As the sister to a real-life chocohalic, I always have my eyes peeled for a pretty bar of chocolate, or in this case, nice packaging for a cup of the hot stuff. Designed by Kyle Tezak for Mindy’s Hot Chocolate in Chicago, the labels can be peeled back for a fun little peep show.. plus, I’ve heard their hot chocolate is killer.
With the printing all complete, it was time to move on to the cutting, folding packing and sending..
The tears being tears of joy that we actually finished these babies! We’ve received a few emails from friends & family asking us how we created our wedding invites, so we decided to do a little (and by little, I mean long) post on it. Read on below:
No, I’m not talking about the alien cookbook, grillin’ up man kind of thing, I’m talking about this nicely designed First Aid kit, by Kristine Erdmann. I pretty much has everything you need (and more) complete with very detailed instructions made even for dummies and scout-dropouts like Wes and I.
So we opened a letterpress factory in our studio this past weekend, printing what seemed like 1,000,000 of our wedding invitations.. but we’re still not done. Since we have multiple colors and 10 different printing plates, we still have a long way to go. Despite it being scorching hot in the studio and the work extremely tedious, it was also really satisfying seeing them come out. We’re definitely still letterpress newbies, but I’m kinda proud of them so far!
To be continued..
This cute rebranding for One Village Coffee was created by Able in the hopes to get new people interested in the brand (well, duh). It worked, I’m interested! Now all I have to do is put my talented coffee tasting skills to work.. to be continued.
There is some sort of salty, seagull-sounding, 1910′s nautical feeling that I think might be contained inside an old Player’s Navy Cut tin on our shelf in the living room.
John Player’s graphics department was on a roll for years- there is something really great about almost all Player’s packaging and ephemera. There is a gorgeous nicotine stained porcelain Player’s Navy Cut sign at my favorite bar that has been there for decades- the thing must be really nailed to the wall.
The mascot depicted in almost all Player’s Navy Cut packaging is named Hero, and his face constantly changes through the years of packaging, but no matter what he looks like I think he belongs in Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film “City of Lost Children”.
I’m not sure who might pay $115 for a first aid kit, but this one sure is pretty! Designed by Ulf Thomas Solbach, it’s made of laser-cut stainless steel and comes in a “home” and “professional” versions, each meeting those specific requirements.
See more details HERE.
Adoré Fine Chocolate wanted to have high-quality packaging for their handmade chocolates, so they hired Cobra & Assoc. to create individual packaging for each flavor. Using thermal block foil, laser-cut paper and special printing techniques, these chocolates are almost too pretty to open and eat.. but that wouldn’t stop me for more than a few seconds.
Why not propose to the lady you love (who would preferably also be a fan of Tetris) with a rock packaged inside this boxed beauty? Designed by Gerlinde Gruber while interning at sl designs, it’s such a pretty alternative to the velvet box!
via thedieline
Leslie Buck, designer of the iconic coffee cup, just passed away at the age of 87. Really nice article written about him in the NY Times, here.
Design company Concrete created the branding for Xococava, a hotspot for chocolate and ice cream foodies in Toronto. I’m thinking of placing an order with my BFF who lives there and is visiting soon.. cause that white chocolate and cranberry bark is calling my name.
Goat Island Pepper Sauce hired Tower of Babel to design their Limited Edition package for their vinegar-based spicy meat sauce. Each bottle has a hand applied label and each bottle is placed in a handcrafted cedar box. Yum.
Stranger & Stranger is a packaging design/branding company that specializes mainly in alcoholic beverages. I have to say, I’d buy any of these simply for the packaging.. because yes, I am that kind of consumer.
