: The Tweets of Keith Wisniewski is available on Amazon. If you're not immediately rushing over there to buy it, allow the Amish man in the video below to read a little from the book. See, this is how the Amish access the Internet—by reading a book of tweets. You can follow Keith on Twitter at @TheRealWZA. Jokes this week have involved the deformed people of Chernobyl and ninjas with BO.

    

Dove ‘Real Beauty’ Spoof Asks Men to Describe Their Balls

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Just what everyone wants to wake up to on a crisp Tuesday morning…a discussion of men’s balls. That’s the latest subject in this Portal A spoof of Dove’s recent Ogilvy Brazil-created “Real Beauty Sketches” video released two weeks ago. The original had an FBI forensics artist sketch women as they described themselves from behind a curtain.

It’s the second spoof of the work so far with the first focusing on men’s pompously confident view of themselves. This second spoof focuses on how men (and others) view their balls. We get descriptions such as “like a bag of old rags” and “my mom always told me I had soggy balls.” One man describes his balls as “like a frog that died and has been baking in the sun for two or three days.” Yeck.

The sketches, thankfully, look far better than what one can imagine the original subject matter appearing. See the video below. Some may consider it NSFW.

Mobile App ‘Placed’ Tracks People As They Shop In Exchange For Deals


Mobile check-ins have a problem: they require an action by the user. But what if a mobile app checked shoppers into locations automatically in exchange for deals or coupons?

That’s the premise behind mobile app company Placed, which captures data on the physical locations of people hundreds of times each day, using that information to help brands understand their own consumers and how they interact with the competition.

Unlike some technologies that track people by surreptitiously gathering device IDs, Placed is relatively forthcoming in its explanation to users that it collects and stores their location data in exchange for gift cards and other prizes.

Continue reading at AdAge.com

Home Spending on Entertainment Rises

Purchases of movies and TV shows rose about 5 percent in the first quarter, according to an industry group.

    

Cyber Street Style Fashions – Maria Ke Fisherman Features Cyber Punk Fashions Reminiscent of the 90s (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The new video campaign for Maria Ke Fisherman Fall/Winter 2013 collection showcases cyber street punk fashions in a perplexing manner. A street drag race is the backdrop for the video and all the…

Office of Senator Koko Pimentel: Zombie

No to zombie votes. Use your head. Register and vote well, if not, the Philippines gets cheated again. Register at the nearest Comelec Office. Deadline: October 31, 2012

A poster campaign was made showing the three most common forms of electoral cheating to remind Filipinos to be extra vigilant in the upcoming elections, and to go out and register to vote.

Advertising Agency: Grey, Makati City, Philippines
Chief Creative Officer / Executive Creative Director: Ompong Remigio
Creative Directors: Ompong Remigio, Mon Pineda
Associate Creative Directors: Mags Sandoval, Bunny Vivero
Art Directors: Eric Gutierrez, Jan Sarmiento, Mon Pineda
Copywriter: Mags Sandoval
Illustrators: Jan Sarmiento, Eric Gutierrez
Published: October 2012

Office of Senator Koko Pimentel: Tiyanak

No to underage voting. Use your head. Register and vote well, if not, the Philippines gets cheated again. Register at the nearest Comelec Office. Deadline: October 31, 2012

A poster campaign was made showing the three most common forms of electoral cheating to remind Filipinos to be extra vigilant in the upcoming elections, and to go out and register to vote.

Advertising Agency: Grey, Makati City, Philippines
Chief Creative Officer / Executive Creative Director: Ompong Remigio
Creative Directors: Ompong Remigio, Mon Pineda
Associate Creative Directors: Mags Sandoval, Bunny Vivero
Art Directors: Eric Gutierrez, Jan Sarmiento, Mon Pineda
Copywriter: Mags Sandoval
Illustrators: Jan Sarmiento, Eric Gutierrez
Published: October 2012

Office of Senator Koko Pimentel: Manananggal

No to flying voters. Use your head. Register and vote well, if not, the Philippines gets cheated again. Register at the nearest Comelec Office. Deadline: October 31, 2012

A poster campaign was made showing the three most common forms of electoral cheating to remind Filipinos to be extra vigilant in the upcoming elections, and to go out and register to vote.

