1970s Ravensburger Travel Series
February 2nd, 2010While searching for who knows what, I found these vintage Ravensburger Travel Series games from the 70s. What immediately struck me were the beautiful package designs and the stunning color palettes. Simple, straight to the point graphics with the name of the game set in Helvetica.
It goes to show how graphic design for consumer products has lost its way. Just compare these wonderful package designs to one of their current games. Terrible.
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Ms Men
October 22nd, 2009Stunning packaging design by Espluga+Associates for Ms Men, a skin care product for men. Makes me want to go out and buy the entire set.
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LemonAid Beverages
August 26th, 2009One of my favorite design studios, BVD, just finished up some stunning new work for the German company LemonAid Beverages. They created a simple and eye catching design for the new drinks ChariTea and Lemonaid. BVD also selected a classic bottle design on which the graphics are silkscreened instead of using labels. I’d drink this stuff even if it tasted bad just because the design is gorgeous. Also, definitely check out the LemonAid site by demodern. The typography and videos are awesome.
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Jamie Conkleton
June 11th, 2009Jamie Conkleton is a recent graduate of University College Falmouth and is extremely talented at such a young age. If you’re in London and need some fresh talent, definitely scoop this kid up.
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H&M Packaging
April 24th, 2009Ok, this is probably the first and last time I’ll write this but… I have a crazy urge to go out and buy women’s stocking and tights. No, not to wear, but because they’re wrapped in a gorgeous packaging design by one of my all-time favorite studios, BVD.
Why can’t all packaging design be this damn good? Too bad it was in circulating between 1999 – 2001. Bummer.
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studio1500
April 15th, 2009An excellent range of work by San Francisco firm studio1500, formed by ex-Pentagram designers Erick Schmitt and Julio Martinez.
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Jacqueline Evans
March 27th, 2009Talk about beautiful packaging. I love this packaging for Jacqueline Evans Naturopathic Skincare products designed by Australian firm Swear Words. The combination of the simple typography, the flour de lis and the excellent pastel colors not only look great but they also create a visual system that works well.
I’m really love pastel colors. I’ve been chatting with Duane King on how great these colors are and how little they’re used, especially on the web. Gotta work these colors into my next project.
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Canteen Tequila
October 15th, 2008Absolutely gorgeous product design by Kaleidoscope. That bottles makes me want to drink some Tequila!
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Design Is A Hell Of A Drug
August 20th, 2008Design is powerful. Most people in this world don’t even know how powerful good design can be. It can be addictive like a drug. It can suck you in and make you do things without you even knowing. Design can make you buy something you don’t need or it can make you visit a place you don’t even care for. It happens to me all the time, and I know it’s because of design, and I love it. I welcome it.
Take for example this stunning packaging and store branding design by BVD for a cafe in Sweden. It’s gorgeous, absolutely stunning in my opinion. Black, white and flush left, ragged right type. Perfect.
For one, I would hang out in this cafe all day long, it looks like typography heaven. I’d eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in this place just so I could appreciate and enjoy the beautiful design work. I would then buy all sorts of things I don’t need just so I could get my hands on the brilliant packaging. I would be possessed. That’s how powerful good design can be.
By the way, who can name the typeface they’re using?
Anyway, check out BVD’s excellent portfolio, especially this.
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Jop Quirindongo
August 19th, 2008Amsterdam based designer Jop Quirindongo has recently updated his site with some fresh new work. Definitely worth a look.
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Double Standards
August 14th, 2008Germany based studio Double Standards has an extensive portfolio filled will high quality work.