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SOCIAL GOOD
TREND REPORT
Updated: 11/2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Social Good
45. Real-Timing
77. Cooking Lessons 2.0
14. One for One
46. Blatant Billboards
78. Connected Conscience
15. Haute Healthcare
47. Fairytale Realism
79. Sexy Vegan is Still Viral
16. Youthspiration
48. Gen Zeducation
80. Charity 2.0
17. Atypical Training
49. Street Artvertising
81. Web Enabled Activism
18. Encouraged Dialogue
50. Pridevertising
82. Culturally Sensitive Toys
19. FREEtail
51. Educatecture
83. Toilet Paper as a Medium
20. Social Studying
52. Designer Conservation
84. Organic Eating
21. Social Shoes
53. Embracism
85. Pink Marketing
22. Convict Branding
54. Celebrity PSAs
86. Collaborative Branding
23. Fair Trade Fashion
55. Sympathetic Awakening
87. Fun with Terror
24. Playing on Fear
56. Illustrated Awareness
88. Facebook Journalism
25. Zero Carbon (UPDATE)
57. Opulent Food
26. Gender-Neutral
58. Catwalks for Causes
27. Ethical Consumption
59. Mosaics With Meaning
28. Guerrilla Gardening
60. Touch Education
29. Crowdsourced Change
61. Millenium Parenting
30. Ecoducation
62. Pro Bono Vivacity
31. Social Media Academics
63. Protean Ethical
32. Sensualizing Religion
64. Quakespiration
33. ChariTEEs
65. Blackouts in Unision
34. Connected Activism
66. Earthvertising
35. Techademics
67. Modern Religion
36. Solar Public
68. Celesbians + The Gaymous
37. Eco Schooling
69. Geek Pride
38. Social Conscience Media
70. Stormy Captivation
39. Charitable Deviance
71. Renovating Religion
40. Inclusive Weddings
72. Occult Ovation
41. Me-Wear
73. Oily Objections
42. Shocktivism
74. Political Remixing
43. Social Media Detox
75. Political Celebrity
44. Reptilian Intrigue
76. YouTube 101
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One for One
Social organizations revolutionize giving
Implications - Traditionally, social causes have centered on public donations and charitable goods in
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which a portion of their proceeds are donated to the cause. More recently, however, a movement has
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taken over that has organizations giving a product away for each similar product sold. Proliferated by
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TOMS Shoes, the one-for-one movement is gaining ground, with an increasing number of social
organizations applying it to their own business models and cause-driven consumers taking notice.
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7.4
Peaked and V. Hot
14,882 Clicks in 36 w
Pub: Mar 1, 11
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6.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 1, 11
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7.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 15, 11
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7.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 8, 11
Golden Bridal Flats
One-for-One Tees
Sharp Socially-Aware
Glasses
One-for-One Glasses
The New TOMS Shoes Wedding
Collection is Specially Made for
Your Big Day
Out of Print Marries Lost Literary
Covers with Book Donations
Warby Parker Distributes Eyewear
Using a One-for-One Model
TOMS Eyewear is the Next Chapter
in this Innovative Business Model
The new TOMS Shoes Wedding
Collection features a variety of glorious
flats specially made for your big day. The
shoes come in ballet slipper pink, creamy
white, black and even sparkly colors!
There is…
Out of Print is a t-shirt company with a
circular trajectory. Its tagline is “Books on
shirts. Shirts on a mission.” Indeed, by
putting out-of-print book covers on their
tees, and then donating one book…
Before TOMS Eyewear, there was Warby
Parker. Warby Parker is a New
York-based one-for-one eyeglasses
company -- meaning that for every pair
sold, Warby Parker will donate one pair
of glasses to someone…
TOMS Shoes has done exceedingly well
in terms of bringing social good -- at least
on the consumption side of things -- to
the forefront of consumer consciousness,
and today, the innovative company has…
http://www.trendhunter.com/id/104782
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6.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 30, 11
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7.1
Peaked and Mild
891 Clicks in 13 w
Pub: Aug 11, 11
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5.0
This Month and Mild
676 Clicks in 9 w
Pub: Sep 5, 11
Socially Responsible
Neckwear
Ready-to-Use Food
Campaigns
Artsy One-for-One
Condoms (UPDATE)
FIGS Ties Combines Luxe Materials
and a One-for-One Model
Two Degrees is a One-for-One
Company Selling Nutrition Bars
Sir Richard’s Condoms are Plaid
and Socially Rad
While doing a little research for our 20
One-for-One Giving Tools top list, we
came across other one-for-one
companies that had not yet been featured
on Trend Hunter or Social Business -and FIGS Ties…
Often, social businesses claim to
promulgate a "movement" along with the
product and/or service that they are
selling -- but essentially, it's up to the
consumer to decide whether or not they
want to,…
Sir Richard’s Condoms -- which use the
tagline “doing good never felt better” -uses the increasingly popular model of
buy one, give one to integrate
socially-conscious practices into their
business model.…
Haute Healthcare
Hospitals are being redesigned with aesthetics in mind
Implications - To provide an image of cleanliness and order, hospitals have traditionally been designed to
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be as pristine and white as possible. Perhaps, however, what patients really need as they recover is a
6.3
warm, inviting environment; accordingly, some hospitals are being designed for this purpose. On the
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other hand, some healthcare centers are being designed for earth-friendly sustainability, while still others
have designs based on elements that please the senses. Whatever the design orientation, todays haute
hospitals definitely augment the healing process.
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7.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 15, 11
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6.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 5, 11
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3.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jan 6, 11
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3.8
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jan 21, 11
Boutique Hotel Hospitals
Natural Healing Havens
Homey Hospitals
Humanitarian Hospital
Projects
'Two Create' Makes the Birmingham
Young Persons Unit Hip and Livable
The Jurong General Hospital
Prescribes Fesh Air and Greenery
for the Sick
Maggie's Centre is Given a
Contemporary Renovation and
Extension
Butaro Hospital is a Rwandan
Hospital Built With Heart
The Birmingham Young Persons Unit,
which cares for teenage cancer patients,
has undergone a modern makeover. If
you were to ever visit this wing of the
Birmingham hospital, you probably won't
even recognize…
It's a widely acknowledged fact that
medical centers aren't the most effective
healing environments, and an institution
like the Jurong General Hospital is
exactly what society needs to truly help
cure…
Maggie's Centre is a cancer care facility
located on the Cheltenham Hospital
property in the United Kingdom.
Completion of the centre has just
wrapped up with beautiful, calming
results. The Maggie's Centre…
Butaro hospital is a 150-bed health
center in Rwanda that has just been
completed by the humanitarian-minded
MASS Design Group.The young
architectural firm was formed by Harvard
students looking to make…
Youthspiration
Social organizations target youth to build a future of do-gooders
Implications - Motivating and inspiring the youth to take on social issues is becoming the basis for many
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social campaigns as more young people today recognize their role in changing the world. Thus, with the
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increasing number of youth showing interest in taking part in social initiatives, many social organizations
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are recognizing the impact and future potential of empowering the youth to lead their causes and are thus
creating messages specifically targeted to this market.
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9.3
This Month and Viral
Pub: Oct 4, 11
Score:
8.5
This Week and Warm
2,049 Clicks in 3 w
Pub: Oct 20, 11
Score:
6.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 13, 11
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7.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 15, 11
The American Express
Canada &#8...
Hip-Hop Social Enterprises
Motivational Street Art
Crowdfunded Social
Innovator Sites
Ladies and gentleman of the world, hold
on to your hats: the American Express
Canada team has just released the
names of the three finalists from their
incredible “Room For Thought” contest.
Although…
The Global Block Foundation
Promotes Personal Sustainability
Portugese Street Artist VHILS
Provides Encouragement and
Excitement
‘StartSomeGood’ Grows
Purpose-Driven Initiatives
Hip hop started as a distinctly urban New
York voice; it was a creative means of
communication for marginalized black
youth to disrupt status quo narratives on
anything and everything. Despite what
the…
Alexandre Farto AKA VHILS is a
24-year-old Portugese street artist who
has established himself as a much
vaunted name in the street art community
since his work appeared alongside a
picture of street art…
It’s great to see more and more initiatives
popping up like StartSomeGood that
support social entrepreneurs around the
world. StartSomeGood is a platform for
crowdfunding that is tailored
specifically…
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7.6
This Week and Mild
651 Clicks in 2 w
Pub: Oct 25, 11
Cause-Based Social
Networks
KooDooZ Acts as a Soapbox for
Youth Entrepreneurs
KooDooZ is "a social network for kids
who want to make a difference," allowing
them to gain service credit, recognition
and even cash by creatively addressing
humanitarian challenges. The young
social…
Atypical Training
Education explores unprecedented teaching methods & subjects
Implications - Education is straying from the norm as some institutions recognize the importance of
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particular skills and knowledge not usually taught in traditional school programs and classroom settings.
7.0
These atypical training grounds, methods and courses range from crisis preparation to celebrity studies,
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showing that education shouldnt just be about sticking to the tried and true (math, science, geography
and the like), but about exploring new boundaries and ensuring subjects are relevant in todays world.
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5.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 31, 10
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7.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 4, 11
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5.3
Peaked and Mild
910 Clicks in 19 w
Pub: Jun 29, 11
Score:
6.5
This Month and Mild
862 Clicks in 10 w
Pub: Aug 28, 11
Celebrity College Studies
Amazing Photovoltaic
Academies
Genderless Toddler
Education
Infant Sensory
Playgrounds
The USC "Lady Gaga" Course Will
Teach You About Fame
The Solar Training Center by HHS
Architekten is Carbon-Neutral
The Egalia Preschool Encourages
Kids to Be What They Want to Be
The MAXI-ooh! is an Innovative
Learning Area for Babies
We can all learn a thing or two from Lady
Gaga, but I must admit that I was not
expecting to hear about a USC "Lady
Gaga" course being offered within the
university's sociology
department.Professor Mathieu…
Designing and building a completely
self-sufficient building is no mean feat,
but that is exactly the achievement that
the Solar Training Center by HHS
Architekten can now safely lay claim
to.Designed…
It looks like more and more people are
trying to find ways to level the playing
field when it comes to gender bias, and
the Egalia Preschool happens to house a
few of them. This preschool has made it
their…
Designed by EcoLogicStudio, this
innovative concept playground, called
MAXI-ooh!, aims to help newborns and
young children explore sensory
experiences and interaction. Made for
children from the ages…
Encouraged Dialogue
Public furniture designs invite pedestrian interaction
Implications - Busy schedules and modern-day distractions like iPods and phones may be impacting
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social interaction more than we think. In urban areas, especially, people have developed an invisibile
6.5
shell, in which privacy and keeping to oneself is the norm and often preferred. Some new public designs,
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however, aim to counteract this lack of interaction. These public outdoor furnishings encourage social
interaction and invite strangers to become acquainted more easily, aiming to alleviate the aloof attitudes
typical of urban environments.
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7.1
This Month and Hot
Pub: Aug 20, 11
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6.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 6, 11
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5.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 8, 11
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4.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 10, 11
Intimate Furniture
Installations
Bright Undulating Benches
Ascending Planter
Perches
Crumbled Public Seating
Meeting Bowls Encourage
Spontaneous Dialogue Among New
Yorkers
BAMscape by Faulders Studio
Fosters Social Interaction in a
Museum
Talita Exterior Bench Welcomes
Interaction with Walkers
The Fusillo Bench by Marco Goffi
Encourages Social Interactions
New York's Times Square is getting quite
the reputation for its unique art
installation, the latest being these
Meeting Bowls. Not only do these
spontaneous street structures support
artistic endeavors,…
Although made for an obviously practical
purpose, the BAMscape by Faulders
Studio can easily be considered an art
installation as well. In fact, it is pretty
much a combination between the two.
Commissioned…
A park can have beautiful gardens,
towering trees, lush grass and divine
moments of sun and shade, but without a
place to sit like the Talita Exterior Bench
offers, the plot will fail to act as an
effective…
The colorful, crumbled look of the Fusillo
bench gives it a creative appeal that
could certainly benefit public spaces.
Created specifically to encourage social
interactions and conversations, it not
only…
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5.5
Peaked and Mild
683 Clicks in 15 w
Pub: Jul 28, 11
Public Waiting Rooms
The Julie Kim LA Bus Stop Coffee
Table Experiment
Waiting for public transportation can be
extremely dull and unpleasant, but
perhaps if the environment were better
furnished with, for example, a bus stop
coffee table, the experience would be
more enjoyable.…
FREEtail
Au gratis products and services gain customer attention
Implications - An increasing number of businesses are offering free-of-charge products and services,
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some of which are available through exchange or bartering, while others are simply just free. Whether its
6.8
offered in the name of customer appreciation, to provide samples that encourage future purchases or to
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help a lower income market group, these freetail establishments all have one thing in commonthey
create positive association of their brand among customers who love a good bargain, especially one that
doesnt cost them a cent.
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5.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 20, 11
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7.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 1, 11
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6.0
This Month and Mild
630 Clicks in 12 w
Pub: Aug 19, 11
Complimentary Clothing
Swaps
Deliciously Priceless
Bakeries
No-Cost Retail Shops
The ‘Give + Take Swap Boutique’
Lets You Shop for Free
The Panera Pay-What-You-Can
Cafes are Abolishing Hunger
The Long Beach Free Store Doesn't
Put a Price Tag on Any of Its Items
The ‘Give + Take Swap Boutique’ might
seem too good to be true, but that’s only
because it’s a brilliant idea that really
hasn’t been tried before on this scale.In
fact, the 'Give + Take Swap Boutique'…
The recent recession has left customers
pinching their pennies and spending
more wisely. At the same time, prices in
produce and ingredients is skyrocketing,
forcing restaurants and grocery stores to
raise…
A store selling all of its items for free may
sound too good to be true, but that is
exactly what the Long Beach Free Store
is doing. Created by the grassroots NPO
Catalyst Network of Communities, the…
Social Studying
Networks and apps augment traditional student experience
Implications - Students today have much more at their disposal than students of any other time. Along
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with traditional resources, contemporary learners have at their fingertips the ability to connect to other
5.7
students via social networks and apps, which may help them in a variety of ways, from crowdsourcing
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solutions to math problems to getting live tutoring help. As an increasing number of students embrace this
form of connected studying, an opportunity arises for more types of social media-based services and
tools aimed at the modern learner.
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5.4
Peaked and Mild
658 Clicks in 27 w
Pub: May 3, 11
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5.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 11, 11
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4.0
Peaked and Chilly
656 Clicks in 24 w
Pub: May 21, 11
Live Webcam Networking
Social Networking Studies
Portable Tutor Apps
ViDoBounce Offers Students an
Easy Way to Meet People Around
the World
The Kno Textbooks Facebook App
Does Away with Procrastination
The Motuto App is a Mobile Tutor
for All Your School-Related
Troubles
Have you always wanted to meet people
in your college or around the world as
easily as possible? ViDoBounce, a
recently launched website from a
Bishop's University freshman, just filled
that need. ViDoBounce…
The popular social networking website
has been a delightful diversion to
students for more than five years, so it
may be a shock for many to see the
arrival of the Kno Textbooks Facebook
application. No…
The Motuto app for iPads and iPhones is
the ultimate example of technology
replacing human interaction. It is a virtual
mobile homework assistant service and
the only real-time mobile tutoring app of
its…
Social Shoes
Cause-driven footwear gives consumers an easy way to show they care
Implications - When a brand like TOMS dedicates itself to social causesand extensively markets its
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effortsits easy for consumers to fall in step with the brands message and purchase those products over
7.3
others. More people want to do their partand they want others to see them doing it, especially if its
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something as simple as wearing the right shoes. Being the brand that consumers associate with social
causes ulimately adds to the bottomline, making social washing a nonissue when it comes to luring
more customers.
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8.8
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Jul 26, 11
Score:
7.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 1, 11
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8.2
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 28, 11
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5.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 20, 11
Celeb Twin Shoe Collabs
Golden Bridal Flats
Bearded Botas Kicks
Poverty-Fighting Footwear
The TOMS + The Row Collection
Offers Some Comfy Couture
The New TOMS Shoes Wedding
Collection is Specially Made for
Your Big Day
TOMS Movember Shoe Helps
Change the Face of Men’s Health
These Keen Santiago Shoes
Kick-Start Social Change
Everything the Olsen twins touch turns to
gold, and the TOMS + The Row
collection will be no exception.
Considering that TOMS shoes are
already highly coveted, having the
high-fashion touch of these two…
The new TOMS Shoes Wedding
Collection features a variety of glorious
flats specially made for your big day. The
shoes come in ballet slipper pink, creamy
white, black and even sparkly colors!
There is…
Aside from being delectably irresistible,
the TOMS Movember shoe collection is
helping to raise men’s health awareness.
If you aren’t already familiar with the
TOMS One for One program, you're in for
a…
These Keen Santiago Shoes are a big
step forward when it comes to a positive
business innovation that gives back to
the very community that inspired it.After
being inspired by Santiago’s propensity
for…
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6.5
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 27, 11
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4.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 29, 11
Worn Leather Loafers
African-Sourced Sneakers
The Oliberte MAGADO and
NAVIRO Shoes are Made in
Ethiopia
SAWA's Classic Shoes Strike a
Balance Between Style and
Substance
As the summer rolls in, the release of the
Oliberté MAGADO and NAVIRO shoes
are a welcome addition to the warmer
months. Oliberté is a socially-conscious
footwear company that manufactures
laid-back…
SAWA is a for-profit social business that
sources and makes its sneakers in Africa.
Clothing and footwear sold in North
America, Europe and elsewhere, are
ubiquitously made in Asia, but the
founders of…
Convict Branding
Crafty inmates create goods for outside retail
Implications - Those behind bars are being given the opportunity to participate in projects that will earn
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them a few extra dollars as well as help them develop essential skills for life outside of their prison walls.
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Institutions from the United States to Europe are introducing programs that have volunteer prisoners
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making products such as clothing and accessories. With the number of inmates jumping on board, we will
surely be seeing more convict-crafted goods in the market in the near future.
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7.3
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Dec 2, 10
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4.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Dec 6, 10
Score:
6.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 29, 11
Crafty Convict Retailers
Correctional Facility
Fashion
Convict-Constructed
Clothing
The Arizona Prison Outlet Store
Sells Handcrafted Inmate Items
Prison Blues Clothing is Made
Inside to be Worn Outside
Heavy Eco is a Line of Green
Garments Designed by Prisoners
If you're looking for a unique holiday gift
this year I'd recommend browsing
through the wares of the Arizona Prison
Outlet Store. This store is located in
Florence, Arizona, and sells only the
most high…
Prison Blues clothing is made at the
Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in
Pendleton by volunteer inmates. There is
a two-year waiting list of inmates who
would like to be part of the Prison
Blues…
It seems that everyone is going green
nowadays, even badass Eastern
European criminals as seen in the Heavy
Eco clothing line -- I bet you didn't see
that coming.Heavy Eco is apparantely
taking dead…
Fair Trade Fashion
Ethical clothing choices increasing in availability
Implications - The fashion industry has often been under scrutiny for ethical issues, from fur production to
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workers rights to environmental waste. However, more designers and fashion consumers are now
7.4
considering morality and ethics when it comes to fashion. Fair trade clothing and accessories are gaining
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ground as fashionistas the world over recognize that looking good can often come at prices that
transcend monetary value. Now, more consumers are willing to pay an extra amount for fair trade
products that give them peace of mind.
