Controversial TV Campaign – Bush is American Psycho (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand has created a controversial campaign to promote the TVNZ premiere of the cult thriller, American Psycho. One of the ads show a close up on American President George W. Bush with a big and clear “American Psycho” printed under it. Another ad shows the American flag crea…

Very Bizarre Online Shopping Ads – Diesel Haiku

(TrendHunter.com) For Diesel’s High Speed Fashion online shopping campaign, they’ve launched print ads featuring an attractive young mother powdering her babies bum while running in skinny jeans and stilettos.

The ad reads, “Haiku: You should buy Diesel / You can run in your jeans and / powder baby’s butt”

The pri…

Celebrity Passport Stamps – Creative RAM FM Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With the tagline “Even though they have not visited every country, their music has.” this creative ad campaign for RAM FM radio station uses passport stamps to create portraits of four iconic music stars: Bob Marley, The Beatles, Kylie Minogue and Elton John. I love how the artistic rendering of the…

Political Scandals for Cell Phone Marketing – Virgin Mobile Ads Bash Spitzer

(TrendHunter.com) Virgin is known for their cutting edge ads, but they’re also known for stirring up quite a controversy. The latest ads, which will run in a Toronto newspaper, are for Virgin Mobile and were inspired by the Eliot Spitzer scandal.

Using the political mishap to create the shockvertisement, the Virgin…

Human Pinatas – Hilarious Chocolate Skittles Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m sorry, Chocolate Skittles? Why not just buy Smarties right off the bat?

If you’re initial thought was the same, maybe their new commercial can convince you. Serving up the sweet new product with a side of humour, the silly TV spot has the potential to encourage people to at least try the new c…

Hilarious Campaign – Diesel’s “Protect Your Eyes” (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is a pretty witty and extremely funny campaign for Diesel’s ‘Sister Yes’ eyewear. The tagline “Protect your eyes” is used with hilarious shots of asscracks, granny underwear and a fat old lady at the beach in a swimsuit. The campaign was created by Miami Ad School, Sao Paulo, Brazil with art di…

Banning Controversial Ads – Kotex Beaver Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) An Australian tampon company has pushed the boundaries of advertising, with a television campaign showing an attractive, young woman and her pet beaver eating lunch, having their nails done, at the hairdresser, and being gawked at by men on a beach. The ad ends with a voice-over, “You’ve only got on…

Free Event Tickets for Donors – Irish “Sperm For Tickets” Campaign

(TrendHunter.com) All the wankers out there will be happy to hear about Sperm For Tickets. Passes will be given to any donors in Europe, to a festival of their choice, for contributing to Ireland’s severely depleted sperm reserves. Uh…by mail, in special “donation” containers.

The slogan for the initiative is, …

Viral Urban Graffiti – GTA IV NYC Wall Murals (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Grand Theft Auto IV has come up with a really creative campaign to market their latest game. GTA hired counterculture artists to create elaborate graffiti wall murals all around New York City.

The images are scattered from China Town to Harlem, so those in the NYC area can head down and check it o…

Tool Time Artistry – Craftsman Skeleton (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Some people are so artistic. I never would have seen a skeleton just looking at all the tools in our garage. But there it is, the vision of Y&R;Chicago advertising agency.

This visual campaign gives a whole new meaning to their ad logo “There’s a Craftsman in all of us.” They have a Craftman org…

Clothless Fashion Ads – A & F’s Gilly Hicks Nudevertising

(TrendHunter.com) Even after all the flack they’ve received for their controversial nudevertising, Abercrombie & Fitch isn’t backing away from using skin to sell clothes.

Their Gilly Hicks lingerie stores have a topless young thing frolicking on the beach in a web video. If customers are offended by such advertisin…

Reverse Branding – Backwording Your Favorite Domain

(TrendHunter.com) Can’t afford a million-dollar premium domain name?

Why not own the next best thing, the reverse spelling of it. It’s called Backwording and it’s the newest domaining phenomenon that is changing the landscape of the Internet. The concept is simple: register the backward spelling of premium domain …

Shockvertising with Bite – Stella Espresso Coffee

(TrendHunter.com) This is an ad from Stella Espresso Coffee which seeks to express to coffee drinkers in Italy just how strong their coffee is and how much “bite” it really has.

The scorpion, which is made out of coffee beans, is crawling up the woman’s nose and lingering around her mouth to graphically represent t…

Top 3 Escalator Ads – Including Kingdom Pizza Under Your Feet (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We spend quite a while at malls and airports standing on escalators. Advertising agencies are starting to tap into this source with creative campaigns right under your feet. “Want extra cheese pizza? Just get over here!” that’s the tagline used in this creative escalator based ad campaign for Kingdo…

Testing 52 Jobs in a Year – Sean Aiken’s One Week Job (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Young adulthood is a difficult time, particularly when it comes to choosing a career path; it’s even more difficult to find a job which offers a sense of passion.

Instead of getting bogged down, Sean Aiken took this time to dabble with all sorts of different options, and do so publicly. He’s postin…

Gruesome Shockvertising – Sony PSP Retry Ad

(TrendHunter.com) I am certain that soldiers, fighters and armies all over the world would love this retry feature. The “Retry” Ad for Sony’s PlayStation Portable player gives you a gruesome visual with limps and organs all over the place; a retry is most welcome!

The ad was photographed by Kaustubh Kamat with art …

Packaging As The Product – Recycled Packaging Lights (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Advertising and product placement have long seeped into our everyday life; from the bus we ride to the music video we see. The Packaging Lights by designer Anke Weiss show the transformation of a mass-product into a unique advertising platform. Packaging, which traditionally aims to support and prom…

Face Made of Human Bodies – Who Do You Think You Are Ad

(TrendHunter.com) When looked at from afar, it becomes evident that this image of a face actually consists of photographs of hundreds of naked human bodies that, with their combination of unique shapes and colours.

The clever ad was created for a BBC genealogy TV program which focuses on ancestry, called Who Do You …

Jenna Jameson for PETA – Pleather Yourself Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jenna Jameson stars in the latest PETA campaign to protect animals by refraining from using leather and opt for pleather instead. Jenna evokes iconic screen siren Bettie Page with a black wig and pleather bikini with the tagline “Pleather Yourself.” The ad was shot by celebrity photographer Gavin Bo…

Ad Promotes Bullshit – Green Energy Campaign by PG&E;

(TrendHunter.com) I am not sure whether the image is just a creation of the blog owner I took this message from or a copy of the ad the energy company released. Whatever the case, it is a perfect design for a billboard promoting the energy company’s “green” intentions for sustainable energy.

As a matter of fact, i…