Advertising Agency: Grey, Makati City, Philippines
Chief Creative Officer / Executive Creative Director: Ompong Remigio
Creative Directors: Ompong Remigio, Mon Pineda
Associate Creative Directors: Mags Sandoval, Bunny Vivero
Art Directors: Eric Gutierrez, Jan Sarmiento, Mon Pineda
Copywriter: Mags Sandoval
Illustrators: Jan Sarmiento, Eric Gutierrez
Published: October 2012

Three Top Marketers With Agency Backgrounds Reveal Why They Switched Sides


A number of high-profile marketers started on the agency side of the business. Here, they talk about why they made the move and what they’ve learned along the way.

DANA ANDERSON

Senior VP-marketing strategy and communications, Mondelez International

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Surreal Gravity-Defying Images – These Stunning Pictures by Hossein Zare Bend the Rules of Gravity (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These images by Hossein Zare are strikingly surreal. He depicts his subjects and environments without being held back by the laws of gravity.

His images almost have a bizarre apocalyptic feel that…

Ad Revenue Returns to Growth at Viacom, if Only Mildly


Viacom, owner of cable networks Nickelodeon and MTV as well as the Paramount film studio, reported quarterly profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates on improved advertising sales.

Net income fell 18% to $478 million, or 96 cents a share, in the quarter ended March 31, from $585 million, or $1.07, a year earlier, the company said today in a statement. Excluding some items, profit totaled 96 cents a share. Analysts had projected 95 cents, the average of 30 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

“Ratings are up at several networks, and advertising revenues have returned to year-over-year growth, up 2%,” Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman said in the statement.

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Sears: Monkey’s Uncle

Advertising Agency: mcgarrybowen Chicago
Chief Creative Officer: Ned Crowley
Group Creative Directors: Kevin Thoem
Associate Creative Director: Jose A. Martinez
Director of Production: Lisa Burke Snyder
Executive Producer: Mark Olson
Broadcast Producer: Lindsey Zuercher
Music Producer: Morgan Thoryk
Account Managing Director: Lisa Groot
Account Director: Jennifer Weitzel
Account Supervisor: Nick Killion
Director of Broadcast Bus. Affairs: Joann Baker
Broadcast Business Manager: Kiki Powell
Advertising Manager: Rick Ray
Production Company: Supply & Demand
Director: Matt Lenski Audio Producer
Founder / Managing Partner: Tim Case
President / Managing Partner: Charles Salice
Exexutive Producer / Partner: Kira Carstensen
Co-Head of Production: Alexis Kaplan
Producer: Nina Huang
Editorial: Cutters Chicago
Editor: Matt Walsh
Producer: Patrick Casey
VFX Producer: Bruce Rindler
Audio Producer: Tim Konn
Telecine: Company 3
Colorist: Tyler Roth
Producer: JP McIntosh

Captain D’s Seafood Kitchen: Web Cam

Advertising Agency: TM Advertising, Dallas, USA
Creative Director: Bill Oakley
Art Director: Brian Wood
Copywriter: Jason Niebaum
Published: April 2013

VillaLobos: The Empty Shop

For the annual Winter Clothing Drive, a new way of collecting donations. Bring clothes to the shop instead of taking them from the shop.

Advertising Agency: Loducca, Brazil
Creatives: Alexandre Amaral, Fábio Saboya, Marcelo Rosa, Raphael Franzini, Weber Luiz de Andrade
Designers: Eduardo Tallia, Gustavo de Lacerda
Creative Directors: Cássio Moron, Fábio Saboya, Sérgio Mugnaini
Chief Creative Officer: Guga Ketzer
Accounts: Fernão Cosi, Fabiane Veiga, Tatiana Moliterno, Renato Nose, Isabella Motta, Gabriela Ruffo
Media: Daniel Chalfon, Rodrigo Tamer, Leandro Otsuka, Natália Oliveira, Thiago Ribeiro, José Carlos de Melo
Planners: Ken Fujioka, Daniel de Tomazo, André Troster
Executive Producers: Ana Luisa André, Sid Fernandes
RTV: Ana Luisa André, Indaiara Pelizario
Production / Post Production: O2 Filmes
Director: Quico Meirelles
Photography Director: Cauê Laratta
Editor: Saulo Simão
Audio Production: Tentáculo
Published: April 2013

Lam Tam: Sahara

An Art Experience Tour 2012 Sponsor, obviously.

Advertising Agency: Amén, Montevideo, Uruguay
Chief Creative Director: Nacho Vallejo
Creative Director: Gabriel Lista
Art Director: Gustavo Etchandy
Copywriter: Juan Pablo Steneri
Photographer: Geo Eye
Published: February 2013