Grinning Smile Sculptures – 'The Smile' By Alison Brooks Architects Lets Viewers Walk Inside (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In celebration of the London Design Festival, the team at Alison Brooks Architects put together a sculpture called ‘The Smile’ that is a grinning smile constructed out of wood. The…

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Mercedes: Timeless legends

diaTribe Foundation: Child obesity – girl

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Wilson: Legends

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Snowden: Surveillance camera

Elevation Pictures released the critically acclaimed film “Snowden”. The film takes on the very prescient subject of limitless surveillance and the the question of personal privacy. To help launch the film, DentsuBos and Elevation Pictures set up surveillance cameras, equipped with motion tracking technology, around Dundas Square to track and follow pedestrians from afar while live streaming the footage onto the giant video board. It has tremendous impact and gives you the chills.

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Playboy – King of the Game / Not the valet (2016) :55 (France)

Playboy - King of the Game / Not the valet (2016) :55 (France)
The opening scene makes a few things clear: this is a great party. The venue is rich. The women are pretty. There’s valet parking. The guy with the fuzzy handcuff car keys is a tosser. He waves the keys at a guy who is not the valet, and soon this man runs to fetch tossers car. It’s unclear if this man already knows the three women cooing around the man with car, but it is clear that he is miffed and spots a great idea in the garage. With the “just married” sticker firmly attached to the car, the women reject joining car-man and instead opt for a cab-ride with Mr Not-the-Valet. Well played, son. Though I suspect this perfume smells like the man with the fuzzy handcuff car keys.

Do not miss the female version, Playboy Queen of the game / Photographer.

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Playboy – Queen of the Game / The photographer (2016) :60 (France)

Playboy - Queen of the Game / The photographer (2016) :60 (France)
Much like in Playboy King of the game, this lady of the hour outmaneuvered her competition with surgical skill. She spots her target as soon as she enters the party, but is outflanked by three other girls. Resourceful she poses everyone and then shares on social media (presumably) which gets all of the ladies in trouble. Now that the battlefield is cleared, she re-ups her perfume game, and goes in for the kill.

Perfume has always been about sex and attraction, this just adds the game to the mix showing how assertive the wearer may be. Not sure what the scent is like but the ads are fresh.

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The Barbarian Group are selling their table.

Last week the Barbarian Group thought it would be hilarious to confirm the sale of their “superdesk,” in the wake of its demise, buyout, and jumping ship of partners after a long few months of executive exits meltdowns and more as Cheil bought the remains. Kind of reminds me of Sid Lee, who was also bought out in this case by Japan’s Hakuhodo and closing their Amsterdam office.

This marks the end of fifteen years that started with groundbreaking work and ended with a load of PR and very little else.

“Margin-blowing sell off! The one. The only. The Superdesk.

Known to keep tribes happy, this one of a kind continuous desk features slight wear and tear (and tears). Can be sold in parts or as is.

It’s big. How big? Literally 4,400 square feet of undulating, unbroken awesomeness to keep people and ideas flowing.

Additional uses may include BMX pump track, children’s slide and outdoor dog park fun.

Interns and former CEO’s can be provided to assist with move.”

I guess you could hand it to them for trying to make light of the situation but with the number of layoffs this year, it seems super tacky. Perhaps the desk wasn’t so super after all.

Now I’m not much on schadenfreude but it does remind me of this scene from 24 Hour Party People, so let this be your Ozymandias lesson for the night.

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Candy Corn Oreos are back in time for Halloween.

Hey– great news, maybe. Just in time for Halloween, Candy Corn Oreos are back. Yes for a limited time, the cookie will have stuffing that is orange and yellow. In a way it’s a welcome break from the Pumpkin Spice Cult that appears every time this year. But considering how fast they get snapped up, you might want to grab yours ASAP. Let’s hope some people will actually share with the kids this Halloween instead of being jerks about it. If it’s not your thing there are still Swedish Fish flavored Oreo to be had.
But seriously Oreo, calm down. We love you. It reminds me of that comedy bit by the late great Mitch Hedberg about Turkey. “I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad at turkeys. There’s turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami. Some one needs to tell the turkey, ‘man, just be yourself.’”
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Gatorade "Cam Newton" (2016) 1:45 (USA)

Like really expensive headphones, sports drinks are now pumping out the same storyline in an effort to be inspirational and that storyline is ignore the haters. These ads are so numerous, it has become a new category of formulaic advertising. It’s kind of hard to get excited about yet another story of an overpaid athlete blocking out the “the haters,” and fueling (hydrating) his drive with product.

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