(TrendHunter.com) While it’s not a new concept to Europe, bicycle sharing has yet to become mainstream practice in North America. Thankfully Washington has taken a clue from programs like the Velib public bicycle rental service in Paris and Bicing in Barcelona as they’re opening SmartBike DC next month.
It’s the fir…
(TrendHunter.com) Philips is using a transvestite dancer to sell a new line of women’s razors, an unexpected advertising stunt, but without a doubt the reason it’s getting as much press as it has.
“The ad for the Satinelle Ice Epilator features an LA-based transvestite dancer, Karis, using the epilator,” Brand Repu…
(TrendHunter.com) If you are flipping through the pages of your Atlas and you find a few pages missing then we know just where you need to look. D!REKTRECYCLING has taken the approach to recycle pages from Atlases and other maps to make envelopes.
While these maps may not help the postman to find out where you live…
(TrendHunter.com) In a global billboard campaign by AEG-Electrolux for Noise Awareness, AEG has installed billboards with built in decibel meters so that passerbys can see the noise level. The boards have been installed in major European cities like London, Madrid, Berlin and Milan. However there were some interestin…
(TrendHunter.com) Misplaced body parts always freak me out. It all started with Madonna’s Bedtime Story music video which had her eye as a mouth and vice versa.
The new freaky campaign for Mebucaine places an open mouth on your throat/neck to illustrate how you can open your throat with their sore throat medicine.…
(TrendHunter.com) After spending a fortune on an empty aircraft, buyers of Boeing Dreamliner can enjoy the experience of equipping their own airplane.
In the Dreamliner Gallery, a showroom created by Boeing, customers can walk in and choose the type of seats, interiors, coffee makers, entertainment systems they wan…
(TrendHunter.com) Luxe ice cream manufacturer Haagen Dazs has developed an elaborate public awareness campaign to the help save the honey bees. Alarmingly “more than 25% of the Western honey bee population has disappeared over the last several winters.â€
The ad is an operatic video by the Goodby Silverstein & Par…
(TrendHunter.com) The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) launched an ethical fashion ezine named “Thread”. The online magazine seeks to address issues many fashion-conscious and environmentally-responsible people constantly grapple with such as the damage sustained by the environment due to irresponsible and unethica…
(TrendHunter.com) Trading cards have always had a strong following in professional sports leagues. Animated TV shows and collectible card game companies have long since produced trading cards as well. Considering the success of all those, how about applying the same concept in the white-collar business world?
People…
(TrendHunter.com) This creative TV spot for the Mercedes C and E-Class uses ghosts to depict how the stellar innovations of the past meet the incredible vehicles of today. The Ghosts of an Illustrious Past ad uses ghostly imagery that is more entrancing than spooky; you can’t help but look.
The ad mentions Mercedes…
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve featured a number of posts on Fake Love about people who seek romantic companionship from plastic dolls. We’ve also featured several controversial ads that promote awareness for genital mutilation, but never have we had an article that covers both topics.
These ads are for the Association of…
(TrendHunter.com) I have to admit I was a little disappointed when I saw that these were exercising thumbs and not hyperactive cartoon bananas. The fact that these are thumbs though is a crucial part of the campaign’s message.
The three-part ad campaign for Vinaphone is meant to promote its ultra-cheap text messagi…
(TrendHunter.com) What if I told you you that you can have your girlfriend’s breasts easily enlarged without surgery? Nice, huh? And you girls can have your boyfriend lose weight within 5 days, and get his lost hair back as well!
Well, that’s what the new ad campaign for neu.de, a german dating site, promises you. …
(TrendHunter.com) What happens when life imitates computer games? The Human Snake happens! The stop-motion video is actually a viral ad for the Nokia N-Gage campaign.
Despite it being an ad, the Human Snake video is so well done, it’s a welcome addition to Trend Hunter’s collection of stop-motion videos, some of wh…
(TrendHunter.com) Inspiration Across the Nation is a new campaign The Library of Congress is running to encourage people to inspire others to reach their potential. To participate, all you have to do is send the library your poems, essays, films, pictures or any type of art form you excel at and which can be transfer…
(TrendHunter.com) Previously we’ve featured Smart Things that transfer your data. It’s like in those spy movies where two agents shake hands, then part immediately after, totally baffling the enemy agents as to how they transferred the information. Well, we just gave away the secret. The Nippon Telephones and Telegra…
(TrendHunter.com) Build Your Own Death Project obviously is an anti-smoking endeavor that adds creative flair and interactivity in their campaign. Launched by a Chilean agency, BYODP offers smokers the chance to create their own customized package of cigarettes using fully downloadable free templates from their websi…
(TrendHunter.com) Nokia has collaborated with Renault Brazil on a limited edition 1000 Sandero Nokia cars, a special edition of the Renault Sandero, that features a “complete mobility solution”.
The €17,650 ($27,693) car will come with the high-end Nokia N95 mobile handset, the Nokia CK-20W car kit and Nokia’s LD…
(TrendHunter.com) Ever wanted to serve your food fresh, piping hot food straight from the stove? Well then this is what you need. The stove designed by Sovrappensiero is unique in that you can actually remove its modular burner units and use them as hot plates while serving the food. Each of the modular units has a r…
(TrendHunter.com) Adidas has gone green with its advertising campaign. The advertisement, which is suspected to be for its Grün range of footwear, is made of bushes with the iconic three stripes placed using three strips of wood.
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