 Motorcycle Tow Trucks - Honda Goldwings Coming Through::Swedish firm Coming Through has employed specially modified Honda Goldwing motorcycles to quickly travel through traffic and rescue stranded vehicles.
The specially designed bike takes little over a… [MORE] |
 IKEA Hotel - Sovhotell::An IKEA in a downtown shopping centre in Stockholm was offering tired shoppers a 15 minute snooze at the Sovhotell (Sleep Hotel). Guests were given special pillows to suit their sleeping style along with… [MORE] |
 McDonalds Makeover - Hip Store, Sleek Uniforms::McDonalds UK revamped their interiors and got new designer chairs and muted colours, but then they didn't stop at that and decided the staff needed a makeover too. McDonalds has replaced the brightly coloured… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Coffins 2 - Ecopod::The Ecopod coffin is made out of 100% recycled paper and is completely biodegradable. It comes in four colors with a variety of designs and they cost about $1500 to $1900, depending on which you order.… [MORE] |
 Movie Inspired Fashion - Sex And The City Lingerie::Coinciding with the release of the much awaited movie version of Sex And The City, Bare Necessities has created the Cosabella Lingerie Collection ($22-$162), inspired by the fearsome foursome. Each of… [MORE] |
 Hair's Point of View - Head and Shoulders Ad Gives You New Perspective::Ad agency Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi have produced clever outdoor and in-store ads for the "The Head & Shoulders Point of View" campaign. The ads literally show you the Hair's point of view.
The… [MORE] |
 Branded Recycling - "Drink 2 Wear" Fashion Made of Old Coke Bottles::To the brim with complaints from environmental activists that their plastic bottles are clogging up landfills, Coke has come up with a unique solution: turning recycled bottles into "Drink 2 Wear" apparel.… [MORE] |
 Sit-Down Cereal Cafes - Cereality::According to the co founders of Cereality, David Roth and Rick Bacher, Cereality is a "Home for Cereal away from home."
Cereality is the first outlet that sells nothing but cereal. Cereality Cereal… [MORE] |
 Wine Trial by Vial - WineSide Test Tube Samples::Fine wine is often an art kept to connoisseurs and other "cultured," snobby people. But for the rest of us, how do we select a wine without letting our ignorance take the better of us? People who are not… [MORE] |
 Plastic Surgery Kids Books - My Beautiful Mommy by Dr. Michael Salzhauer::Dr. Michael Salzhauer, who is a plastic surgeon, has written an illustrated book for children to help them understand why their mother looks different. In 2007, 348,000 women had plastic surgery in the… [MORE] |
 Mini-Notebooks the New Text Book? - $500 HP 2133 Mini-Note PC::Last week HP introduced the HP 2133, a full-function, mini-notebook designed for students with a price tag of US $500. The Mini-Note PC allows students to bring it comfortably from school to home or to… [MORE] |
 DIY Braille - AccuBraille Adds Dots Everywhere::AccuBraille is a new module which enables the embossing of Braille dots on all sorts of packages. Braille is now mandatory in the EU on pharmaceutical packaging. This was enough for Bobst, the well-known… [MORE] |
 Recyclable Retail - 'NoStore' Offers Artisans Retail Space for Just One Week::The NoStore store is a "recyclable" retail space located in Shanghai's Metro that offers artists retail space for just one week. As a result, the contents and theme of the store change every week. The… [MORE] |
 Shoe Vending - Onitsuka Tiger's Sneaker Vending Machine::"Do you have change for a hundred? Yeah, I have a real hankering today for a pair of those new shoes." Shoe manufacturer, Onitsuka Tiger, has placed a shoe vending machine on Carnaby Street in London.… [MORE] |
 Commercializing Religion - The Pope is for Sale (and His Bobble Head)::"The pope is for sale," ntoes the New York Daily News. Pope Benedict XVI's imminent visit to the United States has unleashed a totally expected wave of commercialism. The article notes, "Memorabilia on… [MORE] |
 Easy Packaging for Pain Relief - Richard Fine's Help Removes Bottle Opening Headaches::"Help" is the name of a new branded product by Richard Fine. The products packaging which is made from a soft molded paper pulp and 100% recycled materials. Mocoloco says of the designer's creative process… [MORE] |
 Prescription Video Games - Sony PSP Ad Portrays Games as a Dose of Fun::This is a new ad campaign from advertising agency Euro RSCG, Buenos Aires, Argentina for Sony PSP portable. I don't quite understand the concept behind the pills. Are they supposed to help us visualize… [MORE] |
