Snarky Animated TV Show Promo – Dirt Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) To promote the new season of Dirt, a series of six really funky, animated clips were created featuring comic book style spoofs of the types of things you’d see in celebrity tabloids.

The ads created by Arsenal feature “vignettes of Hollywood stars and celebutaunts caught in the act of wild, unbeco…

Real Musical Robots You Control Online – Absolut Choir (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Absolut has released another fun ad campaign to promote their world famous vodka, this time called Absolut Machines. We’ve featured one machine already, the Absolut Quartet already, but now we’re showing you the Absolut Orchestra.

The project is an amalgamation of cutting edge technology and the f…

Geeky Celeb Ad – Mariah Carey Loves 802.11n (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Sure we’ve heard of geeky celebrities like Josh Hartnett (major Star Wars fan), but Mariah Carey? She’s a nerd? According to her latest video for Touch My Body, you bet. Not only do the lyrics include geeky jargon, references to YouTube and video features of Guitar Hero and laser tag.

Flouncing ar…

Victoria Beckham as Fashion Police – Fashion Nightmares Reality Show (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The concept behind a new fashion reality TV show is nothing novel, but the fact that Victoria Beckham will play host could add a level of snarkiness audiences will adore.

On Fashion Nightmares, Posh will essentially be playing a fashion police officer in hick towns across North America. The fashio…

Crap-vertising for Shock Movies – Canadian Men in Diapers (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This very clever parody ad would convince you that Canadian men love their diapers – until the end of the commercials and you find out the need the diapers so they can watch the all horror channel, Scream TV. Fun kiddie music, men frolicking in diapers, what could be more fun? The commercial was pro…

Glamvertising in Hitchcock Inspired Ads – Christina Aguilera for Stephen Webster

(TrendHunter.com) Alfred Hitchcock has been a constant inspiration in Hollywood lately. Christina Aguilera has been announced as the official new face for London-based jeweler Stephen Webster. She stars in Hitchcock-inspired ads for Webster’s Spring 2008 line. Says Webster about his choice of pairing a modern superst…

Challenging “Artifical Boundaries” of Fashion Industry – Britain’s Missing Top Model

(TrendHunter.com) Are you sick of reality modeling shows yet? I’m on my way, for sure, but I have to give the BBC props for getting a little bit creative in their casting. For one of their latest shows, they’re searching for disabled models for a show called Britain’s Missing Top Model.

What a refreshing change. No…

Print Magazine of QR Codes – Tada Gets

(TrendHunter.com) A Japanese magazine called “Tada Gets” (things for free) started to put out issues composed almost entirely of QR codes. By scanning those codes, the reader can link up via cell phone to free ring tones, decorations, games, music, pictures and other kinds of content. The magazine’s approach to the p…

Rotating Home Theatre – Casa Cinema (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Talk about cool cribs. The 16-foot circle of flooring is fitted with four motors and some wheels beneath the steel frame of the floor. This allows the home theater to rotate 180 degrees at the press of a button to face the second row making it possible for the space to be used for parties and gather…

Paranormal Social Networking – Steven Spielberg’s New Site

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen a few celebrities start their own blogs and social networking sites, and now Steven Spielberg introduces the oddest of the bunch.

The uber famous movie producer has plans to launch a social networking site devoted to extraterrestrials and the paranormal. Hopefully the intention behind it…

Louis Vuitton Journeys Campaign – Celeb Shots by Annie Leibowitz (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Louis Vuitton has teamed with fashion photographer Annie Liebowitz to create a series of new ads, the latest of which features Keith Richards.

The ad, created by Ogilvy & Mather, was launched today. It features the Rolling Stone strumming on his guitar in a posh New York City hotel. By his side is…

Innovative Mobile Learning – iPod Touch & iPhone at ACU (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “What iSchool did you graduate from?” That could be an interview question of the future if a new academic craze catches on.

Abilene Christian University is tossing around the idea of a new mobile learning initiative that will see all students receive their course information via iPhone or iPod Tou…

Interactive Worldwide Classroom – Oprah & Eckhart Tolle on Skype (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Oprah Winfrey is teaming with Skype to set up the first interactive worldwide classroom in an effort help bring awareness about A New Earth.

Skype is sponsoring the program which Oprah hopes will bring her book club to the next level. She’s helping to promote Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth whic…

Tongues, Fingers & Eyeballs to Sell Pop – Coke Zero Ads in English (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Coke put on a wild campaign in Brazil to promote Coke Zero, but getting people to pierce their tongues with the Coca-Cola brand is a little bit much for the rest of the world.

Instead, this TV spot is a little quirky, but it’ll grab your attention when channel surfing. We featured it last week, bu…

Folding Instrument For Traveling Musicians – The Backpack Electric Guitar

(TrendHunter.com) When I fly into or out of Nashville, which is quite often, I always feel sorry for the musicians who have to lug their guitars on board.

Fredrick Johansson, a commercial pilot and picker, didn’t like it either, so he invented a foldable guitar. I looks great. Made from mahogany and aircraft qualit…

Shockvertising – Does It Work? Jury Still Out (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Can displaying a shocking, disturbing image be worth it to the public good? Shockvertising is reaching new highs, or lows, depending on your opinion.

Industry experts say public-service ads are becoming more shocking than ever. The gallery includes a series of images from PSAs that have evoked a l…

NASA Offers Free Mission Visualization Software- Hitch A Ride To Saturn With Cassini

(TrendHunter.com) New software available from NASA will allow you to tag along with Cassini as it explores Saturn and its moons. You can see where Cassini is now, what the probe is doing and where it is going. The NASA website also has many links to explore to further understand the details of the mission, includi…

Canadian Spin On Reality Modeling TV – Vancouver’s Next Gay Top Model (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I hope they asked Tyra’s permission nicely first. We don’t want her going ghetto on their arse in a cat-fight for copyrights! Vancouver’s Next Gay Top Model is a theatrical event organized by local community -with the support of organizations and businesses- to benefit the charity Friends for Life. …

E-Paper Sheet Music – EMS

(TrendHunter.com) I’m sure that if you’re a musician carrying around stacks of sheet music, it defiantly doesn’t help with getting the ladies. Well fret no more because EMS (E-paper Music Score) has just given you that little oomph of technological goodness to score it big with the ladies.

EMS is a device that …

TV Academy Accepts Internet Video – Emmy for Broadband Content (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You can win an Emmy. The Emmy guys are advertising that all original content distributed over broadband is now eligible for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Mary Tyler Moore is one of the “spokespersons” for the ad campaign from WONGDOODY. The deadline to enter is March 28, so crank up the scriptwriter an…