 25 Awesome McDonald's Ads - From Billboards to TV Spots (SUPER GALLERY)::Innovation and creativity are not words I usually associate with McDonald's and its unhealthy food and 'super size me' attitude. However, over the past few months of my time as a Trend Hunter, I have come… [MORE] |
 14 Funky Cups and Saucers (SUPER GALLERY)::If you're looking to spice up your next garden fete, creating a chic table display can be as easy as serving your guests with innovative dishware. This gallery includes some spectacular examples of stunning… [MORE] |
 Ads That Can Only Be Read At Night - McDonald’s Creative Night Adshell::As part of their campaign to announce that McDonald’s restaurants are open all night, DDB Sydney designed a creative outdoor ad that could only be read at night.
During the day, it displays the reverse… [MORE] |
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 Restaurants For Dogs - Doggy Style Deli West::All breeds are welcome at the “Doggy Style Deli West,” a dining facility for the canine set, located in Edmonton, Alberta.
The restaurant serves dog favourites such as, “German Shepherd Pie, Cheesy… [MORE] |
 Top 30 Food Innovations in 2008 H1::This delicious gallery showcases the top 30 food trends and innovations in 2008.
But, be warned, with fresh baked heads and canned cheeseburgers making the list, you might lose your appetite.
This… [MORE] |
 Pedal-Powered Coffee Retailers - Bikecaffe::When innovating, it's wise to build off a product with hot demand, like coffee. Bikecaffe combined the love of freshly brewed joe with convenience and a hot societal trend: being eco-friendly. What resulted… [MORE] |
 Chic Urban Hen Houses - The Chicken Eglu::Imagine, if you will, waking up and going to your urban backyard and collecting fresh eggs for your morning ‘sunny-side ups’. American company ‘Omlet’ has designed these swanky abodes for suburban… [MORE] |
 Caffeine Chips (REVIEW) - Engobi Energy Go Bites::Engobi Energy Chips intrigued me from the first time I heard the caffeinated snacks existed. Consumed by curiosity, I knew I had to try them, and both flavors, as soon as possible.
I wasn't sure if early… [MORE] |
 Milk Packaging Design Contests - Future Milk::What will milk containers look like in the future? Let your mind run wild on this, then consider entering the Future Milk contest.
The competition, being put on by Cravendale & YCN, asks people to contribute… [MORE] |
 Virtual Ownership of Animal Traps - Adopt a Lobster Trap in Maine::Some time ago we were urged through some websites to adapt a vineyard or an olive oil from Italy. The initiative was going to support traditional initiatives and ecological agriculture, so endangered in… [MORE] |
 Orange Peels - Athletes Using Performance Enhancing Peels::Eating oranges is good for you and for athletes looking to enhance their performance without using banned substances. Athletes prefer to suck on oranges to help them recover quickly after strenuous sports.… [MORE] |
 Banning Food Photography - NYC Chef Bans Food Photography, Bloggers Rebell::The restaurant that started the food porn trend in New York City has now taken the next logical step and is banning photography of the food. But the omnipotent blogging community is flooding the market… [MORE] |
 Translating Culture - Olympics Trigger Linguistic Makeover for Strange Chinese Meals::The Chinese have a long tradition of colourful names for their dishes. Take the popular dish kung pao chicken for example. It is a traditional Sichuan dish. It is thought to have been named in honour of… [MORE] |
 Personified Food in Asylum - Fun Heinz Baked Beans Ads::I love this Heinz campaign which shows personified food items being held at an asylum. Why? Because they are not getting Heinz Baked Beans.
The print ads show an out-of-control sausage strapped to the… [MORE] |
 £95 Fast Food Burgers (Part 2) - Burger King Reveals Kobe Beef Burger::Finally, Burger King has launched the world’s most expensive fast food burger, truly fit for a king… ‘The Burger’, as it is affectionately known, features Kobe Beef and a very fresh bun. ;)
Trend… [MORE] |
 Local Fresh Food Locator - Local Harvest::Locavores - people who prefer to eat locally grown and produced food now have a great web resource to help them find the nearest farms and farmers’ markets for fresh, tastier and more nutritious foods.… [MORE] |
 Sheltervertising - McDonald’s Creative Outdoor Billboards::This is a great demonstration of how a good creative direction can utilize the advertising medium and transform a simple ad into something much more interesting.