 Hygienic Shockvertizing II - Wash your Hands::This is an ad for an instant hand sanitizer from advertising agency EURO RSCG in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is not as nastily graphic as the one TrendHunter published a few days ago but it drives the message… [MORE] |
 Shaving Ads - Philips Arcitecs' Hairy Apple::Hairy Apple is an ad Philips is running in Bucharest Romania. It says, "The new Philips Arcitec has a shaving head that pivots with a full range of motion to give a perfectly close shave. Even on the most… [MORE] |
 Advertising with Zombies - Zune's Piece of Me, Piece of You::Zune's new ad came out a couple of days ago and it is not lacking in creativity and, um zombies. "Very Tim Burton", says adrants. Indeed. The ad is somewhat reminiscent of Burton's quirky and often dark… [MORE] |
 Fairytale Commercials - Toma Leche Milk Ads::The Toma Leche campaign was produced by Grupo Gallegos. "Toma leche" is Spanish for "drink milk" and apparently, if you do just that, and you are a butt-ugly, nasty-ass "bruja" or witch, you will turn… [MORE] |
 Write An Essay About Pet Love And Win A Mansion In Florida::Clementia Marie Giovanetti is a woman with a difficult task. She's been trying to sell her mansion for a cool $1.25 million bucks. But in today's depressed economic times, who has a million and a quarter… [MORE] |
 Faking Naughty II - 5 More Ads That Made You Look Twice::Sex will always sell ,but making erotic images with the mundane and ordinary is truly clever.
Geared to the male psyche, these ads invoke images that stir the imagination. They feature optical illusions… [MORE] |
 Faking Naughty - 5 Ads That Made You Look Twice::From the 12th International Erotic Cinema of Barcelona ad (my favorite) to ordinary bread, super sexy ads always make you look. These photos prove my point.
The endless fascination of womens' bodies,… [MORE] |
 Social T-Shirt Shopping Communities - Rumplo::Rumplo, a newly launched, but already very active community, aims to provide a home to the most creative t-shirt designers from around the world. Not only is it very easy to search through the ever growing… [MORE] |
 Car Shoes - Opel Agila Heels::These aqua-colored Opel Agila high-heel shoes are real. They were designed by Luca Stappers and were unveiled on April 2nd at a special party that took place at the Shoebaloo Boutique in Amsterdam. The… [MORE] |
 Incoherent Commercials - A Drunk Jeff Goldblum for Apple iMac::This is a TV commercial for the Apple iMac starring actor Jeff Goldblum and he is seems to be completely wasted. I'm sure there was a reason for that but the result is very amusing. [MORE] |
 Luxury Fashion for Less - Comme des Garcons for H&M::Japanese design house Comme des Garcons is going to launch an affordable line at H&M;stores this Fall. Following the success of other designer collection for H&M;including Viktor & Rolf, Roberto Cavalli… [MORE] |
 Design Cans 2 - Pepsi Artco Cans::Last year, we saw Diet Coke launch limited edition "design" cans featuring art from top Irish artists. It was a great idea, and now Pepsi's on board with a similar promotion.
Cary Lietzes of ARTCO is… [MORE] |
 Bottled Ice Cream Floats - Schweppes Root Beer Float::For years, beverage makers have tried to crack the code to develop an indulgent drink that tastes like a homemade rootbeer float. Cadburry Schweppes, with its brands A&W;and Sunkist, is introducing a drink… [MORE] |
 Airplane Privacy Chambers - Delta Cozy Suites::Oh finally! An architectural way to avoid the chatty guy next to you! Delta is installing the Cozy Suite on its international 767s and 777s. It is a staggered seating plan designed by Thompson Solutions… [MORE] |
 Marketing Rap - Design Coding by Poetic Prophet::Here's an educational rap about web design by Poetic Prophet. Listen to the lyrics and pick up some tips about how to design your own web page. Marketing rap is big, but I'm so out of touch with hip-hop… [MORE] |
 Mile-High Tower (UPDATE) - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia::The big building competition in the Arabian Peninsula is really heating up with a really ginormous tower just announced for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Although we revealed this project would be under construction,… [MORE] |
 Coffee Softdrinks - JavaPop Organic Coffee On-The-Go::Who, besides the British who have their tea, is able to start the work day without that much-needed shot of caffeine? That being said, who has time to brew a nice fresh cup of coffee?
