Entries tagged with 'packaging'
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[Photographs: box vox] Even though I rarely chew gum, I'd want these gumballs just for the adorable Lucky Cat packaging. (Other possible designs for white gumball packaging: snowmen, bunnies, penguins? Someone get on that.) [via The Dieline] Related Gum Alert, a Gum Rating Blog Amazing Chewing Gum Art Photo of the Day: Franks Bubble Gum...
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[Photograph: Colette] Christian Louboutin is partnering with Piper Heidsieck in releasing a Louboutin-branded Champagne. To celebrate the launch the French shoemaker designed a glass stiletto (with signature red sole), which comes in a limited-edition gift box along with a bottle of the bubbly. Available from Colette on October 26. [via The Dieline]...
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[TO-GENKYO] Spoon and Tamago's preview of the Good Design Awards features an expiration date label concept, Fresh Label, by Japanese design studio TO-GENKYO. The hourglass-shaped label would track a food's expiration date "by changing colors based on the level of ammonia the food emits as it ages." When the food has expired, the label would no longer readable. [via swissmiss]...
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Photograph from Nine99 Design When I think of a wine label, I imagine an illustration of a French château with cursive lettering. Nothing wrong with that sort of label, of course—but it's not that interesting. Weburbanist shows the versatility of wine labels with their feature of 61 creative wine labels, from traditional to typography-centric to pop art. I'm a fan of the stylish Shefa Wine label made by Nine99 Design. Related Mad Manatee Beer from Bold City Brewery Cartons' Chemical Properties May Actually Improve Wine Don't Want a Whole Bottle of Wine? Try a Can...
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Photograph from The Dieline Most Australian winemakers use the "bin system" to number their wines. Brits call their trash cans "bins." Leave it to a UK design firm, then, to make a tongue in cheek visual connection in this series of wine labels....
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I don't like beer, but I'd want a bottle of Mad Manatee beer from the Jacksonville, Florida-based Bold City Brewery just for the awesome label. Visit Lovely Package to see other great designs made for Bold City Brewery by The Robin Shepherd Group. I can already tell you though that none of them top an angry manatee wielding a propeller, boat collision scars, and an anchor tattoo. (In case you don't know, boats and manatees do not mix. Visit savethemanatee.org for more information.) Related FIT Grads Design Funky Food Labels Beautiful Mustard Jars with Die-Cut Labels Beatle Juice: Playful Package-Design Project...
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If you've followed the rise of box wine over recent years, you've read the arguments that it's just as good as glass-bottle wine. And, indeed, there are a number of reputable, good-quality wines being packaged in cartons. But, now, an interesting story in The Economist says that, in some cases, the lined cardboard packaging may actually help produce better wine. It all starts with ladybugs. They eat grapes. Sometimes they get mixed in with the fruit as it's processed and their bodies produce chemicals that give the wine an off flavor. But researchers in Canada have found that the carton appears to absorb these chemicals. The cartons may therefore be best, The Economist says, for wines from regions with large...
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For those of you who care about such things, The Dieline reports that Target will be selling limited-edition Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers in retro-ish packaging this summer. My advice? Don't open them, wait 20 years, and sell them on whatever auction site exists in the future—at that point, I'm sure, Target will be selling retro-2009 Oreos....
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From left: Chipotle's original logo, its pepper logo, and the redesign of the pepper logo. I think I had the same reaction as Brand New blogger Armin Vit to the redesign of the circular Chipotle chile pepper logo: I didn't even know the burrito chain had moved away from its original retro-shape-sign logo. The new signage and branding has begun rolling out across the chain's 800-some U.S. locations. [via Gordon Eats]...
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Mmm, a whopping 38 grams of hammy goodness. From Tokyo Damage Report. Single-serving packages of food can be convenient and good for portion control, but sometimes they go too far. Tokyo Damage Report documents some examples of excessive or atypical packaging for single-serving products in Japan. Individually wrapped waffles or dorayaki don't seem that strange, but single bananas, eggs, or slices of ham are a bit questionable. [via Peter Crackenberg] Related Individually Wrapped Cashew Is Full of Fail Photo of the Day: Individually-Wrapped Bananas, Freaking Us Out...
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