Swoon Cookie Crafters

Swoon Cookie Crafters originally called PS-Sweets, this custom sugar-cookie maker was ready for a complete rebrand to spur new business nationwide and position the company for the future.

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CD Packaging by Martin Kvamme

Martin Kvamme of Snøhetta Design in Oslo has worked on two beautiful music releases recently and this one is the nature-inspired packaging for Mike Patton's film score for Saverio Costanzo's film adaption of La Solitudine Dei Numberi Primi (The Solitude of Prime Numbers) by novelist Paolo Giordano.

The rose leaf is printed CMYK on both sides. The front has a UV gloss coating and every single vein of the leaf has been blind embossed to give its surface a nice texture. The songs are numbered as prime numbers, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 etc and are programmed this way when you play the CD.

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Stranger & Stranger Christmas Spirit

For this year’s holiday bottle, and as a contrast to last year’s, Stranger & Stranger have gone lo-fi. Their writer had a load of fun with all the of copy throughout and also wrote all of the Christmas ads on the bag. We can’t wait to get our hands on the real thing.

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Ausonia

During a workshop of the master of packaging at ELISAVA (Barcelona), we had to redesign an existing pack (feminine pads) Today, the pads are not made or packaged discreetly. So women go through uncomfortable moments when they have to get them out of her purse. This also causes insecurity in young women who start using them. Besides their packages are not meant to be "pretty" are ugly and non-functional at the time of opening. So our intention was to change the concept of the pack, aesthetic and functional. The goals we set were to redesign not only the pack but also the product itself. This is to redesign the use, portability and make them discreet. And if you put them in a bathroom does not look bad and uncomfortable. We use symbols and colours to easy recognise witch kind of pad you need.

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A24+ - Silence Water

The inspiration for the Α24+ Silence Water came from the common practice of interrupting. Often people interrupt one another, without letting whoever is speaking finish his sentence. The name ‘Silence Water’ is actually part of a Greek saying, originated in a myth. The question “did you drink the Silence Water?” is addressed nowadays to someone who is not responsive or very quiet or out of words.

In Α24+ we use this saying as a reminder that one should not be hasty in talking, but should rather “learn to listen first and then speak”. The Α24+ was designed in a glass bottle, with a dispenser comprising of 4 doses of 0.125 L, each lasting 24’. The name Α24+ results from the combination of the letter A, which is the drop cap of the word ‘silent’ and 24, which indicates the duration of each dose’s effect.

The Α24+ Silence Water is suitable for people with sensitivity to presentations, lectures and conferences. It soothes the desire to interrupt, enhances hearing, strengthens concentration and prolongs the period of unbroken attention.We would be very happy if you decided to communicate Α24+ Silence Water in your pages.

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Vessel Holiday Gifts

These are holiday gifts for clients at Vessel, a packaging design studio in Chicago's West Loop. The beer is from our friends at Southern Tier Brewery in Lakewood, NY, and features their IPA and Krampus Holiday Blend silk-screened in white and finished with a matching drawstring bag. Label illustration by Tony Ruth (aka Lunchbreath, aka partner at Vessel).

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Which One's Our Tent?

Festival goers often have trouble locating their tents within a sea of muddy green and blue tarpaulin. FieldCandy, a new design-led tent manufacturer no less, may well have the answer...
The company is, apparently, hoping to change the face or camping with its range of limited edition tent designs, some of which have been created by designers Terry Pastor, Philip Gatward and Jonathan Zawada.
There's a bricks and mortar design (above) and a cosy quilting pattern, while many of the other designs ape objects such as an open book, a suitcase, a massive wedge of cheese and even, er, a slice of melon.

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Student Work: Avoir

Avoir is a line of breakfast items that are made from pure, all natural ingredients. Avoir's foods have bold, central yet exquisite flavours created by the european style ingredients and recipes. This line is targeted toward a 20-30 something audience wanting authenticity along with originality. It uses texture, type and detail to appeal to the senses in a way to show how much this product means not only to the company but will mean to the consumer. The concept of quality is expressed through the action of the logo acting as a seal and breaking that seal by tearing the packaging to open.

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Christmas Tea

The essence of Christmas is getting together with the people we are close with. To encourage that, this design needs two people in order to function. It is a tea packaging design that encourages the sharing of a hot beverage with a dear person in the Christmas spirit.

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The Phraseology Project

Designer Drew Melton decided he needed an outlet to practice his craft in lettering and typography design. Instead of arbitrarily creating pieces, he knew he wanted to have a purpose to his practice, thus in January of 2011 the Phraseology Project domain was purchased and the challenge begun.

Drew and a handful of other artists took on the task of turning viewer-submitted phrases and words in to beautiful works of type and letter art. And, if the 90+ submissions they received in the first week were a signal, they definitely found an interested audience to keep the experiment rolling.

The Phraseology Project celebrates the art of experimentation and embraces imperfection found in trial and error. Drew says "We try our best to come up with our best work always, but more importantly we value practice and healthy process. In other words, these pieces aren't perfect. But they are honest. We celebrate the process of design and creativity in all of its' outcomes."

Here are a few of their designs:

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