Firefly Fashiontography – Lucy McRae Creates Captures Illuminating Clothing (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Lucy McRae is an innovative designer who can put clothing at the forefront of your imagination expansion. Featuring clothing that would make lightning bugs seem dull, this video is of the ‘Skin Probe Dresses’…

Cute Creepy Halloween Decor – The Bunny Vampire Girl by Creepy Dolls Will Give You Nightmares (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Looking for some off-the-beaten-track freaky Halloween decor? Look no further. The Bunny Vampire Girl, from Etsy seller Creepy Dolls, is a handcrafted horror complete with stitches, zombie teeth and fake…

You Can’t See the New Volvo. And Neither Can The Blind Artist

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When you close your eyes and imagine what your perfect car (or anything for that matter) would look like, what do you come up with?

Nike Virtual Face

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Para estimular os corredores e não corredores, este ano a Nike se mostrou capaz de usar como ninguém a interatividade e os meios digitais a fim envolver este público, como eu também mostrei neste post.

A produtora Mekanism criou uma homepage fake que se transforma em um mensageiro na forma de face humana virtual. O mensageiro encoraja seus amigos a “tirar a bunda gorda da cadeira” e aproveitar o The Human Race, maratona do Nike 10k que acontece amanhã, dia 24 de outubro, em vários países. Aqui você envia a dica para seus amigos e também vê o vídeo sobre a mecânica de participação.

Same Teams, Same Championship, but Different Year, Different Ratings



MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — Baseball may be America's pastime, but local markets matter, at least in the other competition, the Nielsen ratings race in the ad-centric adult 18-49 demographic. And evidently which network airs the series plays a factor as well.

‘The Switch’ Has John Hodgeman Depressed

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Three new Apple commercials debuted last night and they directly address the launch of Windows 7.

R.A. alerta sobre a temperatura da cerveja

Em junho deste ano, os rótulos da cerveja Molson Dry, comercializada no Canadá, recorreram à realidade aumentada para informar o consumidor se a bebida se encontrava-se na temperatura ideal. Segundo eles, foi a primeira ação de realidade aumentada que usou o próprio produto.

Bastava retirar a cerveja da geladeira ou freezer e posicioná-la na frente de uma webcam. Como a Molson Dry tem como objetivo seduzir os consumidores que gostam da noite e das baladas, as imagens em 3D que surgiam para indicar que a bebida estava fresca eram um convite para que os consumidores saíssem de casa, de preferência, para consumir o produto.

Mais uma ótima dica da Milena Melo. Tks, Milena ;-)

Creative Review e a embalagem plástica que dissolve na água

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A edição de novembro da revista Creative Review, conta com um detalhe revolucionário para o meio-ambiente: uma embalagem plástica que dissolve na água.

Você recebe a revista, tira do plástico e faz o lixo desaparecer ralo abaixo. O material hidro-degradável não contém resíduos tóxicos, e segundo a CR, você pode até beber a água (apesar do gosto horrível).

A embalagem foi desenvolvida pela empresa britânica Cyberpac. Saiba mais detalhes no site da CR.

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A city built with houses of cards

What if the the houses were in cards? Advertiser: Shelter

Razorfish Execs Leave for Microsoft After Publicis Deal



NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — As Razorfish is absorbed into Publicis Groupe, two top execs won't be coming along for the ride. Razorfish Chief Strategy Officer Jeff Lanctot and Managing Director Jim Watson, two 10-year veterans of the digital shop, are leaving for Microsoft, which acquired Razorfish as part of the aQuantive deal in 2007.

When it Comes to Sexiness, It’s What’s Underneath That Counts

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The debate about just what sexy is has been going on for as long as the first cave woman modeled the latest woolly mammoth fashions.

Quaker Awards $110M Account to Juniper Park


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Quaker Foods has shifted creative duties on its $110 million portfolio of brands — including Quaker Oats, previously handled by Goodby Silverstein & Partners — to roster shop Juniper Park, Toronto.

If You Give A Bill to A Stripper…It Won’t Have A Happy Ending

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Ever wonder where that $10, $20 or $100 went after you handed it over to to buy some food, get a car wash or tip a stripper?

Vodafone toca Tchaikovsky com mensagens de texto

Na Nova Zelândia, a Vodafone colocou 1000 celulares para tocar a sinfonia 1812 de Tchaikovsky através apenas de mensagens de texto. Foram utilizados 53 diferentes ringtones, programados para tocar nos aparelhos a medida que cada SMS, 2000 no total, chegava.

Você pode questionar o resultado obtido, mas a Vodafone colocou o making of no ar para tirar qualquer dúvida. Abaixo você assiste a edição final da ação, transformada em comercial, e no site vodafone.co.nz/symphonia pode fazer download do ringtone, incluindo os 53 diferentes pedaços.

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Twitter, Baby, Tell Me How You REALLY Feel



The folks at Trendrr — the social-media tracking service — just introduced something called Twitter sentiment analysis. The idea is that, by mapping certain words against the feelings they are typically meant to convey, you can get a sense of not only how many people are tweeting about a certain subject, but how they generally feel about it. Let's see how the Twitterati feel about Jay Leno.

Brussels opens probe to boost online content market

LONDON – The European Commission is launching a consultation calling for fresh ideas to boost the market for online content distribution.

Volkswagen Hands U.S. Advertising Account to Deutsch, Los Angeles


DETROIT (AdAge.com) — Volkswagen of America handed its U.S. advertising account to Deutsch, following a review. Digital was a big part of the pitch.

Research Now set to become part of US group e-Rewards

LONDON – US market research company e-Rewards has agreed a recommended acquisition price for UK online field work and panel specialist Research Now, for 430p in cash per share, valuing the company at £85.1m.

British National Party takes swipe at foreign ownership of Royal Mail rivals TNT and DHL

LONDON – The British National Party, whose leader Nick Griffin made a controversial appearance on BBC Question Time last night, has attacked the policy of postal competition, the foreign ownership of Royal Mail rivals TNT and DHL and describes downstream access as ‘scandalous’.

Do NBC Universal, Fox and Disney Need to Rethink Their Hulu Strategy?


I first met Jason Kilar at a Tribeca lunch spot last June, and it wasn't hard to be impressed by his impassioned mission to insert Hulu into a special place in the media ecology. He seemed to possess unbridled enthusiasm and the entrepreneurial acumen to master the technology, package a smart sell and navigate a potentially challenging shareholder structure.