Mobile market’s quiet brand breaks global ad drive

LONDON – HTC, the smartphone brand recently overtaken by Apple, is joining the mobile marketing fray with its first major ad campaign, which features the new positioning of ‘Quietly brilliant’.

Uber-Expensive Art Projects – The One Billion Dollar is a Simple Stack of Money to Represent Luxury (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Known as the “most expensive piece of art ever made,” the One Billion Dollar art project by Mike Marcovici is a very basic and simple representation of what a billion dollars looks like. The Austria-based…

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798-2006

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Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón has opened a very very good exhibition a few days ago. ‘FEEDFORWARD – The Angel of History’ addresses the current moment in history where the wreckage of political conflict and economic inequality is piling up, while globalized forces–largely enabled by the “progress” of digital information technologies–inexorably feed us forward. I’ll write about it in details in the near future but i’d like to share with you straight away one of the most interesting artworks i’ve discovered there continue

Graphic Site Redesigns – Koren Shadmi Sets the Bar for Graphic Designer Web Site Portfolios (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Koren Shadmi has designed for everything from Harvard Business to Village Voice. He recently unveiled his brand new Web site design, which (although it’s a little slow right now) sets a high standard for…

Tribune Sets Its Sights on New York Times’ Luxury Ads

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Tribune Co., which made news over the summer by taking over national-ad sales for rival Dallas Morning News, is teaming up with a larger group of newspapers it doesn't own in a bid to attract luxury retail ads.

A man with a gun facing a girl with a zebra mask

Following the weird sextape, the VIFF has released another video about violence between a boy and a girl. Advertiser: VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival Agency: TBWA Vancouver, Canada Creative Director: Paul Little Copywriters / Art Directors: Addie Gillespie, Jon Murray Agency […]

Tamer Hosny’s Pepsi TVC

Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO, Egypt

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Surreal Foliage Photography – ‘Colors’ by Trifon Marchovski Captures the Season’s Best Hues (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Autumn is an insanely beautiful season, and ‘Colors’ by Trifon Marchovski captures the changing foliage beautifully. Here in Southern California, our landscape is dotted with palm trees and evergreens,…

Strange Stairways – Stairs by Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann May Be Hazardous to Your Health (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’ve seen some strange stairways before, but this is one that should have stayed a concept. This aluminum and metal staircase by architects Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann is suspended from the side of…

Flightpattern

Une intéressante exploration visuelle réalisée avec Adobe Flash (Action Script) sur une vidéo baptisée “Flightpattern” par Gwen Vanhee. Les formes ont été réalisées à la main, puis modélisées sur ordinateur. Le tout sur une bande son d’Amon Tobin – El Cargo.



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How to save the world from climate change

If you want to change the world and fight the climate change, you need to watch this video! Advertiser: WWF

Scrabble: A

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This story was written in Spanish using only words containing the “A” vowel, and has no translation in English. The text tells a tale that make complete sense from beginning to end, and all the words used exist in the Spanish language. The tales is about Abraham and Sara. She is tired of their relationship because Abraham hurts her and is not a good lover, so she decides to kill him. To achieve it, Sara Summons Satan and he indicates how to find Baltasar, the man who will become her lover and will kill Abraham.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Mexico
Chief Creative Officer: Jose Montalvo
Executive Creative Director: Miguel Angel Ruiz
Creative Director: Abraham Quintana
Copywriters: Oscar de la Borbolla/Abraham Quintana
Art Directors: Ivan Carrasco, Mario Salgado, Francisco Hernandez

Testicular Cancer Awareness Campaign: Check Them

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Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, Skopje, Macedonia
Creative Director: Ivica Spasovski
Art Directors: Vladimir Manev, Ivica Spasovski
Copywriter: Ivica Spasovski, Vladimir Manev
Photographer: Tomislav Maric, Boro Rudic
Additional credits: Ilija Iko Karov, Aleksandar Achko Krstevski, Verigo

Sustainable Lakeside Cottages – The Omena House by Danny Forster Will Attain LEED Gold Status (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Omena House by Danny Forster in Michigan is one of the most clever eco designs I’ve seen for a private residence yet. The Omena House is full of eco features, from recycled newspaper countertops to…

$3 Million Bras – Victoria’s Secret 2009 Fantasy Bras Defy the Recession (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The best part about lingerie is when you buy it and it looks all pretty in the package, and then you take it out and it doesn’t look quite as pretty. Well, the Victoria Secret’s Fantasy Bras look pretty…

Hilarious Catchphrase Posters – TuffIndustries Lets You Proclaim ‘I Just Peed a Little’ Without Talk (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Everyone loves an ironic t-shirt, and these catchphrase posters from Etsy artisan TuffIndustries let you proclaim your favorite witticisms without saying a word. With phrases that range from “I just peed…

Feltrinelli: Piano

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“Pianist since ever”

Advertising Agency: Tita, Milan, Italy
Agency website: titamilano.com
Executive Creative Director: Giuseppe Mazza
Art Director: Annalisa Martinucci
Copywriter: Davide Valenti
Published: september 2009

John Smith’s offers drinkers a share in a race horse

LONDON – John Smith’s is offering drinkers the opportunity to own a share in a three-year old race horse, called Smithy.

Reynolds : fine writing

Advertising Agency: JWT Chennai, India
Executive Creative Director: Senthil Kumar
Creative Director: PK Prasad
Art Director: PK Prasad
Copywriter: Zena desilva
Illustrator: PK Prasad
(we are seeing a lot of good work from JWT Chennai! Congrats guys, for pushing the envelope!)

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War veteran gives beautiful speech about equality

This video is as moving as it is humbling.

A beautiful insight from a WWII veteran.

Take a look at the comments over at BoingBoing too for some very valid and varied opinions.