J A P A N !
I popped over there a little while ago, and packed my suitcase FULL of all the packaging over there. The supermarket isles are an utterly uncomprehendible sea of little faces, eyes, grins all looking at you! Its really split between chaotic very character-full visually packed branding, to the other extreme: elegant, refined, minimal. Its a fascinating place design-wise. Appologies for no credits and crap scanning, its the best I can do! See loads more after the jump...
Click to view these bigger, sorry again for just being scans. I ate all the contents! heh.
Biscuit packaging
Little sponge cakes
Orange juice
Biscuits
dried noodles
sort of caramel flavoured wheat puffs
Fruit jellies (they love their jelly over there!)
Love the flowery biscuit packaging. And I've had those noodles, they are delicious!
Posted by: Leanne Hilgart | April 17, 2008 at 07:21 AM
i have the bunny matches! i LOVE the packaging over there <3
Posted by: Elle | April 17, 2008 at 04:51 PM
i appreciate for those pictures even just scanning.
btw, second packaging with five different flavors are not food.
they are instant hot spring powder packagings. please dont eat them.lol
Posted by: k | April 19, 2008 at 01:01 PM
I adore the bunny matches. I could never bring myself to use them though.
Posted by: BUDA | April 20, 2008 at 05:56 PM
I love the caramel corn puffs! They are so addicting.
Posted by: Jenny H | April 23, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Those matches are so cute. They must be expensive though, if the have to print little faces on the match heads! I love the Japanese candy. It's tasty and the packaging is really interesting. I wonder what inspires the characters to be in everything...
Posted by: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio | April 25, 2008 at 09:09 AM
japanese packages are fantastic!
i cut and compose with them as notebooks covers.
Posted by: weno | May 07, 2008 at 01:26 PM
I have never gone to Japan but I got to eat some of those dried noodles. I wish someone would send me some of those candies and matches.
Posted by: royalflare | May 13, 2008 at 09:01 AM
i simply adore japanese packaging. it makes u so want to own it! i've got that hiyoko little sponge cakes too! i get them everytime i return to japan for that annual therapy of creativity and sights! simply delicious.
japan's not just lovely in packages but also do take note of their carrier paper bags and plastic bags.. i keep most of them!
Posted by: junel. | May 14, 2008 at 10:20 PM
good lord, those matchbooks are the CUTEST things i've ever seen! i love them!
Posted by: jess Gonacha | May 15, 2008 at 06:09 AM