Chatterous Gets You Laid, Spoken Word Promotes Healthcare, Starbucks Points Fingers, Acura Sucks Up

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– There’s something about spoken word poetry that makes us clench our glutes. You know, like someone about to suffer something unavoidably bad.

Vegemite: Jumper

Vegemite: Jumper

Looks like the Aussies had their Vegemite today.

Advertising Agency: JWT Melbourne, Australia
Creative Director: Richard Muntz
Art Director: Jason Ryan
Copywriter: Scott Glennon

Vegemite: Car

Vegemite: Car

Looks like the Aussies had their Vegemite today.

Advertising Agency: JWT Melbourne, Australia
Creative Director: Richard Muntz
Art Director: Jason Ryan
Copywriter: Scott Glennon

Action Mines Canada: Not a game

Action Mines Canada: Not a game

The search continues (also meaning the game is not over). Anti-personnel landmines still kill 15000 people every year. Help us.

Advertising Agency: Palm Arnold, Montréal, Canada
Creative Director: Pascal De Decker
Art Director: Sebastien Boutebel
Copywriter: Jean-Laurent Py

MasterCard: Travel

MasterCard: Travel

Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, New York, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Joyce King Thomas
Creative Director / Art Director: Michele Raso
Creative Director / Copywriter: Robert Frost
Illustrator: Chris Lyons, David Carson Studio

Cadbury Wispa: Quiet

Cadbury Wispa: Quiet

Advertising Agency: Publicis QMP, Dublin, Ireland
Creative Director / Art Director: Ger Roe
Copywriter: Ronan Nulty

Top 65 Japanese Pop Culture Posts + Tokyology (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Japan has a whole realm of sub-cultures that seem utterly bizarre to foreigners. Tokyology is a recently released documentary that covers some of the most unique aspects of Japanese pop-culture, with a heavy emphasis on the Tokyo and individual regions like Harajuku and Shinjuku.

To supplement the…

Lowe Bull: Stop smoking

Lowe Bull: Stop smoking

Lowe Bull. Saving the world, one idea at a time.

Advertising Agency: Lowe Bull, Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Rui Alves
Art Director: Chris Charoux
Copywriter: Domineque Silva

Flashy Fitness Footwear – Step Counter Shoes

(TrendHunter.com) How much walking can a woman do in this pair of sleek-as-none-of-your-business stiletto shoes? Not a whole lot, I’ll tell you that much. However, if you do manage to walk in them, they’ll keep track of every step you take with their built in counter. Perfect for the calorie-counting woman who doesn’…

Panadol Menstrual: Situation

Panadol Menstrual: Situation

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Singapore
Executive Creative Director: Todd McCracken
Creative Group Head / Art Director: Ashidiq Ghazali
Photographer: Groovy Studio
Retoucher: Procolor
Creative Group Head / Copywriter: Troy Lim

ACE: Eye

ACE: Eye

Advertising Agency: Grey Milano, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Francesco Emiliani
Creative Director / Copywriter: Barbara Cicalini
Art Director: Daniele Freuli
Photographer: Andrea Pisapia
Post-production: Sprint

Unimed health centre: Owl

Unimed health centre: Owl

Curitiba’s NightRun November 21st.

Advertising Agency: Bronx Advertising, Curitiba, Brazil
Executive Creative Director / Copywriter: Alexandre Silveira
Art Director: Rafael Medeiros

Lawn Shaving – Bic Razor Campaign

How long would it take you to shear your lawn with your razor blade? Impossible, right? With your shaver, probably, but hey, if you had a Bic, maybe not!

This creative “Grass Cutter” Billboard for Bic razors is an awesome example of guerrilla marketing. The only issue with something like this is ge…

BlackBerry Clamshell Flip Phones – BlackBerry Kickstart

Until now, BlackBerries have been an open-faced, one-piece mobile device. It’s that very reason that many people either love or hate the phones. Finally BlackBerry has launched an alternative, the BlackBerry Kickstart, a clamshell flip-phone, and it’s likely to attract a whole new swarm of customers…

Cevalin: City

Cevalin: City

Advertising Agency: BBDO Mexico
Executive Creative Director: Hector Fernandez
Creative Directors: Antonio Cosio, Sindo Ingelmo
Art Directors: Edgar Rios, Cesar Torres, Sindo Ingelmo
Copywriters: Cesar Torres, Antonio Cosio

Cevalin: Country

Cevalin: Country

Advertising Agency: BBDO Mexico
Executive Creative Director: Hector Fernandez
Creative Directors: Antonio Cosio, Sindo Ingelmo
Art Directors: Edgar Rios, Cesar Torres, Sindo Ingelmo
Copywriters: Cesar Torres, Antonio Cosio

Untooning Video Game Characters – Bowser Gets Real (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Following in the footsteps of the great work done by Pixeloo of “untooning” Mario, Homer and Jessica Rabbit, Essenmitsosse.de has untooned the famous Nintendo game villain, Bowser.

Bowser is the leader and most powerful of the turtle-like Koopa race and Mario’s arch-nemesis. The PhotoShopped work i…

Hotline: WPP considers movings its operations to Ireland

WPP is considering moving its operations to Ireland in order to avoid the UK’s high taxation rates, according to The Daily Telegraph. The move would attempt to take advantage of Ireland’s 12.5 per cent corporation tax, which compares favourably with the 28 per cent paid by UK businesses.

Hotline: Complaints to the ASA reaches all-time high

Complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority reached an all-time high in 2007, according to its annual report. Among the worst offenders were advertisers boasting about their green credentials, which clocked up 561 complaints last year. Perspective, p21.

Hotline: The NHS hunts for advertising agency

The NHS is on the hunt for an advertising agency to raise awareness of its NHS Choices programme, which allows patients to choose which hospital they receive treatment at.