Everyone Ever in the World visually catalogues the number of people who have lived on the planet versus those who have died in war, massacre and genocide—the positive versus the negative. The type-based design is by Peter Crnokrak's London-based design studio, The Luxury of Protest.
The surface area of the design's paper (650mm x 920mm) represents the approximately 77.6 billion human beings to have lived during the recorded history of mankind (projected through "exponential regression calculation based on historical census data and known biological birthrates"). And the die cut circle (650mm x 920mm) represents the loss and death through conflict, which was figured from historical sources, totaling about 969 million people, or 1.25% of all people who have ever lived.
Mei Yen has the best kind of problem to have: a multitude of skills. Her many talents means that it is difficult to sum up her capabilities succinctly. She needed a personal brand that embraced her many facets, at the same time organising and simplifying the information. The final design reflects the retro styling of her publication, Brisbane Budget Bites, with oblique shapes and vintage type style. We dismantled the font Hellenic Wide into two overprinting plates which required pinpoint accurate registration, a breeze on our Original Heidelberg Windmill.
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Flexing his typography design skills, Paul Hollingworth created the Slinkytype as a type experiment using repetitive linear shapes to generate letter forms. Paul, a UK-based multidisciplinary designer, gleaned inspiration for the project from—you guessed it—everyones favorite spring. The rounded forms are playful and appear to embrace movement and flex, much like their namesake.
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Here are a variety of business cards using bok embosses and debosses:
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Wieden + Kennedy London's latest campaign for Honda, titled The Experiment, is an online game that asks players to create a chain reaction on screen by placing a set of pop-up windows in the correct sequence. The campaign is reminiscent of the Honda Cog ad from 2003, where a series of car parts were used to create a giant Rube Goldberg-esque chain reaction, to emphasise the complex engineering inside the Honda Accord. Here, the audience become the engineers, and are encouraged to experiment with moving the pop-ups around the screen until the correct chain is achieved. The film below shows how it works:
There are six levels to the game, and when these are completed, players get the opportunity to create their own chains to challenge their friends with. The game is best played using either Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers, and was created in collaboration with B-Reel, the production company behind the Wilderness Downtown site for Arcade Fire, which also had fun with pop-ups.
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The simple bold title is the first device for attracting the interest of potential consumers. A plain name for the tea works for the intended namestyle, incorporating a steaming cup of tea as a substitute for the letter D. The end of the strapline uses "every body" as opposed to "everybody" - this aims to emphasise benefits for the body. Tea leaves are scattered generously over either end of the box to act as an indicator of the product.
The box comprises glue-free assembly, constructed from a simple diamond-shaped diecut with folds and a closing latch to secure into a triangular prism. Two diecuts fit snugly onto one A3 piece of recycled manilla card to minimise paper wastage. Only graphic elements are printed onto the textured packaging card to use less ink (only two colours on each variety of the range, as well as key black).
The design is intended to have a natural, earthy appeal as well as satisfying various environmental concerns.
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This is a limited edition glass shoebox designed by Deven Stephens for DC Shoes' concept collection NVRBRKN. The design was conceptually driven to speak to the idea of "Never Broken" on every level of the package experience; reinforcing the brand philosophy from beginning to end. Only 7 boxes were made and awarded to those who convey a NVRBRKN stance to life.
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This fair trade soap was developed by a local non-profit in South India to support agricultural families in their rural area. Design Impact worked with the community to identify and develop a soap brand that expressed their values and assets. The challenge then became interpreting these insights into a package that resonated with western consumers. Design Impact partnered with Kaleidoscope and consultant Lisa Barlow to successfully span the geographic and cultural distance between consumer and maker. Paruva Kaalam Soaps are sourced from 100% local ingredients and manufactured and packaged by hand. They hit stores in the US this winter.
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Packaging for coffee take away cups. The ingredients of each drink is illustrated on the cup to show that Shokoladnica provides quality coffee with deep knowledge of the best practice and to make each cup.
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The How To Project began in the summer of 2010 as a way for Michael Arnold to get his hands dirty and learn how to work with printers and design an actual product. Michael is a 19-year-young designer whose curiosity and experiments have resulted in some vibrant and lovely prints that achieve his goals of being graphic objects as well as tools for interaction. Here are a few of his prints...
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Bush fire is a wine produced in Western Australia. The name references the natural cycle of fires and regrowth in the Australian landscape. The deep red wine also exhibits earthy flavours and has a slight smoky flavour, due to the oak barrel ageing process.
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John Hensley is managing director of hi-tech packaging specialists The Ant Group, at Claydon, Ipswich, which was named Business of the Year at the Anglian Business Awards 2011. He believes the future of the UK economy lies in engaging young people in manufacturing, as he tells SHELINE CLARKE. Please click here view the full article.
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