Oh! Boy syrup is keeping it simple and classic with its fun vintage style and primary color palette. It’s hard not to smile at that cute freckle-faced illustration!
//photo by Erika Firm for Delphine
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When I saw Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Basil Hand Soap in the store, I couldn’t resist picking it up for the Delphine studio. The typography is solid, the illustration is adorable, its label is in one of my favorite green hues … and it smells lovely!
The entire line of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day products are equally gorgeous, thanks to Mono of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
//photo by Erika Firm for Delphine
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I’ve never had lobster pâté, but Giovanni’s packaging sure makes it tempting to try. This packaging caught my eye with its vintage style script and serif typeface pairing … and certainly its retro color palette with that beautiful powder blue and lobster red.
//photo by Erika Firm for Delphine
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I picked these Lays dill pickle chips up at the Coming Street corner store the other day. The flavor intrigued me (and I’m happy to report they are delicious). Also noticed that the colors on the package are my favorites … lime greens and yellows. Then I noticed that the colors match my Orla Kiely wallet perfectly. I guess I’m pretty predictable when it comes to favorite color palettes.
//photo by Erika Firm for Delphine
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I really like the crisp, clear color palette for Batdorf & Bronson coffee roasters coffee cups. It’s a refreshing change from most coffee packaging, which is predictable brown.
It’s too hot to stand over a stove stirring Polenta right now, which is the only reason I didn’t scoop up a package of Moretti when I was at the grocery store the other day. The packaging is delightful that I can pretty much guarantee my kid would eat this if he saw the package first.
You all (or, now that I’m back home in SC, “y’all”) know I’m a sucker for package design. I love the J. R. Watkins packaging so much that I now skip the tedious step of transferring dish soap and hand soap to another container. I just leave them out on my sink! I first spotted them at Target, but there are lots more products for sale directly from J. R. Watkins and next time I run low I’m going to order directly from the source.
I do some package design for a Scandinavian apothecary, and my goal is always to design something that the user will display on their counter, not hide in a cabinet. From a designer’s perspective, this brand is getting it right: the branding and design is consistent, but not boring. The color palette references the scent of the product, and I like how they have left the actual product clear/free of dyes. I looked around the web and can’t find credit for who is responsible for the design, so I think they are doing it in house. Love it!
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While out shopping for supplies for the new house last weekend I saw this cool packaging at the local Lowe’s garden center. I love the retro illustration and typography.
photo//Erika Firm
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I’ve always been a sucker for good packaging. I can remember agonizing over Hello Kitty purchases at the mall, then hating to open the package when I got home so as not to ruin my new treasure.
These days I still love pretty packages. I try to only buy stuff I need, but I just couldn’t resist the awesome Kraken Rum bottle when I first spied it in the grocery store last summer. (Sidenote: California is awesome! We can buy alcohol in the grocery store!!) That was a few bottles ago, and it is now classified as a need. I’m slightly embarrassed to say how many we’ve gone through since that first bottle.
I also adore the cute white polar bear Coca Cola cans. Instead of hiding them in the pantry, I have them displayed on a shelf in the studio. Apparently the cans were a bust for Coca Cola, and they quickly revised the art to a red can because people were “confused.” But I think they’re great, don’t you?
RECIPE: Here’s how John makes Krak-n-Coke: fill highball glass with ice; add 2oz. rum; throw in a squeeze of lime (or a whole keylime); fill with Coke.
This morning while fixing breakfast for my son I wore a sweater over my pjs … it’s officially Fall in my book, now. One thing that I look forward to each year is the return of Brach’s candy corn to the store shelves (and my belly).
I’m not too crazy about the new packaging. It’s not that it isn’t well designed … I like the layout just fine (and you know I’m a big fan of white space). I think candy corn is one of those nostalgic childhood memory type things … I miss the old packaging. Does that make me old?
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I simply could not resist the packaging and had to buy this super cute chocolate toffee bar from Trader Joe’s. I’m glad I did, too, because it’s delicious!
Although my shopping cart was already completely overflowing, I HAD to buy this amazing looking chocolate from Trader Joe’s. Isn’t the packaging marvelous? I love the bold graphics. Although they didn’t need to, they carried the design inside the package, to the inner wrapping. Little surprises and attention to detail like this are part of what make this store so special. (By the way, the chocolate is pretty amazing, too.)
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Sometimes (more often than I like to admit) I buy something simply for the fabulous packaging. I picked up this beautiful Fern bath gel by Simpatico at Bixby & Ball last week because I fell in love with, well, everything: the cool die cut tag, the lovely typography, the use of numerals, the fun flask shape of the bottle and the fern illustrations. Then I used it. The scent is awesome — fresh and clean, slightly medicinal. (I’m not a fan of sweet scents in the bath.) Love love love it!
Photo by Windy Dougall
UPDATE: I found the Simpatico website.
Isn’t this packaging lovely? I would buy this water just for the packaging. Really, I’d design an entire party around it. I can totally picture it at a baby shower, can’t you? It’s the perfect sweet pastel color palette.
The design is by Neumeister; you can read a bit about it on The Dieline, where I spotted it.
There is something so wonderfully weird about these Crips snack bag packages. Right? I would totally buy these, but not sure if I’d be able to ruin the package by opening up the bag!
I first saw these cute packages via TheDieline.com.
