Car Shoes – Opel Agila Heels (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) 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 stunt is part of Opel’s promotional campaign for the release of the new Agila minicar.

Uplifting Guerrilla Ads – Second Yellow Safety Line for Wonderbra Customers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Wonderbra’s clever print ad plays on the yellow safety line at above ground MRT stations. This yellow line tells people how far from the track they can stand and be safe. A second yellow line is used to show, that those who use Wonderbra’s bust-enhancing apparel, need to stand back even farther. I w…

Classic Portraiture in Modern Showrooms – Koya Abe Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is a project by artist Koya Abe that explores two apparently different periods and art traditions. One area is the tradition of European portraiture and the other is the “art” of modern commercial designs and presentations. One one hand,we have masterpieces intended for an exclusive audien…

Sociopolitical Manga – Afuganisu-tan (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Want to learn more about the war on terror but dislike the way traditional media covers Afghanistan? Try reading Timaking’s Afuganisu-tan a Japanese anime book and former web comic. Afghanis-tan

In the 26-part sociopolitical manga series, Middle Eastern countries are represented by female character…

Made in Transit Produce – Growing Food On-the-Way (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “Made in Transit” is a new packaging concept where food production and distribution go hand in hand. ‘Made in Transit’ proposes to shift the paradigm from preserving freshness to enabling growth along the way, a shift from ‘best before’ to ‘ready by’ for perishable goods. Growing food during the…

Incoherent Commercials – A Drunk Jeff Goldblum for Apple iMac (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) 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.

Crude Mafiads – New York Pizza Mafia Commercials (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Holland ad agency Selmore didn’t have any apprehension using crude language in the Damn F**king Tasty TV spots for New York Pizza.

If you’ve seen these commercials, you’d know not to serve Italian mafia anything but a “damn fuc**ing tasty” pizza! The series of three commercials parody the Scarface…

Sexy Mobile Branding – Playboy Phone: Alcatel OT-V770A (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Alcatel unveiled several during CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas and one of the more popular with the men (really?) were its Playboy-branded handset ‘OT-V770A’

It comes in Gold, Pink, or Silver metallic trim, and really plays up its Playboy affiliation. The Playboy phone supports a 1.3 megapixe…

Wearing Nothing – K-Lynn Lingerie 2nd Skin Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The 2nd skin underwear campaign by JWT Dubai for K-Lynn Lingerie just won the Dubai Lynx 2008 Print Gold award on 2 April, 2008.

The goal of the campaign is to show you just how comfortable you would be wearing them, as if you are wearing nothing.

The print ads are titled “bra”, “string” and “Pant…

Shockvertising Food – Swedish Fish: A Friend You Can Eat (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At first glance, this appears to be animal cruelty at its worst. These ads, with their deceptively bright and cheerful colours feature snuggly bunnies and teddy bears ready to be eaten.

The “A friend you can eat,” campaign for Swedish Fish was created by ad agency, JWT, New York.

There’s a Kitty…

Top 7 Spontaneous Public Spectacles – Improv Everywhere (SUPER GALLERY) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m even more convinced that Improv Everywhere is the world’s most creative guerrilla marketing company!

“GuerilLA had folks who seemed like strangers spontaneously come together for a game of Follow The Leader at the Getty Center,” Improv Everywhere explains.

Another project was Human Dominoes …

Newspapers With Moles – Guerrilla Skin Cancer Ads

(TrendHunter.com) Down under, they’ve found an innovative way to raise awareness for skin cancer, as melanoma is quite a frequent cancer in countries as sunny as Australia. The Campaign Palace created special newspaper ads that featured a 3-D image of a mole. When the readers ran their fingers over the moles, they fe…

Robot Secretaries (UPDATE) – Phorone (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Kokoro Dreams’ life-sized android secretary’s name is Phorone. She stands 175 cm and she has already starred in an anime where she was the protagonist. The big hope is that someday, she, and robots like her, will be able to replace real human secretaries.
“She is apparently powered by pressurized a…

iTune Competitors – MySpace Music Launched

(TrendHunter.com) The giant in social networks is taking on the giant in online music. MySpace Music officially launched to compete with Apple iTunes.

MySpace has joined with three of the giant record labels to keep iTunes from getting to much control. Warner Music, Sony BMG and Universal Music will make music wit…

Cheeky Software Ads – Digital: Perfect Images for a Not-So-Perfect World (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve got a good, slightly crude, sense of humor, then you’ll appreciate these ads for Digital, a photo retouching software.

The “Perfect images for a not-so-perfect world” ad campaign by Leo Burnett, Brazil features two images, side-by-side, the left being the original, and the right the digi…

Sheep As Lawn Mowers – Green Mowing in Torino (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What an environmental concept! Why waste resources, use machines, pay salaries, pollute the environment and spend tax money to trim the lawns of the city’s parks when you can bring sheep to “trim” them for free? The sheep will be having a nice free meal as well.

For the second year running, sheep…

Environmental Sexvertising – Big Boobs Encourage Recycling (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Here at Trend Hunter, we have already established that sex is one of the most effective ways to motivate men to do a good deed or have a healthy lifestyle.

From attractive girls on your fat belly to a promise of prolonged and improved love making. When it comes to men, sex is king.

But this is th…

Human Rights Ads – Amnesty International “Make Some Noise” Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These ads, featuring US president George Bush, Kim Jong II, the leader of North Korea, and Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s dictator, are for an upcoming Amnesty International concert in Hungary.

Millions of people have complained to these leaders about their human rights records, but these political figu…

Fashion Pop – Coca-Cola Fashion Week Collector’s Bottles

(TrendHunter.com) Who says Art and packaging design are hard to combine?
Each year during the Fashion Week in São Paulo, Coca-Cola Brazil launches its limited-edition Coca-Cola Light bottle decorated with a full-body shrink film from Sleever Intl.

The 237-mL glass bottle exclusively distributed during the Fashion…

Anti-American Advertising – Sunnex Jeans (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “Not made in America. Thankfully.”

That is the slogan of the Mumbai jeans brand, Sunnex Jeans.

The slogan is accompanied with powerful statements in the print ads, such as: “America is the police of the world. Don’t wear its uniform.” and “If you were reading this on a New York street, you would …