Posts tagged with cool food packaging
June 25, 2010 | New Design | by Eat. Sip. Chew. |
Coffee: an imperative element of my sanity (and probably yours too), even if a new study suggests that it’s simply sipped to curb nighttime withdrawals. So when in need of a jolt, why not drink from an aesthetically caffeinated bag of beans from the famed Minneapolis small-batch coffee roasters, Bull Run. Read more
March 23, 2010 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
The name really does say it all. From food writer and cook, Laura Santtini, comes this impressive collection of ‘spellbinding’ salts, rubs, pastes, spices, and more, set to enhance any dish from ordinary to out-of-this-world status. At least that’s what the rage is all about. And there is unequivocally a rage. Coming in a wide array of imaginative flavors, these tubes, jars, and bottles are chock-full of savory, deep, deliciousness. Read more
December 18, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
If you’ve ever dreamt about owning your own olive grove in Italy then Nudo is for you. Based in Le Marche, Nudo is an olive grove where wanna-be-harvesters, like you, can adopt their own olive oil producing tree from a selection of enticing photos and charming farmer bios. Read more
November 17, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Throw out that notion of kitschy maple syrup bottles shaped as log cabins. Canadians now have Drip: a fresh, simple design that was handled with purity and thought, reflecting the product within. These luxury-inspired bottles, reminiscent of old school medicine jars, boast copy that echoes Drip’s concept — delicate, straightforward, delicious syrup. The bottles and its sweet contents are both worth heading north for, so bring on the pancakes.
September 30, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by Zolton |
I want to live in Tokyo, to be immersed in a city where quirky is cool and everything can be turned into cute cartoon characters. This awesome packaging of tiny baby crabs with a spicy topping may be a little literal, but it’s more fun that anything Birdseye have ever released.
August 6, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by Zolton 
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I like the dynamic, colorful packaging from savory pastry company, Crumbs Foods. It’s all the work of London based designers, Folk Creative. Read more
July 3, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
I’ve got a serious addiction to dried mangoes. Granted, it could be worse, but with all the preservatives, additives, and sugars that make their way into dried fruits like those I eat in bulk, the after effects can be pretty unappetizing. Enter Southern Alps, a UK-based health conscious brand that produces totally natural mueslis, snack bars, and ‘slow’ fruits. Read more
July 2, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by Zolton |
When I was a kid, my sandwiches came wrapped rather ingloriously in clear clingwrap, an unappetizing mess of soggy multi-grain bread, lettuce and crookedly sliced tomato. Which is probably why, for five years, I threw the damn things out every day after school into the scrappy garden that grew out the back of my Mum’s apartment. Yes, that garden was a festering mess of moldy sandwiches. If only those school yard sandwiches could have been packaged like these gems. I mightn’t have eaten them, but I would’ve at least kept the cardboard casing. Read more
June 10, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
From Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa comes these brilliant juice boxes. Fukasawa has imitated the texture, skin, and color of the fruit juices within the containers to create this clever and innovative packaging design. In addition to the banana, kiwi, and strawberry flavors, there is also a silken tofu design for soy milk. For now, only the banana boxes have made their way to store shelves.
The degree of detail is quite astounding in these awesome hand-stitched Vogue covers by artist Inge Jacobsen. And yes, they are considerably more impressive than the real deal. Read more
Palpably somber, the beautiful work of Californian illustrator Jorge Mascarenas really lends the viewer a tangible means through which to wallow in quiet melancholy. Read more
Having originally sprung from the Shaky Isles (otherwise known as New Zealand), I can appreciate the humour in the New Zealand cartoon series, Bro Town, the first homegrown animated series to screen during local prime time. It’s simply brilliant, a real play on the ‘thuck’ accent and small town ways of our Kiwi brethren.
Called the Lighthouse (BRE House), this is the UK’s first ever net zero carbon home that also meets the highest level of the UK Standard Code for Sustainable Homes. It is a leading example because not only is it made with the most sustainable materials, but is also designed to encourage and shape a more sustainable lifestyle for its occupants. Read more
Brilliant, pathetic, awesome, sad, funny, reality, insanity. There’s not much to say about this Tumblr, just look and be amazed.
Back in the ’90s, just as the gangsta rap phenomenon was winding down and hip-hop was fragmenting into its own subgenres, Prince Paul and RZA kicked off the short-lived horrorcore fad with their group Gravediggaz. At the time, the melding of dark, gothic themes with hardboiled rap seemed gimmicky and awkward, a strange extension of the early and awful attempts to bridge hip-hop and metal, but on closer listen, the now defunct supergroup was way more innovative than they were given credit for. Read more
Chicago artist Ellen Greene makes leather gloves with ‘tattoos’ on them, that is she paints old-school sailor tattoos onto them. They’re pretty cool. Read more
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Francoise Nielly’s Yellow series
Parisian visual artist Francoise Nielly brings technicolour to the forefront in her latest series, Yellow. Featuring thick impasto palette knife strokes and trippy neon hues, Nielly captures the vulnerable expressions of her muses to a tee. Read more
A little infectious lollipop rock anyone? Feel free to embarrass yourself singing along at the stoplight. If the other drivers give you that look, roll down the windows and spread the love.
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Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
Christoph Niemann illustrates a nightmare flight
New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann has created a brilliant visual diary outlining the peril and pitfalls that beset the everyday passenger based on his recent experience flying from New York to his home town of Berlin. Read more
Communication prosthesis by Sascha Nordmeyer
This ‘communication prosthesis’ by designer Sascha Nordmeyer is hilarious and awesome. I want to wear one to a job interview.
Illustrating the playful side of sexy, Donna Wilson uses burlesque and 60s pop art as inspiration for her original art cards. Read more
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