Wordsworth Books: 3D flyer

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Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Cape Town, South Africa
Creative Director: Anton Crone
Art Director: Jenna MacGillivray
Copywriter: Sammy-Jane Thom
Illustrator: Marlin van Noie
Programmer: Justin Stobbs
Animator: Marlin van Noie
Digital Creative Directors: Alan Cronje , Allan Kent
Released: March 2009

JCDecaux appoints Sharp to head StreetTalk unit

LONDON – JCDecaux has appointed its Australia senior account manager, Lucinda Sharp, as new group head of its telephone box inventory unit, StreetTalk, replacing Ben Wagner who has returned to his native Australia.

And in the real world… Emap, Thomas Cook, Lloyds and more

LONDON – Today’s round-up of the biggest business stories.

Facebook tells brands to get in touch to protect trademarks

LONDON – Brands looking to ensure their trademarked names are protected on Facebook have to register their interest with the social network.

Celebrity Sell Out: Alesha Dixon sells out to Toblerone

LONDON – Strictly Come Dancing star Alesha Dixon has teamed up with Kraft chocolate brand Toblerone for a joint promotion around her UK tour – inspiring a eureka moment for Celebrity Sell Out.

Craigslist projected to grow revenues 23% as newspapers suffer

LONDON – Online classifieds website Craigslist is set to make $100m in revenue in 2009 according to analysts, a 23% increase from the year before, as US newspaper classifieds suffered their worst drop in history, falling nearly 30% last year.

Film partnership head Edward Sharp leaves Mindshare

LONDON – In yet another departure from the WPP agency, Edward Sharp, a partner at Mindshare’s creative arm Invention, has left.

Radox latest brand to return to a focus on heritage

LONDON – Radox is turning away from a product-led strategy and is launching a £4.5m campaign to focus on its 100-year heritage. Brands such as Marks & Spencer, Hovis and Unilever’s Persil have recently have tapped into nostalgia during the recession.

Disneyland Resort Paris: Thumbs up

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Advertising Agency: BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, France
Executive Creative Director: Stéphane Xiberras
Creative Director: Jacques Jolly
Art Director: Viken Guzel
Copywriter: Charles Lefort
Photographer: Bruno Torres
Production: Frédérique Klore
Art Buying: Isabelle Mocq

Hilton Hotels saves millions with customer insight software

LONDON – Hilton Hotels says it could have lost as much as $3m if it had not identified problems on its website, which were highlighted by customer insight software created by Speed-Trap.

Deadline Stop Motion

Toujours dans la mode des films en stop motion, en voici un nouveau très réussi et sobrement intitulé Deadline, jouant avec des milliers de post-its. Il s’agit du projet de fin d’année de l’artiste Bang-yao Liu au Savannah College d’Art et Design.



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Bande son de Röyksopp.

The first green sex toy

The earth angel is a dildo that you charge manually and then preserve our planet! Advertiser: Earth Angel

EasyJet press ads banned by ASA

LONDON – The Advertising Standards Authority has banned two press ads for easyJet flights after receiving complaints from British Airways.

Adidas ad dodges ban

LONDON – A celebrity-filled TV ad for the sporting brand Adidas has escaped a ban by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Watchdog bans misleading Sky ad

LONDON – An online sales promotion for Sky offering £50 Marks & Spencer vouchers in return for recommending a friend to the service has been pulled by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Beckham Adidas ad dodges ban

LONDON – A celebrity-filled TV ad for the sporting brand Adidas has escaped a ban by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Greenpeople: Mosquito

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“For smoother skin.”

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Director: Claus Collstrup
Copywriter: Mikkel Elung-Jensen
Published: November 2008

Gravity-Defying Furniture – Echo Night Stand by Machael Rall (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Echo night stand by Michael Rall is a modern masterpiece and appears to stand only on one leg.

However, this artistic table is misleading. Echo is wall-mounted to give the allusion of floating furniture.…

Wallquariums – The Wall-Mounted Fish Bowl is Perfect for Small Spaces (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Chances are, you’ve seen wall-mounted aquariums, but I’m betting most people probably haven’t seen a wall-mounted fish bowl.

As small space living forces people to start preserving their surfaces for…

Webbed Toettoos – Silly Syndactylism Body Ink and Other Unique Foot Ink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Web toes, or to use correct terminology, syndactylism, seem peculiar because they’re so rare, but instead of hiding them, some braves are flaunting their fused digits.

These webbed toe tattoos make fun…