Too Close Up Ads – 2 Funny Binoculars Campaigns (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Two new campaigns for Olympus and Bynolyt illustrate the power of their binoculars in two fun, but totally different ways.

Bynolyt goes for the distance with its Eskimo ad that shows an attractive girl in her underwear slapping a guy who was spying on her with his Bynolyt binoculars. The creative …

Fashion Collages for Brand Exposure – Space Mermaid on Polyvore (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has told you about Polyvore before, a website that allows you to make photo collages by hand picking the hautest fashions from a huge collection of websites, from Style.com to Bluefly.com. Not only is it great exposure for bigger online fashion stores, but it’s also an exceptional way t…

Green Guerrilla Ads – Nothing Left To Weep For Campaign

(TrendHunter.com) The United Arab Emirates government reached out to the “more intelligent inhabitants of this planet” with a creative guerrilla campaign celebrating Earth Day 2008. The campaign reminds us that there will be nothing left “to weep for” if we do not act responsibly and try to save Mother Earth in every…

Torture Couture III – Ashton Kutcher’s Ass Kicking in Details (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ashton Kutcher will appear in the May issue of Details Magazine and already it’s generated controversy as some of the rather violent photos were already leaked online, making their rounds in the blogosphere. The cover of the magazine shows a very hip-looking Kutcher with the caption, “Ashton Kutcher…

Mutant Humans as a Social Message – The Beacon’s Reversing Evolution Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In celebration of the recent earth day on April 22th, the Beacon organization released a creative and powerful campaign entitled Evolution.

The campaign asks you the following question: “Ready to go back where we came from?” The question is accompanied by an illustration of the long-term consequen…

Ecofriendly Animation – Startmotions Trashy Characters (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Startmotions Animation Studio claims to be the first Earth Friendly animation studio. All of the actors and scenes created by the studio are made out of recycled material.

Startmotions does animations for all ages and languages. The stars of the movies often animals look quirky and sometimes pret…

Sexual Favors to Support a Cause – Charitable Idea or The End of Decency? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Belgian beauty Tanya Devereaux is no stranger to unconventional campaigns. Last year, Tanya promised 40,000 “jobs” (wink, wink) during her campaign as a NEE party senate candidate in Belgium. Although she was pretty popular, she did not win the senate seat. However, you can not keep a girl with a bi…

Tranvestites to Sell Razers – Philips Satinelle Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Philips is using a transvestite dancer to sell a new line of women’s razors, an unexpected advertising stunt, but without a doubt the reason it’s getting as much press as it has.

“The ad for the Satinelle Ice Epilator features an LA-based transvestite dancer, Karis, using the epilator,” Brand Repu…

Recycled Map Envelopes – Learn Geography, Send Your Letter (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you are flipping through the pages of your Atlas and you find a few pages missing then we know just where you need to look. D!REKTRECYCLING has taken the approach to recycle pages from Atlases and other maps to make envelopes.

While these maps may not help the postman to find out where you live…

Noise Awareness Billboards – AEG Eloectrolux Advertises The Decibel Level (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In a global billboard campaign by AEG-Electrolux for Noise Awareness, AEG has installed billboards with built in decibel meters so that passerbys can see the noise level. The boards have been installed in major European cities like London, Madrid, Berlin and Milan. However there were some interestin…

Misplaced Body Parts as Advertising – The Mebucaine Throat Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Misplaced body parts always freak me out. It all started with Madonna’s Bedtime Story music video which had her eye as a mouth and vice versa.

The new freaky campaign for Mebucaine places an open mouth on your throat/neck to illustrate how you can open your throat with their sore throat medicine.…

Help the Honey Bees – Haagen Dazs Promotes New Cause (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Luxe ice cream manufacturer Haagen Dazs has developed an elaborate public awareness campaign to the help save the honey bees. Alarmingly “more than 25% of the Western honey bee population has disappeared over the last several winters.”

The ad is an operatic video by the Goodby Silverstein & Par…

Website for Ethical Fashion – The BBC’s ‘Thread: Fashion Without Victims’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) launched an ethical fashion ezine named “Thread”. The online magazine seeks to address issues many fashion-conscious and environmentally-responsible people constantly grapple with such as the damage sustained by the environment due to irresponsible and unethica…

Personal Trading Cards – Photo & Stats Business Cards

(TrendHunter.com) Trading cards have always had a strong following in professional sports leagues. Animated TV shows and collectible card game companies have long since produced trading cards as well. Considering the success of all those, how about applying the same concept in the white-collar business world?

People…

Car Ghosts – Mercedes Ghosts of an Illustrious Past Ads (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This creative TV spot for the Mercedes C and E-Class uses ghosts to depict how the stellar innovations of the past meet the incredible vehicles of today. The Ghosts of an Illustrious Past ad uses ghostly imagery that is more entrancing than spooky; you can’t help but look.

The ad mentions Mercedes…

Plastic Dolls for Awareness – Anti-Genital Mutilation Camapaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve featured a number of posts on Fake Love about people who seek romantic companionship from plastic dolls. We’ve also featured several controversial ads that promote awareness for genital mutilation, but never have we had an article that covers both topics.

These ads are for the Association of…

Cartoon Thumb Fitness – Vinaphone Text Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I have to admit I was a little disappointed when I saw that these were exercising thumbs and not hyperactive cartoon bananas. The fact that these are thumbs though is a crucial part of the campaign’s message.

The three-part ad campaign for Vinaphone is meant to promote its ultra-cheap text messagi…

Online Dating Beauty Upgrades – Neu.de Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What if I told you you that you can have your girlfriend’s breasts easily enlarged without surgery? Nice, huh? And you girls can have your boyfriend lose weight within 5 days, and get his lost hair back as well!

Well, that’s what the new ad campaign for neu.de, a german dating site, promises you. …

Stop-Motion Human Snake – Nokia N-Gage Ad Uses 1000 People (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What happens when life imitates computer games? The Human Snake happens! The stop-motion video is actually a viral ad for the Nokia N-Gage campaign.

Despite it being an ad, the Human Snake video is so well done, it’s a welcome addition to Trend Hunter’s collection of stop-motion videos, some of wh…

Fingerprint Paintings – Inspiration Across the Nation Campaign

(TrendHunter.com) Inspiration Across the Nation is a new campaign The Library of Congress is running to encourage people to inspire others to reach their potential. To participate, all you have to do is send the library your poems, essays, films, pictures or any type of art form you excel at and which can be transfer…