Specialty Pizza Named After You – Domino’s Big Fantastic Deal

(TrendHunter.com) Domino’s is allowing online users to create their own pizza, name it, and add it to their menu for others to order and enjoy. They call it BFD Builder, aka Big Fantastic Deal. Users can choose from 4 types of crust styles, 6 types of meats, and 6 types of other toppings. Some of the current names in…

Celebrity Shock Virals – Sarah Silverman & Matt Damon (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Viral videos are one of the most looked at things on the web and have proven to be an excellent way to boost publicity. Hollywood actors are slowly starting to catch onto this wildly popular form of media, thanks to stars like Will Ferrell who was one of the pioneers of self-made celebrity virals.

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Casual Luxury – Diesel Adds Black Gold Label (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In order to expand into a higher spectrum of the fashion market, Diesel has launched Black Gold, a new luxury division of the brand. The collection debuted today at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York alongside the rest of the Fall 2008 collection.

Before the show started, Diesel blasted the…

Breaking Marketing Molds – Risque Valentine’s Day Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Breaking through the clutter of the mass of advertising surrounding Valentine’s Day is a huge challenge.

A few marketers, their works featured in the gallery, are showing various ways of getting your attention, from the sublime to the ridiculous. All are very clever, you’ll have to agree.

Artistic Apology – Sophie Ellis Bextor Offers Free Track After Canceling Tour (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This should be the new trend in music: artists saying sorry for canceling their tour or missing a performance by offering their fans free music.

As a way of apology for postponing her Spring tour, Sophie Ellis Bextor and her management have issued a statement which follows.

You can download the f…

New Diesel Fashion Campaign – Live Fast (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Diesel is launching a new ad campaign called Live Fast. With creative shots of models performing actions like changing baby diapers while running or working out on the treadmill while praying, it offers a witty take on fashion on the run!

Facists Rise Again – Cops Remove Abercrombie & Fitch Display, Arrest Manager

(TrendHunter.com) Abercrombie & Fitch displays images of young men and young women – their target audience – in a variety of poses that are typical of people of this age group, and can be seen in hundreds of thousands of places in magazines and on the web. Yet A & F is targeted by various official agencies that make …

Apple Commercials Boost Artists – Yael Naim Soars Thanks To MacBook Air Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Apple commercial trend is becoming very consistent. One day Apple uses a song in a new commercial, and the next day, the song instantly flies up the charts selling downloads like hot cakes.

The newest example is singer/songwriter Yael Naim, whose song ‘New Soul’ is featured in the new Apple Ma…

German McDonald’s Viral – Move Your Lederhos’n

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever seen a better German viral than this one for McDonald’s then please, send it to us at Trend Hunter!

The Huettengaudi is absolutely hilarious. The viral ad, which runs under the tagline “Move Your Lederhos’n,” lets you upload your own photo so you can become an animated, dancing, Led…

Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban Launch Fashion Line – Evie & Hank

(TrendHunter.com) Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban will launch a new fashion line called Evie and Hank, their all too cute nicknames for each other. I guess Nick and KiKi wasn’t acceptable.

Urban had sold Hank and Evie tees on his website, but now the married celebrity couple thinks their fame will bring them new fort…

Hannah Montana 3D Sets Records – Concert Movie Climbs Fandango Charts (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Despite the all-American image, Hannah Montana’s popularity is dominating the charts of Fandango, the online ticket seller.

The 3D movie, called Hannah Montana 3D, is Fandango’s top advance seller for February opening and it’s already Fandango’s fifth biggest advance seller. That makes it the top-…

Viral Ads Leaked Pre-Game – Super Bowl Spoilers (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re riled up to watch the biggest TV spots of the year live, you’d better not continue looking at this post. On the other hand, if you just can’t wait for the ads, or you simply won’t have time to watch them during tonight’s Super Bowl, then here’s a compilation of spoilers that have already b…

Water Faucets as Art – Five Faucents You Will Adore (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Feeling only slightly weird, I decided I would find the most outrageous water faucets that retain total usefulness and have eye appeal and a wow factor. I found them in one location: Mariner Faucets – an Italian designer. Each one of the designs I found are jaw dropping beautiful. I don’t feel so we…

Fantastic Gadgets For Football Fans – Super Bowl 2008 Must-Haves (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You call yourself a Super Bowl fan? Have you been pumped for weeks waiting for game day to arrive? Then you’ve surely got some Super Bowl gadgets already. If not, here’s a list of items to pick up to impress the guys with next year.

Football Universal Remote Control – The ultimate must-have for Su…

Luxury Brands Approaching Mass Media – Louis Vuitton’s First TV Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Even a luxury brand such as Louis Vuitton has decided to turn its promotion strategies toward the most popular of the media. Up to now, Vuitton ads domain was restricted to printed paper, mainly glossy paper.

Eventually, Antoine Arnault, chief of the brand promotional strategies, decided it was ti…

Lace Your Feet – Shocking New Nike Commercial (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Increasingly, commercials from Nike are difficult to overlook. In this example, viewers are shocked by the Mercurial V4, which weighs only 230g. Why? Because the athlete appears to be lacing his own feet.

The concept is a shocking way to demonstrate that his shoe is so light, it seems that you a…

Time Standing Still – Frozen Grand Central by Improv Everywhere (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Improv Everywhere’s latest publicity stunt brought time to a standstill. At the New York’s Grand Central, the group brought 200 agents to a frozen pose for five minutes. The scene is captivating, especially since 500,000 people rush through the station every day.

Improv Everywhere – 111 Topless M…

Even Deer Love the New Nissan – Japanese Nissan Cube Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This commercial for the Nissan Cube was just uploaded on YouTube yesterday, the same day we posted a brief feature on the cute car. The Japanese TV spot features two men driving through a forest in their Cube when they come across an adorable animated deer that appears to be injured on the road. Aft…

Aluminum Bottle Beer – The U-Glow Effect (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ever since the introduction of aluminium bottles in Japan in 2000, beverage industry observers have agreed that demand in North America for aluminium bottles was only limited by the industry’s willingness to invest in the necessary technology to create and sustain the market.

The first generatio…

Google’s iPhone Nemesis – Merging With Dell For Master Phone Plan

(TrendHunter.com) Google is rumoured to be launching its own mobile phone in collaboration with Dell. Google, falling through with its rumoured launch last year for an iPhone Competitor (the GPhone), has mustered up some muscle and is said to be announcing its plan alongside Dell at the 3GSM telecoms conference next …