(TrendHunter.com) The “Signatures” animated PSA for Amnesty International has just won the Grand Prix at the International Advertising Association (IAA)’s first Socially Responsible Communications Awards 2008.
The 140 seconds ad which was created by TBWA ad agency, Paris with the message, “Your signature is more pow…
(TrendHunter.com) The Halal Inn, in Oldham UK, is the UK’s only Islamic pub. Inside is everything you would expect from a pub except there is no booze…
Of course in addition to the range of expected pub snacks there are also specific Asian foods and rather than pop songs Islamic songs are played over the radio. Ot…
(TrendHunter.com) Some of the most insidious malware to come down the pike such as NetSky, Mydoom and Parite have been rendered into 3-D visuals. Romanian artist and MIT researcher Alex Dragulescu has studied the recurring patterns of the most dangerous computer codes that can bring down networks and “painted” them i…
(TrendHunter.com) Google Inc. unveiled a new feature today for its popular mapping programs that will spotlight the movement of refugees around the world. Users with Google Earth, UNHCR will have access refugee information. The maps were developed to aid humanitarian operations and help inform the public about the mi…
(TrendHunter.com) Our world may just look like this in the future. We are gearing towards making solar power replace conventional sources of energy with concern for global warming and the depletion of fossil fuel reserves.
This sensible concept has an infrastructure based on solar power to energize every aspect of …
(TrendHunter.com) Vindict, an Amsterdam wine company, has come up with a really fun campaign featuring water graffiti.
The striking reversed-graffiti is not only an eye catching promotion, but it’s also environmentally-friendly, and a great way to showcase innovative Dutch design. The campaign was launched this mont…
(TrendHunter.com) A cafe in Tokyo, called the Cat Cafe Calico, has 14 felines in residence which people can hire to play with whilst they relax over a cup of tea! Sound odd? The shop is not alone in offering this service, there are at least two other cafes offering the same thing.
It costs 2,000 yen to rent the ki…
(TrendHunter.com) There’s a reason it’s called guerrilla advertising. Our senses are continuously bombarded and sometimes it takes these ads to jolt us out of our comfort zones and remind us, that compared to some people, just how good we have it.
These bins were designed by Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne, Australia for…
(TrendHunter.com) Ooh, I don’t like alligators, but if they can save my life, I’ll have to be nice to the critters. Researchers at McNeese State University in Louisiana have found that proteins in alligator blood may provide new antibiotics for the treatment of diabetic ulcers, severe burns and antibiotic resistant “…
(TrendHunter.com) Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum, crown prince of the United Arab Emirates of Dubai, purchased the female camel for 10 million dirhams (2.72 million dollars) at a camel beauty pageant in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi.
When you are a crown prince and can have any camel in the world, …
(TrendHunter.com) Make a panda (specifically one called Jingjing) an Olympic mascot and it goes straight to their huge black and white heads.
There is no doubt, Panda’s are everywhere at the moment – a fact cemented in my mind by the panda website – panda fix – which is dedicated these furry beauties… …with even…
(TrendHunter.com) These photos of seniors doing the bunny hop is just down right scary and I AM a senior! A group of naked Canadians are looking into a class action lawsuit against PayPal. The Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN), aka Canadian nudists, claims that after four years of business, PayPal suddenly cut o…
(TrendHunter.com) The Olympic torch was extinguished twice this morning in Paris. Protesters, in both London and now Paris are making attempts to silence the Olympic torch because of China’s human rights record.
Interestingly, the police in Paris were intending to protect the torch like a, “head of state,” but in …
(TrendHunter.com) Can this be a reality for our future? In the wet tropical region of North Queensland, Australian farmers have bought over 20,000 diesel trees with the intention that in 15 or so years, they’ll have an oil mine growing on their farmland.
The Brazilian “Copaifera langsdorfii” can be tapped just li…
(TrendHunter.com) Pangea Day is a global coming together movement where professional and amateur filmmakers submit their own short films. “Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that – t…
(TrendHunter.com) Newcastle University in England, has created a world first human-cow embryos. Could someone explain to me why this is necessary? I know, I know stem cell research.
It is being hailed by the scientific community, but labelled “monstrous” by those who oppose it. Injecting human DNA into eggs from cow…
(TrendHunter.com) Want to learn more about the war on terror but dislike the way traditional media covers Afghanistan? Try reading Timaking’s Afuganisu-tan a Japanese anime book and former web comic. Afghanis-tan
In the 26-part sociopolitical manga series, Middle Eastern countries are represented by female character…
(TrendHunter.com) I’m even more convinced that Improv Everywhere is the world’s most creative guerrilla marketing company!
“GuerilLA had folks who seemed like strangers spontaneously come together for a game of Follow The Leader at the Getty Center,” Improv Everywhere explains.
Another project was Human Dominoes …
(TrendHunter.com) These ads, featuring US president George Bush, Kim Jong II, the leader of North Korea, and Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s dictator, are for an upcoming Amnesty International concert in Hungary.
Millions of people have complained to these leaders about their human rights records, but these political figu…
(TrendHunter.com) The competition to make Liverpool a location known as something other than the birthplace of the Beatles is over, and Duggan Morris Architects won.
92 entries from around the world covet this opportunity. The Duggan Morris observatory consists of two distinct buildings: a visitor’s center and an o…
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