Meta Social Travel Reviews – UpTake.com

User-generated rating, reviews and testimonials have become essential for the modern traveler. Social travel networks let you check out hotel reviews before booking. After looking at the review, you either book or compare it to other hotels which could have better reviews, prices or are simply a bet…

Super Travel Searches – UpTake.com

User-generated rating, reviews and testimonials have become essential for the modern traveler. Social travel networks let you check out hotel reviews before booking. After looking at the review, you either book or compare it to other hotels which could have better reviews, prices or are simply a bet…

Chocolate Perfume Paints – Kaori by Galler

(TrendHunter.com) Galler is a Belgian chocolate brand founded by Jean Galler when he was only 21. Recently, Galler invented the kaori, a new way of experiencing chocolate.

The kaori is a box with six chocolate sticks which are to be used as brushes with the accompanying “inks.” The tastes of the coloured pots are V…

Celebrity-Designed Products – Japanese Crave Designs by Famous

There is a growing fad in Japan to have your MP3 player, cell phone or any other personal technology, designed by your favorite celebrity. A number of pop singers, actors and other famous people have signed on to design products that are marketed to the growing number of young, celebrity-obsessed co…

Group Therapy Parodies – Apple Ad: PCs Living with Vista

“Hi, I’m a PC and I am living with Vista!” That is the latest twist and (below the belt) hit Apple takes at Microsoft’s expense in their well-known “Hello, I’m a Mac. Hello, I’m a PC” series. The spot likens using the wildly ill-received and underwhelming Vista operating system to living with a dise…

Hitting With Words – Domestic Violence: Verbal Abuse (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This powerful PSA campaign from Singapore successfuly illustrates how verbal abuse can be just as horrific as physical violence. This is an important issue to raise awareness of, as many people do not realize that vicious domestic verbal abuse can actually have longer lasting effects and hurt their …

Craigslist to Battle Phobias – Haunted House Seekers

(TrendHunter.com) They say the only way to conquer your fears is to face them, which is exactly what a group of Toronto friends are trying to do. Their fear? Ghosts.

Using Craigslist to help them find a haunted house, the group is prepared to spend the night in a dwelling said to be plagued with evil spirits.

What…

PC Integrated Desks – Sync (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Sync brings sexy to your office or home with a stylish, yet practical, computer-integrated office desk. All the PC components are smartly built into the design to offer maximum performance and convenience. If you ever want to take a break from computing and go back to traditional ways of reading…

Luxury Fantasy Camps – An $11 Billion Industry (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Everybody has dreams, but each person has different levels they’re willing to go, or pay, to make them a reality. The fact that the camping industry is pulling in an estimated $11 billion annually says a lot for the willingness to have those experiences. Some want to play basketball with Michael Jor…

Celebrity-Designed Products – Japanese Crave Designs by Famous (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) There is a growing fad in Japan to have your MP3 player, cell phone or any other personal technology, designed by your favorite celebrity. A number of pop singers, actors and other famous people have signed on to design products that are marketed to the growing number of young, celebrity-obsessed co…

Banana Protectors 2 – Nana Banana Saver Prevents Browning

(TrendHunter.com) My secretary swears that if she eats a whole banana, she can’t eat for the day again. If that sounds like you, then the Nana Banana Saver is for you. Cut your banana in two, clip on the banana saver and it will prevent the air from reaching your precious potassium bomb.

Here’s another banana prote…

Group Therapy Parodies – Apple Ad: PCs Living with Vista (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “Hi, I’m a PC and I am living with Vista!” That is the latest twist and (below the belt) hit Apple takes at Microsoft’s expense in their well-known “Hello, I’m a Mac. Hello, I’m a PC” series. The spot likens using the wildly ill-received and underwhelming Vista operating system to living with a dise…

Where The Rainbow Ends

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TBWA/Vancouver won a Bronze Clio for this outdoor board.

While I’d love to see outdoor advertising vanish from the earth, we may as well do something fun with it until that post-apocalyptic day comes.

Ralph Steadman at High Noon in Miami Today

Jack Mello of the Clio Awards alerted me this morning to the list of winners in this, the 49th year, of said gala. As I poked around the ftp site looking at work, I encountered something unexpected–no, not a wicked print campaign, Ralph Steadman. Turns out the artist is appearing today at noon in the Gansevoort South Hotel in South Beach as part of the festival. His appearance is sponsored by Saatchi.

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Metlink: Wet Paint

Metlink: Wet Paint

Campaign to remind fare evaders, or those considering fare evading, that it’s naughty.

Advertising Agency: Marmalade, Australia
Creative Director: Neil Mallet
Art Director: Tim Forte
Copywriter: Dan Forrestal
Illustrator: Eddie Chau
Photographer: Chris von Menge
Published: February 2008

Metlink: Lightning

Metlink: Lightning

Campaign to remind fare evaders, or those considering fare evading, that it’s naughty.

Advertising Agency: Marmalade, Australia
Creative Director: Neil Mallet
Art Director: Tim Forte
Copywriter: Dan Forrestal
Illustrator: Eddie Chau
Photographer: Chris von Menge
Published: February 2008

Metlink: Skirt

Metlink: Skirt

Campaign to remind fare evaders, or those considering fare evading, that it’s naughty.

Advertising Agency: Marmalade, Australia
Creative Director: Neil Mallet
Art Director: Tim Forte
Copywriter: Dan Forrestal
Illustrator: Eddie Chau
Photographer: Chris von Menge
Published: February 2008

Metlink: Drench

Metlink: Drench

Campaign to remind fare evaders, or those considering fare evading, that it’s naughty.

Advertising Agency: Marmalade, Australia
Creative Director: Neil Mallet
Art Director: Tim Forte
Copywriter: Dan Forrestal
Illustrator: Eddie Chau
Photographer: Chris von Menge
Published: February 2008

Grammatical Video Spoofs – The Way I Are Parody (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This spoof of “The Way I Are” is exceptionally soothing for the grammar freak’s soul. The video clip spoofs the atrocious language used in the popular Timbaland video. It features naughty teachers and preppy, soccer playing high school boys in their uniforms singing the following text:

Guys:
I ain…

Soda Float Gizmo – Fizz Cup

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever tried making soda floats at home, you know the mess the creation of the pop and ice cream combo can be. It’s fun to concoct, but you wouldn’t want to do it anywhere you can’t clean your messy clothes after.

The smart guys at Firebox have created this easy-to-use device to make your …