http://www.flickr.com/photos/thoughtstudio/

real nice packing design work also artwork.

Office

Office - 826 Valencia Article

While doing research for this assignment I came across this company, at first I thought they produced "office supplies" but I quickly found out otherwise. This particular article is about a San Francisco company called 826 Valencia. I love the "pirate" theme everything seems to have. And how it isn't to over the top with that direction.It even goes as far as to have pirate sayings as if pirates them selves would be purchasing the items.

Petrocoll Pinup Putty Bags

I found mousegraphics, a Greek design agency while browsing Lovely Package. They have some really interesting package design, and the project that caught my attention the most was pinups on bags of plaster. It is a funny idea since the target audience is, according to traditional roles, men doing construction and repair jobs. I find gendered packing fascinating, and while I have mixed, mostly negative feelings about the undertones of this package, it is definitely worth checking out. Can you imagine seeing this at Home Depot? 

Pinup Putty

Packaging Blog

Here is a blog I found when researching for mood boards. This blog provides examples of templets along with the layout copy of templets. There are all different kinds and lists of the resources where the designed templates are taken from. Make sure to click on the category links listed on the side to view other assess to this blog and packaging examples and templates.

 Research Packaging Blog

CMYK playing cards

I found this link via TheDieline, and thought it was pretty cool! This designer stripped basically everything anyone knows about traditional playing cards, and made them into a CMYK edition. Instead of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades, they are Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key. Just take a quick look! It's so clever!

http://hundredmillion.co.uk/HM-cmykcards.html

I though this article was crazy http://shopping.yahoo.com/news/designing-the-packaging-free-future-212537958.html It talks about using washable inks and other metheds to element packing. I think however that it is nieve to think that this will work across all products and will even be used, because when the product gets wet or is in high humidity the ink will run and ruin the product. Interesting to think about but not practical at all.

Packaging Flavors!

What are flavors?

Regarding packaging, flavors can mean a few different things. It could be defined literally, as flavors of food or beverages or it can be defined figuratively, as a line of beauty products, kitchen utensils, or office supplies. In this case, you may hear it referred to as a product line or series. 

Below are some examples I found online that I believe are interesting examples of packaging flavors.