NatMags to publish special September issues of Harper’s and Esquire

LONDON – The National Magazine Company aims to boost circulation of two of its flagship magazines, Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar, by publishing one-off September special issues.

NatMags launches two hardbacked issues

LONDON – NatMags is launching two hard back collectors editions of its fashion titles, Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar.

David Beckham and Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in California ads

LONDON – Footballer David Beckham is to star in TV ads to promote California, which will also feature Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rob Lowe, according to reports.

ESPN launches Brit focused ad campaign

LONDON – ESPN is launching a multimillion-pound ad campaign focusing on British sport and fans to support its new sports channel.

NME launches music downloads app

LONDON – IPC’s NME Radio has launched an iPhone application, the first UK radio broadcaster to allow immediate purchase and downloads of music played on the station.

Westwood College – Crazy Board

The 3rd and final Westwood viral.

Observer’s future in doubt as part of GMG strategic review

LONDON – The future of The Observer has been thrown into question after its parent, the Guardian Media Group, suffered a record pre-tax loss of £89.8 million.

Lib Dems campaign for ban on airbrushed ads aimed at children

LONDON – The Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign against the use of airbrushed images of models in campaigns targeting the under-16s.

Waitrose forges closer links with John Lewis

LONDON – Waitrose is forming closer ties with sister company John Lewis and is expanding into homewares, kitchen products and gifts.

Shelter launches campaign to find the new Damien Hirst

LONDON – Leo Burnett is continuing its “house of cards” campaign for the charity Shelter by inviting artists and designers to design the ultimate deck of playing cards.

Sport Media Group sells lads’ mag Front to entrepreneur Dominic McVey

LONDON – Kane, an independent publishing company led by the millionaire entrepreneur Dominic McVey, has acquired the men’s magazine Front from Sport Media Group for £87,500.

Toyota Prius: Solar Flower

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18-foot flower sculptures include solar panels, free Wi-Fi access, seating and charging stations.

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Los Angeles, USA
ACD/Art Director: Kelly Kliebe
Art Director: Nick Luckett
Art Producer: Kristina Hicks
Copywriter: Shannon Wilch
Creative Director: Andrew Christou
Director of Integrated Production/Multimedia: Tanya LeSieur
Executive Creative Director: Mike McKay
Integrated Design Creative Director: Ryan Jacobs
Print Producer: Gloria Olegario
Producer: Britta Couris

Lib Dems call for ban on airbrushed ads

LONDON – The Liberal Democrats have attacked airbrushed pictures of celebrities used in advertising, saying that the practice should be banned.

Elm Grove Police Department: Slower is better

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Advertising Agency: Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee, USA
Creative Director: Chris Jacobs
Art Director: Brian Steinseifer
Copywriter: Jim Jodie
Released: April 2009

Biorama 2: Save the thrombolites

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Oron Catts, Director of SymbioticA, Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts at The University of Western Australia, presented the project he and his team are currently working on. Adaptation is radically different from what you would expect. No victimless leather jacket, no banquet of frog steak. This one invites us to take a peak into the broader issue of ecology and life itself continue

Coffee Cup Art

Une fantastique galerie de 206 images présentant le travail de l’artiste malaysien Cheeming Boey, qui a choisi un support original pour ses illustrations : les tasses de cafés en polystyrène. De nombreux dessins et oeuvres, à découvrir dans la galerie.



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Le reste de son travail dans la galerie.

Biorama 2: the Moon Goose Experiment

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The Moon Goose Experiment (MGE) is based on an excerpt from the book The Man in the Moone, written by Francis Godwin in 1603. Godwin was the first person ever to describe weightlessness – long before Newton’s theory of gravity. The protagonist in the book flies to the moon in a chariot towed by geese. These special moon geese migrate every year from the earth to the Moon continue

Appy Fizz ; Creativeland Asia

Agency: Creativeland Asia, Mumbai, India
Executive Creative Directors: Sajan Raj Kurup, Vikram Gaikwad
Creative Directors: Anu Joseph
Copywriters: R.Venkatraman, Huzefa Kapadia, Sajan Raj Kurup
Art Director: Payal Juthani
Illustrator: Lokesh Karekar
Account Supervisor: Jay Gala

(good to see some fantastic print layouts, finally. Kudos to Creativeland)

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National Sea Rescue Institute: Wedding, Game, Party

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“Our volunteers are always on call.”

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Cape Town, South Africa
Creative Director: Chris Gotz
Art Director: Prabashan G. Pather
Copywriter: Sanjiv Mistry
Photographer: Guy Neveling
Published: April 2009

Naughty Nails – Perez Hilton Finds Harajuku Girl With an Anatomical Manicure (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Perez Hilton is currently in Tokyo, and the gossip blogger found the opportunity to snap some photos with a Harajuku girl with nails that will make an adult blush.

If you take a closer look at the gallery…