Aug 7
Packaging
A couple of days ago I wrote a post on the design of street fashions, T-shirts, caps, and such (When the brand is the product). I understand the value of it, I like to look at it, I am intrigued by the designs.
But for some reason I have trouble with sneaker design. My mind does not recognize the same connection between design and footwear that it does between design and shirts and caps. I see people walking around with what looks like little sports cars on their feet and it looks weird to me.
So, in the interest of facing your fears, I sought out and sampled a site devoted to sneaker design--sneakerfreaker.com. I still haven't totally overcome my lack of interest in sneakers, but I do have a better appreciation for the craft of sneaker design.
An article about profiling Keep and Una Kim...
More interviews with sneaker designers...
A recent design from Puma...
Luxury sneakers?...
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Jul 8
Packaging
Came across this excellent piece on packaging design that is every bit as applicable to today as it was when it was first published a couple of years ago. It was written by Steven DuPuis, the Founder and President of The DuPuis Group, developers of branding programs for clients including Dole, Heinz, Kellogg's, Mattel, The Walt Disney Company, and ConAgra. He seems to know of what he speaks.
10 Packaging Design Trends To Watch In 2008--or anytime...
A sneak peek at Package Design Workbook by DuPuis Founder Steven DuPuis and John Silva, its Creative Director...
Home of The DuPuis Group...
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Mar 30
Packaging
If you were hopelessly addicted to looking around for exceptional design, you might have come across this striking package design on the Norwegian Design Council's site. It was designed by Strømme Throndsen Design for the Trygve Nesje flour mill.
Package design for flour from the Holli ancestral farm...
The design is discussed in depth here...
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Mar 16
Packaging
Here, the designers contrast the mechanics of typography with an organic background. Reminds me that, often, the designer's primary challenge is to find new ways of doing familiar things. (The work is credited to Why Not Associates in collaboration with Gordon Young.
Typographic tree columns at the Crawley Library in Essex ...
While you're there, check out the rest of the designer's (Why Not Associates) portfolio. I especially like the FutureLab logo...
In the Ideabook Design Store: Before & After: Graphics For Business...
Jan 7
Packaging
If you happen to be traveling on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, I can't help but think the storefront at 372 would catch your eye. The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. stocks some fairly unusual products--including gallon cans of Gravity, jars of Sasquatch Mucous, and a giant container of Helium Gumballs.
What it is, in reality, is a gateway for 826NYC--a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, develop their writing skills. Here's the story:
Tell me-if you were walking down this street--the Brooklyn Superhero storefront wouldn't get your attention!
Another view of the storefront...
Inside the store is the entrance to 826NYC...
Some of the featured products...
The store was designed by Sam Potts Inc.--which features an equally interesting portfolio of work...
This is the 826NYC web site...
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Nov 16
Packaging
Great labels stop you in your tracks. Sometimes they show outcomes, sometimes they tell a story, sometimes they have a life of their own. Two wonderful examples:
The SuperThrive label design...
The Dr. Bonner's Magic Soap labels...
Sep 7
Packaging
Here is a vibrant makeover of a long-time P&G brand—a complex mix of a new logo, illustrations, colors, and packaging shapes.
Herbal Essences makeover...
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May 11
Packaging
As soon as I saw it I wondered who was behind the new package design of Adobe's CS3 software suite. I particularly like the contrast of the free-flowing colors and shapes with the crisp, mechanical-looking type. It is by Tolleson Design.
Tolleson Design...