This new 2008 outdoor ad from DDB Denmark… [MORE] |
 Gastronomical Gambling - Letting Your iPhone and Urban Spoon Decide Your Restaurant::Can’t decide where to dine? Why not gamble on your iPhone? With the help of Urban Spoon, you can let your mobile pick your food for you.
When you eat out a lot, picking a restaurant can be kind… [MORE] |
 44 Surprising Things You Can Eat - From Gold Pills to Deodorant::While candy necklaces and chocolate cigarettes have been confectionery novelties for decades, a range of new innovations are arising that turn things ordinarily not for consumption into unique, edible… [MORE] |
 Cows Doing Yoga Before You Eat Them - “Like it Lean” Tasteless Ads::The tag line for this ad is, “Taste for a healthy lifestyle." Perhaps the tag line should be, “Taste for a bad campaign.”
It is just in bad taste to portray the animals you are promoting people… [MORE] |
 Food Sculptures - Because It's Fun to Play With Your Dinner::We've all been told to not play with our food. However, the producer of these creations obviously didn't listen.
The collection of images includes everything from a hungry bread monster eating a knife,… [MORE] |
 Reinventing with a Rotation - Diamond Shreddies Instead of Square (+ 3 Focus Group Videos)::In perhaps one of the most successful relaunches of a breakfast cereal, Shreddies have been reinvented with nothing more than a simple rotation.
The traditionally-boring cereal came out with a series… [MORE] |
 Brass Knuckle Cups (Part III) - Punch Coffee Mug::Some mornings, I wish I had this Punch coffee mug to send a 'steer away' signal to certain people while I enjoy my coffee…
Trend Hunter has featured a similar brass knuckle inspired cup before, but… [MORE] |
 Vending Machine Roulette - Put in Your Money and Take Your Chances::Vending machine roulette? I love surprises! I bought from the Something Store online. You send them ten bucks, they send you something.
I would love this vending machine. Put in a few coins and it dispenses… [MORE] |
 Drunkorexia Increasing on Campus - Coeds Trade Food Calories for Alcohol Calories::In a freakish twist on the traditional eating disorder, young women are increasingly becoming afflicted with something called "drunkorexia". They are intentionally passing up meals when they know they're… [MORE] |
 Subliminal Naughty Candy - Gummi Lighthouses (ahem...)::This sure must have looked good on the drawing board. Everybody crowded around oohing and ahhing over how popular this would be with the sailors. Sailors love lighthouses like prisoners love soap.
Apparently… [MORE] |
 24 Foods You Can Customize - From Peanuts to Ice Cream::You can customize just about everything today, including food. People don't mind paying a premium for these customized products because the concept is still so new to most people, making it a sure fire… [MORE] |
 Billboards Made of Lettuce - McDonald’s Growing Fresh Salads Ad::This unique growing outdoor billboard by Leo Burnett, which promotes McDonald’s health-conscious menu items, just won a Gold at New York Festivals’ Innovative Advertising Awards.
