Cookies are proof that life is good

Designed by Ferroconcrete in Los Angeles, these colourful cookies speak to you off the shelves with very clever insights on well, cookies! Such refreshing packaging design always brightens up the aisles of a supermarket.

On a side note, this was on Ferroconcrete’s site: “How do you fall in love? You may be attracted to the looks, but you fall in love with the personality. It’s the same for any brand. It’s our job to fall in love with your brand and pass it on.” What a lovely way to describe a brand. Why can’t more advertising folk speak like this?

Good design is for good clients

I wish I could stamp this on my client’s foreheads. Or on their briefs. Designed by vbg as a new years compliment to their clients, these stamps read “Good design is for good clients”. So simple and so true.

Prediction Coasters

Coasters just got fun people.

These four coast­ers have pre­dic­tions on them! Each coaster pro­vides for­tunes for a dif­fer­ent aspect of your life: Love, Happiness, Career and Adventure. I love the simple yet very appealing predictions. My favourites are Meet a handsome stranger, You will travel around the world, You will reconnect with an old flame and You will meet someone who makes you swoon. Designed by the good people at Seamless Creative.

Humunuku Soap Packaging

Based in New York, Humunuku is run by husband and wife, Alana & Cisco. Their boutique style print studio was founded back in 2008 and specialises in screen printed goods and textiles. Like the prints on these bars of soap which are so elegantly done. It’s really simple but has such impact. Almost like an African tribal print no?

Chocolates with atittude

Created by Bessermachen, these gorgeous chocolates with attitude are designed to fit your personality. Which one are you?

Marjainez

Maria Ines Gul, (or better known as Marjainez in the art fraternity) is an illustration queen. Her work is minimal, clean, classy, modern, cute and simple all rolled into one. And that handwriting of hers needs to become a font I say. A font!

Polytrade Paper Pockets

Ken Lo adds a touch of class to Chinese New Year with these colourful designs. Themed “Flower” in collaboration with Polytrade paper, these pockets are too gorgeous to hand out to people! Hong Kong based design studio BLOW was founded by Ken in 2010.

Bonnard

Macaroons always get the prettiest packaging designs. These are from Mexico based studio Anagrama. Sampling the brush strokes of French postimpressionist Pierre Bonnard, the line was designed for a tea and confectionary shop. The overall look is both effortless and classy. Those pastel colour combinations are lovely too.

Holiday/Apocalypse Survival Kit

I love me a good survival kit. These kits designed by Trigger are in such stark contrast to each other that both would be great to hand out to friends for Christmas.

Oh and WordPress was a little weird for me yesterday but it’s all back to normal this fine morning. (Yay!).

Zoo in my hand

As always, I make sure Friday posts are fun to get you in the right mood to start the weekend. This time I’ve got the cutest little book filled with an entire zoo! This forty-page cutout pocket book from ikskdesign is so simple and sure to keep you and the little ones busy for hours on end. I would make them all just for keeps to place around the house!