In recent years,… [MORE] |
 Rest in Peace on the Moon - Memorial Spaceflights Take Your Ashes to Space::Celestis, Inc., the pioneer in Memorial Spaceflight, announced recently it has reached agreement with two companies to launch payloads containing human cremated remains to the surface of the Moon as soon… [MORE] |
 Mingling with Journalists - Get Out in New York With "Time Out New York"::Really interesting what Time Out New York has been doing lately. In each issue there are real-world ways to meet and hang out with the editors, writers and staff of the magazine.
The magazine was starting… [MORE] |
 Pawning Wine - Paris Hock Shops Accept Wine::For the first time in history, pawn shops in Paris that normally only accept antique family heirlooms are accepting wine. According to experts, the Credit Municipal de Paris is located in a building that… [MORE] |
 Supercar Headsets - The Lamborghini Bello::You say you have champagne taste on beer money? Here is something that will fit your budget, a Lamborghini “Bello” headset that weighs 9 grams, offers 6 hours of airtime, and bears the famous expensive… [MORE] |
 Collective Human Joysticks - AudienceGames::Imagine a crowd sitting in a cinema moving their bodies from side to side to control a car projected in the screen. Just like a gigantic maneuver or a "collective human joystick".
This is AudienceGames… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Endorsed Olympic Branding - Nike Hyperdunk-Kobe PE::The Beijing Olympics are fast approaching and sports apparel companies are gearing up for the frenzied, mad-crazy merchandising that this grand event always unleashes as kids and adults alike endeavor… [MORE] |
 Futuristic Deodorant Ad - Rexona Sci-Fi Commercial::This is a brilliant commercial for a deodorant named Rexona that I confess I'm not familiar with. The commercial is set in a Hollywood-style, futuristic mode and it is very, very funny and very entertaining.… [MORE] |
 Moonvertising - Rolling Rock Beer In Space::Rolling Rock, the beer company famous for that mysterious number '33', is trying yet another oddball marketing approach - moonvertising. A clever gag or a scientific marvel? We'll all find out on March… [MORE] |
 Corporate Greenlite Giveaways - Free CFL Bulbs for Microsoft Employees::One-line summary: Greenlite Lighting Corp literally gave away 32,000 CFL spiral energy-efficient bulbs to Microsoft employees!
Details: On February 28th, Greenlite Lighting Corporation gave away 32,000… [MORE] |
 Reverse Branding - Backwording Your Favorite Domain::Can't afford a million-dollar premium domain name?
Why not own the next best thing, the reverse spelling of it. It's called Backwording and it's the newest domaining phenomenon that is changing the… [MORE] |
 LED Sake Liqueur - TY-KU Lights Up When You Pour::As may be expected from sake, this liqueur does not have the so typical after taste other alcoholic drinks have. TY-KU is a liqueur distilled from more than 20 ingredients, natural aphrodisiacs, health… [MORE] |
 The Scuppie - Socially Conscious Upwardly-Mobile Person::Gordon Gekko has gone green!
Vast hordes of Scuppies already roam the urban and suburban landscape. You can find them at the local Starbucks, listening to world music and earnestly asking the barista… [MORE] |
 Intimate Art - The Bra Elevated to Art::Subject to fetish, seen as a necessary nuisance, a protection, a manifestation of female beauty and seduction, or of pure aesthetics, the bra is an extremely important piece in the feminine world.
During… [MORE] |
 Drinkable Sun Protection - LycoRed's Tomato Supplement::Now you can get drinkable sun protection.
LycoRed is an international supplier of natural carotenoids and a wide range of other nutritional ingredients to the dietary supplement and functional food industries.… [MORE] |
 The New Tequila? - Cachaça::Any trendy New York, Miami, or LA bartender will tell you tequila is the drink of choice.
The nouveau beverage of style may be changing to cachaça, however, after it was introduced at Fashion Week.… [MORE] |
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