The garden billboard… [MORE] |
 $6,100 Black Melons - Rare Japanese Densuke Watermelon::Would you pay $6,100 for just one watermelon? At 17 lbs, that works out to almost $360 per lb! Well, somebody recently did in Japan. He bid and won a rare, black Densuke watermelon at an auction. According… [MORE] |
 BBQ Steam Cleaners - The Grill Daddy::Could the Grill Daddy be the ultimate father's day gift? The barbeque de-gunker is making waves in terms of online popularity, but it probably won't be until after father's day that a good representation… [MORE] |
 Custom Photo Candies - You on an M & M::M & M's looked like they had a ground-breaking innovation on their hands when they launched My M & M's, a service that lets you customize your candy-coated chocolates with text or your company logo, but… [MORE] |
 Paper Steak - Replica Food by Papercraft::With rising fuel and food prices, enjoying your steak may become something of a rarity. Or if you are trying to diet or cut down on your meat intake, then you will also appreciate this paper steak model… [MORE] |
 Cooking With Cellphones - Popcorn Popping Is Another Hoax::A few days ago we featured a video showing how to hard boil an egg using your mobile phone. Well if you are into mobile cooking, here is a great new recipe you should try. The video shows a group of friends… [MORE] |
 Anti-Energy Drinks - Drank::Drank is a unique beverage product on the market that is actually being called an "anti-energy drink." Despite the rising popularity in caffeinated products, from soda to chips (seriously), Drank tackles… [MORE] |
 Steak Stencils - Meaty Marketing Grill::But at least it's not cheesy! You don't get personalized meat, here. What you're getting is a stainless steel stencil that you can place over your t-bone steak and scorch with a propane burner. This product… [MORE] |
 Customizable Lunch Boxes - Ogg Studio Personalization::These customizable lunch kits let you tote your food to school or work while simultaneously reflecting images of that which you deem important. Having the ability to personalize your meal carrier is a… [MORE] |
 Lifestyle Beverages - Zrii With Super Fruit Amalaki::Zrii is the perfect summer drink for those who don't want to sabotage their diets while bathing suit season is in full swing. The juice is based on the 5,000 year old practices of Ayurveda and is packed… [MORE] |
 Pouring Milk in Fields - European Dairy Farmer Boycotts::Using the featured cow sculpture as their mascot, German farmers are protesting milk prices, organizing a boycott that has left shelves almost completely devoid of dairy products. Dairy farmers are doing… [MORE] |
 High Chair Pods - MOZZEE Nest::The Mozzee Nest is a very modern high chair designed for children between 6 months and 6 years old. The chair offers a removable shelf, a single pedestal to limit slipping, an easy to clean surface, great… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Health Food Promotions - Jason Mraz Eats Raw on Myspace::In a post on his MySpace profile, Musician Jason Mraz shared a picture of his lean body in bikini briefs along with information on the food lifestyle experiment he's been doing since April 1st. What started… [MORE] |
 Fairtrade Cola - Ubuntu::Sure the chic white cans look great, but what gives Ubuntu the potential to be the next big beverage of desire is the fact that it's a Fairtrade organization, making it the best ethical alternative to… [MORE] |
 High Rise Composts - Vermicondo::Apartment and condominium dwellers interested in using worm composting for their kitchen scraps usually don't have the space to hide the ugly containers. A good solution is Vermicondo, a sleek multi-level… [MORE] |
 Sculpted Fitness Chocolates - Abdominal Muscle Bars for Men::You know how they say Swiss chocolate is the best in taste? Well I think French chocolate is the best in presentation. The chocolatier Jean-Paul Hévin launched the first chocolate bars without sugar.… [MORE] |
 Healthy Super Chocolate - Xocai::Xocai chocolate offers guilt free indulgence. "The name Xoçai™ consists of the first two letters of the Aztec word, 'Xocolatl,' an ancient, Central-American, chocolate drink, and the last three letters… [MORE] |
 Non-Vegetarians Eating Poo - Keimling's Crappy Ads::Well, what do we have here? An ad for Keimling vegetarian restaurant that basically tells you to stop eating animals because you're essentially eating crap! A bit extreme, wouldn't you say?
Both the concept… [MORE] |
 Custom Eco Adverbottles - Klean Kanteen Co-Branded Bottles::Personal aluminum bottles are quickly gaining popularity, for health and ethical reasons. Klean Kanteen offers not only stylish plastic bottle alternatives, but the ability to customize them for marketing… [MORE] |
 As Food Size Doubled, So Did Waistlines - 2 Decade Portion Distortion::30% of Americans are now considered obese, compared to only 15% about 30 years ago. In that same amount of time, food portions have also doubled in size, making the relationships directly proportional.… [MORE] |
 Absinthe Gummi Bears - Tailors Candies are 85% Absinthe::Absinthe has long been known for its taboo qualities, and since a legal version without hallucinogenic properties has been released on the market, so have a range of other absinthe-inspired products including… [MORE] |
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