Interactive Bus Stop Ads – Crank Up the Bikini Model’s Tan

Most of the time, people don’t pay much attention to bus stop ads, but every once in a while, there are ads so clever, you can’t help but be captivated by them. This interactive bus stop billboard from Johnson & Johnson, for example is a real head turner.

To grab your intitial attention, there is …

There’s Wacked and Then There’s Super Wacked

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Fashion Designers as Saints – Kevin Ledo’s Portraits (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Montreal-based artist Kevin Ledo uses images of world famous fashion icons such as Dior, Calvin Klein, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Prada and Louis Vuitton to draw parallels between modern fashion and Christian art from European medieval times.

Coolhunting notes Ledo does this by, “transposing methods of re…

Nissan Micra: Parking

Nissan Micra: Parking

Micra with parking sensors and MP3 dock as standard.

Advertising Agency: BRUKETA&ŽINIĆ OM, Zagreb, Croatia
Creative Director: Moe Minkara
Art Director: Tomislav Jurica Kačunić
Copywriter: Daniel Vuković
Designer: Igor Miletić
Photographer: Domagoj Kunić
Published: April 2008

Don’t Piss off the Penguins!

In honor of Earth Day, here is a catchy poster by a non-profit organization called Pro WildLife. Located in Germany, Pro WildLife is committed to protecting the world’s wildlife from over-exploitation, habitat destruction and abuse. In this particular poster, penguins are pictured with what appear to be machine guns. Not only is is both edgy and attention grabbing, but it also drives the point home that we should never take for granted nor abuse our environment, including the other animals we share it with. This is just one of several posters in the campaign which can be seen here.

Fish-Inspired Fashion – Siamese Fighting Fish Dresses at Rodarte (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Seemingly inspired by the complex beauty and graceful movements of exotic fish, Rodarte’s fall/winter 2008 runway show presented stunning ethereal and flowing dresses.

Trendinista did a great job of pairing these layered dresses with the fish that seems to be the source of inspiration.

A superb s…

Navy Puts Recruitment Ad Contract in Review


WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) –– In an unusual step, the U.S. Navy has elected not to renew its recruitment ad contract with Interpublic Group of Cos.' Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Mich., and is seeking bids for a new agency.

Humanized Cartoons II – Jessica Rabbit Untooned

(TrendHunter.com) Remember Jessica Rabbit? She is the sultry human cartoon wife of Roger Rabbit in the 1988 Academy-Award winning film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The movie mixed action with animation to create a marvelous “toon” universe.

Jessica Rabbit was “untooned” and made to look lifelike and the result is prett…

Pot Noodle wants to turn women into soup

Potnoodle Any man who has looked at his wife or girlfriend and wished she were a ramen-style soup might enjoy this new musical number for Pot Noodle from from Mother in London. It features a lovelorn hero who dreams of sprinkling his odalisque with seasonings and turning her into a bed of noodles, thus freeing himself from her “guilt trips, nagging and random tantrums.” To the strains of a harp, he envisions cupboards full of noodle ladies “freeze-dried and quick and done in a jiffy.” And judging by the crowd of dudes who raise a fork to the idea, he’s not alone. Via Advertolog.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

Carabineros de Chile: Orfeón

Carabineros de Chile: Orfeón

It’s a police band playing Flashdance. They say “If we had more time, we would improve our act”. The ad is to say that they have too much work with accidents, so they can’t play as they wish.

Advertising Agency: Grey Chile
Head Creative Director: Sergio Chauriye Miguel “Sapo” Cerdeira
Creative Director: Pato Navarrete
Copywriter: Pato Navarrete
Producer: Sónica

Ford Transit: Tough

Ford Transit: Tough

Grandma’s homemade recipes.
Ford Transit. Get tough.

Advertising Agency: Baasat Ogilvy, Madrid, Spain
Creative Director: Emiliano González
Art Directors: Chema Bercial, Javier Senovilla
Copywriters: Emilano González, Juan Pedro Moreno
Photographer: Santiago Esteban
Published: April 2008

GMAC Scouts for Global Agency of Record

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — GMAC Financial Services is readying an agency review in search of a global partner to handle its estimated $60 million advertising account.

Ford Focus: Yellow

Ford Focus: Yellow

Ford Focus now with state-of-the-art satellite navigation.

Advertising Agency: Baasat Ogilvy, Madrid, Spain
Creative Director: Emiliano González
Art Directors: Javier Senovilla , Chema Bercial
Copywriter: Juan Pedro Moreno
Published: April 2008

Ford Focus: Red

Ford Focus: Red

Ford Focus now with state-of-the-art satellite navigation.

Advertising Agency: Baasat Ogilvy, Madrid, Spain
Creative Director: Emiliano González
Art Directors: Javier Senovilla , Chema Bercial
Copywriter: Juan Pedro Moreno
Published: April 2008

Guerrilla Tourism Ads – Time to Thaw: South Carolina Tourism

If you’ve ever been to Chicago in the winter, you know the temperatures can get brutal, and that a clever South Carolina tourism campaign like this one would have a good chance of getting your attention.

The Time To Thaw campaign was created by The Bounce Agency for South Carolina Tourism. Install…

Ford Focus: Blue

Ford Focus: Blue

Ford Focus now with state-of-the-art satellite navigation.

Advertising Agency: Baasat Ogilvy, Madrid, Spain
Creative Director: Emiliano González
Art Directors: Javier Senovilla , Chema Bercial
Copywriter: Juan Pedro Moreno
Published: April 2008

Quadruple Magazine Covers – Vogue Espana Has 4 Kate Moss Covers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Bianca recently treated us to a post on the double Nylon magazine cover featuring two Gossip Girl starlets, so I had to one-up her with a fashion magazine using not three, but four covers for a single issue!

The May 2008 Spanish Vogue quadruple cover extravaganza features four different covers of s…

Designer Lookbooks – Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2008

If you’re looking for tips on what to wear this summer, look no further than Dolce & Gabbana’s new Spring/Summer 2008 Lookbook which offers an explosion of style and eye-candy.

The lookbook features models Alexandre Kunha, Thomas de Oliveira, David Gandy, Julien Quevenne, Texas Olson, Mihai Neghi a…

Touch-Screen OLED Keyboards – Optimus Tactus

(TrendHunter.com) Most of us would have heard of the Optimus Maximus Keyboard which employed small OLED Screens on the keys which could be programmed to preform different functions. Optimus has already hit the drawing boards and is planning a release of a new version which makes use of a single large OLED screen and …

Rare Coinage

Can you get rich working in advertising? The answer is yes, if you start a company and someday sell it for millions. Of course, there is another answer—ascend to the top of a big time holding company and make millions each and every year.

According to Media Daily News, Michael J. Roth, Interpublic’s chairman of the board and CEO, received $1.1 million in base salary for 2007, only about a 3% raise from 2006. The company reported his total compensation–including stock awards, options and incentives–at $8.9 million, about a 16% increase over 2006. But an Associated Press calculation from the filing determined that Roth actually took in $11.1 million during the year–a 28% increase from 2006.

John J. Dooner Jr.–chairman and CEO of McCann WorldGroup, which includes Universal McCann–had a higher base salary than Roth at $1.3 million, also about a 3% raise from 2006. His total compensation, according to the filing, was $5.9 million–about 9% over 2006.