Sleazy Promotional Items – American Apparel’s Boob-Flash Matches (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) American Apparel are well known for sleazy ad campaigns. And these promotional American Apparel matches continue with the tradition.

The matches feature french actress Lea Seydoux flashing her boobs.…

Reinventing with a Rotation – Diamond Shreddies Instead of Square (+ 3 Focus Group Videos) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In perhaps one of the most successful relaunches of a breakfast cereal, Shreddies have been reinvented with nothing more than a simple rotation.

The traditionally-boring cereal came out with a series…

Politcal Icon Fashion – Witty Presidential Candidate Shirts

(TrendHunter.com) T-shirts are something to wear, a canvas for art, and a place to keep the pulse of a thin slice of the American public. Whether Republican or Democrat, there are already numerous designs to choose fro…

Custom Photo Candies – You on an M & M

(TrendHunter.com) M & M’s looked like they had a ground-breaking innovation on their hands when they launched My M & M’s, a service that lets you customize your candy-coated chocolates with text or your company logo, b…

Offbeat Business Cards – Inspiring Self Promotion Ideas (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As they say, first impressions count, so when you hand someone your business card, a well designed one is a must. However, a cleverly designed business card, not necessarily a shockingly different one…

Recycled Can Landmarks – Coca-Cola Sculptures (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When you contribute a huge amount of waste into the environment, and the world is suddenly aware of the issue, putting a spin on your waste is highly desirable. Coca-Cola arranged for some fine artist…

Designer Visualization Dolls – Viktor & Rolf Anniversary Exhibit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The kings of peculiar fashion, Viktor & Rolf, celebrate their unique work of the last 10 years with an exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Holding true to their reputation, they are not …

Custom Eco Adverbottles – Klean Kanteen Co-Branded Bottles (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Personal aluminum bottles are quickly gaining popularity, for health and ethical reasons. Klean Kanteen offers not only stylish plastic bottle alternatives, but the ability to customize them for marke…

High Fashion Ads for Fast Fashion Brands – H&M;Fall 2008 Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) H & M, the European brand now known around the world, has released images of their Fall 2008 ad campaigns, and the results are surprisingly not reflective of the brand.

The Swedish retailers, who ha…

Political Underwear – Obama ’08 Boxer Brief (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What better way to show your support for your favorite presidential candidate than having his face smacked on your underwear? I am just glad that hip underwear brand Andrew Christian chose Obama and n…

Makeup Artists As Shoe Designers – Havaianas Promo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Celebrities have been putting their brands on fashion for a decades, but recently Havaianas extended a similar invitation to makeup artists when they asked them to design limited edition sandals.

VI…

Cereal Scultpures – Rice Krispies Edible Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever lived in North America, chances are, you’ve had Rice Krispies . The puffed rice is equally well known for its gooey dessert counterpart, Rice Crispy Squares, as it is for its snap, crac…

Bushnell: A million bucks for a Bigfoot.

Coonhog1_2Bushnell makes all kinds of yummy optics and cool electronic gadgets. From binocs, to laser range finders to GPS units to scopes to trail cameras. You know what a trail camera is don’t you? You attach it to a tree somewhere deep in the forest and it waits patiently until it senses movement. Then it clicks off a few frames. The idea is to photograph nature without all that human intervention stuff. Sometimes the results are pretty interesting. Like the photo of the raccoon who decided to take a ride on the back of the boar.

Now comes the report that Bushnell seems to be preparing to offer a cool million to the first person who can capture indisputable proof of the Sasquatch with one of their trail cameras. As noted, the Sasquatch is an advertising favorite and probably deserves a spot here.

In any case, a tip of the hat to our friends at Bushnell. The promotion is coming soon. The buzz is starting now.

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Celebrity Appliance Promotion – Kelly Ripa for Electrolux (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Europe has long been recognized for gorgeous home appliances, with brands like Electrolux who have had a European presence for over 70 years. Finally, as of April 2008, Canadians can bring the chic lo…

Glow in The Dark Ads – Child Abuse Ads Show Hidden Images (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Such a powerful ambient campaign that catches you off-guard. These Children and Adolescents Reference Center ads are printed in fluorescent ink as to appear normal with a child playing or innocently l…

Visa Going Bananas with Catherine Zeta-Jones

Visa has been known to be aggressive as far as creating commercials is concerned and apparently all it needs is a mixture of one fine actress in the mold of Catherine Zeta-Jones to spearhead this commercial.

Visa is known all throughout the world and apparently there are not stops on where it can be used. With that in mind, it should not be surprising why most people prefer to use Visa in the way it should be and obviously for anyone at any time.

But what if worst comes to worst when even wise monkeys will really know the real worth of the Visa Credit Card?

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Yazoo Builds New Ad Campaign

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Flavoured milk has been slowly gaining attention in the UK and to make sure that they are properly penetrated, UK’s leading milkshake brand, Yazoo is set to unveil a new advertising campaign to help build better brand awareness for flavoured milk goods today.

Just like any company that sees a great potential for growth in the market, the best way is to turn to advertising practices to help build on this opportunity. Rarely will you be able to come up with a great product that will surely bring in more customers and sales and with the proper ad placement and market penetration, rest assured that Yazoo will surely jump ahead as far as flavoured milk for the consumer is concerned.

“This new advertising campaign is part of our on-going objective to grow the flavoured milk category and support retailers. A large proportion of the sites have been selected to ensure that we reach people at the point of purchase, keeping Yazoo front of mind.”

The flavoured milk category is one of the key drivers of growth in the soft drinks market.

(Source) Talking Retail

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Sony’s House Design of the Future

There are a lot of things left unanswered as far as our future is concerned and a lot of it has to do with where we will find ourselves in the course of time. One thing we have to note is that global warming and eco-friendly issues will be beside us all the way and with that in mind, we cannot help but think what companies such as Sony will have for us by that time.

Sony can help us get a glimpse of things to come and they are showing this to us with this video that gives us highlights of the future. Take a look at this video so that you will have an idea on whether to look forward to the future or simply keep on wondering what we have in a couple of years ahead of us.

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Amstel Light – Commercial Update

Yesterday I wrote about my excitement for the coming Amstel Light campaign from the Richards Group. Well, as I watched the season finale of The Office last night on NBC (side note: can’t wait for July’s webisodes!), I got my first glance. Today, I scoured YouTube and found the spot for you all to see. I personally do like the spot. Although the jury is still out on whether it may act better as a travel ad for Amsterdam. Because it totally makes me want to plan a vacation… but drink Amstel Light? I guess if that’s the closest I can get to a city of party and sin, sign me up. What are your thoughts?

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Adidas Dreams Big

I got into a discussion today with a friend about the Nike and Adidas campaigns and how they address the sport of soccer. I was well-aware of the recent Nike campaign, “Take it to the next level,” but I wasn’t as familiar with what Adidas was up to putting forth. Well I looked around (and watched) and have to say I’m impressed. Adidas produced a documentary surrounding Kaká, Messi, Gerrard and Beckham meeting local football teams in Andorra, San Marino and the Isles of Scilly as part of the film project “Dream Big”.

The production quality of the project is awesome and the feeling that it creates is truly heartwarming. Adidas sending out sports stars to these small cities creates a sense of global awareness and conscience. The concept of “Dream Big” is a strong message that speaks for both Adidas and youth culture in general.

Check out the full-length documentary on youtube: part one and part two.