Score:
8.3
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 27, 11
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Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 7, 11
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7.3
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 15, 11
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 17, 11
Fair Trade Ugandan Goods
Ethical Tribal Print
Fashion
Upcycled Fair Trade
Fashion
Ethical Web Boutiques
One Mango Tree’s Clothing and
Accessories Have a Beautiful Story
The Nicole Miller Indego Africa
Collection Focuses on Fair Trade
Liz Alig Links Consumers &
Producers to Support Ethical
Practices
'Future:Standard' Offers
Environmentally and Socially
Responsible Clothing
For better or for worse, fair trade is
beginning to become accepted as not
simply good on their own right, but good
for business, too. It’s social businesses
like One Mango Tree -- businesses that
have…
Many of us take for granted the low
prices we pay (which we tend to still
grumble about from time to time) without
really acknowledging the fact that other
individuals may be getting the short end
of the…
Liz Alig mixes eco-friendly fabrics with
fair trade practices to create the ultimate
ethical fashion brand. While there are a
great deal of clothing companies that
take old attire and repurpose it to
create…
As anything and everything continues to
get webified, more and more one-stop
online shopping boutiques, much like
Future:Standard, are popping up around
the Internet. Future:Standard, however,
focuses…
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7.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 20, 11
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6.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 14, 11
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 26, 11
Fair Trade Lifestyle Brands
Hip Handwoven Attire
Sustainable Stylized Tees
People Tree is a Stylish Social
Business Spearhead
Bhalo Employs Rural Bangladeshi
Women to Produce Fair Trade
Fashion
Sutsu Clothing Offers
Environmentally Aware and Fair
Trade Products
People Tree, founded by Safia Minney, is
a pioneer of fair trade fashion. With
high-profile collaborations, like that with
young celeb/environmentalist/social
activist/Harry Potter star Emma Watson,
People…
Rejoice: the face of ethical fashion is
changing thanks to young brands like
Bhalo. Australia-based Bhalo is a
women’s clothing and accessories
company that sources its garments from
Bangladesh and focuses…
Driven by a social and environmental
mission, Sutsu clothing company strives
to better the world through their products.
Everything from their production to sales
is aimed at supporting our planet.
Made…
Playing on Fear
Bomb-inspired designs offer flippant distraction from societal fears
Implications - More than any other weapon, bombs are being reinterpreted into playful products and
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designs for mass consumption. Bombs in particular have been associated with terrorism, and
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re-imagining them into lighthearted, everyday products such as alarm clocks, planters and USB flash
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drives stand to alleviate anxiety and cause members of society to take a step back from their fears.
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 11, 11
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5.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 15, 10
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6.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 13, 11
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: Feb 27, 11
Forbidding Firearm
Journals
Grenade Planters
Explosive Coffee Cups
Explosive Memory Sticks
MollaSpace Armed Notebooks
Threaten Unprivy Prying Eyes
These Seed Bombs are Grenade
Exploding Gardening Tools
The Grenade Mug is for Big Shots
With No Patience for Complaints
Come to the Office Armed With the
USB Grenade Flash Drive
I was taught not to judge a book by its
cover, yet when I look at the violently
embossed MollaSpace Armed
Notebooks, I can't help but think that any
owner of one should have an eye
watching over him at…
These amazing seed bombs are the
perfecting gardening tool for those who
need some gardening incentive. The
grenade seed bomb actually explodes in
slow motion and is made up of compost,
mud and seeds which…
Perhaps you've found yourself in a high
or even low profile job in which you're
constantly being bothered with people's
petty issues. Place a Grenade Mug on
the edge of your desk, and I wonder if
you won't…
The latest weapon-inspired memory stick
is this hilarious USB Grenade Flash
Drive. This miniature grenade isn't going
to blow up the office if you decide to go
G.I. Joe after a bad day at work, but it…
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Mild
685 Clicks in 30 w
Pub: Apr 9, 11
Score:
4.3
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 11, 11
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4.4
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Feb 4, 11
Explosive Animal Art
Explosive Hand Soap
Explosive Grenade Alarms
Lucky Bunny's Grenade Bunny
Turns the Cute and Cuddly Critters
Deadly
Grenade Soap From Stinkybomb is
Dynamite
The Tangible User Interface Alarm
Clock Forces You Out of Bed
Your view on bunny rabbits as cute and
fluffy might change after you see the
Grenade Bunny sculpture. The Grenade
Bunny was created by artist Rich
DeSimone, aka "Lucky Bunny," in
conjunction with Pretty…
If you are looking for an explosive way to
start your morning, Stinkybomb's newest
hand soap will kill off any dirt that
threatens to ruin your day. Molded from
an actual WWII steel grenade, this
sanitizer…
Wake up on the fun side with the
Tangible User Interface Alarm Clock
(TUI-AC). Ok, it might not be some for
fun considering its explosive intentions,
but it does provide a release for whatever
mood we're…
Zero Carbon (UPDATE)
Innovations in carbon-neutral products to offset carbon footprint
Implications - Carbon-free living is something that many consumers and companies are taking seriously.
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While zero carbon vehicles gained momentum in 2010, this year, designers and manufacturers are going
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steps further with even more products and innovations centered on carbon-neutral operation. Even
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schools and home-cleaning products have entered the zero carbon game, and what cant be carbon-free
per se, can at least be carbon-offsetting.
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Pub: Feb 6, 11
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Peaked and Warm
701 Clicks in 26 w
Pub: May 12, 11
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Pub: Feb 22, 11
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Peaked and Mild
691 Clicks in 36 w
Pub: Mar 1, 11
Air-Powered Motorcycles
Eco-Friendly Cleaning
Bottles
Carbon-Friendly Breweries
Zero Energy Schools
Super-Sustainable Engineair O2
Pursuit is Fueled by Compressed
Air
The Replenish Reusable Bottle
System Has the Environment in
Mind
Green Beer is on Tap at
Copenhagen's Norrebro Brewhouse
NYC’s School Construction
Authority Unveils a Carbon Neutral
Design
The 'O2 Pursuit' is an air-powered
motorcycle powered by a DiPietro air
engine from Melbourne's Engineair Pty
Ltd. Its sleek, good looks may hide the
fact that this two-wheeled personal
transportation…
Did you know that in a regular plastic
bottle cleaner, only five percent of the
product is concentrated cleaner? The rest
is filled with water from local factories and
the plastic bottle is rarely used…
Beer drinkers looking to go green in the
Danish capital of Copenhagen need look
no further than Nørrebro Brewhouse. A
microbrewery and restaurant housed in a
former metal factory in Copenhagen's
Nørrebro…
New York City’s School Construction
Authority has a fantastic reputation for
building some of the city’s greenest civic
buildings, but their latest plan for a
completely carbon-neutral school looks…
Gender-Neutral
On the way to becoming a more genderless society
Implications - Androgynous clothing created waves in the fashion industry last year, countering
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conventional ideals of what constitutes mens and womens fashion. This year, the gender-bending
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aesthetic continues, with more designers entering the genderless territory with makeup and jewelry
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made for both men and women. What is more intriguing, however, is that even schools are beginning to
implement gender-neutral teachings, educating children at a young age to be less concerned with
traditional masculine and feminine stereotypes and more concerned with individuality.
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Pub: Jul 11, 11
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 25, 10
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4.1
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 7, 11
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Amish-Inspired Fashion
Androgynous Jewelry
Confused Couture
Gender-Bending Makeup
Canvases
The 1205 AW11 Collection is Filled
With Sparse, Unisex Looks
The HNSDM Jewelry Line by
Handsome Clothing Company is
Non-Gender Specific
Commes des Garcon Fall 2011 Was
Full of Schizophrenic Fashion
Oriental Spirit in Factice June 2011
Channels Chinese Culture
When I was going through the 1205
AW11 lookbook, I couldn't help but think
about Grant Wood’s famous American
Gothic painting. You know, the portrait of
the old husband-and-wife farmers. That
simple, Amish-inspired…
What makes a great piece of jewelry is
uniqueness, and the HNSDM jewelry line
by Canadian-borne Handsome Clothing
Company is definitely that. With the
collection's leading feature being
non-gender specific,…
The Commes des Garcon Fall 2011 show
didn’t disappoint this week in Paris, with a
collection that mixed and matched
without following any rules. The
ever-eccentric design house produced a
collection of…
Models Tobias Brahmst and Valentin
Excoiffier are transformed into
gender-bending living canvases for
Oriental Spirit in Factice June 2011. The
beauty editorial features the makeup
artistry of Min K, who…
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Peaked and Mild
910 Clicks in 19 w
Pub: Jun 29, 11
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4.8
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 16, 11
Genderless Toddler
Education
Gender-Blurring Galleries
The Egalia Preschool Encourages
Kids to Be What They Want to Be
The Snejana Onopka Vogue Nippon
Shoot is Both Masculine and
Feminine
It looks like more and more people are
trying to find ways to level the playing
field when it comes to gender bias, and
the Egalia Preschool happens to house a
few of them. This preschool has made it
their…
I love the dramatic quality of the Snejana
Onopka Vogue Nippon photoshoot. Dark
yet simple, it really makes you focus on
the model and the way she is channeling
both her masculine and feminine
sides.Although…
Ethical Consumption
The beverage industry increases its focus on doing good
Implications - For a long time, coffee brewers were under scrutiny for unethical work practices. Now, most
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coffee suppliers are serious about fair trade products, and joining the ethical crusade are other beverage
6.2
brands, from energy drink producers to wine makers. Just as consumers were once concerned about
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where and how their coffee was produced, it may not be long before consumers make their juice choices
based on ethical reasons.
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 14, 11
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4.4
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 22, 09
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5.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 4, 11
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 22, 11
Notched Wine Glasses
Social Cause Beverages
Simple Stained Packaging
Rainforest Energy Drinks
These Govino Glasses are
Shatterproof, Reusable and
Recyclable
LemonAid and ChariTea Drinks Are
Deliciously Charitable
The Eos Coffee Branding Has an
Unusual Way to Convey Strength
Level
Guayaki Yerba Mate Has a Unique
Social Business Model
The summer season is just a few days
away from being officially here, so these
Govino Glasses are sure to help with
entertaining your guests for outdoor
parties. Forget using thick, plastic wine
glasses…
The brainchild of Germany-based
company LemonAid Beverages Gmbh,
LemonAid and ChariTea Drinks are
beverages with a social cause twist,
designed to help make the world a better
place.In addition to the…
The Eos Coffee packaging designed by
Noem9 Studio is a simple concept that's
expanded throughout the line.A fair trade,
organic brand that prides itself on
eco-friendly packaging, Eos Coffee has
managed…
Certified by B Corporation, Guayakí is a
beverage company that imports an
energy drink made out of yerba mate
from the South American rainforest. The
beverage comes in many forms including
bottled cold…
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 22, 10
Fair Trade Beverages
LemonAid is a Chic Social Business
with a Conscience
LemonAid is a social business that seeks
to create fresh, healthy lemonade akin to
the kind your grandma used to make, but
with a social cause. With a sharp focus
on branding and design, LemonAid is a…
Guerrilla Gardening
The marketplace becomes a playground for stealth gardening
Implications - With urbanization contributing to the loss of lush, green landscapes and gardens, guerrilla
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gardening seems to be one attempt at a solution. Thosebe it product designers, activists or average
6.5
consumersyearning for greener pastures (literally) are turning to stealth ways to infuse everyday
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products and the urban environment with more flowers, plants and the like. Everything from greeting
cards and art projects to product packaging and asphalt have been struck with someones green thumb,
proving that eco-friendly elements really can be incorporated into anything in the marketplace.
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Pub: Jun 15, 10
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6.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 5, 11
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5.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 7, 10
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4.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 10, 10
Grenade Planters
Plantable Produce
Packaging
Guerilla Asphalt Gardens
Mossy Maze Installations
These Seed Bombs are Grenade
Exploding Gardening Tools
Vegetable Labels by Ben Huttly
Break Down Then Burgeon
Pete Dungey Fills Up Potholes With
Flowers
'Moss Your City' Promotes Guerilla
Gardens in London, England
These amazing seed bombs are the
perfecting gardening tool for those who
need some gardening incentive. The
grenade seed bomb actually explodes in
slow motion and is made up of compost,
mud and seeds which…
If this student's packaging project makes
it to the market, I have no doubt that
these Vegetable Labels by Ben Huttly will
succeed so far as to ruin farmers'
businesses.The intention of this
graphic…
Potholes are a problem for many cities,
but perhaps artist and graphic design
student Pete Dungey has discovered the
solution: guerrilla asphalt gardens.
Dungey has begun covering potholes
with soil…
Designed by PUSHAK, 'Moss Your City'
is located in London, England. Although
not an actual maze, as my title suggests,
you could certainly get lost in this
installation. The main purpose of 'Moss
Your…
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Pub: Jan 27, 11
Plantable Greeting Cards
These Botanical Paperworks Cards
Blossom into Wildflowers Once
Buried
Every year, millions of greeting cards find
their way into landfills, but these
Botanical Paperworks cards sidestep that
unfortunate fact by being plantable once
they’ve served their original purpose.…
Crowdsourced Change
Social good is increasingly powered by crowdsourced campaigns
Implications - What one person can do, many can do betterthis is the idea behind crowdsourced social
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good initiatives, in which non-profits are seeking help for their causes via collaborative and social
6.0
networks. By building an army of do-gooders through crowdsourcing initiatives, traditional social causes
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can be magnified; rather than simply asking people for donations and the like, these initiatives, instead,
ask consumers to come together to do their part.
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Peaked and Mild
809 Clicks in 23 w
Pub: Jun 3, 11
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 10, 11
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Pub: May 4, 11
Heroic Crowdsourced Art
Auctions
Micro-Crowdsourced
Fundraising
Social Innovation Habitats
Collaborative Creation
Gigs
Skeletor Saves is a Charitable
Collection of He-Man Artwork
This 'How to Build a School in 3
Hours' Video is Sure to Inspire
The Hub Network Helps to Incubate
Ideas for Change Around the World
Good for Nothing Brings People
Together for Fast-Track 'Doing'
Skeletor Saves is a charity art auction
benefiting the Ali Forney Center that
features original works inspired by
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
What makes Skeletor Saves unique is
that all of…
When philanthropreneur Taylor Conroy -whose motto is "destroy normal" -wanted to get his friends involved in
charity, he wasn't going to go about it in
any ordinary way. He conducted a series
of experiments,…
Everyone’s invited to the Hub Network.
The Hub is a place where ideas are
incubated and change is made. Open to
social innovators looking for office space
for a day, a week or a few months. The
Hub…
Good for Nothing is an event that brings
together a variety of people with different
skills to do some “good for nothing.” In a
cool workspace, with three causes that
face particular challenges and…
Ecoducation
Green learning becomes an integral part of modern academia
Implications - Students today understand the importance of eco-friendly living; some classrooms are even
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becoming a mecca for eco-conscious learning and initiatives. More and more students are doing their
5.4
parts and contributing to the cause, and schools everywhere are being built with the environment in mind.
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Thus, a merge has begun between eco-minded businesses, green organizations and educational
institutions alike.
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Pub: Feb 19, 11
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Dec 4, 09
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 25, 10
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691 Clicks in 36 w
Pub: Mar 1, 11
Ultra-Green Theaters
Treetop Playgrounds
Edible Schoolyards
Zero Energy Schools
Brown University Creative Arts
Center Approaches Eco-Concerns
in a Big Way
The Camp Twin Lakes Treehouse
Educates Children About
Sustainability
PS216 in New York is Getting a
Nutritous Makeover
NYC’s School Construction
Authority Unveils a Carbon Neutral
Design
This Brown University Creative Arts
Center by Diller Scofidi + Renfro
represents another example of the
architectural firm's fantastic ability to
produce cutting-edge, thoroughly efficient
environmental…
The Camp Twin Lakes treehouse is a
newly built treetop structure nestled in
Rutledge, Georgia, and part of the
non-profit Camp Twin Lakes
organization. Camp Twin Lakes “provides
places and paths for…
A public school in New York City is the
target of an experiment being conducted
by Work AC and Alice Waters’ Chez
Panisse Foundation. PS216, the school
in question, is getting a brand new
schoolyard that…
New York City’s School Construction
Authority has a fantastic reputation for
building some of the city’s greenest civic
buildings, but their latest plan for a
completely carbon-neutral school looks…
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4.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 6, 10
Mandatory Environmental
Education
Taiwan to Require Classes on
Protecting the Planet
Taiwan has enacted mandatory
environmental education. Beginning in
2011, students will have to take classes
on environmental protection. An annual
minimum of four hours of instruction on
environmental…
Social Media Academics
Networking tools make learning an integrated experience
Implications - Going beyond todays teaching tech is social media aimed at the classroom. From virtual
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internships to Twitter scholarships, social media tools and sites applied to education appeal to the
6.7
modern day studentand teacherwho requires more than just a textbook or computer. This person is used
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to a constant stream of information, especially from peers, and as such, demands more integrated and
interactive academic tools.
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Pub: May 12, 11
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885 Clicks in 57 w
Pub: Oct 1, 10
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5.4
Peaked and Mild
658 Clicks in 27 w
Pub: May 3, 11
Tuitionless Ivy League
Education
Blog-Subsidized Studies
(UPDATE)
Live Webcam Networking
Open Culture Brings Classes to
Your Desktop for Free
$10,000 Granted for the 4th
'Blogging Scholarship' Award
ViDoBounce Offers Students an
Easy Way to Meet People Around
the World
Open Culture is an innovative education
model that brings classes from the top
international schools to your computer for
free. The Open Culture platform brings
together classes from Berkeley- and
Harvard-caliber…
College Scholarships is offering up to
$10,000 to the most impressive student
blog in its fourth straight year of the
'Blogging Scholarship' award. Targeted at
college students, this prize caters to a…
Have you always wanted to meet people
in your college or around the world as
easily as possible? ViDoBounce, a
recently launched website from a
Bishop's University freshman, just filled
that need. ViDoBounce…
Sensualizing Religion
Hedonic portrayals of religion push the boundaries of convention
Implications - Sex and religion are perhaps two of societys most taboo subjects, and marrying them no
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doubt brings out an unparalleled fascination among consumers. Photography, fashion and art focused on
8.3
sensualized religion create controversy and push societys buttons, testing the tolerance of todays
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consumer. If such traditionally inappropriate themes can be embraced, theres no telling how far brands
can push marketing limits.
