Here are some things I’ve recently like enjoyed. Be sure to click on the images if you want to see where they came from! This made me laugh, I don’t think I ever seen anything else brag that the product was so new that the package design wasn’t completed yet. This photo by Heather Raye [...]
I love this packaging for the Childhood issue of A5 Magazine (warning: annoying browser resize). I’ve just heard of the magazine itself and it looks really interesting. They announce a theme and then anyone can submit works of art and design based on the theme. You can then buy the magazine, which features the curated [...]
Michael Jack is a huge collector of transistor radios. I especially love how he has put together a photo set of vintage transistor radio graphic designs. He shows off some nice boxes, manuals, and even the dials on the radios. If you love vintage machinery, check out the hundreds of high quality photos of the [...]
I found this great photo on Flickr of a vintage “Whittemore’s Cleanall” package. I just love the typography and the little flourishes. The colors are breathtakingly beautiful as well.
lauren {elycerose} on Flickr just pointed out that aluminum foil boxes have push in tabs for holding the roll in place. This is the most amazing thing I have learned all week and I can’t believe I never noticed it before. My life is now slightly easier.
I came across this huge Flickr set of matchbook labels from the 50′s and 60′s. There are hundreds of images in the set of mostly Eastern European labels. They are like tiny little vintage posters, and there are tons of nice ones to look at.
General Mills has put out some vintage versions of some of their cereal boxes at Target. When I saw the Kix version, I was awestruck. It is so clean and and confident compared to the horrible “hey look at me! I have shading, and exclamation points, and a close up image of fake cereal in [...]