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Camera Inspired iPhone Cases

ECOHOLS

Student Work – Helen Maria Bäckström

This is the Bees Knees!

AIR VASES

Pencil Packaging

Minimalist

This project is only a design practice for showing minimal feeling of some international samples. It is an article about unnecessary items on the global brands, any of them, second or third variations are not new packaging proposals!

starbucks logo update

The most powerful brand in coffee, starbucks, unveiled a new simplified logo, which it will start using from march 2011 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of company. The new logo which was designed by starbucks in-house team together with lippincott does away with the starbucks coffee' text and the outer ring - leaving only the siren in green.

following text from starbucks

'When we first heard about the possibility of modifying the starbucks brand identity, our minds went wild with the possibilities. this was the project of a lifetime. The designers here at starbucks have such a love for this brand - it’s what drives our creativity.'

'The details came next. the 20-year old logo was built in the early days of autotrace and it showed – points everywhere. we improved composition, brought in more sophisticated stroke width and spacing and a smoother line flow. when it came to her
– the siren – we enhanced her form in subtle ways, smoothing her hair, refining her facial features, weighting the scales on her tail to bring the focus to her face. We enlisted the branding firm of lippincott to help with these refinements, and give us a better global perspective on the entire identity system.'

'the result is an evolved logo that celebrates the siren in a much bolder way – it’s more expressive and energetic and still uses the same vibrant green circle that is so well recognized by our customers around the world.'

'from the start, we wanted to recognize and honor the important equities of the iconic starbucks logo. so we broke down the four main parts of the mark – color, shape, typeface and the siren. after hundreds of explorations, we found the answer in simplicity. Removing the words from the mark, bringing in the green, and taking the siren out of her ring. For forty years she’s represented coffee, and now she is the star.'

love at first sight

Ahhh, just after Friday shopping spree, till then, I cant forgot the silhouette Victor created. I am going to get it someday as a form of a pat on my back!

The saying goes, if you wake up the next day and still think of it, you have to get it.

jooze

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I would say the packing says it all, no?

branded lollipop

Lolli-Pop

Lolli-pop is the latest conceptual still life project by Italian born photographer Massimo Gammacurta. His lollies are edible icons. The brands are as sweet as candy for the palate and the eye. The brand association has in fact been replaced by a new meaning through the materiality and the abstract action painting dynamic gestures. When Massimo first distributed his lolli-pops on the Internet as an art experiment, interest amongst bloggers and fashionistas exploded. With this book, his lolli-pops of world renowned brands are released into the world once again for consumption, but now in print…




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Special Edition LEICA M9 “Titanium” by Walter de’Silva

The exclusive special edition Leica M9 “Titanium” is the result of a collaboration with Walter de’Silva, the prominent automobile designer. Responsible for groundbreaking design concepts for the latest models from the Volkswagen Group, the chief designer and his Audi Design Team have re-interpreted the design of the LEICA M9 just as he envisaged it. The outcome is a unique camera with a new interpretation of the characteristic features of Leica rangefinder cameras, which lends precision engineering, unique style and solid titanium to extraordinary formal design.

Walter de’Silva has given the Leica M camera an ergonomic, precise and logical “look and feel” without changing the intrinsic character of the rangefinder camera. Thus, the compact construction and technical features of the LEICA M9 ‘Titanium’ retain the distinctive style of a true Leica M camera.

The camera’s trim, which uses leather typically reserved for the interiors of Audi’s premium automobiles, fits perfectly with the body’s titanium surface and provides outstanding grip. The grip characteristics are additionally enhanced by a specially designed and embossed diamond pattern.

Walter de’Silva addressed not only the design of the camera, but also focused on its handling and technical specifications. New features include the LED illumination of the bright-line frames in the viewfinder, removing the necessity for a standard illuminating window and making the front aspect of the camera even more balanced.

Furthermore, the Leica logo has been restyled and is elaborately hand-engraved in pure resin, inlaid with white enamel, sealed with clear varnish and then polished and positioned centrally - directly above the lens. Instead of the traditional strap lugs of standard cameras, the chief designer and Leica engineers developed an innovative camera carrying concept that is reduced to just one single mounting point on the camera body.

M9 Titanium, Special Edition of 500 Cameras Worldwide, by Walter de’Silva, for Leica





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Ribbonesia

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Panasonic Notes

Blow off projector one this superb packaging created for the stereo headphone Earphones RP-HJE 130 off Panasonic. Imagined by the German agency Scholz & Friends, this presentation takes ace has starting off not the form has effective note off music for year effect ace simple ace.




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This is a must post when I saw this!

Schweppes Limited Edition Slim Cans

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Light and Typography

My topic in seminars of typography was "Light and Typography" so I decided to create five kaleidoscopes. This toy was named by combining three Greek words: kalos - meaning beautiful; eidos - form; and skopeo - I see. A lot of glittering glass cullets makes amazing pictures because of the light. The main idea was to use characters made from coloured transparent material and convert them into abstract pictures.