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Peaked and Viral
Pub: Feb 1, 11
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8.8
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Mar 15, 11
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8.3
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 10, 11
Score:
7.7
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Pub: Feb 2, 11
Naughty Nun Photoshoots
Naughty Nun Photography
Religiously Dark
Photography
Haute Religiontography
Jessica Hart and Lydia Hearst are
Sensually Seductive Sisters
The Brian Ypperciel Kitten
Magazine Features a Religious
Motif
Camille Domain Photographs
Anzhela Turenko as a Lost Soul
Melissa Rodwell's Photography
Crosses Lines
This Jessica Hart and Lydia Hearst
spread definitely breaks the stereotype of
what we would associate with nuns. The
blond duo turns the typical nun
stereotype right out the door with this
sensual and…
It seems like the fashion world can't get
enough of their naughty nuns by the
looks of this Brian Ypperciel Kitten
magazine editorial. This photo shoot,
however, takes it to a whole new Sapphic
level,…
Religious undertones are nothing new in
the fashion industry, especially lately, so
Camille Domain's recent photo shoot isn't
too shocking, but provides just the right
amount of edginess. The religious…
Photographer Melissa Rodwell is an avid
fashion photographer and her latest
editorial dubbed Chapel could cross the
taboo line for devoted Christians. But, all
in the good name of fashion, Rodwell is
able…
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7.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Feb 13, 11
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7.9
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 31, 11
Score:
7.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Feb 1, 11
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5.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 14, 10
Rose-Tinted Rosary
Editorials
Luxe Metallic Frocks
Brooding Gothic Babes
Piercing Prayer Pictorials
Axarquic Lady by Diego Diaz is
Religiously Ravishing
The Gareth Pugh Winter 2011/2012
Collection is Glamorously Dark
The Melissa Rodwell Chapel Series
is a Dark Take on the Occult
Marcelina Sowa Poses for 'Being
Bathory' in Fashion Gone Rogue
Lensed in a hazy domestic setting,
Axarquic Lady by Diego Diaz captures
scenes thick with spirit. Titled after the
Spanish religion of Andalusia, these
intimate spreads reveal the sacred
possessions of…
The Gareth Pugh Winter 2011/2012
collection showcases symbolic shapes
and wearable sculpture with a dark twist
to once again surpass all viewers'
expectations.By using a similar style as
his spring/summer…
The models in the Melissa Rodwell
Chapel series are perfectly brooding and
unequivocally sensual. The dim,
candle-lit setting adds to the mysterious
feel of this shoot. Black tulle, veils,
rosaries and…
Photographer Sinsong is the creative
force behind this exclusive editorial,
'Being Bathory,' for Fashion Gone Rogue.
The shoot is yet another macabre
Morticia-inspired spread by the
photographer, and it…
ChariTEEs
Fast-track charity t-shirts encourage immediate help from consumers
Implications - Charitable donations in support of a natural disaster are time-sensitive; those affected need
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resources and relief almost immediately. To create incentive for donations, companies are offering t-shirts
7.3
that can be made and distributed quicklyas little as a weekto fund disaster relief efforts. Such
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chariTEEs are a quick and simple way to reward consumers who take part in social good.
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8.1
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Pub: Mar 16, 11
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8.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 12, 11
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7.5
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Pub: Mar 18, 11
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Pub: Mar 28, 11
Charity Designer Apparel
Disaster Donation Apparel
Natural Disaster Charity
Tees
Rockstar Relief Apparel
Sales from the Stussy x Fragment
Design Shirt Go to Red Cross for
Japan
The Adapt Japan Relief T-Shirt Sale
Proceeds Go to Earthquake Relief
Support Japan's Relief Efforts With
this Help Japan T-Shirt
Jeantrix Design 4 Japan Campaign
Helps Post-Quake Aid Efforts
The Stussy x Fragment design shirt is a
collaborative effort between the two
brands to help those in need of
assistance as a result of the earthquake
and tsunami in Japan.On March 10th, a
massive earthquake…
Clothing brand Adapt Advancers has
released the Adapt Japan Relief T-Shirt
to help those who were in the recent
earthquake in Japan.A massive
earthquake shook Japan with an
8.9-magnitude terror. Officials…
Reach out to those who in need with this
Help Japan T-Shirt. With the recent
unfortunate natural disasters in Japan,
organizations have made it easy for you
to aid the relief efforts happening in
that…
The Jeantrix Design 4 Japan Campaign
is one of the latest wonderful charitable
efforts created to fund relief efforts in
Japan.The Philadelphia-based fashion
company is one of many organizations
that…
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6.0
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Pub: Feb 11, 10
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5.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jul 23, 10
T-Shirts for Haiti
Oil Spill Tee Shirts
Fashion Leaders & Celebs Help a
Worthwhile Cause
‘Unf--K THE GULF’ Website Raises
Money for Charity
Haiti relief efforts are incredulously and
thankfully endless. The Fashion For Haiti
campaign of the Council of Fashion
Designers of America is too, doing its
part to help out this
devastation.Designers…
The ‘UNF—K THE GULF’ website will
give you a badass perspective on the
devastating outcomes of the oil spill
disaster. Promoting charity tees sporting
their motto, these individuals drop plenty
of f-bombs…
Connected Activism
Organizations actively use social media for social good
Implications - As social good becomes more relevant in the purchasing decision of todays consumer, one
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way to reach them is through social media. Facebook, Twitter and other online networks are being used
5.5
to enhance activist or charitable activities, allowing marketers to take advantage of the relationships
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between online users and the ability of the Internet to take a message to viral heights.
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6.9
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Pub: Nov 30, 10
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6.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Dec 3, 10
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5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 8, 11
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 7, 09
Social Media Sacrifices
Altruistic Celeb
Assassinations (UPDATE)
Enlightening Social Media
Fixtures
Successful Social Media
Protests
Celebs Offer Up Their Digital Lives
for the Buy Life Campaign
'Keep a Child Alive' Claims More
Famous Victims
The Twitter Ball by Sarah Turner is
an Eco-Conscious & Recycled
Did James Franco Cancel UCLA
Commencement Speech Due to
Facebook?
The Buy Life campaign may seem like
social media suicide, but the macabre
movement is for an amazing cause. Alicia
Keys' "Keep A Child Alive" organization
has spawned the Buy Life concept joining
with…
The 'Keep a Child Alive' campaign has
taken the form of a rather ironic means of
raising awareness. As a strategy to raise
funds and familiarity surrounding the
pressing HIV/AIDS issues in India and
Africa,…
Most lighting fixtures are content merely
to provide some kind of illumination, but
the Twitter Ball by Sarah Turner is far
more ambitious in its capabilities,
composition, and aspirations.Made
almost…
James Franco won't be making his
scheduled commencement speech at
UCLA this year, and many in Westwood
think that his sudden withdrawal from the
graduation ceremony is directly due to a
Facebook protest…
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3.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 17, 09
Collaborative Twitter
Fundraising
PayPal, eBay & MillerCoors Step
Up to #BeatCancer
PayPal, eBay and MillerCoors are looking
to use Twitter for some large-scale
fundraising at the Blog World Expo using
the hashtag #beatcancer. The
corporations have pledged to donate a
penny for every…
Techademics
Once a source of student distraction, gadgets now act as digital learning tools
Implications - Technology is often blamed for shortening the attention spans of students and distracting
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them from their studies. More gadgets, however, are crossing the line between attention-diverting
5.7
nuisances and education-enhancing tools. Perfect for todays digital-savvy students, these tech learning
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devices not only improve the learning experience, but also make it a more engaging one.
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Pub: May 20, 10
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7.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jan 3, 11
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6.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Dec 21, 10
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3.3
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Nov 11, 10
Tablet Notebook Disguises
iPhone Notebooks
Academic Laptop Skins
Techie Textbooks
Dodocase Moleskine iPad Case
Looks Sophisticated and Tech
Savvy
Smart Phone Notes Incorporates
Old & New School Note-Taking
Ways
The Composition Notebook Decal
for the New MacBook Air
Kno Tablet Revolutionizes How You
Learn in School
When you are seen with the DODOCase
Moleskine iPad Case, others will wonder
"Who carries notebooks these days?"
This case makes you technologically
behind, but technically still cool.The
world's most…
Mixing up two note-taking designs of old
school notebooks with new-school
technology, the Smart Phone Notes totes
a clever and useful combination of the
two into one package. The design is like
a book-bound…
Considering that the new MacBook Air is
thin and light enough to be taken for a
notepad, the Composition Notebook
decal seems very appropriate. Extremely
clever and thorough, it even comes with a
lined…
Making learning fun and digital, the Kno
Tablet is the modern day textbook. I wish
I had one of these back when I was in
school.Designed exactly like a book, the
Kno is a duo tablet. Replacing ancient…
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3.7
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Nov 30, 10
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703 Clicks in 65 w
Pub: Aug 11, 10
Digitally-Inspired Papers
Mathematical Mouses
The BrigadaCreativa Icon Notebook
is a Geeky Computerized
Page-Turner
The Canon X Mark I Doubles as a
Calculator
The BrigadaCreativa Icon Notebook
features a new design that incorporates
old-school habits with a new-school look.
This ironic interactive notebook looks
digital, but is analogue all the way.This
creative…
Surf the web and do your taxes with the
Canon X Mark I Mouse. This mouse is a
triple threat, letting you crunch numbers,
input numerical data and click on cool
things you see on your
computer.Fusing…
Solar Public
Shared sun power could stimulate desire for greener living
Implications - As solar power becomes more accessible to the individual consumerbe it through their
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homes, phones or backyard lightingit is also becoming the focus of city planners and municipal
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governments. Now, everything from freeways to streetlights can harness the power of the sun, offering
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the general public the advantage of a greener environment, and ultimately encouraging more people to
take on the eco lifestyle.
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Peaked and Viral
Pub: Oct 21, 10
Score:
5.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 15, 10
Score:
5.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 12, 10
Score:
5.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 11, 10
Towering Solar Trees
Flowering Street Lights
Sun-Powered Public
Lighting
Solar Panel Freeways
Tourism London Unveils the World's
Tallest Solar Tree
Sunflower Street Lights Provide
Eco-Friendly Illumination
Nothing Design's Solar Trees Light
Streets in Angkor Wat in Cambodia
'Solar Serpents in Paradise' Turns
L.A.'s Freeways into
Eco-Powerplants
Tourism London has laid claim to the title,
at least for now, of having the world's
tallest solar tree. Tourism London
recently "planted" the 22-foot tall tree
which can generate 10,000kw hours of
power…
Danish design duo Riis Ros has come up
with an eco-friendly way to light up city
streets with this design dubbed Sunflower
Street Lights. These street lights would
illuminate city streets in an
eye-pleasing…
Nothing Design's solar trees are
solar-powered street lights that have
been installed in Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
The solar trees provide public lighting
and increase night-time safety for
residents and visitors.…
Mans Tham's Solar Serpents in Paradise
is such a brilliant idea it makes you
wonder why no one had ever thought of it
before. Tham has proposed covering
L.A.'s Santa Monica freeway in solar
panels that…
Score:
5.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 26, 10
Score:
4.3
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 28, 10
Score:
3.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Nov 16, 10
Solar Sidewalks
Power Station Parking
Lots
Sun-Soaking Freeways
These Photovoltaic Paving Tiles Put
Cities on the Road to Greener
Infrastructure
The Solar Parking Lot Lets You
Plug-In and Charge Your EV for
Free
The World's First Solar-Powered
Highway in Italy
As a collaboration between Onyx Solar
and Butech, these photovoltaic paving
tiles are the newest manifestation of
sun-powered technology to hit the
streets. Since asphalt soaks up a lot heat
in the summer,…
Now that the state has opened its first
Solar Parking Lot, citizens of Tennessee
will be able to charge their electric cars
for free. The parking lot has parking
spaces for drivers to pull-up and
plug-in.…
There has been plenty of research on
creating roads made of solar panels, but
the 'A18 Catania-Siracusa' solar-powered
highway in Italy will be the world's first to
come to reality. Equipped with 80,000…
Eco Schooling
Green practices and innovation become a large part of todays schooling
Implications - An emphasis on eco-friendly learning is pushing tomorrows graduates to make the green
Score:
lifestyle choices which our generation may have ignored. With more educational institutions encouraging
5.8
green school buildings, environment-focused classes and the design and availability of eco-friendly
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learning tools, the educational arena presents a major area of opportunity for eco-minded brands.
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 29, 10
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 1, 10
Score:
6.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 28, 10
Score:
4.7
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 1, 10
Shipping Container Art
Schools
Touchscreens for Tots
Eco Educational Facilities
Eco Pod Nurseries
Lot-Ek Redesigns Container
Building for Korean Art School
The Smart Pillow is an Efficient
Learning Tool for Young Children
The Green School in Bali is
Powered Entirely by Clean Sources
Discovery Day Care Center Helps
Kids Get Their Thumbs Green at an
Early Age
This shipping container art school is a
pretty cool concept that will house the
Open Art School in Korea. The design
features eight shipping containers that
are arranged in a sort of chevron pattern
and…
Park Jungsik and Kim Jong Deok have
designed a learning tool, Smart Pillow,
which offers an interactive and enjoyable
learning experience for children. Contrary
to traditional educational toys, the
Smart…
The Green School in Bali, Indonesia is a
particularly astonishing place for many
reasons. Attendees of the Green School
not only enjoy a higher-quality education
than what's normally available in their…
They sure didn't have anything like the
Discovery daycare center when I was a
kid. This super-modern design, which is
to be built in Dresden, Germany, features
13 egg-like classrooms with a public
glassed-in…
Score:
4.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 6, 10
Mandatory Environmental
Education
Taiwan to Require Classes on
Protecting the Planet
Taiwan has enacted mandatory
environmental education. Beginning in
2011, students will have to take classes
on environmental protection. An annual
minimum of four hours of instruction on
environmental…
Social Conscience Media
Online networks provide new channels for spreading activist initiatives
Implications - With consumers flooding social networks, surfing the Internet daily and connecting to the
Score:
web via their phones, social media provides a major channel of reach for charitable donations and social
3.7
cause awareness. Applied to activism, social media can leverage the relationships between individuals,
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taking causes to a level never before seen with traditional forms of fundraising and campaigning.
Score:
3.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 17, 09
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Chilly
Pub: Sep 22, 10
Score:
2.3
Peaked and Chilly
Pub: Sep 19, 10
Collaborative Twitter
Fundraising
Epic Online Activism
Auctioning off Twitter
Followers
PayPal, eBay & MillerCoors Step
Up to #BeatCancer
Social Media to Fund Malaria
Stricken Countries
The TwitChange Auction Sells off
Celebrity Followers
PayPal, eBay and MillerCoors are looking
to use Twitter for some large-scale
fundraising at the Blog World Expo using
the hashtag #beatcancer. The
corporations have pledged to donate a
penny for every…
In March of 2010, a social media
connection took a unique stand to fund
Malaria affected countries and the
worldwide population by conveying the
message instantaneously and
compellingly. The results were…
The TwitChange auction is changing the
way people donate to charity. This
website auctions off celebrity Twitter
services, with all proceeds going towards
charity.You can bid on a celebrity to have
him/her…
Charitable Deviance
Social campaigns place heavier emphasis on attention-grabbing methods
Implications - In a society where charities abound, it is becoming harder for the social-minded consumer
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to choose where to donate his or her money and time. Competition amongst charities and social
6.2
initiatives has risen steadily, which has provided the impetus for an increase in unique and innovative
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charitable projects, some even bordering on bizarre.
Score:
8.0
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Jul 1, 10
Score:
6.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 4, 10
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 7, 10
Score:
6.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 9, 10
Charitable Body
Modifications
Gruesome Charity Art
Fashionable Charity Tees
Charitable Corsets
Aryan Hopkins Gets 1,091 Piercings
for the Shriners Hospital for Chi
Nike and (RED) Create Graphic
Body Tears for the Tied Together
Campaign
The Edun Kenya Kids Project
Features Hand-Drawn T-Shirts for
Charity
Lady Gaga Auctions Costume for
Haiti
Piercings can be quite painful, but Aryan
Hopkins got 1,091 of them for charity.
You can feel his pain just by looking at
the images above.Aryan Hopkins isn't
someone who just gets body piercings
for…
Nike and (RED) have created one crazy
art exhibit. The Tied Together Campaign
has taken Marc Wyndham Bass's skin
distortion art and put the gruesome work
on the body, showcasing muscle tissue,
arteries,…
The Edun Kenya Kids Project is selling
hand-drawn design t-shirts to benefit the
school children in Kibera, Kenya in terms
of food and health care. These awesome
tees have an obvious childish charm to…
The amazing artist we all know and love,
Lady Gaga, auctions her bedazzled
costume for charity. Her Gary
Card-designed skeleton corset will be
auctioned off on the website Charity
Buzz. The money raised…
Score:
6.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 29, 10
Score:
3.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 23, 10
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 24, 10
Score:
4.7
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 25, 10
Charitable Stripping
Charitable Earthquake
Anthems
Charitable Hemp Footwear
Upcycled Charity
Creations
Axe Undie Run Has Students
Donating the Clothes Off of Their
Backs
Rihanna, Jay-Z and Bono Perform
'Stranded' at Hope for Haiti Now
Toms Shoes for Charity: Water
Raises Money for Clean Water
One Noffs Charity Clothing is
Designer-Created and
Children-Friendly
I can never say no to supporting a good
cause, and most causes aren't as good
as the Axe Undie Run challenge. In an
effort to donate clothing to those in need,
Axe is having students from ten college
campuses…
Last night's performance of 'Stranded' at
Hope for Haiti Now by Jay-Z, Rihanna
and Bono redefines the term "epic
charitable anthem." These inimitable pop
culture fixtures took over the telethon;
you can…
Not only are Toms shoes super
comfortable, they also bring good to the
world; their latest endeavor is Toms
Shoes for Charity: Water. Having already
teamed up with actress Charlize Theron
and Blake Mycoskie…
Upcycling and recycling clothing have
become popular ways to revamp your
wardrobe and breathe new life into old
clothes, and One Noffs takes a charitable
spin on these eco-friendly activities. The
company,…
Inclusive Weddings
Same-sex marriage inspires other unconventional nuptial ceremonies
Implications - Even though same-sex marriage is not legal all over the world, it does not mean that the
Score:
gay population is excluded from celebrating their love. The rise in the acceptance of same-sex
6.1
relationships has lead to other typically unconventional matrimony ceremonies that take the road -- or
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aisle -- less traveled.
Score:
6.1
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jun 26, 10
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 27, 10
Score:
6.4
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Mar 31, 10
Score:
6.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 28, 10
Double Dress Weddings
Holiday-Themed Queer
Weddings
Freak Show Nuptials
Lesbian Winery Weddings
One Same-Sex Couple Breaks
Stereotypes by Both Wearing White
Gowns
Pinkee and Pony Seal the Deal in a
Cemetery
Dina and Gary’s Wedding Brought
the Circus to Their Vows
Erin and Erica's Fantasy Nuptials
Showcase Who They Are
When Carlyn and Brittany decided to get
married, they broke the long-held lesbian
stereotype where one partner forgoes the
dress and wears a pantsuit. These gals
made their special day a double dress
wedding.…
Pinkee and Pony went ahead and made
it official with a full-on Dia de los
Muertos-themed wedding, and it all went
down in a cemetery. I believe the Bible
has a word for this: "badass."The
wedding was…
Dina and Gary’s New Jersey will be one
that all attending won’t soon forget.
Holding the ceremony and reception in a
vintage bowling alley only helped the
freak show wedding theme that they had
intended.…
Dear lesbians, you win. Seriously, I think
you guys are great and pretty much
everything you do is awesome (we won’t
talk about Rosie O’Donnell). Trust me, I
have given serious thought about joining
your…
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 8, 10
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 13, 10
Score:
4.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 26, 10
Rollin' Wheelchair Brides
Cushy Nuptials
Sapphic Fairytale
Weddings
Andy and Jeff Say 'I do' to
Accessible Weddings
Korean Man Lee Jin-gyu Marries
Anime Body Pillow
Meghann and Shasta Channel
'Beauty and the Beast' for Their
Nuptials
When Andy and Jeff were married, they
didn't need to decorate their car with a
'Just Married' sign as Andy already had
one attached to the back of her
wheelchair. The wheelchair bride and her
happy groom…
A Korean man named Lee-Jin-gyu has
fallen in love with his anime body pillow.
The connection that he shared with this
pillow was so deep that he decided to
make it official by proposing to her.
