Thursday, 21 April 2011

Shoe boxes to encourage children to recycle

Chris Piascik illustrated these fun shoe boxes for Morgan & Milo, a children’s show company located in Boston. The boxes are designed to promote recycling and encourage the end user to keep the box. They are covered with puzzles, games, mazes, riddles, quotes and fun characters. They are kraft boxes screen printed with white and green. 

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Grass packaging

Grass squares are designed to give a natural touch to the office or home by placing them freely or according to feng-shui. Unlike ordinary flowers, “grass” is completely natural, a piece of earth, that grows indoors with minimal care.


Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and the attempt to combine architecture and nature, the entire project is made from recycled materials and tries to merge the home with the outdoors.
The packages have an air opening to gain longer shelf live for the product. The minimalistic design and logo is intended to give a flowing, “breathing” feel to it, as well as elegance and life-style.

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Monday, 18 April 2011

Funky barcodes spice up packaging



New barcodes for cool products.  Why ruin your funky looking package with a standard barcode? Companies are figuring this out and the latest new packaging trend is to add a funky barcode.

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Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Milk Packaging


These milk cartons by design studio Raw-Edges demonstrate an interesting marriage of form and function. Percentages of fat in the milk can be identified visually by the form of the packaging, in addition to the usual information. The color palette remains the same on all three cartons, giving them a very unified look. There's also a modern simplicity at work with the spareness and color choice. Besides denoting the fat percentage, the indented forms on the packaging also serve as grips. This is the kind of chic milk carton you'd likely find in Patrick Bateman's fridge.

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Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Jooze - student packaging design



Designed by Yunyeen Yong, Australia. Jooze is a fictional company that manufactures fresh fruit juices, catered especially to kindergarten and primary school students. It is a company that believes that healthy eating habits should begin at a very young age.


The shape of the logo is inspired by the shape of a sliced fruit, and the handwritten typeface used is to portray a sense of fun, hands-on personality and characteristic that appeals to kids and toddlers. The logo also consists of singular bright colours, which may vary depending on the flavour of the juice. This would hopefully be a recognisable icon whereby children can relate and connect to the brand.

A simplified illustration of the fruits are to further clarify the flavours, to add visual aesthetics, and to appeal and connect to the target audience.

The juice box is shaped in an unconventional way to incorporate the essence of the logo, to gain instant recognition from the audience, and to capture their attention, especially if this product is placed alongside other juices on the supermarket shelves.


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Monday, 11 April 2011

Innovative packaging for French Rabbit wine

Innovative packaging make French Rabbit wines unusual. Their 100% recyclable packaging use 90% less material than standard wine bottles. Bold, festive graphics make these wines something to talk about, if only for their design qualities. (I have no idea if these wines are actually good.) This product was featured in a recent issue of ID magazine in an article about 'green' weddings and some eco-conscious celebratory choices you can make. French Rabbit is a great example of how nontraditional packaging methods can be used to make a product more eco-friendly without compromising on design.

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