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Vibrant Bandage Branding
Vibrant Bandage Branding
Bandiful Breaks the Mould for Plaster Packaging
Bandiful is a type of plaster (or Bandaid as many people now know it in North America), which breaks the mould of traditional designs for these types of products. The designers have used a vibrant... MORE
Vintage Nut Branding
Vintage Nut Branding
Parker & Paisley Brand with an Old-School Look
Parker & Paisley have hired Glasfurd and Walker to help with the branding of their line of nuts. The team used a very vintage look for the packaging, giving the products a touch of age-old... MORE
Floral Skin Product Packaging
Floral Skin Product Packaging
The Kahuna Skin and Haircare is Perfect for Surfers
The Kahuna skin and hair product line has a plain black background for the bottles and containers, with the name of the brand filled in with a floral print coloring. The products are aimed towards... MORE
Illustrative Prosecco Packaging
Illustrative Prosecco Packaging
Prosecco Picchetto Verde Has a Scribbled-Like Quality
The design for Prosecco Picchetto Verde has an illustrative, scribble-like quality to it that makes the brand different than most higher class alcoholic beverages. Prosecco is known to be drunk on... MORE
Greek-Inspired Fruit Branding
Greek-Inspired Fruit Branding
Mavromata is Driven by a Greek Exotic Expression
Mavromata is a brand that specializes in black currents, and the name is actually translated to “black-eyed woman” in the Greek language. As such the branding for this food used this as... MORE
Rude Beer Branding
Rude Beer Branding
Stout Sarel Features the Middle Finger on the Front
For the branding of the beer Stout Sarel, Ronel Swanepoel has come up with a slightly rude design that’s not completely apparent at first glance. However, this is what makes the branding so... MORE
Character-Driven Beer Branding
Character-Driven Beer Branding
PangPang Brewery Has a Vibrant and Memorable Design
PangPang Brewery is a new beer company that has come out with a vibrant design by Snask from Sweden. What’s even more memorable are the names that each beer is given, which really helps for... MORE
Minimalist Gin Branding
Minimalist Gin Branding
The Cotswolds Distillery Gin Has a Darkened and Masculine Look
Cotswolds Distillery Gin was recently released with the branding completed by Breeze Creative. The team used a very minimalist yet masculine look for the gin, choosing to use darker coloring with a... MORE
Eco-Friendly Light Packaging
Eco-Friendly Light Packaging
Hyunseo Design Creates a Recyclable Design
Hyunseo Design has created an eco-friendly package for a light bulb, so that people can buy these much-needed bulbs without having to worry about what their purchase is doing to the environment.... MORE
Open-Sourced Appliances
Open-Sourced Appliances
Hacking Households Designs Appliances Like One Would Software
Hacking Households has come up with a system at the BIO 50 event whereby people can take household appliances and repurpose them for other uses. The inspiration for the project came from how... MORE
Cubed Office Architecture
Cubed Office Architecture
EAE Has Designed an Iconic Structure for the Hong Kong Science Park
The Hong Kong Science Park is furthering its expansion with the addition of a building to serve as an icon in the area. As such the EAE has designed a cube-like structure that will be used mostly as... MORE
Skeletal Building Installations
Skeletal Building Installations
'ReMIX Studio' from Beijing Transforms a Hutong with Lights
With Beijing Design Week 2014 come and gone, there have been many pieces of artwork that push boundaries and make people see differently, especially this installation from ReMIX Studio. The team lit... MORE
Continuity-Focused School Designs
Continuity-Focused School Designs
Aberrant Architecture Designs a School in London
For this school in London, England, Aberrant Architecture has updated its interior features with a focus on continuity, and really working with the already existing materials. Instead of knocking... MORE
Smiley-Faced Pools
Smiley-Faced Pools
'A2arquitectos' Designs the Smile Pool
The Smile Pool is exactly what it sounds like: a pool designed by A2arquitectos that features a large smiley face that can be seen from a ways in the sky. The design is perfect for young kids, as it... MORE
Desk Evolution Artwork
Desk Evolution Artwork
Harvard Innovation Lab Shows How the Workspace Has Changed Over the Years
The Harvard Innovation Lab has come up with an accurate depiction of just how the workspace of most people has changed over the years. In the 90s it was common for people to have a large computer... MORE
Capsule Water Taxis
Capsule Water Taxis
The 2015 Jet Taxi is an Upgrade to Water Travel
The 2015 Jet Taxi is a new design from the company Jet Capsule, as the leaders are expanding and moving into more commercial territories. The design is both sleek and modern, and offers a new way... MORE
Theater Facade Photography
Theater Facade Photography
Stefanie Zoche and Sabine Haubitz Document Vibrant Fronts in India
Photographers Stefanie Zoche and Sabine Haubitz have documented the vibrant facades of theaters in India. The southern part of the country is filled with these theaters, all of which take on a very... MORE
Domestic Life Installations
Domestic Life Installations
CAFA Looks at Life in China Through These Pieces
