Packaging: Lesley’s Gourmet
Posted: July 9, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: Art, boxes, chocolate, cocoa, confectionary, design, food, gourmet, labels, Lesley's Gourmet, monochromatic, natural, organic, packaging, packaging news, YUI Studio Leave a comment »Lesley’s Gourmet is a US based confectioner founded by caterer and event planner Lesley Clapham that makes french-styled artisan chocolates, fruit bars and chutney from natural, organic ingredients. YUI Studio was commissioned to develop the packaging for Lesley’s Fine Artisan Chocolates range, delivering a clear plastic substrate and uncoated paper combination alongside a silver print finish to create subtle contrast throughout.
Packaging In Brief: Billington’s
Posted: March 13, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: Art, B, baking, billingtons, boxes, butterfly, cane, colour, condiment, Cooking, cream, design, distress, flower, food, grunge, illustration, jkr, logo-type, natural, packaging, packaging news, sugar, typography Leave a comment »Following my earlier review of Whitworths for Baking, a new cooking sugar from Napier Brown, Billington’s, owned by The Silver Spoon Company, has launched its own repackaged range of sugar created by JKR. The design takes a bold, colourful and contemporary approach to classic illustrated typography and is based around an iconic B character drawn from Billington’s previous and fairly antiquated design.
Packaging: Good Food
Posted: January 23, 2012 Filed under: Food & Drink, Packaging | Tags: Art, boxes, branding, design, Face, graphic, graphic design, identity, labels, logo, news, opinion, packaging, review Leave a comment »Good Food is a Monterrey (MX) based fast food brand focused on creating a healthy alternative within the traditional convenience category. Their identity and packaging, developed by self styled, ‘supermodernist’ design agency Face Creative, mixes a minimal typographic and iconographic approach with tactile and premium print treatments.
Logo, Branding & Packaging: Alixx
Posted: October 11, 2011 Filed under: Health, Fitness & Beauty, Logos & Branding, Packaging | Tags: Art, boxes, branding, candles, design, graphic, identity, logo, logo-mark, packaging, review 2 Comments »Alixx is a family owned Belgium brand of handmade, scented candles and soaps. Their new identity and packaging, designed by Brussels based Coast, has a uniquely clinical direction of a perfumery that utilises a very simple and clean packaging and interior aesthetic to emphasise the candle’s organic and crafted qualities.
Logo, Branding & Packaging: Ikaati
Posted: August 9, 2011 Filed under: Food & Drink, Logos & Branding, Packaging | Tags: Art, bird, boxes, branding, identity, illustration, Indonesian, infusion, logo, luxury, packaging, patterns, premium, review, tea 2 Comments »Ikaati (meaning ‘to tie by hand’) is a new range of Indonesian, handcrafted luxury teas infused with organic flowers, fruits and herbs. To capture this unique proposition Minneapolis based Studio MPLS designed an identity and packaging solution that combines culturally inspired illustrations, an iconic bird logo-mark and a rich and vivid colour palette delivering a modern interpretation of an authentic Indonesian style.






