Free Electric Cars – Project Better Place

(TrendHunter.com) To give electric cars a jolt, Project Better Place proposes a plan like the cell phone launch.

Their idea is to heavily subsidize the cost of the equipment, and charge only for the service. In this case, the car might be free, if you agree to buy the battery and recharge at specified vendor locati…

Cups for Cancer – LiveStrong Travel Mug (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you don’t have your own Livestrong bracelet, it’s pretty much a guarantee that you’ve seen one. Based on that assumption, you’d know right away that this skinny travel mug is branded with the logo for Lance Armstrong Foundation in support of cancer.

Unlike other to-go mugs, the Livestrong Trave…

Online Commitment Contracts – StickK to Your Goals

(TrendHunter.com) StikK lets you create commitment contracts online to help honour and meet your goals, from quitting smoking and losing weight to other personal or career aspirations.

We all set goals in January, but soon after, we get absorbed in the regular day to day. That’s where the commitment contract comes …

Wild Photos for Green Products – Kate Hudson for WildAid (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Kate Hudson is widely known for her natural ways, from her boho style of dressing to the environmental causes she supports. Most recently she’s supported WildAid in a project which saw her team with her long time hair stylist, David Babaii, to launch an eco-friendly haircare line.

Hudson will don…

Customized Ferrari 612 Scaglietti – New One-to-One Personalisation Program (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ferrari recently launched a new “One-to-One Personalisation Program” at the Geneva Motor Show. The program allows buyers to fully customize their car by choosing details and materials they want in consultation with the Italian carmaker’s experts. The personalization program is inaugurated with…

Body Paint Ads – Bit Copa Beer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “Refreshingly Brazilian, a Bit more exciting” that’s what the campaign for Brazilian Bit Copa beer claims. I say, more than just a bit exciting!

The print ads successfully create a Brazilian carnival atmosphere with hot barely dressed girls holding Bit Copa beer while various local Brazilian cultur…

Designers Embrace Blogs – Oscar de la Renta joins Chanel, Gucci

(TrendHunter.com) Last year, Chanel invited a group of fashion bloggers on an all-expenses paid trip to Paris, Gucci flew them to the launch of the Manhattan flagship from places like London and Japan, and now Oscar de la Renta has decided to embrace the power of the blogosphere too.

Just like Perez Hilton was able…

Girls on Your Fat Belly? – Clever Gym Ad Provides Motivation (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Guys can be stubborn, no matter how much you tell them that obesity is bad for their health, they don’t care. So you have to use ‘their language’. Tell them that their big fat belly is what is keeping them away from girls, and they just might joing your gym!

The print ad for Eizens Sport Center ask…

Patriotic Auto Wraps – Union Jack Lotus Exige S

(TrendHunter.com) Want to show your patriotic side in style? Consider a full-body car decal.

Way cooler than Austin Power’s ride, the Discovery Channel featured a piece on this customization process, starring a Lotus Exige S with a Union Jack pattern.

Auto wraps are skins for your cars that let you customize thei…

Coffee Softdrinks – JavaPop Organic Coffee On-The-Go (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Who, besides the British who have their tea, is able to start the work day without that much-needed shot of caffeine? That being said, who has time to brew a nice fresh cup of coffee?

In recent years, the US consumer market for on-the-go coffee exploded. Most beverage manufacturers hastily introdu…

Emergency Light Sabers – Star Wars Bus Stop Ad Prepares You for the Sith

(TrendHunter.com) This a very clever ad for a Star Wars movie placed at a bus stop. I particularly like where it says, “Use in case of Sith.”

The Sith, of course, are a group of mean villains characterized by their single-minded lust for power and disdain for sentient life, they are an alliance, of sorts, of warrio…

Rest in Peace on the Moon – Memorial Spaceflights Take Your Ashes to Space

(TrendHunter.com) Celestis, Inc., the pioneer in Memorial Spaceflight, announced recently it has reached agreement with two companies to launch payloads containing human cremated remains to the surface of the Moon as soon as 2009.

Going on vacation to the moon might be an unattainable dream… But getting your ashes…

Portrait Architecture – Law Office Shaped in the Image of ‘Lady Justice’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A law office in the Netherlands wanted to incorporate the universal justice icon, “Justitia,” into their architecture as a promotion and reflection of their morals and standards. Accordingly, they commissioned the ’19 het Atelier’ architecture office for this abstract modern representation of a …

Candid Camera Advertising – Beauty is From Within (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) With most ads these days resorting to the quick fix of using sex (it does sell) and shock-factor; it is nice to see those who think outside the box and create a campaign that smartly reflects the selling point of the product.

In order to highlight the fact that White Babyface by Smooth E works from…

Pop-Up Offices – Crate Spaces in 24 Hours (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As companies outgrow their original spaces, they find themselves needing temporary offices in a hurry. Dutch designer Jack Brandsma has a unique and attractive solution he will be showing at the design show next month in Milan. Any vacant building can be an office in 24 hours, and then gone just as …

Denim Addictions – Levi’s On 4 Life Red Tab Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What better way to show how much people love their Levi’s Red Tab jeans and promote the Red Tab on4life portal than depicting people holding on to their jeans and wearing it at all times, even when they really shouldn’t?

The campaign which was photographed by Jonathan Tay for OgilvyOne ad agency, S…

Extreme Shopping Sprees – Venue Ad Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At first, these images look like a scene from a horror movie. My first thought was that these photos were of some crazy Disney witch come to life, like those from Snow White or Beauty and the Beast. But then I took a closer look and realized they were of a modern day woman, likely even an attractive…

Odd Book Titles – If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) There are advice books, and then there’s this.

Just announced as the winner of the Oddest Book Title, ‘If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs’ was written by Big Boom, and is a self-help book written by a man to benefit women. Uh-uh. T

he author writes, “It’s a book, tha…

Online Breath Test – Scope Viral

(TrendHunter.com) After dashing out of the house, you’ve made it to work but now you’re left a little concerned you might be plagued with moose breath after forgetting to brush your fangs or rinse with mouthwash. Before you fret, there’s a website you should check out.

TestYourBreath.ca is offering to let you know …

Supermodels for Cell Phones – Adriana Lima Strips for Samsung (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The last time we saw Adriana Lima, she was promoting Victoria’s Secret during the Super Bowl. Now the Brazilian super model is nerding it up to promote a cell phone. Who cares that it’s all in Portuguese (?), in fact, I think it makes it better!

In the TV spot, the underwear model strips down and d…