According…
Upon viewing images from this 'Beauty
and the Beast' themed wedding of
Meghann and Shasta, my head almost
exploded. One bride wore a
Belle-inspired yellow gown, while the
other bride wore a powder blue…
Me-Wear
T-shirts with personal meaning appeal to those who wear everything on their sleeves
Implications - With personal attributes like favorite quotes, interests, political party and sexual preference
Score:
available on social networking profiles, "me-wear" is an extension of virtual self-branding. More
6.9
consumers are wearing their politics, pop culture favorites, sexual preferencesand, not to mention, their
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heartson their sleeves.
Score:
7.1
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Feb 22, 10
Score:
7.2
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jan 28, 10
Score:
7.2
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: May 5, 10
Score:
6.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 19, 10
Inappropriate Political
Tees
iPad T-Shirts
Facebook-Stalking Tees
Nerdified Apparel
The Paolo Ferranini Impure T-Shirts
Offer Comedic Couture
Custom Fashion that Spoofs the
Apple iPad Includes Lots of Period
Jokes
Mavi Staiano Makes T-Shirts out of
Strangers’ Facebook Photos
Tony Garcia T-Shirts Offer Vintage
Pop Culture with a Twist
It seems as if those novelty vintage
t-shirts have died off in the last year or
two. I enjoyed them very much,
especially the 70s era-looking tops that
would say something to the effect of
"Jim's Lumber…
The media has officially been hit with an
iPad craze, but so has the DIY fashion
world. These iPad t-shirts were found in
various Zazzle stores only a day after
Steve Jobs’ big unveiling of the Apple
iPad…
Mavi Staiano has taken everyone’s
favorite pastime, Facebook stalking, a
little bit further. After hours and hours of
online stalking, she has collected over
5,000 images and screen shots of
random Facebookers.…
Geek-branded clothing is one fashion
trend that hasn't lost any momentum as
far as I'm concerned. Faux vintage shirts
with either fake companies or classic
video game references on them have
been a hit…
Score:
6.1
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jun 18, 10
Score:
6.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jun 10, 10
Score:
6.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 28, 10
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 17, 10
Adult 'Toy Story' Style
Simpsonized Soccer Shirts
Anti-War Clothing Lines
Foreign Communication
Tees
The Mighty Fine Disney ‘Toy Story
3’ Tees Aren’t for Kid
The Nike 'Write the Future'
Campaign Continues with
Ronal-doh Tees
Carrot Clothing Hip Apparel is
Activist Garb for Street Culture
The Traveler's Phrasebook T-Shirt
Makes Language Barriers
Disappear
These Mighty Fine Disney ‘Toy Story 3’
tees take childish graphics and
implement them onto adult fashions.
These Disney-inspired pieces are a great
way to show your playful side and amuse
your kids, as…
The Nike 'Write the Future' campaign has
released its second series of shirts,
baring the larger than life slogan. Part
two of the line is headed up by a shirt that
features Homer Simpson and Cristiano…
Carrot Clothing hip apparel grew from the
protest garb of Seriban, Aleksandar
Gligoric in 1999. To voice concerns about
freedom in war-torn Serbia, Gligoric
started printing unequivocal anti-war
messages…
The Traveler's Phrasebook T-Shirt makes
communication in a foreign country easy!
The shirt is designed to help you attain
what you need by pointing at the
corresponding image on the creative tee.
Hungry?…
Shocktivism
Activists take a more militant stance through provocative marketing strategies
Implications - Activists are viewing marketing as less of a fringe activity and more of a necessity,
Score:
competing for a piece of the marketing pie where they can. Using shock tactics that raise eyebrows,
7.2
social organizations are behaving more and more like marketersonly with a different message.
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Consumers--those who crave social change as well as those who dont--cant help but absorb and
respond to this provocative activism.
Score:
8.0
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Jul 1, 10
Score:
8.0
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Jun 26, 10
Score:
6.7
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jun 18, 10
Score:
6.3
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 20, 10
Charitable Body
Modifications
Riot Photography
Social Awareness
Greetings
Ignorance-Themed
Activism
Aryan Hopkins Gets 1,091 Piercings
for the Shriners Hospital for Chi
Crowdsourced Photography
Becomes Go-To for G20 Riots in
Toronto
The BP Oil Spill Greeting Cards by
enGreet are Satirical and Charitable
Amnesty International 'Ignore Us'
Print Campaign is Provocative
Piercings can be quite painful, but Aryan
Hopkins got 1,091 of them for charity.
You can feel his pain just by looking at
the images above.Aryan Hopkins isn't
someone who just gets body piercings
for…
These crowdsourced G20 Toronto riot
photos show that when people get out of
control, crowdsourced journalism and
photography has become the go-to place
for both readers and traditional
journalists. This…
The BP Oil Spill Greeting Cards by
enGreet provide a hilarious portrayal of a
very serious issue. Poking fun at
everyone involved, from the BP company
to Sarah Palin, these cards are perfect
for your…
The newest Amnesty International 'Ignore
Us' ads are provocative and disturbing,
two features that make this campaign
incredibly effective. The set of ads
feature masses of people facing
backwards in a…
Score:
7.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 6, 10
Score:
6.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 28, 10
Score:
6.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 26, 10
Score:
6.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 16, 10
Graffitied Endangered
Species
Toxic Animal Ads
Gory Toy Campaigns
Sinister Anti-Smoking
Campaigns
The WWF Campaign Tags the
Environment for Awareness
The WWF Evollution Campaign
Looks to Send a Clear Message
The Caritas Ad Campaign Warns
Parents of Violent Playthings
'Smoking Kill' by Khalil Damak
Shows the Dangerous Cycle
Although to many graffiti is considered a
work of art, when seen in the context
portrayed in the latest WWF campaign,
it's hard to think of it as more than simple
defacement. This powerful WWF
Campaign…
If you seek environmental ads with a
strong message and clever imagery, look
no further than the WWF Evollution
campaign. The organization has always
been known for cutting edge and
sometimes even controversial…
The Caritas ad campaign certainly can
change anyone’s view of the typical
stuffed toy. This shocking ad campaign
was put together by advertising agency
BBDO of Dusseldorf, Germany, and
shows parents how…
These artistic anti-smoking posters are
part of a series called 'Smoking Kill' by
Khalil Damak. Each image shows the
dangerous relationship between cigarette
smoke and a smoker's health by
depicting the…
Social Media Detox
Privacy-deprived consumers look to isolation as a reaction against social media
Implications - As a reaction against social media and the use of fear in marketing campaigns,
Score:
consumers are seeking privacy and solace through seclusive innovations. Architecture, furniture,
7.2
photography, websites, travel destinations and tech tools that shut people out supersede revealing
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oneself to the public via social media sites.
Score:
7.8
Peaked and Viral
Pub: May 5, 10
Score:
6.8
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: May 30, 10
Score:
7.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 4, 10
Score:
7.2
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: May 15, 10
Secluded Sandy Shots
Voyeuristic Exhibitions
Instant Privacy Domes
Exclusive Beach Estates
The Sizzling 'Where Were You…
On The Beach' Spread in V
Magazine
The Tate Modern 'Exposed:
Voyeurism, Surveillance and the
Camera'
The Duplex Workspace Desk Has a
Convenient Built-In Cover
The Cave Cay Private Island Will
Set You Back $110 Million
Friends of V Magazine, Miranda Kerr, Bar
Refaeli, Raquel Zimmerman and Terry
Richardson, strip down to their swimsuits
and take personal photos of their sandy
beach trips. In 'Where Were You… On
The…
The Tate Modern ‘Exposed: Voyeurism,
Surveillance and the Camera’ exhibition
is a collection of over 250 pieces with the
theme rooted deep in the idea of
‘photographer-as-voyeur.’From Paris
Hilton’s…
If you are one of those people who hates
the idea of someone reading over your
shoulder, the Duplex Workspace Desk is
pretty much perfect for you. The desk
looks and acts like a regular working
space,…
If you added the Cave Cay private island
located in Exuma, Bahamas to your real
estate property holdings, you would have
famous neighbors like Nicolas Cage,
David Copperfield, Johnny Depp, Faith
Hill and…
Score:
7.2
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 23, 10
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Apr 13, 10
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 31, 10
Score:
5.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 26, 10
Quitting Social Media
Botanical Balconies
Anti-Privacy Search
Engines
Subterranean Spas
May 31 'Quit Facebook Day'
Campaign Gains Ground
Studio Seilern Whitehorse
Development Gives New Meaning
to Green House
Open Book Makes You Think Twice
About Your Facebook Privacy
Settings
The Reardonsmith Underground
Hotel Has More than Surface
Appeal
If you're afraid of Facebook's intrusive
new "privacy" practices, you might want
to consider participating in the Quit
Facebook Day campaign. Much like The
Great American Smoke Out, Quit
Facebook Day is…
The Studio Seilern Whitehorse
Development is the latest project in the
ever popular and necessary trend of
eco-focused architecture. Set to be built
in London, the building gives new
meaning to the term…
Open Book may be the most nefarious
new search engine on the Internet. This
website lets you search anything posted
on Facebook that isn't private. Mom, I
apologize in advance.Open Book lets you
split…
Nowadays people will spend obscene
amounts of many to get a little piece of
nature and wilderness, whether it’s
renting a cottage on a secluded lake or
staying at a posh resort in the mountains.
Now however…
Reptilian Intrigue
Cold-blooded creations are inspired by the mysticism of reptiles
Implications - Reptiles, due to their mysticism and unpredictability, are both one of the most feared and
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most intriguing animals on the planet. As the obsession with reptiles perhaps runs alongside the
6.9
consumer fascination with the equally unpredictable vampire, pop culture junkies are increasingly looking
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to their cold-blooded friends for scaly design inspiration.
Score:
7.2
Peaked and Viral
Pub: May 12, 10
Score:
6.7
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 26, 10
Score:
6.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Feb 19, 10
Score:
7.1
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Feb 17, 10
Slithering Body Art
DIY Dentistry
Disturbing Dragon Art
Mini Dragon Pets
Serpent Lovers Show their Feelings
with Snake Tattoos
Francesco Sambo 'Selfportrait'
Project is Mechanized Mania
These Christopher Ulrich Paintings
are Frighteningly Good
An Avatarian Reptile Found in
Indonesia
The serpents in these snake tattoos are
scarier than real live snakes. From
cobras to boas, all kinds of snake body
art cover these brave, reptile-loving
souls.Even more interesting than the
kinds of…
The Francesco Sambo 'Selfportrait'
project is a collection of extremely dark
images that look like a series of science
experiments gone awry. These
self-portraits are incredibly stylized, using
digital…
The Christopher Ulrich paintings are
deeply disturbing. This painter has quite
the talent for combining the human form
with reptilian creatures. The mixtures of
the two forms create a disconcerting
piece…
First of all, there is a such thing as a
mother effin mini dragon. The photos
above were taken in Buton, Indonesia at
the Lambusango Forest reserve by
Reddit user Biophilia_curiosus. He's
clever and geeky,…
Score:
7.1
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 7, 10
Score:
6.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Apr 15, 10
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 23, 10
Score:
5.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 4, 10
Reptilian Activists
Reptilian Aircraft Vehicles
Reptilian Heart-Attack
Foods
Reptilian Retail Displays
The Latest PETA Ad Campaign
Features the Fierce Jenna Dewan
The Mercedes Unimog Makes Sure
You Aren't Left Stranded
The Bacon Cheese Turtleburger
May Run Away With Your Health
The Alexander McQueen Window in
NYC is a Jungle of Style
I know this PETA ad campaign is
suppose to get you thinking about animal
activism, but the only thing I'm thinking is
that Jenna Dewan is the hottest reptile on
the planet -- and that's just downright…
Probably one of the worst things that
could happen to you at an airport is the
plane malfunctioning before it even takes
off. If such an unfortunate circumstance
ever does happen, you want to make
sure…
The first word that popped into my head
when looking at the Bacon Cheese
Turtleburger in disbelief with a side of
disgust was, "Why?" First of all, why
would I want to chow down on anything
that resembles…
Retail displays often rely on boldness and
extravagance to capture the attention of
shoppers, and perhaps one of the most
notable examples from this season is the
Alexander McQueen window display
from…
Real-Timing
Consumers desire instant gratification from both information and products
Diverse markets are honing in on real-time features in order to appeal to today's demand for immediacy.
Score:
With such a vast array of choice, consumers on-the-spot desires have created a now culture like never
5.6
before. For both information and consumer goods, real-timing adds an extra component to competitive
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strategy.
Score:
5.1
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Mar 15, 10
Score:
5.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 17, 10
Score:
4.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 31, 10
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 10, 10
Social Media Martial Arts
Selling Real-Time Trends
Levitating Parks
Luxury Shoe Games
Knuckleburger.Com Compiles
Modern Day Warriors' Tweets
Disney/Pixar Promotes With 'Toy
Story 3' Twitter Trending Topic Ad
Rael San Fratello Architects'
'Migrating Floating Garden'
Proposes Eco UFOs
The Jimmy Choo Trainer Hunt Uses
Social Media Tool Foursquare
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact,
combat sport that has found itself in
mainstream sports discussions. Made
popular by the Ultimate Fighting
Championships (UFC), a U.S.-based
MMA promotion company,…
Disney/Pixar has bought the very first
"Promoted" trending topic with their 'Toy
Story 3' Twitter trending topic ad. If you
are an avid user of the micro-blogging
website, you would have noticed a
change…
'Migrating Floating Gardens' by Rael San
Fratello Architects proposes a floating
solution for plant life in dense urban
environments. The Migrating Floating
Gardens are suspended in the air from
remotely-controlled…
At this very moment, I'm desperately
wishing that I was in London to take part
in the Jimmy Choo Trainer Hunt. Set up
just like a treasure hunt (but with the help
of social media tools Foursquare,
Twitter…
Score:
6.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Dec 14, 09
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 14, 10
Score:
6.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 3, 10
iPhone Money Apps
TV-Like Networking
Interactive Face
Projections
'Square' Payment System Lets Any
Business Take Credit Cards
Instantly
Flip Through iBuddz’s Channels for
Integrated Social Networking
Nokia Ovi Maps Activation Gets
Celebrated in Style in London
The ‘Square’ payment system has the
potential to take advantage of one of the
biggest hassles for many small
businesses: accepting credit cards. It
promises no contracts, monthly fees, or
hidden costs…
Ever heard of a social media site
operating in the same way as your
television? iBuddz is a social media site
that, unlike any other in the Internet
networking arena, allows for a unique
interactive experience…
This is another brilliant digital idea blends
engaging interactive technology into a
product launch for Nokia Ovi Maps. You
can take a peek at this incredible
projection idea in this video; it's from
the…
Blatant Billboards
Consumers no longer react to traditional ads, need in-your-face displays
Implications - The average consumer is exposed to over 3,000 advertisements in a day. To separate their
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brands from this sea of advertising, ad executives are swaying away from tradition, escaping the norm
7.5
through unique marketing tactics that include larger-than-life, interactive or attention-grabbing billboards.
Score:
7.9
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Jun 13, 10
Score:
7.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: May 31, 10
Score:
7.3
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Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jun 8, 10
Score:
7.4
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 3, 10
Human Billboards
Naughty iPad Ads
Smelly Billboards
Violent Interactive
Billboards
Roomservice Magazine Features
Real Life Transactions
Berlin iPad Adbusters Put Up a
Scandalous Billboard in Rosenthaler
Platz Subway
The Steak-Scented Billboard Makes
Makes Mouths Water During Rush
Hour
An Augmented Reality Billboard for
Raising Awareness
Roomservice, an independent magazine
from The Netherlands explores real life
transactions and featured human
billboards in its first issue. Graphic
designer Jacco Kranenburg purchased
human billboards…
Steve Jobs famously noted that the iPad
would be free of porn, but Berlin iPad
adbusters have plastered up a
scandalous billboard in the Rosenthaler
Platz subway station that would indicate
otherwise.…
If you love beef, then you'll love this
steak-scented billboard. The billboard
actually sprays beef flavoring in the air
between the hours of 7 to 10am and 4 to
7pm.If you want to get a whiff of the…
Seeing is believing. The most powerful
way to tell a story is to put yourself into a
real life scenario and this augmented
reality billboard has put technology to the
test.In an attempt to make audiences…
Score:
7.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Mar 24, 10
Score:
6.9
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Feb 22, 10
Score:
6.8
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Feb 15, 10
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 10, 10
Censored Anti-Smoking
Ads
Cutting Edge Billboards
Interactive Nighttime Ads
In-Your-Face Projection
Ads
Russian Anti-Smoking Billboard
Meets Controversy
Giant Razor Blade Slices Pigeons to
Demonstrate Sharpness
Adelaide United Football Club Plays
With the Moon
'Billbored' Projection Ads Will Light
Up Your Life
The latest Russian anti-smoking billboard
was created out of caution and
consideration. Yet, some have argued
that it still manages to be on the offensive
side. Since smoking is a big deal, the
designer…
To demonstrate the quality slicing
properties of their hobby razor blades,
advertiser Martor Solingen of Germany
installed a razor blade-shaped billboard
with sliced pigeons strewn on the ground
below.…
If you’re like most of the people looking at
this billboard advertising the Adelaide
United Football Club in Australia, you
think that the night soccer-promoting
billboard is designed to interact with…
The Billbored projection ads are done by
a group from London. They choose busy
places around the city and project their
opinion onto buildings.Billbored has be
trotting around London projecting their…
Fairytale Realism
Infusing archetypal heroines into modern-day scenarios to evoke empathy
Implications - Alongside the resurgence of fairytale themes to inspire nostalgia is its polar opposite, in
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which traditional storybook characters are brought into modern real-world scenarios. Feelings of nostalgia
7.3
are replaced with empathy and heightened awareness of the human condition, society and culture.
Score:
7.9
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Apr 25, 10
Score:
7.5
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Mar 11, 10
Score:
7.1
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Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jun 13, 09
Score:
6.9
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 7, 08
Fairytale Heroine Pin-Ups
Brutally Honest Fables
Fairytale Boob Jobs
Naughty Fairytales
J. Scott Campbell 'Disney Princess'
Series Gives Disney Divas a
Makeover
These Re-Titled Fairy Tales are
Sincerely Candid
Dina Goldstein Unveils Modern
Truths in the Fallen Princesses
Project
Melissa's Modern Heroine
Photography
The shots you see above are from the J.
Scott Campbell 'Disney Princess' series.
If Disney’s appeal with kids ever starts to
fade, they may want to call on J. Scott
Campbell to help them go after a new…
These re-titled fairy tales are, some may
argue, what the titles for classic stories
really should be. They do just what any
good title should do. They tell you what
the story is about, they intrigue to…
The Fallen Princesses project by Dina
Goldstein features photos of Cinderella
getting drunk in a dingy pub, Belle under
the knife for plastic surgery and Snow
White juggling babies while “Prince
Charming”…
If you had long hair like Rapunzel, would
you rope your man like this? These
digitally altered, modern-day fairy tale
images include classic heroines with
sexy, modern twist. They include Little
Red…
Score:
6.2
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Nov 25, 08
Score:
5.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 9, 09
Score:
3.9
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 19, 10
Score:
4.1
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 26, 09
Using Fairytale Heroes to
Promote Reading
Objectified Fairytale
Characters
Girl Power Fairytale Art
Self-Sufficient Heroines
Literacy Foundation Ads
Pinocchio Gets Hunky in an
Unbuttoned Shirt for Mr. Min
Krista Huot Empowers Women With
Every Brushstroke
Fairytale Femmes in Home Depot's
DIY Ads Don’t Need Men
This poignant campaign from the Literacy
Foundation for the tenth anniversary of
'The Gift of Reading' shows fallen
fairytale heroes. Cinderella, Peter Pan,
Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty,
a dwarf,…
Pinocchio was introduced back in 1883 in
‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’ by Carlo
Collodi. He was a wooden puppet who
dreamed of becoming a real
boy.Fast-forward to 2009 where the male
body is often objectified…
The artwork of Krista Huot is amazing
and creative. Having an almost unhealthy
obsession with everything fairytale-like,
Krista Huot creates artwork that is right
up my alley. Not only tackling the more…
Most fairytale heroines are maids in
waiting, wringing their hands for Prince
Charming to come along and save them.
