Tongues, Fingers & Eyeballs to Sell Pop – Coke Zero Ads in English (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Coke put on a wild campaign in Brazil to promote Coke Zero, but getting people to pierce their tongues with the Coca-Cola brand is a little bit much for the rest of the world.

Instead, this TV spot is a little quirky, but it’ll grab your attention when channel surfing. We featured it last week, bu…

Using Technology To Mourn Loved Ones – Digital Remains (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We live in a world where computers, internet, portable media players, and wireless handheld devices are a vital part of our life and identity. Our data is stored on remote networks, creating digital archives of entire generations of people. So What will happen to all of this information when we or a…

Brazil Underwear Day – Bus Station Hosts Underwear Fashion Show & Go (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Agreed not a new type of event, as New York has its very own National Underwear Day dating back to 2003, but this similar event in Brazil (in its second year) is more of a fashion show, as it represents 13 international, national marks and shops of Brasilia and hands out advertising and marketing ma…

Toyota Prius Campaign – Prostitute, Lover, Killer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Toyota thinks that sometimes you gotta overlook and forgive a man’s wrongdoing, as long as he is driving a Prius! The new Toyota Prius campaign uses the tagline “Well, at least he drives a Prius” with a backdrop of three pretty bad/naughty scenarios. Killer, shows a man dragging a dead body into the…

Dental Man Meets Mercedes Man – Wild, Wacky Madrid Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m aware that designers use fashion shows to be over the top and outrageous to get attention. But aren’t the fashions supposed to give a clue as to what the designers think somebody might actually buy and wear?

Looking at the works by designers La Casita de Wendy HAPPY during The EGO of Pasarela …

Dooodle Your Bathroom Inspiration – WCNotes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designers Marc Graells, Miquel Monfort & Victor Viñamata believe that sometimes your “best ideas come to you when you’re in the bathroom.” And since the toilet is not necessarily the best place for high tech gizmos, they came up with the WCNotes.

The WCNotes is essentially a mash-up design…

Shockvertising – Does It Work? Jury Still Out (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Can displaying a shocking, disturbing image be worth it to the public good? Shockvertising is reaching new highs, or lows, depending on your opinion.

Industry experts say public-service ads are becoming more shocking than ever. The gallery includes a series of images from PSAs that have evoked a l…

Cool Cribs – The House In The Clouds

(TrendHunter.com) I would totally love to rent this house for a day, and actually The House In The Clouds in Suffolk, England is rentable either daily or weekly, for the price of $900/day or $3800/week. The peculiar house is built on top of a platform, about 70 feet off the ground. The home is actually an old convert…

Subversive Perfumes – Secretions Magnifiques Are Pretty Gross

(TrendHunter.com) A new perfume is described by its makers, Etat Libre d’Orange, as “subversive” and “disturbing”. If I now explain it contains blood, sweat, saliva and sperm you may understand how apt these descriptions are. Perhaps one not for Mothering Sunday then.

The perfume is called Secretions Magnifiques and…

Folding Flat-Pack Footwear – EIN/Tritt Origami Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto one might say when opening the shoe box to find these folding shoes from EIN/Tritt shoe concepts.

Designer Catherine Meuter has shown how shoe manufacturing can turn flat shoe patterns with reinforcements into wearable footwear. It’s like the whole flatpack furniture craze…

Gruesome Public Health Ads – Dead People (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I get creeped out big time by insects, and these ads only make matters worse. Boecker Public Health are serious about getting their message across to you, “Every year pests are respnsible for over 2 millon deaths.” The Lebanese company provides pest control services for hospitals, hotels, restaurant…

Tux Ties Without Shirts… For Ladies – Karl Lagerfeld Fall 2008 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When he’s not designing for Chanel or Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld works on pieces for his own label. Without the pressure of having to conform to another brand’s standards, the German designer gets really creative. His tuxedo collars and bow ties for women are a good example.

He showed the quirky look a…

Airport VIP For Pets – Lufthansa Frankfurt Animal Lounge

(TrendHunter.com) Lufthansa has opened a new animal station at the Frankfurt Airport, designed to offer the latest in animal handling practices. It is billed as the most modern animal station in the world. Lufthansa Cargo sees the development as an important milestone in its 30 year history of handling animals. The F…

Bearded Underwear – Sex Bomb by Le Slip et Le Caleçon

(TrendHunter.com) The leading lingerie blog in France, called La Lingerie, Le Slip et Le Caleçon, has unearthed a disturbing video, where a male model sports a Bin Laden inspired pair of briefs.

The briefs come with a face of Bin Laden, a long beard falling between the model’s hairy thighs and the drawing of a bomb…

Girlfriend Simulators – Accessories For Lonely Men (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When she’s there, she does little things that irritate the heck out of you, like hogging the blankets on cold nights. But when she’s gone, you miss her horribly, quirks and all.

If you can relate, you’ll appreciate the Accessories for Lonely Men by Noam Toran, which will solve all that. They inclu…

Fake Taxidermy Part VIII – 11 Robotic Hunting Trophies (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It seems the fascination with animal heads on the walls isn’t letting up. These robotic animal head wall mounts make this our eighth fake taxidermy feature. We’ve seen classy antler chandeliers, and we’ve seen very tacky joke pieces. These are by far the most interaction of the bunch.

Motion sensor…

Body Puzzles To Make It Last Longer – Lovemachine Condom Ad (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a sexy, silly ad from my hometown. Ad agency, Jung von Matt/Alster in Hamburg, Germany created this condom ad which features images of a women’s bodies baring puzzles.

One girl has a connect-the-dots design around her navel. Another ad features a Sudoku grid on a female’s lower back, and …

Extreme Advertising – Coke Zero’s Tongue-Piercing in Brazil (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Coke Zero has launched in Brazil an extreme guerrilla marketing campaign using people’s tongues.

Several shops in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Salvador give free piercings with the brand logo, with the only condition of taking pictures to publish on the website which redirects to a G…

Can’t Touch This – Italian Law Forbids Touching Own Crotch in Public (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bad news for Michael Jackson and Ricky Martin who are fond crotch grabbers. Italy’s highest court has ruled that men may not touch their genitals in public.The court struck against a broad practice: a tradition among some Italian men of warding off bad luck by grabbing the crotch.

The court rul…

Funky Converted Warehouse – Mumbai Blue Frog Serenity (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When “Susan” and “Robeert” at the call center in Mumbai, India gets done dealing with Vista problems, they want solitude and serenity. No problems. Please hold. The Blue Frog can provide all that.

Just looking at the circular motif with the soft blue lighting can release the tension in shoulders. …