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Blessed with a Superglue Account, We'd Defy Gravity, Too StrawberryFrog Brazil demonstrates the strength of Loctite Super Bonder by suspending the cast of reality TV show Big Brother Brazil 65 feet overhead -- with the glue itself. This generated 36 minutes of brand exposure on the copiously-watched program, with viewership spikes during the stunt itself. That is, if this video case study is any authority. Custom Kicks Share Carbon Footprint Stories There's this cute little "climate change art group" called The Canary Project, which in turn is working on something called Green Patriot Posters, which looks to me like kids marketing climate change awareness in various ways. Look: they have billboards! And adorable little tennis shoes! The cute custom sneaks are the work of students at McCormack Middle School in MA, which were encouraged to express their knowledge of their carbon footprints on a pair each. The sneakers now appear in associated billboards along with the tagline: "The Kids at McCormack School know their CARBON FOOTPRINT. What about YOU?" Peruse more earnest little posters, or make your own, at the website. Six-Packed Hunks and Bikinied Babes Commute in New York Casey writes, "It's got to be for something, but I'm not sure what it is..." Well thanks for the detailed information, Casey. We really appreciate it. But, yes, it's definitely for something but we know not what it is. Anyone care to shed some insight on why men and women are walking around New York today in swimwear? Is it related to that similarly-themed promotion that had similarly-dressed men and woman wandering the streets of New York on Friday? Either way, it's definitely a travel promotion of some sort. Waging War Hurts the Wagers, Says Peace Coalition The Global Coalition for Peace wraps its convictions around telephone poles and street lamps with "What Goes Around Comes Around." Each piece features soldiers whose weapons stretch so far around the medium that the barrels ultimately aim back at the bearers. "Stop the Iraq War," the prints proclaim. NICE. Luggage-Confined Woman Brings Sex Traffic to Top of Mind Probably one of the scariest things about human trafficking is that it's kinda like objectification brought to the lowest common denominator: you're not just eyeballing someone like a slab of meat; you're actually treating the person like an item on which you can impose your will. Bringing this idea to stark relief, the German arm of Amnesty International celebrated the 60th anniversary of human rights in 2008 with "Frau im Koffer" ("Woman in Suitcase"), a guerrilla effort where a live contortionist was squeezed into a transparent suitcase and tossed onto a conveyor belt in baggage claim. Bouncy Balls, Ypulse Mashup, Top SocMedia Brands - Magnetic poetry a la Twitter. - Mobile e-commerce barcode thing. - Plugging value matters. Especially now. - Thanks to a simple enough idea floated by this guy right here, El Pollo Loco decides to accept the KFC-Oprah coupon. (Okay, only on Mother's day. Still: coup, baby, COUP!) No, It's Not Mime Disease, It's Brand Interaction. At Piccadilly Circus in London, McDonald's has a dynamic billboard that stimulates both engagement and viral behaviour. Playing on the irresistible human desire to pretend to interact with stuff that isn't really there, the billboard randomly flashes things like umbrellas, bouncing soccer balls, dumbbells and thought bubbles -- all waiting for some eager pedestrian to position his head and/or arms in just the right spot so some content-starved intrigue-seeker can snap a shot for mom and dad at home. Orchestrated by Leo Burnett. See vid. It Was Like Woodstock, But Rated PG. Half of Adrants is Asian, which means we were irreparably traumatized by karaoke from an early age. But there's a contagious warmth to this effort by T-Mobile -- which can only be described as the Ultimate Karaoke Gangbang. The mobile/communications firm projected the lyrics to the Beatles' Hey Jude over a billboard, then passed mics out to people on Trafalgar Square. It's neat to watch the faces: people look earnest, but uncertain, and over time they just kinda lose themselves in the na-na-nas and the feel-good Hey Jude-in'. Tweets on Rich Media, Meaty Love Messages, Jobs on the Wire - Finish the sentence: "Without advertising..." (LOL at "I'd have a savings account.") - French agency Pourquoi tu cours (trans: "Why are you running?") is selling itself -- and its services -- via eBay and Facebook. The founder claims bids have exceeded 2,010 euros. - Following fast in the footsteps of Volvo and Land Rover, Universal Studios will start incorporating live tweets in its rich media ads for certain films. Expect to see them in late June. ABSOLUT World Replaces Currency with Kindness Imagine buying movie tickets with kisses instead of cash, or repaying your local streetside violinist with embraces and not cold change. ABSOLUT Vodka builds upon its "In an ABSOLUT World" campaign with "Kindness as Currency," a soul-warming snapshot of a parallel universe where human contact is the end, not merely the means. The charming piece is a jarring departure from past "ABSOLUT World" efforts that depicted Times Square slathered in costly art, or everyone alive winning the lotto. 
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