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Cérémonie Teas by Danny Goldberg
This packaging uses a basic cube die cut like many products but its graphics, color and super cleanliness is what caught my eye. The ink used on this packaging reminds me of Apple's packaging because of the slight matte finish and simple one color text. The icons are in bright rock colors which direct your attention to it right away. What I like most about this packaging is that it uses an Art Nouveau motif in the circles to represent the tea leaves.
Emeyu Tea
This packaging is very well designed because it has a multifunctional use or containment you can say. You can
place the single tea bag packaging flat on one side or you turn the entire packaging on another side and use it as a book
shelf format. It has a second life. I also thought the matte finished tea bag was a great choice because it continued the
calming tone of the packaging. The graphics are also very clean and simple.
Teet Milk by Ashley Linnenbank
I thought that this packaging was the most creative. It took the concept of a cow's utters, where milk is extraceted
from, and used it for its packaging as bottles. The packaging that holds the bottle is very simple, but environmental
at the same time by using cardboard. What I really like the contrast between the box and the bottles. The box is very
geometric while the bottles are very organic. The colors also play a part too. I love how the bottles are bright and
catches your attention.
Bad
Happy B.B.Q Chicken Set
This packaging is way too busy. When I first looked at it, I could not tell that there was chicken in it. The
packaging clearly wants to hide what ever it is selling. The graphics do not help either. The snowflakes on the box are
bigger than the chicken image. It should have been the other way around.
Chicken of the Sea Salmon Cups
First of all, this packaging reminds me of pudding. But when I look at the labeling, it says Salmon Cups. The
combination of these two concepts was not, at all, a good idea. I also thought the color choices were better suited
for wine or something warm. Chicken of the Sea should have stayed with their can packaging for this one instead.
This packaging does not do justice to--I think it's strawberries. Even though the jar does protect the strawberries, they
look very unattractive to the customer. The logo is also too small and almost hidden on the lid. The color treatment is
also poor. Choosing the yellow and red reminds me of McDonalds and not strawberries.

There is a whimsical quality that justifies the Teet milk. I think it was important that the designer made the logo readable upside down and right side up, because cognitively, the first thing a consumer would do is take the four pack and flip it upside down to laugh at it's whimsy resemblance of the utter. Do the colors signify the flavors? Ex: pink is strawberry milk, brown is chocolate milk?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you... your picks for good design are really well designed and cleaver. Interesting also how the teet type was written in a way that can be read from various angles.
ReplyDeleteHelen