How awesome is this! Its a limited addition giveaway packaging for a new line nike came out with a few years ago. I really like the over indulgence of room and the harsh lines the outer packaging makes that contrast to the soft padding on the inside. I would totally keep this package for as long as I had the clothing.

Hollowing Out A Book

This Page among others helped me so much with my project that I felt the need to share it. Tired of those pesky books clogging your shelves? Need a place to conceal your stuff, or perhaps make some creative paper art? Then this is the project to use! I personally like how this webpage's examples are a bit more playful in carving around pictures. So whenever you feel like it, try it out. I personally loved doing it for my project, it made my parents' old books so much more interesting.

For the person who has everything....

I really think this is a silly packaging idea: Medea Spirits has an interactive LCD display bottle. I guess they might have thought this is the kind of gift you might get someone who needs nothing else? Since most people have smart phones that play videos and store photos, this seems kind of excessive to me. The release date and price are still TBD. I wonder how much this will cost? 

Cardboard High

Design Art News

Makoto Orisaki made a special cutting tool to cut cardboard in more sustainable and eventful ways for packaging. The simplicity of the cutting tool, "or-ita", makes the act of folding cardboard as familiar as the act of folding paper. This tool is a great source for packaging with the new expressions that become possible with the use of or-ita; so called cardboard furniture and products could be benefited from or-ita.

Student Works

With the end of the year drawing nigh, I felt a bit nostalgic looking back at all of our packaging projects, seeing our skills change and adapt. So I wondered what other packaging students came up with at other art schools, and looked up some student work. Here is a list on Lovely Package with works that packaging students have done. I gotta say I admire the craftsmanship on many of them, especially the wine bottles and any other packaging that begs for sophistication.

So here's to the end of the year, when all of OUR class works will finally pay off ... and we won't have to see them ever again.

The Future is Here: Edible Packaging

In 2010 Americans threw away over 75 million tons of packaging waste. Ugh. Some Harvard scientists came up with a (possible) solution: what if packaging was edible? This video from Bob's Burgers in Brazil talks shows people eating their edible burger wrappers. I was wondering if this was a joke when I first watched it... what could edible wrappers possibly taste like?

This is the Huffington Post article with more info.

also, this isn't packaging but I wanted to share because its.... AWESOME
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Sponsored-Heroes/7322335