Package

Probably getting a bit ahead of myself thinking about the packaging and presentation of my final CD for module hand-in, but this example is so frugally beautiful I had to offer it up for a blog post. I'm assuming the backplate is made from thick grey card but almost looks as though it could be granite or stone - definitely not appropriate for CD packaging however.

I think the pure white CD with minimal text makes all the difference in terms of impact. The overall feel of the packaging is extremely contemporary whilst at the same time encorporating an old school rubber band and wooden peg fastening technique - a perfect juxtaposition, producing, in my eyes, one of the freshest CD packaging ideas I've ever seen.

Minimal

Mehmet Gozetlik has produced this wonderful project that strips brand packaging of all its complexities and focuses on only what is necessary. I find the resulting packages to be more appealing, clean and simple. Usually packaging tends to be as flamboyant as possible to grab the consumers attention, but with all of them screaming at you, these simply packaged products tend to speak louder.

Remedies

Designed by Alex Lee, University of Leeds. 

MTN 94

Again from the Montana group, MTN 94 are one of the companies more recent endeavours. A project to craft a paint that would be far superior to what the industry had seen before. Released in 2009, the paint was named after the companies launch in 1994 and has by far one of the best aesthetics in terms of current paint cans on the market.

The 94 6-pack boxes are simple, but at the same time very representative of the identity. Partcularly feeling the die-cut 94 stencil in the side of the box, I want to produce packaging for my cans that visually correlates with the brand and I'm definitely looking to keep the visuals of my design to a minimal, most likely using only 2 or 3 spot colours in order to keep the costing low. I still have some development to go before I can start mocking up designs. 

One thing I have noticed on all cans across the market is a LOT of very small text, presumably for safety and legal reasons (something ill be looking into), and usually in various languages. An aspect of the design I can't dismiss if I want to get my product looking as professional as possible.

Cans

Spray cans tend to have a lot of detail that can go unnoticed, I've used spray paint for a few years now and when it came to thinking about what was actually on the cans I went blank. So I gatherd the different brands of paint I could find at home and started analysing the content.

Really nice type on the Nitro 2G cans, especially compared to the Illuminarty cans pictured below. The Nitro 2G cans are very professionally finished even hosting a spot varnish over certain areas.

DIG for FIRE

Identity and paper goods design for music video production company, Dig for Fire. The full set is shown and contains DVD sleeves/mailers, sleeve stickers, labels, notecards+envelopes, letterhead, business cards, stamps and decals. All pieces mix-and-match well for a plethora of potential uses. The hand-assembled packages give the feeling of a gift for the recipient, with a layering of different materials and textures.

Honeycomb

Honeycomb booklet package design by Katharina Seiler. Could work really nicely as a publication pack for my project, however I'm unsure of content that could go in it currently.

Sugar

Sunshine Sugar by Fran Brand

Boxset

Jas Hands

Anadin

Deslin Records

Vinyl artwork has some extremely interesting artwork and has done for decades, this particular design is fom BASTER studio in the Netherlands. The photomontage design is printed in monotone most likely using a dark purple spot colour. The single use of colur allows the design to get away with using so much imagery whilst not looking to cluttered.

Milk Cartons

DUCATS MILK designed by Heinz Grunwald in the 80's. Phenomanal use of colour given
that it is merely packaging for milk, although it would definitely not only stand up to todays
design standards but stand out amongst alot of functional package design for food and
drink.
Im unsure of the prinitng process but I would say that it went through a 4 colour process
given the variation of colour.