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Advertising Agency: Lowebull JHB, South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Mathew Bull
Creative Directors: Rui Alves, Kirk Gansford
Art Director: Chris Charoux
Copywriters: Domineque Silva, Lee Naidoo
Retoucher: Rob Frew

High Performance Breast Pumping – Techy Solution for Working Moms (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We all know that Mother’s milk is the best for babies. Breast pumps have been around for a while now, but not much has been done to bring them to our high tech world. Leave it to designers Miji Rhoe & Solbi Lim who bring you the Handheld Breast Pump, a solution for the working (or just lazy) mom who…

Obama really really really wants to be President.

Obama is getting a little desperate, judging by the fact that he’s now advertising in Canada.

An election sign with a difference is making drivers on the Pat Bay Highway wonder if they missed the border.
The red, white and blue billboard proclaims “Obama for President” and underneath, just in case there is confusion, adds “United States of America.” The full-size billboard was paid for by Dean Park residents Reg and Karen Mooney with the dual purpose of provoking family debate and putting in a personal push to get troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

I guess there’s dumber things to spend your money on, though I can’t think of any right now.

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Link Lust: Ad Dictionary, fired, beat boxing beagles and beggin’

There’s a wikibased Ad Dictionary on the web now, where you can add words like photox and Copysloth. more words that our ad dictionary gathered during the years (contributions in that are mine and Claymore’s).

Ad agencies are like “American Idol” now – where one major agency in the states recently collected staffers into two different rooms. 60-odd people in one room were told that they were fired, the other room was “safe” (for now..). Oh, that’s nice.

Bob Garfield gets really angry at bloggers in his… wait for it… blog.

Fine fine, I’ll post a link to the dumb beatboxing dog that everyone but me adores. Why do I hate that suave dog so much? Because that’s my cellphone provider, and the deal they offer with this dog is so much sweeter than the deal I got and am stuck with for another 24 months. My bills are so salty, I think I’m paying for this dog single handedly. So enjoy it kids, I bought you a beat boxing beagle.

These links brought to you by “Beggin’ – Frankie Vallie – Pilowski edit” just ‘cuz I’ve fancied him ever since I saw Grease at the age of five. Five times. With five different dates. Yes, start young girls. Never mind that two of the dates were my brother and father, there were slim pickings of cute boys in my kindergarden. Btw, Hi Freddy! I won’t go steady with you now stop calling..

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Bling Bling Boring (Part III) – Top 34 Bizarre Blinged Things (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As the final part in our Bling Bling Boring series, we bring you a list of the most random things adorned with crystals, gems and diamonds.

The list has such a diverse range of items, it was impossible to create individual categories. There’s everything from jewel encrusted bugs to toilet paper di…

Snorting Vodka Shots – Amy Winehouse and Prince Harry Create Personal ‘Gas Chambers’

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s one for the books! Not one I would indulge in. It’s called the “gas chamber” which is awful enough but you actually SNORT your vodka shot through a straw. Why? It gets into your blood stream quicker which also makes it very dangerous. And now it will make it’s way out of the underground and b…

Fire Tables – Bring Out Your Inner Caveman (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We didn’t start the fire, it was in the table, since Cain and Able. Some very cool firepits for inside your abode. Planika Fires use biofuel called Fanola so the fire doesn’t have any smoke or smell. Only water vapor and CO2 equivalent to what humans exhale. Whew. What great fun this would be – and …

Ugly Mug Coffee: Alarm clock

Ugly Mug Coffee: Alarm clock

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, USA
Creative Director: Charlie Hopper
Art Director: Trevor Williams
Copywriter: Bryan Judkins
Designer: Yee-Haw Industries
Photographers: Harold Lee Miller, Gary Sparks
Published: January 2008

Ugly Mug Coffee: Office coffee

Ugly Mug Coffee: Office coffee

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, USA
Creative Director: Charlie Hopper
Art Director: Trevor Williams
Copywriter: Bryan Judkins
Designer: Yee-Haw Industries
Photographers: Harold Lee Miller, Gary Sparks
Published: January 2008

Ugly Mug Coffee: Every morning

Ugly Mug Coffee: Every morning

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, USA
Creative Director: Charlie Hopper
Art Director: Trevor Williams
Copywriter: Bryan Judkins
Designer: Yee-Haw Industries
Photographers: Harold Lee Miller, Gary Sparks
Published: January 2008

Ugly Mug Coffee: Morning people

Ugly Mug Coffee: Morning people

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, USA
Creative Director: Charlie Hopper
Art Director: Trevor Williams
Copywriter: Bryan Judkins
Designer: Yee-Haw Industries
Photographers: Harold Lee Miller, Gary Sparks
Published: January 2008

Ugly Mug Coffee: This coffee

Ugly Mug Coffee: This coffee

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, USA
Creative Director: Charlie Hopper
Art Director: Trevor Williams
Copywriter: Bryan Judkins
Designer: Yee-Haw Industries
Photographers: Harold Lee Miller, Gary Sparks
Published: January 2008

Ugly Mug Coffee:: Sun

Ugly Mug Coffee:: Sun

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, USA
Creative Director: Charlie Hopper
Art Director: Trevor Williams
Copywriter: Bryan Judkins
Designer: Yee-Haw Industries
Photographers: Harold Lee Miller, Gary Sparks
Published: January 2008

Ugly Mug Coffee: Snooze button

Ugly Mug Coffee: Snooze button

Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, USA
Creative Director: Charlie Hopper
Art Director: Trevor Williams
Copywriter: Bryan Judkins
Designer: Yee-Haw Industries
Photographers: Harold Lee Miller, Gary Sparks
Published: January 2008

Basketball Team Duesseldorf Magics: Trashbasket

Basketball Team Duesseldorf Magics: Trashbasket

Be part of the Magics.

Advertising Agency: MO&O Werbeagentur, Düsseldorf, Germany
Creative Director: Manfred Ohling
Art Director: Alexander Gerlings
Published: September 2007

Fashion Targets Breast Cancer – Natalie Imbruglia with Sass & Bride (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In an increasing trend of fashion and celebrities helping the fight against AIDS and cancer, Sass & Bide has teamed up with Aussie singer Natalie Imbruglia to help Fashion Targets Breast Cancer- a charity close to Sass & Bide designer Heidi Middleton’s heart.

Middleton was diagnosed with breast ca…

German Patriotism Campaign – Du Bist Deutschland Ads (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jung von Matt, one of Germany’s top ad agencies, has released a great campaign to help evoke positive feelings of patriotism in the country’s citizens.

The Du bist Deutschland (you are Germany) campaign is a series of 18 photographs of famous Germans who have had historical impact and are known gl…

German Patriotism Campaign – Du Bist Deutschland Ads

Jung von Matt, one of Germany’s top ad agencies, has released a great campaign to help evoke positive feelings of patriotism in the country’s citizens.

The Du bist Deutschland (you are Germany) campaign is a series of 18 photographs of famous Germans who have had historical impact and are known gl…

Letter Grows Into Flowers – Honda’s Green Marketing

(TrendHunter.com) Honda, in an attempt to show that it can go green, sent customers of its lawn and garden equipment, a letter that literally grows. Printed on a special paper that contains seeds, the text invites the readers to plant the letter(once they have read it I suppose), to help neutralize the carbon in the …

Letter Grows Into Flowers – Honda’s Green Marketing

Honda, in an attempt to show that it can go green, sent customers of its lawn and garden equipment, a letter that literally grows. Printed on a special paper that contains seeds, the text invites the readers to plant the letter(once they have read it I suppose), to help neutralize the carbon in the …