Not so with the fairytale characters
portrayed in Home Depot’s Do-It-Herself
campaign…
Gen Zeducation
Educational tools for the web savvy generations, from elementary to university
Implications - Computers and technology are being integrated in courses for students from kindergarten
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to university, and their evolution must be on par with the development of the students. Progressive
5.6
institutes understand that their level of new tech integration directly correlates with the success of their
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students.
Score:
6.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 15, 08
Score:
3.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 28, 08
Score:
5.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 14, 08
Score:
4.7
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 9, 07
Political Shockvertising
Top 10 Green Universities
Creating Higher Education
A Major In Social
Networking?
"Hillary Obama" to Promote
University
Sierra Club Names US Eco Shcools
KAUST, The $10 Billion Saudi
University
Stanford Offers Facebook Course
The Photoshopped picture is from an ad
put out by Hogeschool-Universiteit
(HUB). The higher education institution in
Brussel Belgium seeks to increase
attendance by offering prospective
students a college…
The Sierra Club has just released its new
feature on green colleges, listing what
they named the Top Ten Green
Universities. It used to be that small,
private colleges seemed to be the only
ones that cared.…
In September 2009, doors will open to
the soon-to-be-famous King Abdullah
University for Science and Technology
(KAUST).Over the last year, the 9,000
acre KAUST campas has been in a
construction phase.…
Stanford University is offering a new
program, complete with valid
accreditation, that focuses on developing
Facebook applications. The social
networking site is the main online
community of choice for…
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 25, 08
Free Textbooks
Sponsored Ads Help Students
One of the hardest parts about being a
student is the cost of education.
Textbooks alone cost hundreds of
dollars, adding up to thousands
throughout their schooling. So how about
eliminating that cost…
Street Artvertising
Urban guerilla art prevails as a means for marketing and awareness
Implications - As a channel of communication that tends to draw instant attention and viewer
Score:
engagement, guerrilla street art is affecting various forms of marketing. Unique urban art is becoming an
5.7
avenue for all areas of promotion, including artist self-marketing, social awareness campaigns and
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corporate brand building.
Score:
6.7
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 2, 10
Score:
5.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 29, 10
Score:
5.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 20, 09
Score:
6.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 24, 09
Guerilla Socialvertising
Triumphant Street Art
Sites
Guerrilla Marketing
Mayhem
Light Graffiti Campaigning
The Alex Seo Crisis Campaign
Creates Awareness Through
Startling Imagery
Nysat Website Launches After
Group Overcomes Lawsuits
Fauxreel Under Fire for Vespa
Scooter Ads
BYU Students use Stop Motion
Photo Techniques For Awareness
I have always been fond of guerilla
campaigns, especially ones with
important messages like this one. The
Alex Seo Crisis Campaign brings
people's attention to the homeless
situation prevalent in many…
NYSAT stands for the New York Street
Advertising Takeover, a group that has
previously launched guerilla projects to
whitewash New York City billboards. The
group faced all kinds of legal trouble
after…
Dan Bergeron is part of a street art
collective known as Fauxreel. Usually
known for his edgy, provocative street
art, he has recently come under scrutiny
by his fans for doing guerrilla Vespa ads
around…
'Vote Brooke & Andrew: A Pretty BA
Campaign Video' is a fun light graffiti
animation created by a Brigham Young
University student elections team. The
creative video uses a stop-motion,
slow-shutter…
Score:
5.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 7, 10
Score:
4.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Feb 22, 10
Guerilla Asphalt Gardens
Framed Side Mirrors
Pete Dungey Fills Up Potholes With
Flowers
An Auto-Beautifying Guerrilla
Marketing Campaign
Potholes are a problem for many cities,
but perhaps artist and graphic design
student Pete Dungey has discovered the
solution: guerrilla asphalt gardens.
Dungey has begun covering potholes
with soil…
When you return to your car after a nice
day of shopping or sight-seeing, have
you ever found those annoying flyers or
menus stuck to your windshield? Well, a
French company specializing in custom
framing…
Pridevertising
Patriotic symbols urge consumers to buy by evoking feelings of nationalism
Implications - Flags and other nationalistic themes garner societal patriotism, and are appearing more
Score:
frequently in the advertising and packaging of day-to-day products, from shoes to liquor. Patriotic colors
4.6
and symbols may appeal to consumers' senses of pride and unity during times of economic or social
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instability.
Score:
5.1
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Sep 15, 09
Score:
5.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Sep 10, 09
Score:
5.6
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 30, 09
Score:
2.9
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 14, 09
Patriotic Pictorials
Food Flags
Communist Ringtones
Urban Americana Photos
British Vogue Gets Nationalistic in
October 2009 Issue
Pasta for Italy, Raw Tuna for Japan
and Blue Cheese and Grapes for
France
Cell Phone Waiting Tones Changed
to PRC Patriotic Song
Rocksmith Fall 2009 Lookbook has
a Patriotic Flair
British Vogue gets nationalistic for their
October 2009 issue. Famed fashion
photographer Mario Testino captures an
all-English cast of models including Kate
Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lily Donaldson
and Stella…
These lovely works of art are a delicious
twist on edible culture. The food flags
shown here are not only astonishingly
accurate depictions of national flags from
around the world, but they're also
created…
Chinese pride and communist
propaganda has taken a new level with
state-controlled mobile service providers
changing the tone that you hear while
waiting for someone to pick up the line
into a patriotic…
The Rocksmith Fall 2009 lookbook has a
patriotic urban flair to it, through its use of
the flag and everyday people doing
everyday things. Fall is a humongous
retail season as parents are frantically…
Score:
3.8
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jul 3, 09
Score:
4.3
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 14, 09
Presidential Cafes
Patriotic Liquor Bottles
The Patriotic Obama Deli Opens its
Doors in Brooklyn, NY
The Catherine Malandrino
Cointreau Bottle is All-American
People all over the world continue to
show their love and support for President
Barack Obama. The Obama Deli recently
opened its doors in Brooklyn, New York
to celebrate the first African-American
president.…
French fashion designer Catherine
Malandrino has exuded her impeccable
taste on the design of a limited edition
bottle of Cointreau. The Catherine
Malandrino Cointreau bottle for the
French liquor company…
Educatecture
Learning facilities promote creativity by getting innovative with architecture
Implications - With people leaning towards fulfilling personal rather than professional achievements, a
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value has been placed on the happiness and wellness of individuals. Schools and learning facilities are
4.6
promoting creativity by getting innovative with the surrounding environment rather than just the
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curriculum.
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Sep 15, 09
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 16, 09
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 19, 09
Score:
3.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 17, 09
Grasscape Schoolhouses
Tree Pod Classrooms
Shuttertastic Schools
Playhouse-Styled Schools
OFF Architecture's Eco-Friendly
Jean Moulin Hides in the Hills
The Elleray Preparatory School
Treehouse School Stands on Stilts
The Langley Academy is a
Sustainable Educational Facility
Block X is an Unusual Learning
Institution
Camouflage may be over in the fashion
world, but it’s just taking off in the eco
world, and the latest camo project will be
revealed in 2012 with France’s very own
Jean Moulin High School. Taking
eco-conscious…
Children living in the United Kingdom’s
Lake District National Park could become
the most environmentally-friendly
students in the world (without having to
do anything) because many will be
attending…
With a curriculum focused on science
and the environment, it’s no wonder that
the design of the Langley Academy in
Berkshires, UK, is an example of
sustainable architecture itself. Crafted out
of wood…
Created to facilitate the Vidyalankar
Institute of Technology in Mumbai, India,
is this refurbished warehouse known as
Block X.Learning institutions typically go
for a serious vibe, but this one is so…
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 15, 09
Futuristic Education
Facilities
Kristin Jarmund Architects Create a
Modern High School
Oslo-based Architect Kristin Jarmund
designed a sleek and modern high school
in Gjerdrum, Norway. The compact plan
invites activity and use. The main
entrance leads into a circular open
schoolyard atrium…
Designer Conservation
Style meets cause when water conservation and fashion collide
Implications - Water conservation has been a hot topic for a long time, now it's becoming more personal
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as people bring their own styles to the cause. More aesthetic attention is being bestowed on
5.1
environmentally-conscious innovations to appeal to even the most discerning consumers.
Score:
6.7
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 19, 09
Score:
4.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 24, 09
Score:
6.3
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 8, 09
Score:
3.1
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 25, 09
Ecosystem Showers
Solar Sea Homes
Cheeky Water
Conservation Ads
Rainwater Filtration
Systems
Jun Yasumoto's Phyto-Purification
Bathroom Filters & Recycles Water
Formodesign Creates
Water-Surrounded Getaway
Brazilian "Xixi No Banho" Advocates
Peeing in the Shower
Skywater Harnesses Precipitation
for Fresh Public Hydration
Jun Yasumoto's Phyto-Purification
Bathroom is a conceptual system that
turns your shower into a mini-ecosystem.
The design is a clever take on the
water-saving conundrum that relies on
plants to do its…
Architecture firm Formodesign has
created a house made for those who
don’t like neighbors--and I mean REALLY
don’t like neighbors. The house on the
water home design by Formodesign is in
the middle of…
This hilarious commercial is part of a
Brazilian ad campaign to promote peeing
in the shower to save water. F/Nazca
Saatchi & Saatchi from Sao Paulo are the
creators of the cheeky “Xixi no Banho”
clip.…
The Skywater is a public water filtration
fountain that was designed by Ji-youn
Kim in South Korea. The system works
through the collection and storage of rain
water.The Skywater system takes the
rain…
Embracism
The rising interest and adoption of other cultural practices
Implications - The more the world embraces cultural diversity, the more beauty ideals begin to blend.
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Looking to other cultures for traditional cosmetic and fashion practices as well as entertainment and
6.0
relationship dynamics can help businesses connect with the interests of culturally-curious consumers.
Score:
7.0
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 6, 09
Score:
6.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Sep 27, 09
Score:
5.2
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: Sep 6, 09
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 12, 09
Anime Geishas
Punk Geisha Photography
Kimono Sleeves &
Gladiator Belts
Underwater Geisha
Natalie Shau's Gothic Girls Have a
Beautiful Darkness
'Cherry Blossom Girl' by Nicoline
Patricia Malina is Culturally
Glamtastic
Innocence & Arsenik Fall 2009
Lookbook Blends Cultures Beautifull
The Provocative Photography of
Jason Heller
Artist Natalie Shau works in a very
unique way, which of course shows
through in her work. These figures are all
marginally creepy, and remind me of a
mix between Japanese geisha girls and
anime. By…
There’s something innately sensual about
a geisha, and ‘Cherry Blossom Girl’ by
Nicoline Patricia Malina is a photo set
that pushes that sensuality well. Model
Yunn Ru is styled by Thornandes James
and…
Mira Nameth is the photographer behind
Innocence and Arsenik's Fall 2009
lookbook, and it's a gorgeous series of
images. The collection maximizes the
shimmer of satin, the beauty of draping
and the magic…
Underwater Geisha Photography? Sure,
why not. At Trend Hunter, we’re always
fans of underwater photography, so when
Jason Heller sent us his latest
photoshoots, I felt like a fat kids jumping
at cake. …
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 25, 09
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 10, 09
Score:
4.1
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 27, 09
Score:
2.4
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jun 9, 09
Futuristic Geishas
Punk Geisha Fusion
Geisha Storage Devices
Red Light Restaurants
'Techno Orientalism' is an
Avant-Garde Photographic
Wonderland
Aging Professor Fashion Meets
Modern Asian at Commes des
Garcons Fall 2009
Japanese Sensu Handheld Fan
USB is Elegeantly Inconspicuous
The Geisha House Opens in the OC
I would love to get gussied up like the
futuristic geishas in Soon Tong's 'Techno
Orientalism' shoot. Model Viktoria S
dazzles with diamond-shaped black
lipstick and highlighter-bright neon yellow
and…
Comme des Garcons is not a design
house known for playing it safe; while last
year they featured fake appendages, the
Fall 2009 RTW show as a peculiar
mashup of punk geisha, old male English
professor…
The Japanese Sensu handheld fan USB
is a perfect solution to the often wasted
fan. Now instead of it lying around when
you're not hot (or for a geisha,
performing) you could be using it for up to
16gb…
An unlikely themed restaurant has
recently opened in Orange County,
California. The Geisha House can be
found off Main St. in Santa Ana, and is
not like any other Asian eatery. This
lavish restaurant…
Celebrity PSAs
Using stardom for socially conscious awareness campaigns
Implications - Not only do celebrity activists empower others, their star cred improves in the eye of fans
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and media if theyre engaged in good causes. Socially conscious organizations have realized the power
3.8
of celebrity endorsement on their campaigns and are forming these mutually beneficial relationships.
Score:
4.8
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Apr 11, 08
Score:
2.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Apr 4, 08
Score:
3.9
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Pub: May 2, 08
Celebrity PSAs
Human Rights Ads
Celebrity PSAs II
Sexual Harassment by Hayden
Panettiere
Amnesty International "Make Some
Noise" Campaign
Will Ferrell & Jennifer Aniston for
Burma
Will Ferrell's comedy social site Funny or
Die has collaborated with the "Know
More Things" foundation on a celebrity
Sexual Harassment PSA featuring
Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere.
Panettiere draws…
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…
"With great power comes great
responsibility," and that is true for holding
celebrity status as well. Hollywood
A-listers have a huge influence on
people, so it's great to see stars like Will
Ferrell use…
Popularity
Sympathetic Awakening
Photographic realism stirs emotions into awareness
Implications - Witnessing the violation of human rights, from sexual abuse to physical battering, is an
Score:
innately uncomfortable experience. Images that manage to ruffle emotions are often the ones that have
6.2
considerable impact and make lasting impressions. This is best achieved through realistic, visceral
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imagery.
Score:
6.9
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Mar 24, 08
Score:
7.0
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Mar 25, 08
Score:
6.9
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 15, 08
Score:
6.1
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 17, 08
Self Defense Public
Awareness Ads
Powerful PSAs
Cattle Branding Kids
Hitting With Words
Pepper Spray
Sexual Abuse
Shocking Ads Portray Impact of
Child Abuse
Domestic Violence: Verbal Abuse
These creative public awareness ads
from Thailand relay an important
message. Girls & boys, always have a
pepper spray ready in dangerous
places.The campaign smartly plays on
the tag line “When they…
Sexual abuse is not a light subject, and
this powerful appropriately creepy and
disturbing public service announcement
video ad successfully delivers the
message: "If sexually abused children
never get…
Trend Hunter recently featured a very
disturbing and powerful public service
announcement video that shows the
lasting effects of sexual abuse which
haunt the victims to their dying bed. The
Child Protection…
This powerful PSA campaign from
Singapore successfuly illustrates how
verbal abuse can be just as horrific as
physical violence. This is an important
issue to raise awareness of, as many
people do not…
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 21, 08
Score:
5.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 26, 08
Score:
2.4
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 16, 08
Movie Ratings on
Foreheads
Plastic Dolls for
Awareness
Image Manipulation to
Evoke Compassion
Domestic Violence Ads
Anti-Genital Mutilation Camapaign
Parkinson Awareness Campaign
These ads make me a little
uncomfortable and evoke great sadness,
but making an emotional connection is
crucial in awareness ads. This campaign
for the National Centre for Domestic
Violence sheds light…
We've featured a number of posts on
Fake Love about people who seek
romantic companionship from plastic
dolls. We've also featured several
controversial ads that promote
awareness for genital mutilation,…
These ads for Parkinson awareness were
created by TAXI 2, Toronto and are
exceptional at delivering a visual
message of what living with Parkinson
disease is like. The ads, created for the
Parkinson…
Illustrated Awareness
Human rights awareness as a byproduct of artistic creativity
Implications - People have a tendency to look at creative artworks longer than basic photographs, and
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much longer than words. When trying to bring awareness to something, the longer the target can be
5.4
engaged with the campaign, the better.
Score:
5.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: May 7, 08
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Pub: Sep 22, 08
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Pub: May 15, 08
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Pub: Sep 12, 08
Drawing With Mosquitos
Suicidal Animated Animals
Animated Art as a PSA
Humans as Earth's
Parasites
Malaria Kills More Than Hitler,
Stalin, Tanks & Bombs
Disturbing Global Warming PSA
'Burma Viral' for Myanmar
Animated Environment PSA
I am in awe of this new Malaria
awareness campaign by África Directo.
The message that "Nothing and no one
takes as many lives as malaria" is
ingeniously delivered by drawing portraits
of infamous dictators…
We've seen an animated PSA for Burma,
and were shocked at how much a
cartoon can stir the emotions. Now we've
come across this amazing, yet sad and
disturbing animated PSA from
McCann-Erickson.Their…
I have never seen a more moving
animation than this PSA entitled “Burma
Viral,” from the beautiful imagery and
soul-touching music to the potent
message. The 90 second clip was
created by Shilo for…
Directorial studio Three Legged Legs
used a new spin on the environmental
PSA for their short film "Humans!" by
depicting the human race as a parasite
on a personified Earth.Greg Gunn, Casey
Hunt and…
Opulent Food
Exorbitantly priced food gets viral attention
Implications - Melons, sundaes, desserts and hamburgers costing into the thousands of dollars sounds
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ridiculous at first, but could you use this to your advantage? In some cases, these items have been sold
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as part of charity fundraisers; instead of just writing cheques, donors get a taste of opulence in return.
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Peaked and Viral
Pub: Apr 13, 06
Score:
6.9
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 22, 08
Score:
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Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jan 26, 08
Score:
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Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Nov 8, 07
$5000 Hamburger
$2 Million Cognac
$400 Beer
$25,000 NYC Dessert Sets
Guinness Record
The Fleurburger
Henri IV Dudognon Heritage
Carlsberg Vintage 1
Frrrozen Haute Chocolate
As is everything in Vegas, the
FleurBurger 5000 is over the top with a
hefty price tag of $5,000.00. Created by
Chef Hubert Keller, the FleurBurger 5000
is served at Fleur de Lys in Mandalay
Bay. It…
The world's most expensive cognac
which is packaged by jeweler Jose
Davalos, is the Henri IV Dudognon
Heritage dubbed as the DNA of cognacs.
This ultra expensive liquor which has
been produced since 1776,…
We've featured Carlsberg beer for their
fantastic advertising campaigns, most
recently the Carlsberg Don't Do Litter
campaign, but this time we're featuring
them for their achievement for the title
of…
A $25,000 chocolate sundae made the
Guinness Book of Records today,
officially earning it title for world's most
expensive dessert. If you thought the
$14,500 Fortress Aquamarine dessert
was outrageous,…
Score:
5.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Aug 14, 07
Score:
6.5
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 15, 07
Score:
5.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 21, 08
Score:
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 12, 08
World's Most Expensive
Dessert
High Class Hangovers
$12000 Cash Only Meal?
