(TrendHunter.com) This is a poster ad for Goodyear Tires featuring a scantily clad, rather mature model in a revealing pose. The accompanying text says, “Goodyear truck tires with max technology. The only thing in your truck that never gets old”. Pretty straight forward.
(TrendHunter.com) Last week HP introduced the HP 2133, a full-function, mini-notebook designed for students with a price tag of US $500. The Mini-Note PC allows students to bring it comfortably from school to home or to any place where they might continue studying.
At slightly more than 2½ lbs (1.150 gr), the HP M…
(TrendHunter.com) AccuBraille is a new module which enables the embossing of Braille dots on all sorts of packages. Braille is now mandatory in the EU on pharmaceutical packaging. This was enough for Bobst, the well-known Swiss manufacturer of cardboard processing machines, to dedicate a team of 5 people for 18 mont…
(TrendHunter.com) The French National Assembly has approved a bill that will make it ILLEGAL for anyone to ‘promote extreme thinness’. The law, if passed, would apply to advertisers in both print and online media.
If found guilty of promoting anorexia, violators could face fines up to $47,000 and possible jail ti…
(TrendHunter.com) Chevrolet has unveiled a car “fitting room” in South London which will show people exactly how they will look while sitting in the car they wish to buy. This fitting room will consist of three gigantic revolving mirrors that will let people check out how they will look (and most important, how other…
(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter recently featured a very disturbing and powerful public service announcement video that shows the lasting effects of sexual abuse which haunt the victims to their dying bed. The Child Protection Foundation of Thailand has released an equally powerful print ad campaign illustrating the f…
(TrendHunter.com) Budweiser is launching True Dedication, a much anticipated TV spot, and we are the first to bring you the ultra exclusive footage! It won’t make it on Budweiser’s official site for another week, but Trend Hunter readers can get the first look at the new viral.
The Budweiser UK campaign features a p…
(TrendHunter.com) The NoStore store is a “recyclable” retail space located in Shanghai’s Metro that offers artists retail space for just one week. As a result, the contents and theme of the store change every week. The concept is dynamic and also provides artisans with an accessible outlet for their unique products…
(TrendHunter.com) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has launched a new ad campaign to raise awareness for sexual harrassment.
A series of three ads will run on posters around Boston, including on 900 billboards. With slogans like, “Rub against me, and I’ll expose you,” the campaign is intended to empow…
(TrendHunter.com) DriJo.com is an auction-based website which offers ride-sharing and car-pooling making partial use of Google Maps technology.
In a visually attractive way, the Internet platform offers a simple method to overlay and compare routes of drivers and potential passengers. “Using an auction-based me…
(TrendHunter.com) “Do you have change for a hundred? Yeah, I have a real hankering today for a pair of those new shoes.” Shoe manufacturer, Onitsuka Tiger, has placed a shoe vending machine on Carnaby Street in London. They are selling their new red/blue/white Mexico 66s in 6 sizes directly from an electronic vending…
(TrendHunter.com) Volkswagen has unveiled a series of funny TV ads entitled, The Bettle Interviews, in which the infamous German car becomes a talkshow host and interviews famous celebs such as, Heidi Klum, Shawn “Napster” Fanning, David Hasselhoff, and Bob Knight.
In the ads, the adorable car starts flirting with H…
(TrendHunter.com) In September 2009, doors will open to the soon-to-be-famous King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).
Over the last year, the 9,000 acre KAUST campas has been in a construction phase. The world class facility, near Mecca, made headlines when it was announced that it will open wi…
(TrendHunter.com) “The pope is for sale,” ntoes the New York Daily News. Pope Benedict XVI’s imminent visit to the United States has unleashed a totally expected wave of commercialism. The article notes, “Memorabilia on sale at the (St Patrick’s Cathedral) Fifth Ave. house of worship ranges from a $4 Pope Benedict bo…
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen dozens of ad contests, but this particular contest is exclusively for students. The concept of this College Challenge is that students could win $15,000 for pitching the most out of the box commercial idea.
The company, CommercialPitch.com, is launching a new ad sharing platform. From a…
(TrendHunter.com) According to Uby Kotex, you’ve only got one beaver, so you should take care of it… with their line of tampons, pads and liners. That’s not an uncomfortable ad for men to watch, is it?
In the campaign, Uby Kotex urges that, “it’s high time women stopped being so damn shy about our vaginas. You do…
(TrendHunter.com) Speedo’s LZR Racer Swimsuit is already invoked controversy, with critics believing that the swimsuit is, “Too slippery when wet.” In fact, officials at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) have already contemplated banning the suit.
However, FINA made the decision to allow the LZR Racer un…
(TrendHunter.com) In order to effectively reach Indian women, Keo Karpin Hair Vitalizer has launched a unique black magic inspired campaign that capitalises on the local fear of voodoo in the superstitious Indian culture and the love of long healthy female hair.
The campaign arrives to women in a small package that…
(TrendHunter.com) The “Au Naturel” campaign for Avondale Wine is simple and straight to the point: we are getting back to nature.
The brand made a decision a few years ago to produce wine in a natural way that will not harm the environment. They use cover crops instead of fertilizers to restore the balance of the so…
(TrendHunter.com) In another attempt for chocolate companies to target women, the KitKat Senses chocolate bars are being promoted in conjunction with Girls Aloud. The spot works in favour for both — KitKat chocolate is promoted with a young, hip, female celebrity endorsement, and the girl band is using it as PR dam…
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