BFF Search Via TV – I Wanna Be Paris’ New Best Friend! (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Paris Hilton will be staring in a new TV series that puts an interesting spin on the regular reality shows. Instead of a dating show, MTV will have her looking for a new best friend.

On I Wanna be Paris’ New Best Friend! Hilton will be choosing between 20 women and men, who want a chance to auditi…

Offering the “Reborn Digital” a Taste – Pepsi Markets New Tava Drink

(TrendHunter.com) Pepsi has taken a note from the world of fashion in designing the campaign for their latest beverage brand, Tava.

The decidedly retro ad campaign looks as though it was inspired by a blend of pin-up style imagery and older Japanese art. The sparkling, zero calorie drink comes in a bevy of exotic fl…

Erotic Sketch T-Shirts – Fashion that Pushes the Limit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cool brands are working more and launching products related to sex, whether it’s perfume, t-shirts or boards.

In this example, Addict launched an artist series with 3 XXX sketches to wear, made by Mode 2 artist, showing intimate parts of female body, beautifully drawn. Is sex the uner new trend to…

Political Shockvertising – “Hillary Obama” to Promote University

(TrendHunter.com) The Photoshopped picture is from an ad put out by Hogeschool-Universiteit (HUB). The higher education institution in Brussel Belgium seeks to increase attendance by offering prospective students a college and university in one and by asking the question, “Why choose if you can combine?”

That ad ph…

Watches that Monitor Laziness – Exmocare BT2 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Exmocare BT2 is a watch but it is not like any ordinary watch. This watch is designed to keep workers on their toes and your boss looking over your shoulders.

The BT2 is designed to measure physiological data. It comes with sensors that detect your heart rate and heart variability, location, b…

Political Parody Ads – Axe’s Hillary Clinton Spoof

(TrendHunter.com) Axe is one of the most courageous and daring brands, always innovating when it comes to using consumer insights and new products. Their marketing campaign can be quite controversial and easily grab attention.

The featured ad is a political spoof showing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton wearing…

2 Creative McDonald’s Ads – WiFi + 24/7 Drive Thru

(TrendHunter.com) McDonald’s marketing team has been releasing very creative ads lately. I particularly like the minmalist and subtle aspects of their new ads. Take the 24/7 Drive Thru ad created by DDB Auckland ad agency, New Zealand for example. You have a car on the road at night with the front lights creatively r…

Surprisingly Innocent Underwear Ads – Wonderbra (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I love these funny and somewhat refreshingly innocent ads for Wonderbra because they are unexpected from such an erotic brand. The ads feature three scenarios of a dad/son combo where the son puts his hand over his dad’s eyes to block his vision of the tempting site of the girl with the wonderbra (w…

Creative Cover Art – Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition by Paul Buckley (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These beautiful, unique and quirky book covers were designed under creative direction by Paul Buckley, but credit for The Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition has to be given to various designers whose works have been clustered together to create the commemorative art book.

The Penguin Classics Deluxe …

Reinventing Great Products – Skittles Rolls Out New Flavours (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mars knows they have a good product on their hands with Skittles, but that doesn’t stop them from innovating. They’re continually coming up with new flavours to offer creative, often bizarre alternatives.

Their latest flavors includes Chocolate Mix. Other unique tastes include Ice Cream Skittles w…

Super Stretching Profitability – 7th Harry Potter Book Yields 2 Movies

(TrendHunter.com) The very last Harry Potter book will lead to the creation of not one, but two films. This is a fantastic business idea, as the films, based on the seventh Harry Potter book, are guaranteed to drive millions of box office sales as well as DVD purchases.

As it’s the final book in the JK Rowling seri…

Fashionable Micro-Lending – Benetton’s Global Campaign to Support Birima (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Benetton has launched a global campaign in support of micro-lending program Birima which is based in Senegal. It seems micro-lending or micro-credit programs are suddenly becoming ubiquitous and trendy as they are increasingly tied to big companies (in this case Italian clothing retailers Benetton) …

Controversial TV Campaign – Bush is American Psycho (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand has created a controversial campaign to promote the TVNZ premiere of the cult thriller, American Psycho. One of the ads show a close up on American President George W. Bush with a big and clear “American Psycho” printed under it. Another ad shows the American flag crea…

Very Bizarre Online Shopping Ads – Diesel Haiku

(TrendHunter.com) For Diesel’s High Speed Fashion online shopping campaign, they’ve launched print ads featuring an attractive young mother powdering her babies bum while running in skinny jeans and stilettos.

The ad reads, “Haiku: You should buy Diesel / You can run in your jeans and / powder baby’s butt”

The pri…

Celebrity Passport Stamps – Creative RAM FM Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With the tagline “Even though they have not visited every country, their music has.” this creative ad campaign for RAM FM radio station uses passport stamps to create portraits of four iconic music stars: Bob Marley, The Beatles, Kylie Minogue and Elton John. I love how the artistic rendering of the…

Political Scandals for Cell Phone Marketing – Virgin Mobile Ads Bash Spitzer

(TrendHunter.com) Virgin is known for their cutting edge ads, but they’re also known for stirring up quite a controversy. The latest ads, which will run in a Toronto newspaper, are for Virgin Mobile and were inspired by the Eliot Spitzer scandal.

Using the political mishap to create the shockvertisement, the Virgin…

Saving Movie Theaters – 3D Films to Become Mainstream? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Internet piracy has made it possible not only to access to free movies, but to access films even before they hit theaters. In order to preserve the business of “going to the movies”, cinemas may have to considering offering all movies in 3D to continue to get patrons to the box office.

“A consorti…

Human Pinatas – Hilarious Chocolate Skittles Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m sorry, Chocolate Skittles? Why not just buy Smarties right off the bat?

If you’re initial thought was the same, maybe their new commercial can convince you. Serving up the sweet new product with a side of humour, the silly TV spot has the potential to encourage people to at least try the new c…

Hilarious Campaign – Diesel’s “Protect Your Eyes” (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is a pretty witty and extremely funny campaign for Diesel’s ‘Sister Yes’ eyewear. The tagline “Protect your eyes” is used with hilarious shots of asscracks, granny underwear and a fat old lady at the beach in a swimsuit. The campaign was created by Miami Ad School, Sao Paulo, Brazil with art di…

Banning Controversial Ads – Kotex Beaver Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) An Australian tampon company has pushed the boundaries of advertising, with a television campaign showing an attractive, young woman and her pet beaver eating lunch, having their nails done, at the hairdresser, and being gawked at by men on a beach. The ad ends with a voice-over, “You’ve only got on…