In today’s visually savvy markplace, packaging can truly make or break a product.
It’s no surprise that hand-craft is making a comeback as the recent recession has reduced consumer confidence to an all-time low.
Topshop’s newly launched make-up collection is an obvious example of this trend’s new lease on life.
Expect to see more hand-made markings and pared-down [...]
This postgrad project by Manuel Jouvin of France brings new meaning to the expression “nose to tail.”
Working with a snail farmer, Jouvin discovered that castings from cellulose-eating snails could be moulded into containers for the gastropods.
He then came up with the idea of feeding them Pantone-coloured paper.
Materia is manufacturing the biodgradable material under [...]
Design team Turner Duckworth have created an iconic design language that ties Coca-Cola to summer memories.
The designers created simple silhouettes of warm-weather symbols like surfboards, sunglasses and barbeques. But what makes the cans really special is how the classic Coca-Cola logo interacts with the images.
For example, the logo rises like smoke from the barbeque [...]
Packaging doesn’t have to be over the top to be special.
The spare, geometric design for Sanitas hair and skincare products is understated and simple — much like the products inside.
With the simple use of two squares, the brand unified while looking high-end, yet still approachable.
www.sanitas-skincare.com
Former model Alexa Lixfeld has curiously cast a series of bottles in concrete for her range of fragrances.
Inspired by her concrete tableware, the vessels are a test to employ concrete instead of common inorganic, non-metallic solids like ceramics for household items.
That said, the perfumes smell pretty good, too!
www.alexalixfeld.com
The only thing that challenges Drip maple syrup’s delicious taste is its packaging.
Designed by creative pair Superficial, the gold Caslon font on the label has irregular characteristic which stands out in a world of syrupy fonts.
Sealing the design deal? The brown glass dropper bottles precisely manages the amount of syrup poured, ensuring perfect dispersal [...]
