All-Star Show Design Contest – Converse Chuck Taylor MyChucks Competition (GALLERY)
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) Converse has teamed up with Eastbay and Utah Jazz Basketball star Kyle Korver to launch MyChucks, a contest inviting participants to design a Chuck Taylor All Star shoe with the chance to win the ultimate prize of having their shoe produced by Converse and sold exclusively by Eastbay.
The Chuck Tay…
Mari Pettersson: Fresh Brain
Posted in: UncategorizedAs a fresh newcomer in freelancing, I wanted to approach some creative directors by delivering them a small poly-wrapped meat tray containing ‘a fresh brain’ = my business card. The label was personalized for each person. Number under the barcode is my phone number. On this entry the name is not a real person.
Advertising Agency: Madinagoodway, Auckland, New Zealand
Creative: Mari Pettersson
Hand-delivered to the reception: May 2008
Who Needs People in Commercial Advertising?
Posted in: UncategorizedOne thing you will notice in advertising these days is that many companies look at the available talent in the market to cast in commercial productions. But the real question is, do you really need to pay high costing ads to make sure that they get the right mix in producing these ads?
There are various ways to get through commercial advertising and this can be done through creative wizardry. You just have to think outside the box, use resources like technology and representation in other forms such as this one which makes use of balloon dolls that can capture the whole essence of the product being advertised.
Clean Advertising Comedy Reel
Posted in: UncategorizedWe all know how it is to make the unique concepts in the world today and apparently, putting a touch of drama into the commercial advertising flicks we see today is something that will capture the attention of most consumers to date.
Products often have to create catchy storylines for them to get noticed. It all has to be in line with what the product has to offer and once compiled, you will find that your creative commercial can be a hit advertising medium especially if placed and targeted towards the proper audience it should be effectively exposed to.
Clean advertising
by VAGABONDDZ
Technorati Tags: clean, advertising, medium, commercial, concepts, drama, audience
Diego Quintana at YayMonday
Posted in: UncategorizedToday, with great surprise, I found out I just appeared on issue 21 of the great website YayMonday.
The thing about this site is that each monday, 9 new creatives from around the world are displayed.
Quite an honor to be there, plus, they also featured my man Veggie, so it’s a double-pointer for the chilean folks.
Also, big up to Ricardo Villavicencio who was featured on issue 19.
Link: Diego Quintana at YayMonday.
Hand-Drawn Fashion – Illustrated T-Shirts (GALLERY)
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) Send your t-shirt along with some information about yourself to Dave is Drawing and he will hand draw on the tee for you.
Dave is not a teenager with a hobby for drawing, he is a professional designer / copywriter / illustrator, with clients including the New York Times, Sundance Channel and Vice.…
Universal Social Networks – Google Friend Connect Makes Any Site A Social Network
Posted in: UncategorizedGoogle announced they will launch Friend Connect, an exciting new service that will allow any site to be turned into a social network, absolutely free. Essentially, it will turn the internet one huge, universal social profile.
Google wanted to tap into the hundreds of million of people using socia…
Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry – Sell What You Won’t Give Back
Posted in: UncategorizedExBoyfriendJewelry.com is a unique online marketplace for old, unwanted jewelry from relationships gone awry.
The site’s tagline is, “You don’t want it. He can’t have it back.”
In addition to the actual jewelry, the site serves as place for women to share their break-up stories. So you don’…
Brand tags: branding by the people
Posted in: UncategorizedTag clouds are a questionable way of browsing the internet. But applying the same concept to branding yields entirely different results. Brand tags is the brainchild of Noah Brier, and is based on a relatively simple idea:
The basic idea of this site is that a brand exists entirely in people’s heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is.
Visitors to the main page are presented with a logo/brand and asked to describe it with one word or phrase. pretty simple. It’s interesting to browse through the results… and not entirely surprising. Take a look around and add to the project. It’s rapidly expanding as you’re reading this. And you can skip the splash page and just start browsing here.
Walk of No Shame – AMP Energy
Posted in: UncategorizedHave you ever woken after a hard night of partying and had the worst part not be your pounding head, but the disgrace and confusion as to where you ended up, or who you were with? The walk home for those awkward occasions has often been referred to as the Walk of Shame, but this video ad wants to re…
Animated Fashion Designers – Marc & Karl on the Simpsons (VIDEO)
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) First Karl Lagerfeld was featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, and now the Chanel designer has been forever immortalized as a Simpson, alongside fellow designer Marc Jacobs. Both are known for their quirky personas, and Matt Groening did a fantastic job capturing their colourful characters.
The images …
Coloured Animals – The Green Puppy
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) No, this little puppy wasn’t born in a highlighter factory. In fact, there’s nothing wrong with him physically, he’s just unique in that he’s, well, green.
If I were the owner, I’d take full advantage and pitch him to ad agencies. Imagine, the world’s first green puppy would be the ult…
Exotic Record Breakers – The 900 HP Weber Becomes World’s Fastest Car (VIDEO)
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) Here is the next vehicle that claims to be the world’s fastest street-legal sports car – the Weber Sportcars Faster One.
Reportedly, the car can go from 0 – 62 mph in 2.7 seconds, 0 – 124 mph in just 6.6 seconds, and has a top speed said to be over 248 mph! That’s fast.
For around $1.5 milli…
Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry – Sell What You Won’t Give Back
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) ExBoyfriendJewelry.com is a unique online marketplace for old, unwanted jewelry from relationships gone awry.
The site’s tagline is, “You don’t want it. He can’t have it back.”
In addition to the actual jewelry, the site serves as place for women to share their break-up stories. So you don’…
Retro Plots – Swingtown Showcases Swingers of the 1970s (Your Parents) (VIDEO)
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) If you were a TV producer launching a new show about 1970s swingers, would you admit the plot was based on the lives of your parents? Mike Kelley, the creator of Swingtown, which airs on June 5 on CBS, didn’t have a problem with the attribution.
Bored of traditional comedies and the flooding of …
Walk of No Shame – AMP Energy (VIDEO)
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) Have you ever woken after a hard night of partying and had the worst part not be your pounding head, but the disgrace and confusion as to where you ended up, or who you were with? The walk home for those awkward occasions has often been referred to as the Walk of Shame, but this video ad wants to re…
Toilet Stickers – Bathroom Target Practice
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) These toilet bowl or urinal stickers are sure to make cleaning bathrooms easier. Target misses around the toilet have got to be the worst bathroom cleaning chore ever. The colour changing stickers make it easy to aim and fun too.
This is a great boon to mothers of small boys who are still learnin…
Universal Remotes V2.0 – David Chacon’s Tablet Concept (GALLERY)
Posted in: Uncategorized (TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen a number of fully integrated universal remotes, such as the Logitech Harmony, but they tend to lack style.
David Chacon has a design in mind for a universal remote that would exude design AND function. The flash capable device would display every thing from channel listings to elaborate…