Archive for September, 2009

In Hebei, China, a farmer has figured out how to grow pears in a variety of shapes using plastic molds. Right now, he’s making pears shaped like baby Buddhas, but he plans to expand to biblical characters and celebrities in the future. Could corporate logos be that far away?

These miraculous fruits may also be an indicator of China’s increasing wealth and rising stature on the global stage. After all, oddly-shaped fruits and otherwise altered produce have traditionally been the work of Asia’s first economic powerhouse, Japan.

Meanwhile, Kleenex has made their packaging a little more interesting by coming out with some creative tissue boxes designed to look like slices of watermelon. Very cute, and another thing that has basically been done before in Japan.

OK so dumping thousands of ping pong balls from an airplane for a dorm complex party while in college isn’t exactly the same as this but there are some similarities.

If you liked Invasion of the Cardboard Turtles, you’ll love Invasion II: Ice Homonculi. In this installment one thousand ice sculptures of little people were arranged in the Gendarmenmarkt public square in Berlin to draw attention to the rapidly progressing Arctic climate change that is melting the polar ice cap at rates far faster than scientists had previously predicted. (via Direct Daily)

A mom from Boise, Idaho has won the “Inspire Us” contest from Frito-Lay and will have her entry turned into an animated webisode as part of Pepsi’s larger “Only in a Woman’s World” campaign

Raising a fresh set of challenges for marketers, a new survey from Citi has found that consumers across all socioeconomic levels and ethnic groups have made permanent adjustments to both spending and savings to adapt to the economic climate