TheDieline.com: Package Design

Studio Spotlight: Curious D

  

A selection of work from Curious D, a multidisciplinary firm in France.

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Studio Spotlight: Firma

We featured Firma, a Russian design firm on the blog way back, over a year and a half ago. They have some new work, and I thought some of their past work deserves a second look:

    

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Gotta Moo

 

Gotta Moo is the graduation work from recent graduate Narani Kannan, from OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design). Here is a small rationale on her project: 

Gotta Moo focuses on the most eco-friendly method for milk packaging. This greener milk packaging solution would be made out of Sugarcane Bagasse molded pulp paper, coated inside with sugarcane lignin and printed with vegetable based inks, all based on food safe materials. Bagasse is an annually renewable plant resource and is compostable and recyclable. This can replace plastic and plastic coated packaging, which is currently used in the food/beverage industry today. This packaging solution does not rely on oil extraction and it also minimizes green house gas emissions. This new molded pulp milk packaging solution could be an eco-friendly vision of the future.

"Perfect Slice of Summer" tissue boxes

Background information: Los Angeles-based Illustrator Hiroko Sanders created the illustrations for the new Kleenex “Perfect Slice of Summer” tissue box series. Since the illustrations are the primary part of each carton, the challenge was to create artwork utilizing a style that embodies the spirit of summer, and that works uniquely with the carton design.  The three boxes are images of different fruits rendered with a stylized realism that unifies the design of the package with the brand and product.

Project credits: Hiroko Sanders, Illustrator
Jennifer Brock, Senior Designer/Brand Design – Kimberly Clark Corp.

Mallard Tearooms

A beautiful design by Sarah Walsh, a UK designer. I love the use of patterns to define the brand. Well done.

"Mallard is a specialist tea company which sells loose leaf tea through its shop and tearoom in Knutsford. The mix and match branding is inspired by the eclectic feel of the establishment which is quirky, eccentric and unmistakably English."

Guerlain Rouge G lipstick

Designed by jewellery designer Lorenz Bäume, Guerlain Rouge G lipstick aims to combine both glamour and functionality in its new packaging design. They have turned the lipstick package into a compact; a magnet holds the two parts together, and opening with lipstick reveals a two-part mirror with which you can easily apply the lipstick. Functional or over packaging? Share your thoughts below.

Target Archer Farms

I was walking through my local Target the other day and then it hit me: Ive never posted Archer Farms! Archer Farms is a Target owned brand designed by Michael Osborne Design that spans a wide range of food products: 

5 more after the jump!

Godiva Golden Cacao

Lovely concepts for Godiva from Christine Yoon, a student at Pratt Institute. Couple more after the jump.