26Jul2010 |
Panasonic Note Earphones Packaging |
Brilliant minimal packaging designed by Scholz and Friends for Panasonic RP-HJE 130 earphones. The earphones form part of the packaging representing music - a pair of quavers. So you get to see the product and also what it represents. The packaging won a gold lion at Cannes. |
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16Jul2010 |
Shoot The CD |
For the packaging of the Planet, Planet CD by Elyjah German designers Zwölf fired pellets into the covers. Included in the package are pictures of the band dressed as if they're on a hunt in the 1920s. They also used old fonts: Memphis, from Emil Rudolph Weiß (1929) and the Wieynck Gotisch from Heinrich Wieynck (1926) - which were printed on an old Heidelberg printing machine. The video of Wired Song by Elyjah is embedded below from YouTube. |
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15Jul2010 |
Analogue Digital CD |
Yuri Suzuki has collaborated with DJ Jeff Mills to produce a CD which is both analogue and digital. One side is a normal digital CD. The other side is a vinyl pressing which can be played on a record player. Remember them? The disc was produced by optimal media in Germany and is available for purchase for USD 35 from Axis Records. The ideal gift for those who complain digital does not have the warmth of analogue! A YouTube video of the prototype is embedded below. |
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14Jul2010 |
Packaging As Music |
Tristan Perich explores the relationship between music and its packaging in his 1 Bit Symphony project. The symphony is packaged in a CD jewel case but it is not a recording. The chip inside the case generates the music as a series of (1-bit) square waves. Even though he is using a simple form of sound wave he still manages to produce complex musical movements. Available for pre-order at Bang on a Can for USD 29. Video of the project is embedded below from Vimeo. |
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26Apr2010 |
Musical Business Card Comb |
Never thought you'd hear the words: musical, business card and comb in the same sentence? Well you have now. This is a business card for a groovy hair salon in Rome called MODhair. It makes music when a finger nail is dragged over the comb teeth. The same principle as a music box. And it's a comb too. It was designed by Fabio Milito. Fab! |
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23Apr2010 |
Cell Type |
For the May issue of The Annual Creative Review commissioned Craig Ward to create some cell level typography. Ward collaborated with Frank Conrad at the University of Colorado in Denver to produce type made from pollen cells. See above detail. Wow! |
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15Apr2010 |
Shoe Box Sustainable Reboot |
PUMA partnered with Yves Béhar to produce a new packaging system called the "Clever Little Bag". They claim it will save more than 60% of paper and water annually. It was a long project; for 21 months they studied boxes and systems. Finally getting rid of the box altogether and replacing it with the "Clever Little Bag". The new system uses 65% less cardboard than the standard shoe box, has no laminated printing, no tissue paper, takes up less space and weighs less in shipping, and replaces the plastic retail bag. Marv. |
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09Apr2010 |
Post A Garden |
Postcarden is an interactive eco greeting card designed and produced by A Studio for Design in London. Postcarden was created to be more playful and curious than a conventional greeting card. Over time the card changes as it reacts to it's environment. Giving a long lasting, evolving, message to the recipient. Postcarden is British made and printed in Wales by Ethical Packaging. Available from the Postcarden site for GBP 7.50. |
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24Feb2010 |
Scratch-off CD Packaging |
The packaging for the MSVICA CD comes with a yellow tiddlywink so you can scratch off the gold latex panels that cover the text on the packaging. The concept being that the packaging of the CD evolves over time as does the music on the CD. More photos on Flickr. The CD is available from Fine Art Recordings web shop. You may also be interested in Rorschach CD Packaging. |
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