(TrendHunter.com) If techies can have TWIT (This Week in Tech) Toasties should have This Week In Toast. Here are a collection of 15 fabulously ingenious toasters. From the hang on the wall “sunshine” model, to the single slicer that looks like an old eight track these toasters are not very useful, but pretty cool any…
(TrendHunter.com) When “Susan” and “Robeert” at the call center in Mumbai, India gets done dealing with Vista problems, they want solitude and serenity. No problems. Please hold. The Blue Frog can provide all that.
Just looking at the circular motif with the soft blue lighting can release the tension in shoulders. …
(TrendHunter.com) What a creative billboard ad for blemished skin! The gigantic billboard features a cut out in the shape of skin pore, with a custodian giving it the clean sweep. It was done by Ogilvy & Mather for Pond’s Anti-Bacterial Facial Scrub.
It was one of eight posted by InventorSpot who had gathered seve…
(TrendHunter.com) As Wired magazine pointed out in their most recent “Free Issue,” freeconomics and supplying the world with free products and services is the way of the future.
McDonald’s has reaffirmed that gratis is the future of business. This Thursday and Friday, they’re giving away 2,000,000 free McSkillet Bu…
(TrendHunter.com) It’s been proven time and again that sex sells. That’s nothing new, but to keep things fresh, marketers have to figure out how to keep it sizzling. Ad agencies have found ways to sell everything from alcohol and fashion to technology and even burgers. Some ads are shocking, while some are artistic. …
(TrendHunter.com) The ads for Finaland’s Next Top Model portray what probably happens when the cameras are off. A full fledged catfight! From hair pulling to WWF wrestling and martial art moves. I think it’s a genius play on the cattyness of the show. Meow! The ads are photographed by Petrus Olsson with art direction…
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen magazines get creative in their efforts to save their print editions. As the internet threatens print media, some publications have realized they must give up news stand revenue in order to win over the interest of their readers.
Even Wired Magazine, who has a fantastic blog to suppleme…
(TrendHunter.com) Ferris wheels are great, but skyscraper-size billboards are not.
I’m a huge fan of the British Airways London Eye, an exception perhaps, as the branding isn’t visually obvious and it was designed by the talented architects at Marks Barfield. Of course, one of the best things about the London Eye…
(TrendHunter.com) Every designer knows that a good use of white space can be very effective. Keeping a certain proportion of an advertisement without clutter is vital, but just how much is the right amount?
McDonalds took the white space concept really far in a recent ad in a print publication. The double page spre…
(TrendHunter.com) I have to say, looking at these ads makes you wonder what kind of lifestyle Deutsch Magazine, an International LifeStyle magazine, promotes. Is ‘animal-love’ the new hip international lifestyle these days and I did not know? I looked at the magazine online, and it is actually an elegant über classy…
(TrendHunter.com) These very graphic, extremely disturbing ads are actually part of a real life AIDS campaign in France.
The print advertisements consists of images of a man having sex with a giant, black scorpion, and a woman receiving oral sex from an enormous, hairy tarantula.
The ads created by TBWA Paris are…
(TrendHunter.com) A UK based glamour model Jordan, AKA Katie Price, is planning the release of her own credit card to be aimed at young women with the design of the card to be “pink and fluffy” to appeal to young women. Jordon already has a string of products to her name including jewelery for Argos, haircare range (…
(TrendHunter.com) While looking at the March 2008 edition of Wallpaper* Magazine, my eye fell on a new ad with nudes seated on an Emeco Navy 1006: One brushed, used by Petty Officer FTG3 Tony Cost, and one polished, used by Parisienne socialite Amelia-Louise Enright.
The ad is by Wieden Kennedy, brand champion to ma…
(TrendHunter.com) Chevorlet is certainly not trying to impress or get the business of plastic surgery obsessed LA and Hollywood. “If it’s not fixed by the one who made it, it probably won’t work.” That’s the new campaign slogan for Chevrolet Official Service Center. Couple that with images of plastic surgery gone ove…
(TrendHunter.com) Live long enough and even Disney gives you a discount. Geezers are used to a dime off their cup of coffee at Mickey D’s, but the Mickey Mouse honchos in Japan decided they needed to do more to attract more seniors.
At Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea they are beginning to offer a 22% discount to tho…
(TrendHunter.com) SPOILER ALERT: Hey guys, tired of looking at the scantily clad women in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition? Get your daughter to help you scour the backgrounds for hidden images.
Just kidding, but they were actually strategically placed there. A spokesperson described it as the 3-D issue and …
(TrendHunter.com) A TV commercial for the Ford Motor Company in Canada advertising 2 of Ford’s vehicles (the Fusion and the Edge) features no cars. Instead, Ford uses people dressed in the Ford blue who, a la Cirque Du Soleil, form the recognizable silhouettes of the cars in dramatic and artistic fashion. This is a b…
(TrendHunter.com) The UK’s pork industry has been hurting pretty badly, but pig farmers aren’t getting discouraged yet. At least not until they’ve tested the powers of online virals.
A group of about 20-30 farmers gathered in London to produce a song called “Stand by Your Ham,” a parody of the Tammy Wynette song, “…
(TrendHunter.com) Naughty marketing is one of the most tried and true ways of getting attention, but it’s still rare to see full on nudity in a public place. Selfridges in London had a model pose nude in their window during rush hour, wearing nothing but a shawl as she posed for a painting by Jacques le Trompet,.
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(TrendHunter.com) Warning: partial nudity. After a five years absense, Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly is returning with a bang across the pond with the legendary fashion photographer Bruce Weber (so expensive that U.S. Vogue is said to afford him only twice a year, according to Herald Tribune); and no “product” shots …
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