Recycled Tin Can Fashion – Ecoist Handbags Made of Pull Tabs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These attractive bags were made with recycled pull tabs from beverage cans. They have a nylon fabric liner and a zipper closure and they can be worn as part of a casual attire or as an accompanying accessory to an evening dress. The bags, which weigh 1.5 lbs, were made in Brazil by a women’s craft c…

Self Spoofvertising – Janet Dickinson For Orbit Gum

Former super model Janet Dickinson may seem serious on her reality shows, but there’s a quirkiness to her that she often doesn’t get to express. Not willing up to pass up a chance to show her humorous side, Janice picked up a gig to star in a TV spot for Orbit gum.

The plastic surgery veteran star…

Voting awareness: Environment

Voting awareness: Environment

Don’t count on someone else’s vote.

Advertising School: Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Professor: Tim Lisko
Art Directors: Emily Layman, Jonathan Fasulo
Photographer: Jonathan Fasulo
Retouching: Jonathan Fasulo, Kate Digby Skinner

Voting awareness: Gay rights

Voting awareness: Gay rights

Don’t count on someone else’s vote.

Advertising School: Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Professor: Tim Lisko
Art Directors: Emily Layman, Jonathan Fasulo
Photographer: Jonathan Fasulo
Retouching: Jonathan Fasulo, Kate Digby Skinner

Voting awareness: Pro-choice

Voting awareness: Pro-choice

Don’t count on someone else’s vote.

Advertising School: Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Professor: Tim Lisko
Art Directors: Emily Layman, Jonathan Fasulo
Photographer: Jonathan Fasulo
Retouching: Jonathan Fasulo, Kate Digby Skinner

Voting awareness: Gun control

Voting awareness: Gun control

Don’t count on someone else’s vote.

Advertising School: Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Professor: Tim Lisko
Art Directors: Emily Layman, Jonathan Fasulo
Photographer: Jonathan Fasulo
Retouching: Jonathan Fasulo, Kate Digby Skinner

Handwritten Art Sneakers – Reebok x Maeda Emoretion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Famous graphic designer John Maeda has teamed up with Reebok for the beautiful Reebok x Maeda Emoretion.

Maeda drew inspiration from the 7th Law- emotion- from his book, The Laws of Simplicity where he urges us to embrace our natural desire for personal meaning in everything we do.

The design has…

ICM’s Lori Sale Lands at Paradigm

LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) — Just days after exiting International Creative Management, branded-entertainment executive Lori Sale has landed at Paradigm, a boutique talent and literary agency in Hollywood.

Caterpillar Created Messages – “Love Me” Leaves by Kyung-Ah Park (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Kyung-Ah Park has come up with a very novel and amusing concept that goes to the heart of the environmental mess human behavior has wrought on the planet.

Caterpillars are known to feed on certain kinds of leaves and Kyung-Ah Park came up with the idea of squeezing honey on the leaves to …

Self-Knitting Lampshade – Sleeping Beauty by Nadine Sterk

(TrendHunter.com) I’m not sure how handy this light actually is unless you plan on starting a knitted-lampshade store. You see, the Sleeping Beauty Lamp knits a lampshade on its own, completing three rotations every hour!

Neat idea if you want your furniture to grow. Not so neat if you have a small place.

The des…

Self Spoofvertising – Janet Dickinson For Orbit Gum (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Former super model Janet Dickinson may seem serious on her reality shows, but there’s a quirkiness to her that she often doesn’t get to express. Not willing up to pass up a chance to show her humorous side, Janice picked up a gig to star in a TV spot for Orbit gum.

The plastic surgery veteran star…

Geeky Counterculture – SciFi Movie Inspired Graffiti (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Graffiti is a form of expression that has seen a lot of controversy and that controversy is not about to be resolved any time soon. If ever.

In any event, take a look at these wonderful movie-inspired graffiti projects. The murals include characters from Star Wars, Alien and the Transformers films…

Movie Poster Bags – Ecoist Recycled Billboard Totes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These pretty bags will delight many environmentally conscious women and if they happen to be film buffs, they will be doubly delighted. The bags are made of recycled movie billboards. Films such as Mission Impossible, The Bourne Ultimatum, Pride and Prejudice and a whole lot more, are featured on th…

We’re on Time’s Side


Almost two weeks have gone by since the "springing ahead" of the majority of clocks in America for the annual ritual of Daylight Saving Time. But is DST good marketing?

Mitsubishi Puts $155 Million Account Into Review

DETROIT (AdAge.com) — Mitsubishi Motors North America is readying a review of its U.S. general market creative agency, a spokesperson for the automaker confirmed. BBDO West, Los Angeles, which won the account three years ago, is not going to participate, a spokesman said.

Dance Mashup Ads – Bonds Youth Underwear

Dancing to an upbeat tune in neon underwear is a great way to sell, well, underwear. Just look at this commercial!

Only a few seconds into the Bonds Youth TV spot, I wanted their undies. The gorgeous models prance around enthusiastically to a mashup of retro and modern tunes that you can’t help bu…

Green Credit Cards – Leonardo DiCaprio & HSBC

Leonardo DiCaprio continued to promote eco and environmental awareness with his first visit to Hong Kong to promote local bank HSBC’s new “Green Credit Card”.

A joint project between HSBC and The Leonardo DiCaprio foundation, the green credit card is made of environment-friendly materials an…

Dance Floor Aquariums – Sharks Swim Under Qua Bottle Lounge (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Qua Bottle Lounge has tapped into the obsession with extreme sports and exotic experiences involving wild animals. The Austin, Texas club found a way to bottle up and serve that adrenaline to their patrons on a nightly basis; beneath their glass dance floor is an aquarium filled with dangerous sea c…

$500 All-in-One PC – Hybrid Dual Portable Computer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) MIU’s Hybrid Dual Portable Computer (HDPC) packs powerful punches with a long list of specifications. First spotted as a prototype back in 2006, it will be in the market in July for about $500. That’s a really really good price! I know I would get one.

HDPC comes with dual operating systems (Windo…

Mosaics With a Message – 4,000 Americans Dead

(TrendHunter.com) It is becoming a trend using all types of products to create a mosaic. Used metro tickets, pieces of scrap or what ever inspire people to assemble an artistic object.

However I have never seen something so lugubrious and at the same time so brilliant and breathtakingly sensitive that words fail me.…