(TrendHunter.com) Ferris wheels are great, but skyscraper-size billboards are not.
I’m a huge fan of the British Airways London Eye, an exception perhaps, as the branding isn’t visually obvious and it was designed by the talented architects at Marks Barfield. Of course, one of the best things about the London Eye…
(TrendHunter.com) Every designer knows that a good use of white space can be very effective. Keeping a certain proportion of an advertisement without clutter is vital, but just how much is the right amount?
McDonalds took the white space concept really far in a recent ad in a print publication. The double page spre…
(TrendHunter.com) I have to say, looking at these ads makes you wonder what kind of lifestyle Deutsch Magazine, an International LifeStyle magazine, promotes. Is ‘animal-love’ the new hip international lifestyle these days and I did not know? I looked at the magazine online, and it is actually an elegant über classy…
(TrendHunter.com) These very graphic, extremely disturbing ads are actually part of a real life AIDS campaign in France.
The print advertisements consists of images of a man having sex with a giant, black scorpion, and a woman receiving oral sex from an enormous, hairy tarantula.
The ads created by TBWA Paris are…
(TrendHunter.com) Yahoo is doing whatever they can to boost their overall value. Their latest venture is a Digg style news site they’re calling Yahoo Buzz Beta which launches February 26, 2008.
When I checked it out today, Yahoo Buzz was still just a blog, but come tomorrow, the site should look a whole lot differe…
(TrendHunter.com) The rise in the demand for eco-friendly products has created thriving competition between companies, all fighting to come up with the newest green innovation.
Supermarkets are major competitors as they try to offset their eco-unfriendly activities. The latest concept is by UK major supermarket cha…
(TrendHunter.com) A UK based glamour model Jordan, AKA Katie Price, is planning the release of her own credit card to be aimed at young women with the design of the card to be “pink and fluffy” to appeal to young women. Jordon already has a string of products to her name including jewelery for Argos, haircare range (…
(TrendHunter.com) While looking at the March 2008 edition of Wallpaper* Magazine, my eye fell on a new ad with nudes seated on an Emeco Navy 1006: One brushed, used by Petty Officer FTG3 Tony Cost, and one polished, used by Parisienne socialite Amelia-Louise Enright.
The ad is by Wieden Kennedy, brand champion to ma…
(TrendHunter.com) Adobe, the company we can thank for industry topping computer graphic and photo programs like PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign has branched into world of real products with the launch of a super camera lens.
If you’ve ever seen a fly’s eye up close, then you’ll have a pretty good visual of what…
(TrendHunter.com) Chevorlet is certainly not trying to impress or get the business of plastic surgery obsessed LA and Hollywood. “If it’s not fixed by the one who made it, it probably won’t work.” That’s the new campaign slogan for Chevrolet Official Service Center. Couple that with images of plastic surgery gone ove…
(TrendHunter.com) Live long enough and even Disney gives you a discount. Geezers are used to a dime off their cup of coffee at Mickey D’s, but the Mickey Mouse honchos in Japan decided they needed to do more to attract more seniors.
At Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea they are beginning to offer a 22% discount to tho…
(TrendHunter.com) SPOILER ALERT: Hey guys, tired of looking at the scantily clad women in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition? Get your daughter to help you scour the backgrounds for hidden images.
Just kidding, but they were actually strategically placed there. A spokesperson described it as the 3-D issue and …
(TrendHunter.com) A TV commercial for the Ford Motor Company in Canada advertising 2 of Ford’s vehicles (the Fusion and the Edge) features no cars. Instead, Ford uses people dressed in the Ford blue who, a la Cirque Du Soleil, form the recognizable silhouettes of the cars in dramatic and artistic fashion. This is a b…
(TrendHunter.com) The UK’s pork industry has been hurting pretty badly, but pig farmers aren’t getting discouraged yet. At least not until they’ve tested the powers of online virals.
A group of about 20-30 farmers gathered in London to produce a song called “Stand by Your Ham,” a parody of the Tammy Wynette song, “…
(TrendHunter.com) Naughty marketing is one of the most tried and true ways of getting attention, but it’s still rare to see full on nudity in a public place. Selfridges in London had a model pose nude in their window during rush hour, wearing nothing but a shawl as she posed for a painting by Jacques le Trompet,.
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(TrendHunter.com) Warning: partial nudity. After a five years absense, Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly is returning with a bang across the pond with the legendary fashion photographer Bruce Weber (so expensive that U.S. Vogue is said to afford him only twice a year, according to Herald Tribune); and no “product” shots …
(TrendHunter.com) To promote his latest movie, Semi-Pro, Will Ferrell dressed up as his character, Jackie Moon to create this viral campaign which is disturbing, yet a tactic his fans will find hilarious. The movie doesn’t hit theaters until February 29, but already it’s created quite a buzz. The trailer is embedded …
(TrendHunter.com) Around the streets of Portugal, the inside lids of garbage cans have been adorned with stickers bearing images of a tired looking, older homeless man. Accompanying the image is a tag line that reads, “Help. So that no one has to come here for food.”
This guerrilla marketing campaign for Vitae Shelt…
(TrendHunter.com) (Warning: partial nudity)
The photoshoot in which Lindsay Lohan re-enacted Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 shoot “The Last Sitting” was one of the best thing ever to happen to New York Magazine.
Lohan, who got completely naked, got paid NOTHING to do the shoot. On the first day the photos were up, NY Mag’…
(TrendHunter.com) This is a fantastically done creative and funny ad campaign for support bras by Running Free. The campaign features three photos: a woman with a broken nose, a woman with a black eye and a woman with missing teeth. Obviously, from injuries by their bouncing assets while running. The tag line is “Sup…
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