$6,100 Black Melons
$14,500 Fortress Aquamarine
World's Most Expensive Cocktails
The Suffolk Kitchen Knish Hoax
Rare Japanese Densuke
Watermelon
If you think the cheesecake you had last
weekend was expensive, wait until you
try the The Fortress Aquamarine. Sold at
a restaurant in Sri Lanka, this dessert
made the Forbes Travelers list of the
world's…
Today’s elite have turned to cocktail
mixologists to unwind. It is no longer
enough to buy outrageously priced
bottles of pink champagne or fine
scotches. The world’s most expensive
cocktail, according…
It's called Knish and if you want one, you
have to place your order 48 hours in
advance. You also have to pay $12,000 IN CASH! So what is a Knish? It is
"Osetra, Sevruga and Beluga caviars,
white alba…
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…
Catwalks for Causes
Fashion designers showing beneficence in their collections and campaigns
Implications - Sartorial acts of beneficence have been one of the most fashionable things to hit runway
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with year. Some designers have integrated charitable aspects to their collections by donating proceeds to
5.2
social causes. While breast cancer continues to rank high, many designers are now opting for green
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charities.
Score:
6.7
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Apr 30, 08
Score:
5.2
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 1, 08
Score:
5.8
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 25, 08
Score:
4.6
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 18, 08
Organ Protection Fashion
3
Islamic Red Carpet
Fashion
Awareness Through
Fashionable Celebs
Charity Galas for AIDS
The Men of Marc Jacobs
World's Most Expensive Abaya
Costs $350,000
Tommy Hilfiger, Aly & Aj for MS
Life Ball 2008
It wasn't just women rushing to grab the
"Protect The Skin You're In" shirts. Marc
Jacob's skin cancer awareness campaign
extended to men as well with a collection
of "Protect Your Largest Organ"
T-shirts.…
The Abaya, a traditional Islamic outfit for
females, gets the "world's most
expesnive" treatment on the hands of
British designer Bruce Oldfield, a favorite
of the late Princess Diana.“This is the…
Tommy Hilfiger and teen pop duo Aly &
Aj have teamed up with the Nancy Davis
Foundation for MS to promote MS
Awareness Month in May. Aly & Aj model
vibrant orange We ? to Erase MS
T-Shirts, exclusively…
From former US president Bill Clinton,
actresses Sharon Stone and "Sex and
the City" siren Kim Cattrall to Supermodel
Linda Evangelista and hundreds of
scantly clad models and attendees: only
the 16th…
Score:
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: Aug 1, 08
Score:
4.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 19, 08
Score:
3.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 7, 08
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 19, 08
Celebrity Fashion to Fight
Cancer
Floral Head Bouquets
Tees for Trees
Million Dollar Dresses
Gwyneth Paltrow for Key to The
Cure
The Headdress Affair Benefit
Carlos Miele for the Rainforest
Foundation
Alberta Ferretti Gown for AIDS
Gwyneth Paltrow has been named the
new Entertainment Industry Foundation
ambassador for Saks Fifth Avenue’s
2008 KEY TO THE CURE campaign. The
KEY TO THE CURE is a women’s cancer
initiative founded…
If the flower hat Sarah Jessica Parker
wore to the Sex and the City movie’s
London premier is too eccentric for your
fashion taste, wait until you see the
overly outrageous floral headdresses in
the “Tulips…
Want to plant trees to help the planet but
don't have time to go and dig in the dirt?
The good news it, you can support the
cause while keeping your nails clean with
one of these adorable Tees for Trees…
I Cannes not stop dreaming of the French
Riviera, especially with all the media
coverage. Now on top of celebrity siting
and movies reviews comes news of a
million dollar gown that will be sold in
Cannes,…
Mosaics With Meaning
Art that integrates collaged images hints at deeper meaning
Implications - They say pictures are worth 1000 words, but these pictures within pictures may offer even
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more. The Obama mosaics have gone viral on the web, while the Steve Jobs made of Apple products
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speaks of volumes of pop culture in 2008. Digital mosaic-makers have become popular mediums to
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create messages as art.
Score:
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Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Feb 29, 08
Score:
6.3
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 27, 08
Score:
6.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: May 29, 08
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Mar 11, 08
32,000 Barbies Represent
Real Boob Jobs
Mosaics for Marketing
Push-Pin Art
Face Made of Human
Bodies
Social Commentary by Chris Jordan
Steve Jobs Made of Apple Products
Eric Daigh's Portraits
Who Do You Think You Are Ad
Up close, you can see that these
photographs consist of some fascinating
detail; the entire design is made of plastic
dolls. 32,000 Barbies, to be exact. The
images, created by photographer Chris
Jordan,…
We've seen some awesome photo
mosaics, some even functioning as more
than art and delivering social
commentary. While this image of Steve
Jobs doesn't hold any moving messages
about society, it could…
These push-pin portraits are a modern
take on Monet's dotted paintings; from
afar, they look like beautiful, full-colour
portraits of people, but close up, their true
pixel-like nature is revealed. Eric…
When looked at from afar, it becomes
evident that this image of a face actually
consists of photographs of hundreds of
naked human bodies that, with their
combination of unique shapes and
colours.The…
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 23, 08
Score:
3.7
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Pub: May 4, 08
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Pub: Apr 17, 08
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Obama Mosaics
Facial Mosaics of 100
Influencers
Jelly Bean Art 2
Art Made of Jelly Beans
Deep Zoom Obama & More
Time 100 Cover
Madonna Hard Candy Cover
Jelly Belly George Clooney
Obama has a lot of fans making art in his
honour, and photographic mosaics seem
to be a favourite. Professionals and
amateur fans are tinkering around with
photo collaging techniques to make
mosaics of…
How ingenious is this year's "Time 100"
cover? Rather than use the face of the #1
position as usual, the cover depicts one
face constructed from thin horizontal
image strips of each of the 100 most
influential…
At a promotional party in the UK for
Madonna's new album, Hard Candy,
there was a lot of themed merchandise
and decor including these jelly bean
portraits. The art was creative out of real
candies, which…
I knew George Clooney was eye candy,
but I had no idea he could be this sweet!
This fantastic portrait of the sexy
460year-old was created out of Jelly Belly
jelly beans, forming a sort of candy
mosaic.…
Touch Education
How touchscreen technology is supporting group and independent learning
Implications - Touchscreen technology is being integrated within regular classroom curriculum as well as
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in private study. Using these ultra-modern educational tools facilitates the learning process by making
3.9
instruction more efficient, environmentally-friendly and relevant to todays tech-savvy youth.
Score:
6.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 16, 08
Score:
3.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 9, 08
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 30, 08
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Pub: Feb 25, 08
Intelligent Whiteboards
Culinary Assistants
Interactive History
Lessons
Interactive Hands-on
Collaboration System
Microsoft TouchWall
Interactive Digital Cooking Aid
The Library of Congress Experience
TouchTable 84
Bill Gates demonstrated a new
multi-touch computer and interface,
called the TouchWall, at the Microsoft
CEO Summit in Redmond on May 14.
While Microsoft Surface's steep price tag
of $10,000 makes it…
Hannah Plevin designed a very
convenient device she calls an Interactive
Digital Cooking Aid. This is a foldable,
wall-mounted device with a fully
adjustable, removable screen and a scale
which comes with…
Behold the modern library experience.
The recently renewed Library of
Congress includes a bunch of exciting
new interactive technologies, courtesy of
Microsoft. These exhibitions make the
Library of…
It seems that Microsoft has opened the
flood gates with their Surface
announcement. TouchTable Inc. is
launching TouchTable TT84 as a
hands-on corporate presentation and
collaboration system that features…
Millenium Parenting
Teaching children to manage money: in real life, and online
Implications - Parents have always sought ways in which to teach their children to manage money, but
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todays youth are hitting the web - so parents are coming up with novel ways to teach these
4.3
responsibilities. Also emerging are non-tech yet highly modern approaches to neoteric parenting.
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4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 29, 08
Score:
4.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 29, 08
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4.0
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 5, 08
High-Tech Savings &
Donation
Charging Children for
Rides
Mini ATM Machines
Credit Card Pig Bank
Dad's Cab Meter
The Piggy Bank of the Millennium
The Credit Card Pig Bank concept is a
logical evolution of the ole' saving piggy
bank or donation box. It allows you to
swipe your credit card into the adorable
pig and voilà, a pre-determined amount…
Thank goodness I am so past the stage
of running kids all over hell's half acre for
extra curricular activities. I'm not so sure
mom's will appreciate the name Dad's
Cab, so the company has a "Mum's"
version…
The portable, mini home ATM takes
piggy banks to a new level. It keeps
record of how much hard cash you
deposited and lets you withdraw money
by using your card and entering your PIN,
just like with a…
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Pro Bono Vivacity
People are seeking reciprocal exchanges of services in place of money
Implications - Consumers have sought ways to save money for centuries, but a new movement has
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people in search of living for free and theyre succeeding, often luxuriously so. From free flights in
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exchange for viewing ads to gratis living in homes in need of care, these innovations rely on reciprocity.
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jun 30, 08
Score:
3.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 3, 07
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 25, 08
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Pub: May 11, 07
Rent-Free Living Around
The World
Free Historic Homes
Free Plane Tickets
Free Drink Vending
Machines
CareTaker.org
Just Repair & Move In
ULCCS Like RyanAir Offer Free
Flights
Pay By Watching Commercials
How would you like to live in an exotic
location completely rent-free?
Caretaker.org makes it possible by
offering online listings of property
caretaking and house sitting jobs around
the world. Thanks…
No down payment, no mortgage, no rent,
some repairs needed. Could this be for
you?Curators are being sought out for
historic residences in some states that
cannot afford their upkeep. You're going
to…
Being able to travel is a luxury, right? We
say this not only because of time, but
because literally the cost of
accommodation and the flight fare alone
can leave a horrendous dent in your bank
account.…
Would you be willing to watch a
30-second advertisement on a vending
machine to get a free drink? According
to a vending machine operator Apex
Corp, soon, “thirsty Japanese customers
will be able to drink…
Protean Ethical
How socially conscious credit cards align with ethical consumer virtues
Implications - Consumers are actively seeking to be more socially conscious, from making charitable
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donations to taking eco initiatives. Credit cards offering these types of rewards programs align with these
4.4
virtues. Coordinating product features with client conscience entices consumers to spend more freely.
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4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 29, 08
High-Tech Savings &
Donation
Credit Card Pig Bank
The Credit Card Pig Bank concept is a
logical evolution of the ole' saving piggy
bank or donation box. It allows you to
swipe your credit card into the adorable
pig and voilà, a pre-determined amount…
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 31, 08
7 Green Credit Cards +
HSBC ecosmart
MasterCard
It seems each week another credit card
company is offering eco-incentives. This
week it was HSBC ecosmart MasterCard
was unveiled. Other eco-friendly credit
cards on the market include: Bright
Planet…
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4.6
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 24, 08
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 3, 08
Green Credit Cards
Microlending Credit Cards
Leonardo DiCaprio & HSBC
KivaB4B Doubles Grants
Leonardo DiCaprio continued to promote
eco and environmental awareness with
his first visit to Hong Kong to promote
local bank HSBC’s new “Green Credit
Card”. A joint project between HSBC and
The…
Kiva.org has been cited several times in
Trend Hunter because the microfinance
site is just so awesome! The latest from
Kiva is that they partnered with Advanta
Bank, one of the largest issuers of
credit…
Quakespiration
Chinas May earthquake affected the people, as was reflected in various art
Implications - Generally disastrous phenomena like earthquakes are considered tragedies, but Chinas
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earthquake managed to arouse compassion and creativity, as seen in the art forms below. With the use
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of the internet, natural disasters are helping to bring people together from around the world.
Score:
6.0
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 31, 08
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 15, 08
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Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 27, 08
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Pub: Oct 19, 07
Earthquake Weddings
Exposing Humanity
Through Photos
Controversial Earthquake
Fashion Photos
Emergency Couture For
Dogs
Photos in the Wake of the China
Quake
Images of China's Earthquake
Chinese Magazine Closed After
Racy Rubble Pics
Earthquake Rescue Apparel
Since the California earthquake has our
mind on earthquakes once again, it's an
appropriate time to showcase this
dramatic gallery of photos taken on May
12, 2008 in Sichuan, China. A
photographer was…
My father, a German living in Beijing,
sent me a beautiful article from Bild.de,
the online version of a popular German
newspaper. It was a moving piece that
was supplemented with touching photos
like…
A Chinese lifestyle magazine took
advantage of the unique backdrop
created by the rubble of the recent
Sichuan earthquake, but not everyone is
recognizing the artistic initiative as a
positive one. New…
Now your teacup pooch can go beyond
stylish accessory, and can really serve a
purpose. The earthquake rescue gear
demonstrated at the Security and Safety
Trade Expo in Tokyo is custom tailored
for your…
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Feb 9, 08
Collapsible Earthquake
Helmet
Tatamet
Football games. Motorcycle rides.
Construction sites. These are the
activities that Americans think of when
they think of helmets. This is what makes
the following Japanese product so unique
- a collapsible…
Blackouts in Unision
Earth Hour 2008 was the largest voluntary electric power-down in history
Implications - On March 29, 2008, over 50 million people voluntarily shut off their lights for 60 minutes.
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The WWF Earth Hour initiative had participants in 370 cities in 25 countries turn off all electronics as a
4.2
collaborative visual statement to express the care people share for the planet.
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4.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 29, 08
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3.9
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Feb 1, 08
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Pub: Mar 28, 08
Earth Hour 2008
World Shuts Light Off for
the Environment
Earth Hour 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Guerrilla
School Story)
Earth Hour
Times Square Shuts off Billboards
The message of Earth Hour 2008 is that
helping earth starts with us as individuals.
Turning the lights off at our own home for
one hour sends a message that small
acts of awareness, no matter how
insignificant,…
Here’s your chance to take action and
show the leaders of the world that you
care and are deeply concerned about the
wellbeing of our planet. All it takes is one
hour of your time and doesn’t require…
On Saturday, March 29th, from 8:00 to
9:00 pm, millions of people world-wide
will be celebrating Earth Hour.
Participants will shut off lights and TVs,
and go dark for the event, which is in
support…
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Earthvertising
Advertisements and campaigns that raise awareness for global warming
Implications - After Al Gores Inconvenient Truth made its global impression, campaigns against global
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warming became hot forms of advertising. Not everyone was eco-interested then, but 2008s surge in gas
5.5
prices peaked interests in new demographics seeking to prevent global warming-related disasters.
Score:
6.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 8, 08
Score:
6.2
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Feb 9, 08
Score:
5.4
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 15, 08
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5.8
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 17, 08
Killing Animals For Oil
Winter 2079
Crude Imagery for
Awareness
Breakdancing Honey Bees
Toyota Prius Awareness Campaign
Global Warming Ad Gags by Go
Shout
Blood of Earth on Your Mouth
Haagen-Dazs Bee-Boys for
Awareness
This Toyota Prius campaign depicts a
stark truth: draining fuel from mother
earth is like taking life away. Use less fuel
and you have more life.The message is
delivered with simple illustrations, by…
Very interesting campaign. Here's the
setup: The video depicts winter in the
year 2079. We should expect to see
bleak, snow covered imagery, instead,
we are presented with a hip pool party
complete with…
Going for a variation of “having the blood
of someone on your hand,” this new
campaign for Brita water filtration pitchers
and Nalgene refillable bottles warns us
that we are murdering our planet and…
Colony collapse disorder is threatening
honey bees with extinction and
Haagen-Dazs wants to help. The ice
cream company is debuting a video with
break dancers dressed as honey bees for
SaveTheHoneyBees.com.…
Score:
4.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 4, 08
Score:
4.9
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 15, 08
Score:
4.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Apr 18, 08
Animal Extinction
Awareness Ads
Gas Station Art Projects
Giant Green Projections
Frogs Forever at Vancouver
Aquarium
International Fiber Collective For Oil
Dependency Awareness
Earth Images at Grand Central NYC
Want to have a glimpse of what our world
would be like if frogs were to become
extinct? Well, judging by the new ad
campaign from Vancouver Aquarium, you
will have an outbreak of bugs and insects
everywhere,…
The world’s first fabric-covered gas
station is the work of artist Jennifer Marsh
who was both sick of paying high gas
prices and tired of seeing the 50-year-old
eyesore on her daily commute. She
organised…
April 22 is Earth Day, but New Yorkers
are limiting their thanks for the earth to
one single day. The green celebration
has turned into one that's being called
Earth Weekend as it extends from April
14…
Modern Religion
Even Catholicism is getting a modern twist
Implications - Younger generations are approaching religion in a very different way, and some churches
Score:
are trying to adapt. The Pope even tried to appeal to more environmentally-conscious demographics by
5.0
adding new sins which pertain to the maltreatment of our planet.
Score:
6.5
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 2, 07
Score:
5.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Mar 26, 08
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Score:
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: Oct 31, 06
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 7, 08
Inflatable Church
Lego Replicas
Cross Shaped MP3 Players
Digital Religion
Make Your Wedding Cheesy
Abston Church of Christ by Amy
Hughes
Saint B and iBelieve
Pope Reaches Out With Text
Messages
Getting married outdoors has been
fraught with perilous weather like wind
and rain since time began. That's why it's
about time someone came up with the
uber-cool and very helpful, inflatable
church. You've…
I'm usually not much of a Lego fanatic but
this replica of a church is a masterpiece.
The incredible attention to detail is just
amazing from the organ player to the
religious icons, to the ceiling
candelabra…
Moscow-based Man Works Design has
created the Saint B - an MP3 player in
the shape of a cross. It's not the first
cross shaped MP3 design. The iBelieve
is a small converter that lets you carry
your iPod…
For his age, it's incredible how modern
Pope Benedict XVI is. In his latest
approach to expand his global appeal,
the Pope is reaching out to youth by
sending out thousands of text messages
with inspirational…
Score:
4.6
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 4, 08
Score:
2.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 12, 07
Score:
4.4
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Apr 16, 08
Score:
4.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Feb 14, 08
Culinary Church
Conversions
Designer Churches
Political Publicity Parodies
Christian Fashion
Statement
The White Rabbit Restaurant
St. Bartholomew's Church by Maxim
Velcovsky
Benedict vs. Obama: POPE
Parodies HOPE
Cross MP3 Player with Bible Audio
Takenouchi and Webb, architects from
Indonesia, remodeled a historic building
that used to house a church, and have
turned into a restaurant called The White
Rabbit.Although this may sound a bit
outlandish,…
What happens when hip designers
makeover classic churches? The result is
intriguing. St. Bartholomew’s Church has
been redesigned by Jakub Berdych of
Qubus Studio. The church features
Persian rugs, rough-cut…
ANIMAL has commissioned artist Michael
Ian Weinfeld to create this limited edition
"POPE" print of Benedict XVI. The
occasion? To commemorate Benedict's
first visit to New York City as
Pontiff.The…
What would Jesus listen to? Christian
form meets function meet fashion with
this cruxifix shaped mp3 player necklace,
containing 17 hour of the New Testament
audio Bible. Distributed in the United
States…
Celesbians + The Gaymous
The rise in stars coming out and celebritizing gay relationships
Implications - Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossis gay marriage received a lot of media buzz, as did
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several other gay celebrity couples like George Takei and his husband, and Lindsay Lohan and
6.2
Samantha Ronson. Homosexuality has inspired everything from lesbian song lyrics to major fashion
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campaigns.
