50 Clever, Quirky and Beautiful Packaging Designs This week has been all about branding and package design. We’ve gone over some tips for creating effective packaging and taken an in-depth view of the branding histories of Coca-Cola and Pepsi to see what we could learn about the power of a good brand. Today we’ll finish off the week with a roundup of awesome packaging concepts from Behance and Packaging of the World. Clever We’ve separated the package designs into three categories: clever, quirky and beautiful. Some, like Brooklyn Fare’s cups merely contain a witty headline. Doritos Packaging Concept Munchy Seeds Brooklyn Fare Quaker Oats Vim Popcorn Dino Bite Hank Williams Jooze Zinkplaat – Mooi Besoedeling Quirky The ideas here are different from the last section in that they’re not particularly good or bad so much as they are delightfully strange. Sneaker/Shoe No.1 KAKA Caramel Corn Colier Jewelry Packaging KLOTZ Humanity Fragrance 12 Inches Southern Bells Musical Beer Doss Blockos Mount Tea Special Edition Taffy Twist Coca Cola Mystic Beautiful Birano Sony
Hajime Sorayama – “1970 – 2010″ @ Gering & Lopez Gallery Gering & Lopez Gallery sure knows how to kickstart the new year by working hard to bring a jaw-dropping exhibition with acclaimed Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama. The show “1970 – 2010″ (teased) is a tremendous display of the “four corners” of Sorayama’s illustrious style that he’s created over the past four decades. We experienced his sexy Robots & Gynoids to iconic figures in Pin Up poses to his sultry Myth & Fantasy femme fatales to his risqué erotic & fetish illustrations. The show runs until February 19th, so make an effort to stop by and catch it.
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Creative facebook profile picture ideas! Facebook became the toppest social website and its users are increasing daily basis. every time we are looking somthing different. This time Spicytec has brought you a big collection of Creative Facebook profile picture ideas!. You can simply download the picture and use it to your facebook account. Usually the default picture matches with these pictures. so, it will be a different you gonna make with your Facebook profile. (via) 10 Tips on How to Create Great Packaging Designs Whenever we go to grocery stores, malls, markets and any place where there are sold items, we would always see items and products sealed inside a box, a pack or whatever. These would come in various size, shapes and color. You can even easily distinguish your favourite food with just one glance because of its packaging . Wikipedia defines packaging as the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging is relevant for it protects, preserves, and contains the product for an easy transport. 1. Image: emi56 If you want your product to be patronized by many, you can start with a creative packaging. 2. Image: DezinoGraphista Choose the color that suits the product. 3. Image: blackattack The labels should be legible and readable. 4. Image: royks You may include images in your packaging designs. 5. Image: derrickfong Choose the right image, font style, colors and design that would suit the product. Ads 6. Image: lessayno 7. 8. 9.
Useful Photoshop Tips And Tricks For Photo Retouching - Smashing Magazine Advertisement When it comes to designing in Photoshop, there is a myriad of ways one could use to achieve a certain result, especially when it comes to photo retouching. Designers use technique they are most confident as well as comfortable with, which is great because it’s always useful to peek into the workflow of our colleagues and learn new design approaches. I’ll be covering some of the useful techniques and tricks which I’ve learned from my experience. Here is a short overview of the techniques we’ll be covering: Naturally Increased Light The light of the sun creates texture. Increase light on a separate layer. Then use the brush tool with a soft brush, and hold the Alt/Option key to pick up colors from the area that you want to brighten. The blending mode “Color Dodge” creates realistic results. Simulate Infrared Images Trees and bushes should now shine in the typical white, and the sky should appear almost black. It’s almost like an infrared image. Levels Controlling Mid-Tone Contrasts
Phenomenal Packaging Design & Inspiration Packaging might be the most important element of a product. Whether the product is a consumable good, some fancy hardware, a service, or even a website — that item might not even be touched if the package doesn’t communicate to the consumer. In this post, we’ve collected inspiring, unique, and brilliant packaging to demonstrate that good, timeless design speaks louder than words. Coffee Time Bag and Cups Yes, I am feeling like it’s time for some coffee after seeing this. Americano Black Breaking from the traditional feel, Americano Black is a much cooler design for a chilled coffee beverage. MyCuppa Tea/Coffee Genius at work in these Mug designs. PANTONE Mugs And for the more Colour savvy who won’t settle for cream-based names, W2′s got collections of PANTONE mugs to fill the void. PANTONE Universe Bag But W2 didn’t stop with mugs. Peared Here’s some wonderful branding done by Conor Hagan for the juice Peared, a combination of pear juice and other juices from an array of fruits. Wine In A Can
Timeless Beauty: Marilyn Monroe Here's a tribute to the amazing beauty that was Marilyn Monroe. Lovely Package® . The leading source for the very best that package design has to offer. 23 Fascinating and Forgotten Monuments from Yugoslavia Podgaric – Photograph by Jan Kempenaers Below you will find an incredible collection of photographs by Jan Kempenaers. All of the images are from his book, simply titled Spomenik. You can find the book for sale through his publisher Roma Publications or on Amazon. Details about these fascinating monuments along with a brief overview of Yugoslavia can also be found below. 2. Photograph by Jan Kempenaers 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. During the 1960s and 70s, thousands of monuments commemorating the Second World War called ‘Spomeniks’ were built throughout the former Yugoslavia; striking monumental sculptures, with an angular geometry echoing the shapes of flowers, crystals, and macro-views of viruses or DNA. In the 1980s the Spomeniks still attracted millions of visitors from the Eastern bloc; today they are largely neglected and unknown, their symbolism lost and unwanted. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. If you enjoyed this article, the Sifter highly recommends:
Beer Package Designs by paul0v2 Thu, 11/11/2010 - 12:31 Nothing like the good old six pack to change the mood. I know it's early to drink a beer but you may get thirsty after seeing these awesome packages I selected to show you. Every man has it's favorite beer but design lovers can't help to be attracted by the package and some times that will make you try something different, here are a few options. Click on the one you like to find out more!
Making a Print-Ready Business Card Using Only Photoshop In this tutorial, we are going to design up a simple business card in Photoshop and get it ready for print with crop marks and bleed. Normally you'd do some of this with a tool like InDesign, but it is in fact possible to get by with just our trusty old Photoshop. Calling Card Competition Over at our sister site FreelanceSwitch, there is a competition to make business cards using vectors from a special Arsenal sample pack. Step 1 Ok, so the very first thing we need to do is create a New Document. When sending things off to printers however, you need to add a sort of border around the image called a Bleed. Because of a quirk of Photoshop (which you'll see later) we're going to use a value of 3mm. Note also that because we are making something for print you should set the Resolution to 300dpi and Color Mode should be set to CMYK. Step 2 Once the document is created, the first thing we need to add are some guides to show us where the edges of the business card are and where the bleed starts.
50 Beautiful and Effective Package Designs When choosing one product over another, the design of the packaging probably influences your decision far more than you realize. Effective packaging design breaks away from the standard rules and conventions that we are accustomed to, giving the product a unique edge to stand out from the rest. The packaging should appeal to your target market. It’s also vital to ensure that you’re conveying the necessary information about the contents and quality of the product, while triggering the desired emotion in your customer. Here are 50 beautifully designed packages that you can draw inspiration from.