Garbage Seafood II – Guerrilla Campaign Packages Garbage as Seafood (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine going to the seafood section of your grocery store to pick up shrimp or squid only to be faced with a package that looks like seafood but is actually purely garbage.

This is exactly what this brilliant Surfrider guerrilla campaign did to raise awareness for the need to keep our oceans clean…

Designer Homepages – iGoogle Artist Themes Include Dolce & Gabbana (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Google has recently launched the iGoogle Artist Themes in collaboration with many designers/artists such as Jeff Koons, Coldplay, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce and Gabbana and many others to create themes to personalize your iGoogle page. As you land on the classic Google homepage, you will find a li…

Origami Ads – Maone Bank Origami Money (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The origami in the gallery is part of an ad campaign created by DCS advertising agency for Maone Bank of Brazil. The campaign, which uses images and shapes of animals, is supposed to illustrate that ideally, your money should multiply in conjunction with your family.

I love anything origami. I t…

Four Legged Eco Teachers – Animals Planet Green Lessons (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Animal Planet has released an awareness campaign in which cartoon animals offer viewers lessons on how to save the planet. There are six hilarious, short clips on their website, teaching things like how eating a healthy diet actually reduces green house gases as well as a range of other ways to help…

Sex and the City Lingerie – Own Samantha’s Pearl Thong

(TrendHunter.com) Since the show first aired, Sex and the City has hugely influenced fashion. Now with the launch of the new movie, designers are making it even easier by creating fashion pieces inspired directly by the show.

It is the stylish dresses, shoes and lingerie that keep Sex and the City interesting and m…

Political Talking Boxes – Caja de Ruidos Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Caja de Ruidos, or talking box, is the name of this ad campaign for a public speaking and locution lessons business.

The message the ads try to convey is that you should pay attention to how you communicate your thoughts and ideas when in public. The clever ad uses caricatures of George W. Bush wh…

Merging Fashion and Technology – Vogue: “Let’s Get Digital” (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tech-infused fashion is embodying a new lifestyle reality. In recognition of that movement, Vogue wants to get digital. That’s the fashion magazine’s claim in an editorial feature in this month’s U.S Vogue titled, Let’s Get Digital.

The editorial expresses the opinion that fashion and function can …

Graphic Plays on Words – Scrabble Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These ads for Scrabble are quite clever, going to show how different people’s minds can create very different results from the same possibilities.

The first image shows the letter G, D and O and depicts a dog portrayed as if he were a god. Another shows an image of a Da Vinci-style art rat, and a …

Celebrity PSAs II – Will Ferrell & Jennifer Aniston for Burma (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “With great power comes great responsibility,” and that is true for holding celebrity status as well. Hollywood A-listers have a huge influence on people, so it’s great to see stars like Will Ferrell use their fame for a good cause.

The Anchorman star is known for his funny ways, but through these…

Body-Integrated Phones – Neonode N2: No Buttons, All You (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m loving these “No buttons, all you” print ads for the Neonode N2 Mobile Phone which follows the iPhone’s formula in discarding all physical buttons.

The campaign shows you how the phone stops being an accessory and becomes an integral part of you, a part of your body. I particularly like the on…

Trapping Alcoholics in Glasses – Anti-Bing Drinking Campaign: Was It Worth It? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “It’s not the drinking – It’s how we’re drinking.” That is the message of a new anti-binge drinking campaign by The Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Posting the question, “Was last night really worth it?” the campaign illustrates the social and health side-effects drinking too much can have…

Real Toys Become Virtual – Lego Universe MMOG (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It seems kids today are no longer satisfied with any kind of toy if it doesn’t have an online component, and that includes Lego.

Did you know kids spend 5 billion hours playing with Lego each year? That number could double, triple or even increase 10 fold with the launch of a new massive multiplay…

Robotic Fashion Campaigns – Levi’s Metal Denim Passion (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Robotified fashion campaigns continue to emerge as the obsession with futurism and luxury space travel continues. Now Levi’s has jumped on board with this ad campaign.

The Levi’s Copper Jeans ads are running on a new website called Metal Denim Passion. The Asia Pacific campaign features models who…

Music Video PSAs – Radiohead Human Trafficking Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Radiohead has created a music video that juxtaposes the lives of children in the western world and those being exploited in developing countries. The video for All I Need doubles as a PSA to raise awareness for human trafficking.

Using a split screen, it parallels the lives of a young white boy wh…

BlackBerry Clamshell Flip Phones – BlackBerry Kickstart (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Until now, BlackBerries have been an open-faced, one-piece mobile device. It’s that very reason that many people either love or hate the phones. Finally BlackBerry has launched an alternative, the BlackBerry Kickstart, a clamshell flip-phone, and it’s likely to attract a whole new swarm of customers…

Olympic Advertising – Freddy Ads for Italian Athletes (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Italy’s Olympic team is being officially sponsored by Freddy who have hired Italian ad agency, 1861 United, to create a unique series of very visual ad campaigns.

The ads consists of print campaigns and videos and feature members of the Italian team that will compete in the Summer 2008 Beijing Oly…

Design a Doc – Dr Martens FREEDM Contest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Think Dr. Martens are boring? Think you know how to make them better? Doc is listening.

They’ve created a contest, aptly named FREEDM, that gives anyone the freedom to express their footwear design ideas. Entries can be designs for short or high cut (8 or 14-hole) boots and can be as wildly creativ…

Marketing with Stereotypes – Lamborghini: Feel Italian Wherever You Are (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Every country has its stereotypes, and Italy is no exception. This Lamborghini ad campaign, titled Feel Italian Wherever You Are, is a great example of how cultural typecasts can be used as an advantage in marketing a brand.

The images show three different views from the windows of a Lamborghini, …

Baby Luxury Car Logos – Italian Minichamps Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These baby car logos and emblems are too darn cute! The Minichamps campaign features the opulent Italian brands Jaguar, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Maserati in their imagined infant stages.

The adorable ads were created by Dentsu Brazil for Minichamps, a company that makes miniature Italian luxury car…

Top 6 Grand Theft Auto Posts – Viral Video Games (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) There was a lot of build-up leading to the April 29 release of Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV), the Take-Two Interactive Software and Rockstar Games product for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it’s finally here.

Leading up to this event were fake wanted posters, giant murals, bus wraps and billboards…