Cross-Dressing Fashion Ads – Marc Jacobs Puts Male Model in Women’s Clothes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’ve been patiently awaiting Marc Jacobs’ new Fall/Winter 2008/2009 ad campaign. After the extremely quirky and weird Victoria Beckham ads, I was glad to hear he was using real models this time. However,…

New York Gangster Fashion – Dolce & Gabbana Fall / Winter 2009 Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) After whetting our appetite with their pre-fall ads, Dolce & Gabbana finally released the complete new campaign for their Fall/ Winter 2008-2009 menswear and womenswear collections.

Photographed by the…

Celebrity Shock Photo Avoidance Gadgets – Thigh Fixator & Nipple Guard Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I love this hilarious tongue-in-cheek ad campaign by Oops! magazine. The print ads show you that, “Celebrities would invent anything to avoid ending up in Oops! magazine.”

These ‘inventions’ include a…

Bloody Urinals as Advertising – Dexter Guerrilla Campaign (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Public bathrooms are becoming an increasingly popular target for advertising. The latest is a guerrilla bathroom campaign to promote the second season of Dexter on the FX channel in Portugal.

The campaign…

Stupid Viral Video Tricks II – Guys Fill Jeans with Helium for Levi’s (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Levi’s is at it again with their viral videos/promos. First, it was the “Guys backflipping into Jeans” video that fooled the blogosphere into thinking it was a random viral YouTube stunt video. Then,…

World’s First Internet Balloon Race – Orange Pay As You Go Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You may have been noticing small floating orange coloured creatures at the bottom of websites you are visiting lately. The little raccoon on a string finally peaked my interest to unearth out what he was…

Milk Packaging Design Contests – Future Milk (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What will milk containers look like in the future? Let your mind run wild on this, then consider entering the Future Milk contest.

The competition, being put on by Cravendale & YCN, asks people to contribute…

GPS That Predicts Your Behavior – Sense Networks

(TrendHunter.com) Macrosense by Sense Networks could substantially change the way you live your daily life. Imagine a GPS that didn’t just tell you where you are or where your programmed destination is, but a GPS in your…

Personalised Swedish Furniture Name Generator – Blogadilla

(TrendHunter.com) Fans of Ikea will surely love this fun online name generator. The creators of the Blogadilla name generator say “This is the kind of stuff you dream up while waiting around in IKEA for 2 hours.” Just…

Fake Websites 2 – Canadian Competition Bureau Mocks Up Anatomy of an Online Health Scam

(TrendHunter.com) The Canadian Competition Bureau has launched their Project False Hope initiative to educate online consumers and to combat cancer cure frauds. “The fight against cancer is hard enough, don’t let fraud…

Virtual Mixed Media Scrapbooks – Glogster (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sure you blog, but do you Glog? It’s like collages 2.0, like an amalgamation of social network-like photo sharing and blogging with more traditional scrapbooking. Essentially, Glogster is a place you can…

Shoe Addiction – Showering & Swimming with Bocage (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We all know that women love fancy shoes. But when these shoes are Bocage, women love them so much that they keep them on even while taking a shower or swimming. That is what these new ads for French shoe…

Interactive Fiberoptic Cloud Sculpture – MIT Mobile Experience Lab (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This amazing interactive cloud sculpture consists of 15,371 individual fibers or 65 km of fiber optics. It is the creation of the MIT Mobile Experience Lab – “an organic sculptural landmark that responds…

Naughty Surrealism With a Message – AIDS ‘Explore But Protect Yourself’ Wins Bronze at Cannes

(TrendHunter.com) These two AIDS prevention ads won a bronze medal at the Cannes International Ad Festival. The ads are very explicit with tongues and male privates foremost in the ads. Some may term this shockvertising,…

Control a Real Submarine Over the Internet – Fosters ‘Ride the Scuba’

(TrendHunter.com) To promote a new product called Foster’s Scuba, Foster’s has launched a new campaign where internet viewers can control an actual submarine over the internet. Visitors to the website can also watch all…

Petty Celebrity Theft (as Advertising) – David Beckham Pulls a Britney? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember when Britney used to take lighters from convenience stores without paying for them? Obviously, she has inspired the director of this new Sharpie marker commercial to show David Beckham stealing…

Radical Advertising – Provocative Exhibit About Advertising (Adbusters, Banksy, LaChapelle) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Germany’s Radical Advertising exhibition is a provoking show that has to be seen (online or live).

The official press text describes, ”Both the exhibition and its provocative title show that the transition…

Viral Spoof Creating Change – Unilever Reacts to ‘Dove Onslaught(er)’ (by Greeenpeace) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Long ago, Trend Hunter brought you the Dove Evolution ad, which features a normal women transformed into a billboard model. The commercial is striking because you can observe how much change takes place.…

Marketing to Rockstars – PUMA Rockstar Hotel and the Much Music Video Awards (REVIEW) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This week, the Much Music Video awards swept Toronto, and Trend Hunter had a chance to rock it up at some of the star-studded festivities and promotional trends at the heavily sponsored pre/post party…

Advertising with Explosives – Billboard Self-Destructs for Deadline Couriers (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Last year, a courier service from New Zealand called Deadline Express Couriers decided to demonstrate the timeliness of their deliveries with a bang.

For that purpose, a promotional campaign was devised…