# Anachronistic Pop Culture Promos Worth1000 Vintage Ads 7 Contest Brings Cell Phones to the 40s By Jason Soy | Published 2011-07-23 | Marketing Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vintage-ads-7 References: [blog.thaeger](http://blog.thaeger.com/2011/07/21/modern-vintage-ads/) & [worth1000](http://www.worth1000.com/) Worth1000 is constantly bringing out great photo manipulation talent, but these entries for the Vintage Ads 7 contest have really outdone themselves. Not only do they use stock and memorable campaigns of yesteryear, but the entries managed to seamlessly integrate anachronistic items into the pictures to produce ads that could have never possibly existed. My favorite entry into the Vintage Ads 7 contest has got to be the Segway ad, which features a couple jovially riding through a Dutch town as onlookers admire the pair on their gyroscopic transport vehicle. Yup, that's exactly how people treat Segway users in modern times. **Implications** - Consumers enjoy photo manipulations because they take surreal situations and make them plausible through imagery. Corporations looking to produce effective media campaigns may consider using highly manipulated photo imagery to create impossible situations that fascinate consumers. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.3/10 - Popularity: 49% | Activity: 41% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Marketing](https://www.trendhunter.com/marketing) > [Commercials](https://www.trendhunter.com/commercials) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Surreal Marketing:** Using highly manipulated photo imagery to create impossible situations that fascinate consumers. - **Anachronistic Advertising:** Integrating anachronistic items into vintage ads for added creativity and novelty. - **Nostalgic Image Manipulation:** Breathing new life into old campaigns through imaginative photo manipulation in marketing and media. ### Who This Affects Most - **Advertising:** Exploring new creative possibilities by integrating anachronistic elements in marketing campaigns. - **Media Production:** Utilizing image manipulation to create surreal and imaginative content for films, TV shows and other media productions. - **Graphic Design:** Tapping into nostalgic imagery and playing with consumer expectations to develop unconventional yet compelling ad and promotional materials. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Humorous Automotive Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/where-have-you-been.md) - [Analog-Themed Camera Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/analog-life.md) - [Drug-Themed April Fool's Gags](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/innocean-berlin.md) - [Creative Auto Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-capri.md) - [GenAI Confectionery Posters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/my-cadbury-era.md) - [Nostalgic Soda-Inspired Suites](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/time-travel-travel-agency.md) - [Smartphone Seating Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-4-promotion.md) - [Horror-Themed Phone Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/join-the-flip-side.md) - [AI-Generated Retrofuturistic Objects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retrofuturistic-objects.md)