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Peaked and Viral
123,852 Clicks in 168 w
Pub: Aug 16, 08
Score:
6.5
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Jul 9, 08
Score:
6.0
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Aug 11, 08
Score:
5.3
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Aug 6, 08
Celebrity Lesbian
Weddings
Fake Lesbian Fashion Ads
Accepted Lesbian Culture
Celebrity Dads Against
Gay Marriage
Portia de Rossi and Ellen
DeGeneres to Wed
Versace Fall-Winter '08 Campaign
Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" Tops
UK Charts
Lindsay Lohan's Dad Objects
Portia de Rossi and her long-term partner
Ellen DeGeneres have been talking
marriage for a long time now, but with the
continuous legal issues regarding gay
marriage, it's been difficult to move
forward…
Never one to produce boring shots, uber
fashion photographer Mario Testino
injected the new Versace Fall/ Winter
2008-2009 women's ad campaign with a
mysterious faux-lesbian vibe between
two of the most…
Katy Perry is topping the charts with her
controversial hit song, “I Kissed a Girl.” In
fact, she has now scooted in front of Kid
Rock and is #1 on the UK music charts. It
has also been #1 for seven…
Lindsay Lohan's dad joins Miley Cyrus'
dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, in the perils of
celebrity fatherhood. While Miley's dad
supported her controversial publicity
stunts, Lindsay Lohan's dad is against his
daughter's…
Score:
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Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jul 16, 08
Score:
5.6
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Sep 11, 08
Score:
6.5
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Apr 10, 08
Score:
2.7
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 2, 08
TV Show Asks Why
Celebrities are Gay
Considering Lesbianism
Supermodel Lesbians
Gone Mainstream
The New Lesbian
John Barrowman on The Making of
Me
Kylie Minogue Toys With Being Gay
Irina and Freja Kiss for Elle
Gayelle
BBC One will air a very unique program
that tries to present answers to the
controversial question, are we born with a
certain sexual preference or is it as a
result of our upbringing and
environment?…
Kylie Minogue recently announced she’s
been considering becoming gay, and
considering how much press lesbians
have had lately, this would be a very
savvy PR announcement. “I’d go gay for
her,” Kylie…
These images of two, young
supermodels locking lips isn't from some
dirty men's magazine; quite surprisingly,
it's from the pages of Elle, one of the
most respected, high end women's
fashion magazines.…
A group of lesbians unhappy with their
title have launched a world-wide
movement to change the name of their
sexuality to "gayelle" due to a "persistent
distaste for the word lesbian" which they
argue…
Geek Pride
The collective nerd ego grows as their skills are coveted by the masses
Implications - Being dubbed a geek or nerd used to be one of the biggest social criticisms one could get,
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but not so anymore. As technology-based innovations become the norm for everyday communications,
5.2
people who possess these skills are now looked up to, and these geeks are proud of their savvy.
Score:
7.0
Peaked and Viral
150,231 Clicks in 171 w
Pub: Jul 27, 08
Score:
5.8
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Sep 3, 08
Score:
4.7
Popularity
Activity
Freshness
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 17, 08
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 19, 08
Geek Tattoos
Geeky License Plates
Band Geek Hero Shirts
Geeky Fragrance Jewelry
Tattoo Designs for Nerds
Tech-Inspired Vanity Plates
Fashion for Proud Musicians
The Flash Drive Necklace and
Perfume Dispenser
Geek tattoos? As you may have
guessed I am loving tattoos at the
moment. But tattoos and geeks has to be
a trend-winning combination. I have been
using a blogger geek tattoo in
presentations for a while,…
Geek-chic has reached new heights in
recent years, with geek culture
permeating everything from baked goods
to Halloween costumes to jewelry and
accessories. With that in mind, it should
come as no surprise…
Prefer practicing with a real band to
plunking aroudn on plastic Guitar Hero or
Rockband instruments? Be proud of your
real musical talent with the Band Geek
Hero T-shirts! They punch up shirts in
funky…
Although stylish, the Scent Drive is
clearly an artifact of geeky Jewelry. The
accessory is a unique little flash drive /
necklace combo that emits an alluring
scent.This is a must for someone
wanting…
Score:
3.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jul 11, 08
Score:
4.9
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 12, 08
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Sep 1, 08
Geeky Soap
Geek Jewelry
Eco Geek Necklaces
PC Mouse Soap
Keyboard Ring
Recycled Circuit Board Pendants
Bring your geekiness to the shower with
this adorable mouse-shaped soap by
Yeduo.Complete with a realistic scroll
wheel, the mouse comes in black or
white.According to the Taiwanese
company, "This…
Geeks can be technology-savvy and chic,
stylish and fashionable. Designer Manuel
Bozzi seems to be trying to make a
similar statement with this piece of
jewelry. The geeky ring has a keyboard
mounted…
Circuit Board Necklaces make eco-geek,
eco-chic. The necklaces are made of
recycled printed circuit boards. They
were printed wrong when manufactured,
causing them to become a waste. Every
necklace is…
Stormy Captivation
Hurricanes have been catching our attention and popping up in art
Implications - People have been becoming more environmentally conscious, and the media has been
Score:
shedding light on damage of global warming for a while, but the recent hurricane devastations have
5.5
people suddenly much more aware. The art and designs these storms have inspired are reflections of
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their increasing presence in our societys mind.
Score:
5.2
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Aug 31, 08
Score:
6.8
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Aug 27, 08
Score:
5.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Sep 6, 08
Score:
5.5
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Sep 9, 08
Flickr Documentaries
Extreme Hurricane Street
Tubing
Storm Chasing Bloggers
Storm Photography from
Space
Hurricane Gustav
Tropical Storm Fay Mishap
10 Killer Storm Photos
NASA Hurricane Imagery
With the National Hurricane Center
declaring Hurricane Gustav a category 4
storm, people have turned to flickr to
document their experiences. A few
groups have been created where
members can post images…
Hurricane Gustav has the web abuzz
today, but hopefully the people in Haiti
aren't inspired by the extreme hurricane
tubing in this video. When life handed
these guys Tropical Storm Fay, they
hooked up…
With three killer storms about to hit the
southeast coast, Hurricane Hannah,
Hurricane Ike, and Josefina, we are all
reminded that times (and weather
patterns) have changed. These
remarkable photos were…
Inspired by beautiful images of Hurricane
Ike and Hurricane Gustav, the
photographs in this gallery are all from
recent years. Perched way up in orbit,
NASA literally has the best seat in the
house from…
Score:
4.9
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Sep 5, 08
Score:
5.0
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Sep 2, 08
Score:
3.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 8, 08
Score:
3.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 27, 08
Disaster Inspired Fashion
Hurricane Katrina
Anniversary Street Art
Hurricane Chic
Environmental Wake-Up
Calls
Lorick Collection Influenced by
Hurricane Ike or Hurricane Hannah?
Banksy Paints New Orleans
Fashion From Debris
Global Warming Puts Hurricanes on
Steroids
With the National Hurricane Center
naming an onslaught of natural dangers,
from Hurricane Ike to Hurricane Hannah
to Hurricane Gustav, disaster is starting
to prove an unusual source of inspiration
to…
As Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane
Hanna raise concern, stencil-happy street
artist Banksy commemorated the
three-year anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina by producing some of his painted
social commentary…
Natural disasters and forces such as
Hurricane Ike are proving a rich resource
for unusual inspired fashion.But before
the Hurricane Gustav pants and the
recent disaster-inspired Lorick spring
2009 collection…
Hurricane Gustav and the Farmers’
Almanac are just two of the latest
reminders of global warming. In short,
"global warming is putting hurricanes on
steroids," according to a new report
entitled “Increasing…
Renovating Religion
Restoring old churches into liveable and highly modern hotels and homes
Implications - Home restoration has become popular thanks to the success of related reality TV shows.
Score:
These renovated churches reflect our desire to preserve culture yet live at the height of modernity. Adding
4.8
to their appeal is the fact that owning a piece of history can ensure exclusivity.
Score:
6.2
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Jan 21, 08
Score:
5.2
Peaked and Hot
Pub: May 9, 08
Popularity
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6.1
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Aug 29, 08
Score:
3.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jan 22, 08
Renovating Religion
Hip Gothic Church Hotels
Converted Church Homes
Renovating Religion Part II
Converted Churches as Homes
Kruisherenhotel
Religious Renovations
Converted Churches as Hotels
These heavenly buildings are actually
churches which have been converted into
modern homes. The richly historic
architecture of these U.K. buildings
makes for a fascinating framework for
modern design.…
Who knew Gothic architecture could be
so unbelievably funky and hip?
Kruisherenhotel, located in Maastricht,
Netherlands proves that it can be. We've
seen renovated churches as homes, but
this 15th century…
For an increasing number of
homeowners around the world, living in a
converted former church is an attractive
option to avoid the monotony of
cookie-cutter conventional homes. From
single-family chapels…
Less people go to church today, hence
these buildings are often converted to
other uses. Some of them for instance
become hotels, and here are a few
examples.Located in the heart of Royal
Deeside, Scotland,…
Score:
2.9
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jan 24, 08
Renovating Religion Part
III
Before and After Church to Home
I've always loved the idea of renovating a
church or warehouse as a living space.
The people at Zecc just reinforced how
cool it would be to take a structure that
perhaps has outlived its usefulness
and…
Occult Ovation
The increasing openness of adopting new age, metaphysical philosophies
Implications - The Secret went from a highly criticized philosophy to a social curiosity movement
Score:
endorsed by icons like Oprah. The principle is that the Law of Attraction can help people manifest their
3.7
ideal lives, proving people are increasingly open-minded and willing to try.
Score:
3.6
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 23, 08
Score:
2.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 19, 07
Popularity
Activity
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Score:
5.1
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Apr 14, 08
Score:
4.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 3, 08
Metaphysical Alien Art
Meet Yourself at the Osho
Meditation Resort
Celebrities as Religion
Interactive Worldwide
Classroom
Shirley MacLaine's Chakra Sky
Jewelry
Travel so far to be so close to you under
a luxury environment doing the most
simple things of this life, sing, play, dance
and talk with yourself where everybody is
friendly."Welcome to this beautiful…
Religious Propaganda That Relates
Oprah, Obama and The Occult
Oprah & Eckhart Tolle on Skype
Is Oprah entrancing the world with her
own religious beliefs? A new book,
“Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid,” allegedly
uncovers the shocking truth that Oprah is
pushing a new age religion. The book…
Oprah Winfrey is teaming with Skype to
set up the first interactive worldwide
classroom in an effort help bring
awareness about A New Earth. Skype is
sponsoring the program which Oprah
hopes will bring…
My favourite existential actress, Shirley
MacLaine, has launched her own line of
jewellery called Chakra Sky. The style of
the jewellery exemplifies Shirley’s love of
all things metaphysical. Each piece…
Score:
2.3
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jul 17, 08
Jessica Alba's Meditation
Birth
Peaceful Birth of Honor
Jessica Alba had her first official photo
shoot with her baby for OK! magazine,
but how did the price compare to
Angelina Jolie's baby photos? The latest
edition of OK! Magazine, which hits news
stands…
Oily Objections
Innovative statement designs produced to rebel the rising price of oil
Implications - To declare their dissent towards the ascending cost of oil, defiant designers have created
Score:
statement pieces for those sharing their vision of insurgence. Fashion and jewelery can function as
3.6
everyday awareness pieces, while home decor items can send a silent message depicting these views.
Score:
3.8
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 10, 08
Score:
3.5
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Aug 2, 08
Score:
4.0
Popularity
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Peaked and Hot
Pub: Aug 3, 08
Score:
2.8
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 26, 08
Fashion Statement Against
Oil Prices
Oil Spill Inspired Fashion
Industrial Materials as
Jewellery
Satirical Jewelry
Alphanumeric Gassed Tee
Runways Blacked out for Fall
Oil Filter and Electrical Cable
Necklaces
Crude Barrel Necklace Reveals
Price of Oil
The ever increasing gas prices have
crossed the line from ridiculous to
unbearable. Well known for their socially
aware and witty t-shirts, fashion brand
Alphanumeric depicts this sad situation
on their…
If you really want to be haute this fall, get
ready to look like you played a part in the
Dark Knight movie or stepped out of an
oil spill. Oily, dark finished fabric is
everywhere. Alexander Want, Kai…
All of these stunning pieces of jewellery
by Paola Volpi of Rome, are made with
industrial materials and products. Volpi
combines the metal mesh from oil filters,
copper wires and electrical cables with…
I find this quaint and quirky jewelry
created by Design Glut very intriguing.
The Crude Jewelry collection, which is
manufactured in monthly batches, is
engraved with the date and the price of a
barrel…
Political Remixing
Turning politics into comedy
Implications - After decades of apathy, younger generations are finally developing an interest in politics -
Score:
largely fueled by the presence of the candidates on the internet. Viral videos are significant drivers of this
4.7
phenomenon, and often feature slightly offensive comedic remixes or beat boxing.
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 3, 08
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 15, 08
Activity
Freshness
DEMOGRAPHICS
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3.8
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Apr 5, 08
Viral Political Parodies
Political Parody Ads
6 Political Beatbox Videos
Hillary Clinton is Fcking Obama
Axe's Hillary Clinton Spoof
Bush, Clinton, Obama, Blair and
Tom Cruise
Oh my God! This is so damn funny and
cleverly edited.First we had Sarah
Silverman fcking Matt Damon. Then we
had Jimmy Kimmel fcking Ben Affleck.
Now it's Hillary's turn to fck Obama!The
parody was…
Axe is one of the most courageous and
daring brands, always innovating when it
comes to using consumer insights and
new products. Their marketing campaign
can be quite controversial and easily grab
attention.…
I'm quite happy to have discovered the
world of political beatbox and musical
remix. In the last week, I've posted a
couple videos in this category, but today
I'm featuring them all. My favorites
include…
Popularity
Political Celebrity
The global public and media attention on political candidates
Implications - The global fame attained by US president-elect Barack Obama in 2008 was not hindered by
Score:
any linguistic or cultural boundaries, indicating his status as a global celebrity. Political Celebrity is
4.6
bolstered by viral online videos, parodies, and content created by candidate backers.
Score:
3.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 14, 08
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 23, 08
Popularity
Activity
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DEMOGRAPHICS
Score:
5.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 3, 08
Score:
4.1
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 12, 08
Most Followed People on
Twitter
Obama Mosaics
Viral Political Parodies
Viral Political Pranks
Barack Obama is #1
Deep Zoom Obama & More
Hillary Clinton is Fcking Obama
Barack Obama Rolling (Like Rick
Rolling)
Barack Obama is the number one
followed person on Twitter... surprise,
surprise. It was really only a matter of
time. Obama has 57,317 people following
him on Twitter while he is following
59,965 people.…
Obama has a lot of fans making art in his
honour, and photographic mosaics seem
to be a favourite. Professionals and
amateur fans are tinkering around with
photo collaging techniques to make
mosaics of…
Oh my God! This is so damn funny and
cleverly edited.First we had Sarah
Silverman fcking Matt Damon. Then we
had Jimmy Kimmel fcking Ben Affleck.
Now it's Hillary's turn to fck Obama!The
parody was…
Brilliant, childish and spreading across
like wild fire on the internet is this viral
Barack Obama version of the infamous
"Rick Roll" prank. It is one of the stand
out election videos at the moment. To…
YouTube 101
Not only are classrooms studying YouTube, but individuals can learn from courses broad
Implications - Instruction on YouTube allow people to further their education on their own time and in the
Score:
environment of their choice. Beyond music and food, these courses signal an opportunity for developing
5.1
online video courses in other categories.
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 25, 07
Popularity
Activity
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DEMOGRAPHICS
Score:
4.3
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Aug 9, 07
Score:
1.5
Peaked and Chilly
Pub: Feb 5, 07
Virtual Cooking Classes
Seniors On YouTube
Online Video Guitar
Lessons
Culinary YouTube
Jewish Grandma's "Feed Me
Bubbe" Podcast
With the raving success of cooking
shows on TV, taking culinary endeavours
online was the next logical step.
Vancouver-based MakeMySupper is a
pioneer in virtual recipe sharing. Now you
can share your…
Senior citizens are taking making their
presence felt and posting videos. Take
this Jewish grandma who decided that
even young people might be interested in
what she has to offer….Maybe some
chicken…
This is an ingenious idea. Learning how
to play guitar has been a goal of mine for
the longest time but I just cannot find time
to take lessons, and some of them can
get pricey. The Next Level Guitar offers…
Cooking Lessons 2.0
The web is enabling consumers of varying culinary caliber
Implications - We are increasingly seeking creativity and customization, as seen by the growing DIY
Score:
market. Men and women of all ages are showing greater willingness to learn and apply new skills (like
5.5
cooking), which creates a huge market for programs and products that allow people to create and learn
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from experts around the world. YouTube members now offer virtual cooking classes, chefs are offering
culinary tips by email, and even children and teens are expressing interest in improving their skills in food
preparation.
Score:
5.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 25, 07
Score:
5.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 16, 07
Score:
1.2
Peaked and Chilly
Pub: Jan 29, 07
Virtual Cooking Classes
Seaside Summer Chef
Camps
Beat Baking
Culinary YouTube
Teens Learn to Cook at the Marriott
Rules of Thumb for Cooking Up a
Nice Beat
With the raving success of cooking
shows on TV, taking culinary endeavours
online was the next logical step.
Vancouver-based MakeMySupper is a
pioneer in virtual recipe sharing. Now you
can share your…
Cooking has gained incredible popularity
due to the influx of culinary TV shows.
The Food Network has become a
favourite channel among all ages,
spurring a generation of teens to consider
careers in cookery.…
Want a 411 on how to cook up a beat?
Beardy man (Darren Foreman) UK
beat-box champion, runs through a few
rules of thumb whilst baking beats. Who
woulda thunk you could cook up such a
tasty treat with…
Connected Conscience
The web is empowering new charities and services that trigger social conscien
Implications - As society becomes more values-oriented and spiritually-driven, businesses need to
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respond in socially responsible ways in order to maintain their appeal. Companies that espouse social
4.1
responsibility strengthen relationships between businesses, consumers and investors.
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 14, 07
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 9, 07
Score:
4.4
Popularity
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 26, 07
Score:
2.7
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Jan 23, 07
Social Entrepreneurs
Conscious Capitalism
News Impact Ratings
Social Conscience
Footwear
A Megatrend
Dirty Business No More
Consumers Evaluate Businesses
Based On Company News
Business Inspired by Argentine
Alpargata
Social Entrepreneurship is serious
business - and some are calling it the
business model of the 21st century.So.
Who are social entrepreneurs that your
cool-hunting friend had been talking
about so enthusiastically…
Muhammad Yunus, the Nobelist who
created "micro finance," coined the term
Conscious Capitalism. Patricia Aburdene
saw it as a "moral transformation" and
"today's greatest mega-trend" way back
in fall 2005.…
IKEA will charge customers 5 cents/
plastic bag. Is IKEA "doing the right
thing?" Interactive readers at
dotherightthing.com, a Web 2.0 site
where people can "evaluate" companies
based on company news,…
Blake Mycoskie did the right thing. As he
started his venture, TOMS Shoes,
recreating the alpargata (a traditional
shoe made and used by southamerican
farmers similar to Vans or Keds) he
developed a social…
Sexy Vegan is Still Viral
PETA continues its strategy of shock, nudity and celeb endorsement
Implications - The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is well known for
Score:
creating campaigns that include nudity, shock and celebrity endorsement. Despite the lack of innovation,
6.5
these campaigns continue to generate massive appeal. The reason is pretty obvious--the excessive use
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Activity
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of famous starlets willing to pose naked for the cause attracts all demographics. Who knew?
