Trends Toy Store: Planet

Trends Toy Store: Planet

Advertising Agency: Bronx, Curitiba, Brazil
Creative Director: Alexandre Silveira
Art Director: Keith Lauer
Copywriter: Fábio Duarte

Trends Toy Store: Sea

Trends Toy Store: Sea

Advertising Agency: Bronx, Curitiba, Brazil
Creative Director: Alexandre Silveira
Art Director: Keith Lauer
Copywriter: Fábio Duarte

Trends Toy Store: Forest

Trends Toy Store: Forest

Advertising Agency: Bronx, Curitiba, Brazil
Creative Director: Alexandre Silveira
Art Director: Keith Lauer
Copywriter: Fábio Duarte

Candy Flavored Cocaine

(TrendHunter.com) Is it cocaine or candy? Uh, it’s both. Drug dealers eager to invent the newest disguise to smuggle their goods have found yet another inventive way.

According to an NBC News report a troubling development is drug dealers luring teenagers and young kids with candy flavored cocaine. This drug also ha…

Sitting Pretty: Designer

Sitting Pretty: Designer

In here the world does revolve around you.

Advertising Agency: Alcone Marketing, Irvine, USA
Creative Directors: Luis Camano, Carlos Musquez
Art Director: Shivonne Miller
Copywriter: Cameron Young
Published: March 2008

Extreme Stunt YouTube Ads – Kobe Bryant Jumps Over Aston Martin for Nike (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Los Angeles Lakers superstar shooting guard Kobe Bryant did a YouTube ad for Nike where, in an act of macho bravado, he jumps over an Aston Martin car coming straight at him at 50 miles per hour. Nicely executed stunt if in fact the maneuver was real.

Before the end of the commercial, Kobe, in a P…

Sitting Pretty: Posh

Sitting Pretty: Posh

Our clothes come at a premium. The royal treatment is free.

Advertising Agency: Alcone Marketing, Irvine, USA
Creative Directors: Luis Camano, Carlos Musquez
Art Director: Shivonne Miller
Copywriter: Cameron Young
Published: March 2008

Sitting Pretty: Label

Sitting Pretty: Label

Because designer tags should be the only valid form of ID.

Advertising Agency: Alcone Marketing, Irvine, USA
Creative Directors: Luis Camano, Carlos Musquez
Art Director: Shivonne Miller
Copywriter: Cameron Young
Published: March 2008

No-Incision Appendectomies 2 – Scarless Surgery Through the Mouth

(TrendHunter.com) It’s hard to believe, but removing the appendix without scarring is not possible, and in more ways than one. Trend Hunter posted an article on no-incision appendectomies through the vagina last week, but this week the world’s first appendix removal surgery through the mouth was conducted.

The scar…

Eco-Friendly Amphibious Vehicles – The Detroit Fish (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tang Hua Motors is responsible for this odd looking, amphibious, four-wheeled yellow car. With its oddball shape, it really is hard to take The Detroit Fish very seriously. At least it is environmentally-friendly and amphibious to boot.

Yanko Design has fun describing this vehicle and they rag it …

Retro Baby Pedal Cars – 1930 Pink Ford & More Vintage Rides (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember that old retro pedal car you used to zoom around in when you were a kid? Well your kids too can have that experience with the Retro Baby Pedal Car. The Retro baby pedal cars are available at the ‘My Retro Baby’ website is a variety of designs from a speedy red fire engine to the classic 193…

Making Auto Reviews Sexy – Bikini Driving School

Bikini Driving School has set out to change the way cars are reviewed by adding super hot chicks to the mix. See for yourself, the first episode stars a BMW M5 and an almost naked model Teresa Noreen. Teresa shows us her driving prowess and then finishes up by washing the car because they’re both …

Hollywood Perfume Endorsement – James Franco For Gucci

(TrendHunter.com) James Franco has been announced as the new face of Gucci by Gucci, an upcoming men’s fragrance being launched in the fall.

In an increasing trend of actors becoming perfume spokesmen, Franco joins fellow actors Justin Timberlake (Givenchy), Matthew McConaughey (Dolce & Gabbana), Henry Cavill (Dunh…

Flexible Magazine Racks – Reversible Rack to Fit your Lifestyle

(TrendHunter.com) Stephane de Sousa designed this reversible magazine rack concept. Depending on what you want to use it for, the sides of the rack adult to your activity, whether you want to read or store your books and magazines. Its transformable qualities allow you to continue to change your storage, and all thro…

Making Auto Reviews Sexy – Bikini Driving School (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Bikini Driving School has set out to change the way cars are reviewed by adding super hot chicks to the mix. See for yourself, the first episode stars a BMW M5 and an almost naked model Teresa Noreen. Teresa shows us her driving prowess and then finishes up by washing the car because they’re both …

Co-Branded MP3 Basketball Sneakers – Zune Reebok Answer XI

(TrendHunter.com) Reebok and Microsoft Zune have collaborated to create a limited edition sneaker and Zune MP3 player featuring Denver Nuggets superstar shooting guard Allen Iverson. An etching of the superstar will appear on the back of a limited-edition 8GB Zune packaged with a pair of Reebok shoes called the “Zune…

Beauty Has No Age Limit

Beauty has no age limit.

This is the slogan you hear at the end of one of the latest commercials for Dove. The people behind the ad campaigns for Dove have really been creating a stir recently with the promotion of real women; and by “real women,” I’m of course referring to those women who haven’t been photoshopped, botoxed or stuffed with silicone. These women aren’t actresses (at least, I don’t think they are), but they have come together to promote a healthier, more positive and realistic self image for women of all ages. The Dove campaign has taken the opposite approach of their competitors in the beauty industry, and it’s working! They’ve gotten millions of women involved in rallying support for…well..each other! If you visit their web site, women of all ages and races from around the world can share their beauty stories. Who would’ve thought that all of this could come from a bar of soap?

Paper Towel Dispenser Saves Planet

 Check out this ad for the World Wildlife Fund by Saatchi & Saatchi.  They have done a great job raising environmental awareness by installing these nifty paper towel dispensers in bathrooms.  The paper towel dispenser has a caption above it that reads:

Save paper.  Save the Planet.

Each paper towel dispenser has a silhouette of South America on it, and the point of the ad campaign is to show how deforestation is directly related to how much paper we consume.  It’s a brilliant idea for reminding people to not be so wasteful.

Commercials That Keep Us Guessing

Check out this advertisement for Postbank. At first, you don’t know where in the world this commercial is going. A guy is in a locker room, getting dressed when his phone rings. He answers it and speaks to whom we naturally assume is his wife, but viewers are in a for a slight twist by the end of the commercial. You know, it never ceases to amaze me how incredibly brilliant some commercials are; and if they’re funny-well, then that’s an added bonus.

Citibank: Dog

Citibank: Dog

Advertising Agency: BBDO/Proximity, Bangkok, Thailand
Creative Directors: Suthisak Sucharittanonta, Weerachon Weeraworawit
Art Directors: Kajnarong Inpornvichitr, Rajdeepak das, Weerachon Weeraworawit
Copywriters: Weerachon Weeraworawit, Rajdeepak das, Kajnarong Inpornvichitr