Popeye & His Top 20 Trends

Popeye is an independent sailor (or “sailor man,” as he puts it) with a unique way of speaking, muscular forearms with two (sometimes one) anchors tattooed on them, and an ever-present corncob pipe (which he toots like a steamship’s whistle at times). His strange, humorous, and often supernatural adventures take him all over the world, and place him in conflict with enemies such as the Sea Hag and Bluto. Popeye also seems to like singing a song called “Popeye the Sailor Man.”

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POPEYE’s 20 Most Popular Trends

1. Fake Car Orgies - Erotika Sexy Shop Ads (VIDEO)

This is one of the cool guerrilla marketing (the low cost unconventional kind) tactics I’ve seen.  The Sex machine ads created by Agency “Leagas Delaney “ Milan, Italy. “A car parked outside of the Erotika sex shop, with all the windows covered by stickers representing hard scenes, looking careful… [More]

2. Aurora Jewelry Projects Patterns of Light Onto Your Skin (GALLERY)

This is a new perspective on jewellery by Kyeok Kim.  The philosophy of her design is to translate human emotions into patterns of light projected onto the skin.  The concept helps to create sensory connections with those around you.  In some ways, that makes “Aurora” jewelry like a second skin. [More]

3. “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” - PETA’s Latest Sexy Ads (GALLERY)

Sexuality is considered one of the most powerful tools of marketing and particularly advertising.  PETA knows this and they continue to push the boundaries with their latest Joanna Krupa ads. [More]

4. Fingernail Art (GALLERY)

Polishing your fingernails and making them colorful is very simple. But if you really want to make an impression with people, get your manicurist to do up your fingernails like this. These are some of the many designs from the Tenth Moscow Championship of Hairdressers and Nail Art Designers held ear… [More]

5. Switch Traxx - Motorcycle Snow Conversion Kit (VIDEO)

Want to ride in powder (snow) or sand?  What do you do with your dirt bike? With the SwitchTraxx Conversion Kit you can ride your bike pretty much anywhere “These bikes offer many advantages over snowmobiles, including improved seating position, better suspension, lighter weight, less overall cost, … [More]

6. Interactive Denim Jeans - Denim Code

Codes will conquer our daily life. This new french brand come up with new marketing idea that use 2D codes as a brand logo, which can be used to access additional information, videos, and even purchase goods from mobile phone.

HERE’S THE PRESS RELEASE:

Levi’s invented jeans and Diesel turned the… [More]

7. $30,000 Clear 30 Inch Wheels - The Garfield Box (VIDEO)

Last year, Trend Hunter featured a pair of $5,000 clear rims for your ride.  Well, another innovator has followed suit.  Only this time, the rims are 30 inches!

If you have to ask, “Why?” then ask, “How else you could make a junky old car eye catching?”

It happened when the owner put the the $30… [More]

8. Ikea Interactive Bed Projection (VIDEO)

The Ikea store in Sweden is using interactive projection technology to attract attention to its beds.  The projection shows sleeping couples in a bed and if you sit in the bed, the projected character moves out of the way. Check it out. [More]

9. Skins - Phone Condoms That Let You Swim With Your Phone (VIDEO)

Skins are essentially phone condoms that protect your phone so you can bring it swimming, painting, or just about anywhere else that liquids would cause damage. [More]

10. Das Park Hotel - Sleep in a Pipe (and Pay What You Wish)

Sleep in a pipe at the minimalist Das Park Hotel.  This hotel was designed by Andreas Strauss. The concept was to provide easy access sleeping a unit for friends, students or artists with smaller budgets. “Das Park Hotel offers room with minimum space volume for maximum comfort in the green heart of… [More]

11. Wearable Mobile Phone Concept - Turn Your Fingers into a Mobile Phone

New mobile phone with the easier and lighter concept by turning your hand into a mobile phone.  ‘Finger Touching’, designed by Sunman Kwon at Hong-ik University in South Korea, it slips onto your hand, and then projects a 3x4 mobile-style keypad onto your fingers, with each joint making up a button.… [More]

12. Shyno - T-Shirts For SMS Dating (VIDEO)

Speed dating has been overtaken; blind dates and lonely-hearts ads are a thing of the past. This maybe the next “ Shyno T-shirts” with SMS dating service.
It works like this: for €38 (£25) you buy a T-shirt, from one of 250 shops, with a nickname and number printed on it, which together form a c… [More]

13. CHANEL 3rd - Low Cost Perfume for the Third World

CHANEL 3rd is a low cost alternative to CHANEL No. 5.  Unfortunately, it’s just a concept from The Onion, but the idea is so good, it may inspire someone’s creativity. [More]

14. Batman Rope - The Atlas Powered Rope Ascender (VIDEO)

Imagine the batman rope that pull up batman in the air. Now it came to reality. This device called “Atlas Rope Ascender” [More]

15. SkyCycle Flying Motorcycle (VIDEO)

Don’t worry about traffic jams anymore.  This SkyCycle is a cross between a motorcycle and a gyroplane.  It can race to 55 mph on the ground and more than 100 mph in the air.  Unfortunately, it is only available as a kit, so you’ll have to rely on your own craftsmanship… but it will only cost you … [More]

16. Redneck Rollercoaster - A Ride Hooked Up to The Outside of Your Car (VIDEO)

Have you ever seen something fun and crazy?  It doesn’t matter. Let see this one. [More]

17. Caesars Pocono Resorts - In Room Champagne Glass Hot Tub (GALLERY)

Romantic Getaways for Valentine’s day. This themed resorts are offering romance and luxury with heart shaped beds, pools and their famous champagne glass jacuzzis.

“ It’s the Month of Love at Caesars Pocono Resorts — where we’ve filled every day (and night) with romantic activities and events… [More]

18. NEO 1973 - The world’s first open source mobile phone (VIDEO)

According to openmoko.com, “OpenMoko is an open source mobile communications movement on a mission to create a platform that empowers people to customize their phone, much like a computer, in any way they see fit. It is a platform that focuses on innovation, usability, reliability, and quality.” Th… [More]

19. Doggie Beer - Kwispelbier for Your Dog and Maybe You

For beer lovers and thirsty dogs, there is now an option for hanging out together and sharing a brew. Let the party begin. According to newsbbc, “A small brewery in the Netherlands has launched a new beer designed to bring cool relief to thirsty dogs. Kwispelbier, marketed as “a beer for your best f… [More]

20. The Wally Island - When Super-Luxury Yachts Become Floating Islands (GALLERY)

This one may be the new meaning of “luxury yachts”. The mega yacht project from WallyDesign where you comfortably live onboard like on your own estate. [More]