Score:
6.8
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Sep 20, 07
Score:
6.6
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Aug 3, 07
Score:
6.7
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 27, 07
Score:
6.6
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Mar 5, 07
Naked For A Cause
Dating By Diet
Anti-Fur Activists
PETA's New Ad Campaign
Alicia Silverstone Strips Down For
PETA
Vegans Shun Sex With Animal
Eaters
The Rest Of Your Fur Coat
Campaign
Alicia Mayer in a Lettuce Bikini
Actress Alicia Silverstone stripped down
to her birthday suit for PETA's latest
campaign. PETA, or People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals, is an
organization against animal cruelty. The
new campaign…
A recent article in the Globe & Mail
pointed out an interesting trend in the
Vegan community which was backed up
by a New Zealand study. A lot of the
animal-lovers have opted not to have sex
with others…
Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson
appears on the hard-hitting adverts as
the new face of the latest campaign by
PETA UK (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals). Known for her
reputation as a toughy…
Filipina supermodel Alicia Mayer is the
latest celebrity to wear a lettuce bikini for
PETA Asia Pacific's pro-vegetarianism.
PETA activist Jodi Ruckley, actress Traci
Bingham, and of course, Pamela
Anderson…
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Oct 5, 07
Vigilante Ads
Lettuce Lady Responds To PETA
Ad Ban in Texas
A few weeks ago Trend Hunter featured
Alicia Silverstone's nude PETA campaign
in which the actress promoted
vegetarianism. The ads spread like
wildfire all over North America... except in
Houston, Texas.…
Charity 2.0
Cutting-edge charities are getting creative
Implications - What charities or issues resonate most with your consumers? What can your organization
Score:
do to generate positive publicity in an unusual way for a good cause?
4.0
Popularity
Activity
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DEMOGRAPHICS
Score:
6.4
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Apr 23, 07
Score:
5.9
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Aug 21, 06
Score:
4.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 9, 07
Glow in the Dark Lingerie
Simplifying Donations
Men in High Heels Walking
for Charity
Playtex Glows for Charity
Charity Vending Machines
Although not the first example, men in
Calgary, Alberta, walked nearly a mile in
high heels to raise money for charity.
The men raised more than $143,000 to
support the YWCA Crisis Housing Fund
for woman…
Playtex has released a line of glow in the
dark lingerie to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of its Moonwalk Charity.
During this year's Moonwalk, actress Lisa
Faulkner and GMTV star Kate Garraway
will…
Appearing across Japan recently is
something called the “charity vending
machine,” which allows users to donate
their change to such good causes as
environmental conservation and child
welfare at the push…
Score:
2.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: May 12, 07
Score:
2.8
2.3
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Sep 26, 07
Celebrities Design
Swarovski Jackets for
Charity
This Fall, Hollywood stars have joined
forces with crystal leader Swarovski to
design one-of-a-kind denim jackets to
benefit SOS Children’s Villages the
world’s largest charity for orphaned and
abandoned…
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Sep 28, 07
Deface Value
Second Life Charity Event
Phil Collins Albums Defaced by
Celebrities for Charity
World's Largest Coffee Morning
Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required and
Face Value vinyl sleeves will be defaced
by celebrities and artists for an auction to
raise funds for the 'Children In Hunger'
charity.Tracy Emin, Fatboy Slim,…
More Second Life trends? Coffee again?
You bet, only this time, they're combined,
and for a cause. Second Life hosted its
first "World's Largest Coffee Morning"
today to celebrate the online game's
brand…
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Web Enabled Activism
Developments in social media have enabled activism to be more viral than ever
Implications - Because web activism has the capability for international reach, online campaigns could
Score:
prove much more in the future. Web activism is increasingly viral, due much in part to social networking
4.3
sites.
Score:
3.9
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 26, 09
Stop-Motion Mustaches
Pepsi Max Movember Competition
Documents Your Hair
The Pepsi Max Movember competition is
just another example of a company
supporting the month-long charity stunt
that involves having men grow
mustaches to raise money for prostate
cancer charities, and…
Score:
5.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 4, 07
Grassroots Facebook
Campaigns Against HSBC
Successful!
Social network users are beginning to
recognize the potency of their power as
grass roots social and political groups are
rapidly forming. Just look at what
happened this week on Facebook.
"Social networking…
Score:
3.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 5, 07
Movember
Growing Moustaches in November
for Prostate Cancer
While some charities encourage shaving
heads to support cancer sufferers,
Movember, an Australian-based charity
encourages supporter to grow
moustaches each November. At the start
of November, clean…
Culturally Sensitive Toys
Embracing culture is given a fun, educational emphasis
Implications - Parents around the world are recognizing the importance of cultural sensitivity, and are
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often to finding ways to teach their children acceptance for all ethnicities. Though westernization has
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flooded international markets with in influx of North American and European products and children’s toys,
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there has been a growing adoption of symbols associated with other nations.
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6.7
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Dec 29, 05
Score:
5.8
Peaked and Viral
Pub: Apr 28, 07
Score:
5.6
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Oct 13, 07
Score:
6.7
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jul 21, 09
Fulla the Muslim Barbie
Custom Dolls
Muslim Barbie Alternative
Black Barbies
Best Selling Girl’s Toy in the Arab
World
Create Your Own Mini Me at Tiny
Pocket People
Salma Dolls
Using Toys to Send the Diversity
Message in Vogue Italia’s Black
Issue
“SHE is the must-have toy this festive
season, flying off the shelves. But the
season in question is Eid al-Adha next
month, not Christmas. Santa Claus
means nothing to her.Fulla, the Muslim
doll, is…
It's definitely a personalized world out
there, so how about a miniature version
of... yourself? TinyPocketPeople lets
consumers personalize a 8" (14 cm) doll
based on customers uploaded picture.
Just…
In her frustration to find a
modestly-dressed doll in toy stores,
Indonesian Muslim mother Sukmawati
Suryaman began designing a Barbie-like
doll. Suryaman dressed the dolls
conservatively; she didn't want…
When we look back on the events of
2009, we may remember two in
particular: Black Barbie modeling the
latest fashions in Vogue Italia, and the
first-ever line of African-American Barbie
dolls. July marks…
Score:
4.6
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 23, 06
Orthodox Jewish Prayer
Barbie
Remember last December when we
found Fulla the Muslim Barbie? Well it
didn't take long for the Orthodox Jewish
Prayer Barbie to follow. It's all good, but
I've already ordered the Vincent Van
Gogh Action…
Toilet Paper as a Medium
Printed toilet paper unravels an untapped medium
Implications - Printing toilet paper with advertisements, brands and logos can be a stealth marketing tactic
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(think about it – you’ve got a completely captive audience). Options for ad mediums in public bathrooms
5.1
include ads on cubicle doors, urinals and TV screens, but it’s much more difficult to bring advertisements
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into the home -- toilet paper provides a way. And with many shoppers selecting their products based on
price, subtly branded, better-value toilet paper may entice more consumers.
Score:
5.6
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 28, 07
Score:
4.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 19, 08
Score:
4.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 9, 09
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 3, 08
Educational Toilet Paper
Windows Vista SP1 Toilet
Paper
College-Ruled Toilet Paper
Advertising on Toilet
Paper
Get Smart During Relief
Wipe Your System Clean Promotion
‘Think’ Campaign Encourages
Brainstorming Anywhere
JustToiletPaper isn't Just Toilet
Paper
No longer waste your time in the little
boys room reading the back of shampoo
or deoderant bottles. Educate yourself
with the ultimate toilet roll.The product
page describes, "Now you can while
away…
The Japanese alway seem to come up
with very unusual promotional items and
gadgets. This time, the Akiba PC Hotline
is advertising special Windows Vista SP1
toilet paper! Unfortunately, I can't read…
This recent ad campaign dubbed ‘Think’
is for the School of Visual Arts in New
York City. The idea behind the promotion
for the college is to encourage
ideastorming at any time.The lined toilet
paper,…
We've seen 10 amazing toilet paper
designs which prove toilet paper is for
more than just wiping.
Justtoiletpaper.com realized the same
thing. The company launched a line of
printed toilet paper, perfect…
Score:
5.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Nov 18, 08
Score:
5.4
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 20, 08
Score:
4.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jun 1, 08
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 27, 09
Creative Bathroom Games
Colored Toilet Paper
News Toilet Paper
Toilet Paper Novels
Paint-By-Number Toilet Paper
Renova Adds Neon TP (Update)
RSStroom Reader
Koji Suzuki Releases New Horror
Story on Bathroom Roll
Hands up I think this is most certainly a
boys trend as I don’t really get it but as it
has been forward to me about a zillion
times today I might as well post
it.Basically it is another comedy toilet…
Nearly two years ago Trend Hunter
introduced you to black and red toilet
paper by Renova. Now the company has
expanded their line to include neon
orange and green TP. Now there's a
different way to brighten…
Ready for some crappy news? Yi Tien
Electronics has made a computer/printer
that has a very specific purpose - it prints
the latest RSS headlines directly onto
your toilet paper! This gadget reads the…
Going to the bathroom has never been
quite as horrifying as it is now. Blame Koji
Suzuki for the bathroom fright, as his new
book, which is aptly name ‘The Drop’, will
be printed exclusively on toilet…
Organic Eating
Organic food has found its way to the mainstream public, but there is still appeal
Implications - Despite costing more, the market for organic goods is constantly expanding. As consumers
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begin to value their health, they are willing to spend increasing amounts on products that will enhance
3.9
their well-beings. Although it costs more to farm organic produce, marketers behind organic brands know
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that their customers are willing to spend additional money on products they believe will enhance their
physical condition.
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3.1
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 27, 07
Score:
3.6
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Aug 31, 07
Score:
4.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Dec 22, 06
Environmentally-Consciou
s Pizzas
High-End Organic Juices
Electrolux Organic Cooker
Pizza Fusion is Eco-Conscious and
Delicious
Wild Bunch & Co Offers Premium
Organic Juices
Healthy Odourless Cooking
It was only a matter of time until
someone applied the green-business
model to pizza. Pizza Fusion offsets
100% of energy used with renewable
wind. They use hybrid vehicles. They use
100% certified organic…
Ultra premium organic juice? But why?
Quit asking questions and spice up your
screwdriver with something luxurious and
organic. Wild Bunch & Co offers a
premium line of 100% organic juice. The
juice…
Combine innovative student minds just
after graduating with the electrical giant
Electrolux and you get the cutting edge
home appliances of the future. Formally
wrapped up in the guise of the 2006
Design…
Pink Marketing
More big brands are choosing to go pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
Implications - "Pink marketing" has become ubiquitous for Breast Cancer Awareness, and the Breast
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Cancer campaign has become a pop-culture symbol as younger generations catch on and want to
4.2
participate in the now mainstream movement. Many brands are joining in to create niche products that
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promote the pink ribbon cause. The combination of cause marketing and fashion is still a relatively new
concept (launching in the early 1990s with the AIDS red ribbon). Future marketers might consider what
other industries can be partnered with to promote their cause.
Score:
6.7
Peaked and V. Hot
Pub: Aug 13, 07
Score:
3.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Apr 25, 09
Score:
3.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 11, 07
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 24, 09
Ford Targets Sally
Couture Pasties for Cancer
Pink On The Green
Haute Heels for a Cause
Warriors in Pink 2008 Mustang For
Breast Cancer
Gothfox Gets Playful With Young
Women's Awareness
Birdie Girl Golf Rethinks Breast
Cancer
The Salvatore Ferragamo Pink
Collection for Breast Cancer
Research
Ford Motors is joining forces with breast
cancer researchers to release a limited
edition Mustang GT later this summer.
The auto manufacturers are hoping that
their latest marketing approach will
capture…
While the pink ribbon is recognized as
the traditional emblem of breast cancer
awareness, there is nothing traditional
about these couture breast cancer nipple
pasties. The pink ribbons lined with
glittering…
Birdie Girl Golf is an retailer that sells all
sorts of golf equipment for those women
who enjoy a good round on the greens.
They're donated $50 from each $150
Rethink golf stand bag sold towards the
Rethink…
The Salvatore Ferragamo Pink Collection
is the product of a joint effort between the
designer and the Breast Cancer
Foundation for Breast Cancer Awareness
month. As a means to raise funds for
breast…
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: Mar 19, 08
Score:
4.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 20, 07
Score:
3.6
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 8, 07
Score:
2.0
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 12, 08
Pink Speed Bumps
Ford & Microsoft Team For
Breast Cancer
Pink For Breast Cancer
The Return of Pink
Guerrilla Breast Cancer Awareness
Campaign
Pink Zune
Jell-O & CoolWhip Get Krafty
10 Pink Products for Breast Cancer
This is a truly unique and creative
campaign to raise awareness about
breast check-ups. Taiba Hospital in
Kuwait commissioned the JWT ad
agency to come up with a strategy to
increase awareness of self…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness
month, and we've seen a huge collection
of businesses using the opportunity to
offer products and services for the cause.
Joining the array of pink products on the
market…
Kraft Canada has launched a new
campaign in support of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, bringing together Cool
Whip and Jell-o to concoct a sweet pink
dessert. Kraft came up with a recipe for
Creamy Jell-O…
October is National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, which aims to raise
awareness of breast cancer and support
breast cancer-related
organizations.Virtually every company
has pink products to show their…
Collaborative Branding
Designers form strategic partnerships to ignite new ideas
Implications - Collaborating with an already well-recognized brand benefits both parties. The best
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collaborations are usually between two companies producing similar products but reach different
5.1
audiences. For example, high-end fashion designer Emilio Pucci lent his brand to the relatively more
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affordable Seven For All Mankind denim in order to reach a younger demographic. Likewise, two
companies targeting the same demographic, yet offering varied products, can also enjoy success.
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5.8
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Oct 15, 07
Score:
6.6
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Jun 10, 09
Denim Meets Gym Wear
Charitable Jean Dresses
Second Yoga Jeans
Barney's and ELLE Team Up for
Recycled Jeans Auction
You'll never have to choose between
comfy jeans or stretchy yoga pants again
thanks to the Yoga Jeans from Second
Clothing. The casual pants have the
stylish look of jeans, but have the
stretchy elasticity…
Project Blue has brought many notable
names from the fashion world together
for a great cause.Project Blue is an
auction currently in progress through
eBay in which recycled denim fashion
can be purchased…
Score:
4.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 1, 09
Score:
3.7
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 12, 09
Score:
3.2
Peaked and Hot
Pub: Oct 3, 06
"Goddess of Love" Jeans
in Support of Breast
Cancer
With October being Breast Cancer
Awareness month, many retailers are
donating percentages from the sales of
their products to support the cause. This
pair of Denim for Immortality Jeans come
with pink…
Score:
4.9
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 14, 07
Pucci Jeans
Exclusive Seven For All Mankind
Denim
Last Spring, Pucci joined forces with
Guerlain to create a limited edition color
cosmetics collection. Now get ready for a
new partnership with Seven For All
Mankind to produce a range of coloured
jeans.…
Score:
3.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Jul 6, 08
Score:
3.7
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Oct 12, 07
Upcycled Charity Denim
Celeb Recycled Denim
Lines
Festival Jeans
Breast Excuse For Jeans
Recreated Designer Jeans to
Support Oceana
Alanis Morissette & Woody
Harrelson Team up for Reco Jeans
Diesel's Exclusive Denim for
Roskilde Festival
Denim Day For Breast Cancer
Upscale designers including Alexander
Wang, Ann Demeulemeester, Bottega
Veneta, Derek Lam, Rodarte, Rogan,
Stella McCartney, and Versace grouped
together on a project to create
one-of-a-kind fashions from…
Singer Alanis Morissette and actor
Woody Harrelson have teamed together
for Reco Jeans. The new line of denim
uses 50% recycled materials, instead of
the usual chemical-filled cotton. Alanis
Morissette…
In celebration of the Roskilde Festival,
Diesel has designed limited edition jeans
made exclusively for the revelry of the
summer music event.The jeans are
festival-friendly as they have been
especially…
If you've ever wished you could wear
jeans to the office, here's your chance.
Lee, the jeans company is reminded
anyone with a heart for giving to don their
denim this Friday in support of Breast
Cancer…
Fun with Terror
Terrorism isnt funny, but making fun of it is
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The best way to overcome your fears is to stare them right in the face. Even better, make fun of them.
The more you know about what keeps your consumers up at night, the more you can help them
overcome their fears through the use of humor.
Score:
5.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Feb 26, 07
Score:
3.5
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 4, 06
Score:
3.2
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Oct 24, 06
Score:
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Peaked and Warm
Pub: May 23, 07
Virtual Terrorism
Terrorizing T-Shirts
Terror Soap
MySpace Hacked By
Terrorists
Second Life Virtual Community
Suffers First Terrorist Attack
‘I am Not a Terrorist’ Shirt States
the Obvious
Political Hygiene Products Scrub
Out All Kinds of Dirt
Is Laura Schlessinger's Son A
Victim Or a Bad Guy?
Virtial terrorists in Second Life have
bombed a virtual American Apparel outlet
and Reebok store. The terrorist plot was
carried out by a group of orgranized
Second Lifers who believe, "The
population…
Make a political statement with this very
cool shirt. According to the designer,
“After reading about blogger Raed
Jarrar’s experience at JFK (he was
forced to take off a shirt with Arabic
writing on it…
Cleanse your kitchen of terrorists with
terror soap. This shockingly unique brand
can be found in Costa Rica. BoingBoing
notes, "Oh, what dark, foreboding poetry
lurks in those long-lasting pink suds."…
Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a talk show
host who tells other people how to raise
their kids. Her own son, Deryck
Schlessinger is currently on the hot seat
since his MySpace page was recently
removed due…
Score:
4.3
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Dec 20, 06
Score:
2.2
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Mar 15, 07
Political Puppets
Terrorist Toilet Paper
The Terrorist Finger Puppets Make
Dangerous Politics Fun
Flush Down the Enemy with Political
Spoof Wipes
Oh look! For $55, you can buy a set of
finger terrorist puppets! The terrorist
finger puppets boast an "Uncanny
crocheted likenesses" to Osama bin
Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il,
Ahmadinejad and…
Spoofing political figures has been
around forever, but maybe not in such
poor taste. If you feel the need, you can
order custom TP with your favorite
political satire or sarcasm on it. The
company makes…
Facebook Journalism
Facebook is being used as a mass communication tool, transforming the definiti
Implications - More people are looking to news sites and blogs created by citizen journalists to obtain
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news, facts, product reviews and entertainment. This is largely due to the fact that people consider
4.2
content from friends to be more credible than traditional news media which is typically paid for by
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advertisers.
Facebook is one of the easiest, cheapest and most rapid forms of media to create buzz. People are more
likely to endorse a product or service or a support an icon or leader if their friends are doing the same.
Score:
5.0
Peaked and Warm
Pub: Sep 4, 07
Grassroots Facebook
Campaigns Against HSBC
Successful!
Social network users are beginning to
recognize the potency of their power as
grass roots social and political groups are
rapidly forming. Just look at what
happened this week on Facebook.
"Social networking…
Score:
4.1
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Sep 28, 07
Score:
3.4
Peaked and Mild
Pub: Apr 21, 07
Facebook, SMS Warn Of
School Shootings
Politicians on Facebook
Networking For Safety
Social Networking to Win Votes
Facebook, the most widely used social
networking tool among students, is not
only one of the best ways to keep tabs on
your social life, but is also being
recognized for the its ability to alert
people…
Savvy Canadian politicians are turning to
online social networking sites like
Facebook to connect with younger
voters. Others, like Timmins, Ontario MP
Charlie Angus, aren’t quite there yet.
“Moving…

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