LONDON – Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is launching a new coffee brand called 96°. The range is a joint venture between Pierre White and coffee distributor Oliver Dadoun. It will be sold exclusively at Selfridges until the end of the year before rolling out nationwide.
(TrendHunter.com) How good is this uber geeky cushion with DOS coding sewing onto it? I love the detailing of the small embroidery (I think it is Courier font) and the actual coding on the cushion itself with text strings…
(TrendHunter.com) No sooner than we have sorted our tans out the weather turns hideous and we have to scuttle into our deepest and darkest wardrobes to find warm winter clothes.
Some of these scarves are hideous, some…
LONDON – Aegis-owned digital network Isobar has appointed Guillaume Multrier as chief executive of its online media business.
LONDON – Eurosport has promoted its director of international media relations, Heather Bowler, to the position of group communications director.
LONDON – Asda is abandoning the use of celebrities to front its George clothing ads in favour of real-life women, starting with doctors and nurses, after listening to customers and concluding that it is inappropriate to spend money on such endorsements in the current economic climate.
LONDON – An internationally acclaimed advertising and entertainment show celebrating some of the finest television and cinema advertising from around the world is to be screened in London next month.
(TrendHunter.com) He may be the most ironic U.S. citizen of the 2008 Presidential Election.
John McCain (Johnathan B. McCain) is a musician from Brooklyn, New York who shares a name with the Republican candidate, but…
To: Carat, AdFreak
From: Dave
Re: HR e-mail fiasco
Hey, Carat, tough luck about that companywide e-mail your chief people officer sent out about the upcoming layoffs. But I’m looking on the bright side: what a great opportunity to hire a new chief people officer! In fact, I’d like to apply! Am I qualified? Well, I’m a people person—as long as people stay out of my personal space and don’t jam my phone and in-box with crap about "benefits" and "salary reviews." I also have ideas on improving corporate morale. These include soothing Styx music piped into the office, no-pants Fridays and mashed-potato wrestling in the break room. Best of all, I never, ever copy unintended recipients on sensitive e-mails. Hell, if AdFreak got wind of this note, they’d probably post it and make me look like a total IDIOT! PS: It can be Moby instead of Styx, shirtless Tuesdays and boardroom foxy boxing. It’s all good!
—Posted by David Gianatasio
LONDON – ITV1 looks to be in for some new Sunday night competition from BBC One’s ‘Antiques Roadshow’, now fronted by Fiona Bruce and in a later slot, which got the evening’s best ratings with 6.1m viewers, according to unofficial overnight figures.
LONDON – The Central Office of Information has awarded Elmwood the design brief and Naked the media brief for a new money guidance service being launched by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT).
(TrendHunter.com) Technically, this Lance Armstrong tricycle painting should be considered masking instead of painting, but it’s crazy anyway. Artist Phil Hansen drips paint on the tricycle’s tires before riding around…
(TrendHunter.com) Following our 50 Extraordinary Tables and 50 Unique Sofas & Benches, Trend Hunter presents you with 50 outlandish chair designs to spice up your decor.
However, this cluster is not about your average…
When we first saw this Hair Club ad, we thought, “Wow, what did Michael Bolton do to himself?” Then we realized it was just some guy who gained Bolton’s hairstyle from using Hair Club. Even more ridiculous (and yes, creepy, too) was his stepdaughter’s assertion in the commercial that she and her friends thought he was more attractive with the new ‘do. Sy Sperling should get rid of this degenerate, post-haste. Sperling may be the president and also a client, but he doesn’t want to add “pervert” to the list.
—Posted by David Kiefaber
LONDON – Lowe London has resurrected the animated character ‘Animal’ in a new TV campaign for Peperami, aimed at meat-snacking males.
(TrendHunter.com) I adore the work of Australian Louise Weaver, and in particular, the all-red piece entitled ‘Taking a Chance on Love’. Her radical animal crochet sculptures even won her the Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary…
These new ads for the Romanian International Marathon show you that you don’t always have to run a marathon for a good cause, you can also run it to escape and get a way from your crazy life.
What kind…
LONDON – The National Union of Students has unveiled its revamped website, which integrates its loyalty card, NUS Extra card, into the main site.
LONDON – Asda has launched a new poster campaign by Fallon, which will use real people rather than celebrities.
LONDON – Rail operator Virgin Trains has appointed customer publishing company Ink to produce its relaunched magazine Hotline, snatching the title from rival River Publishing.
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