CAFA has come up with an installation filled with various art pieces that depict the life of domesticity in China. Pieces include items such as a tea maker, as well as a device that offers a way to... MORE
Handheld Napping Pillows
Handheld Napping Pillows
The Ostrich Mini is an Updated Version of the Larger Version
The Ostrich Mini pillow is ideal for anyone who needs to catch a few extra zzz’s during the day, but is struggling to find a comfortable position. Taking a nap during the day is not all bad.... MORE
Dining Experience Installations
Dining Experience Installations
'Wax Installation' Explores the Elements of the Table While Eating
‘Wax Installation’ is a design by David Thulstrup, which examines the dining experience through altering a traditional table. The artist has added wax to the inner sections of a slatted... MORE
Meteor-Mimicking Sculptures
Meteor-Mimicking Sculptures
Spectra Measures the Impact of Meteorites on the Moon
Spectra is a kinetic sculpture that mimics and thus measures how meteorites effect the moon’s surface, in a way that’s far more cost effective than sending people up in space on a... MORE
Psychology-Driven Chairs
Psychology-Driven Chairs
Yaara Derkel Presents 'Coppelius' to Challenge the Mind
Yaara Derkel has put together the ‘Coppelius’ chair, which is both an object for practical use as well as an art project aimed at challenging the mind. For Derkel, she was drawn to the... MORE
Industrial Tubed Lighting
Industrial Tubed Lighting
'Mr. Tubes' for Masimo Can be Adjusted for Varying Brightness
Mr. Tubes is a type of lighting system designed for Masimo by the artist Anton de Groof. The design takes on an industrial look, due to the darker steel beams that the lighting system is attached to,... MORE
Suspended Woven Dwellings
Suspended Woven Dwellings
Nido by Ana Rascovsky Suspends Nest-Like Structures in the Trees
Ana Rascovsky is an artist and architect that has explored the use of wicker woven materials in her project titled ‘Nido.’ The structures are suspended from trees in Buenos Aires, and... MORE
Urban Furniture Installations
Urban Furniture Installations
'Mens Sana in Corpore Sano' Promotes Sports in the City
When walking through a busy urban center, most individuals don’t think to stop and start playing basketball, but this is exactly the type of activities a group of artists is promoting with &#... MORE
Monolithic White Volume Abodes
Monolithic White Volume Abodes
The Thao Dien House is Renovated to Look More Modern
The Thao Dien House in Vietnam received an upgrade from MM++ Architects, so that the existing architecture could look more contemporary, yet still have a Mediterranean touch to it. The team managed... MORE
Region-Specific Autos
Region-Specific Autos
The 625c McLaren is Geared Towards the Asian Market
The new 625c McLaren is distinct in how the car manufacturers have decided to gear the design towards an Asian market. DesignBoom states that “the new McLaren 625c offers a level of mechanical... MORE
Moveable Inflatable Architecture
Moveable Inflatable Architecture
The La Bull d’Air Speaks to a Need for Nomadic Structures
La Bull d’Air is a structure built in France by Collectif de la Meute and Raumlabor, which works with the idea of having a nomadic lifestyle, and what can be done to accommodate this way of living.... MORE
Y-Shaped Hostels
Y-Shaped Hostels
LAVA Builds the Bayreuth Youth Hostel in Germany
Architecture firm LAVA has come up with a Y-shaped design for a hostel in Germany, titled the Bayreuth Youth Hostel. It’s design is distinct due to this outline, which most hostels and... MORE
Shopping Cart Chairs
Shopping Cart Chairs
Xavier Degueldre Upcycles Old Carts for Seating
Most people would simply look at shopping carts as a way to move food around a grocery store, but Xavier Degueldre has managed to see this items for a new purpose. After a bit of deconstructing and... MORE
Slender Window Abodes
Slender Window Abodes
Takahashi Maki and Associates Build a Thin Home in Japan
Takahashi Maki and Associates have completed a home in Japan that now stands out from the surrounding architecture. Since the plot of land was quite small and the team did not have much to work with,... MORE
Windowless Wall Abodes
Windowless Wall Abodes
The Kusatsu Home by ALTS Design Office is Modern
Located in Japan, the Kusatsu Home is a very minimalist design, and features a windowless wall on one side that allows for the owners to enjoy the fresh air. Instead of simply having a patio... MORE
Mixed Media Prison Installations
Mixed Media Prison Installations
Ai Weiwei Creates '@Large' at Alcatraz Prison
Alcatraz Prison is a well-known space where criminals used to go to live out their days behind bars, but now artist Ai Weiwei has transformed this space to be an area filled with artwork. He has set... MORE
Calligraphy-Inspired Architecture
Calligraphy-Inspired Architecture
Frei + Saarinen Rebuild a Community Hall in Switzerland
Frei + Saarinen are a team of architects that completed the ‘Front Building,’ a community center in Switzerland that was previously run down by a fire. To give the structure a unified... MORE
Rooftop Running Track Architecture
Rooftop Running Track Architecture
LYCS Architecture Makes the Most from Limited Space
LYCS Architecture was in charge of developing the architecture for a primary school in China, and was faced with the problem of not having that much space to work with. The team still wanted to... MORE
Revitalized Ancient Courtyards
Revitalized Ancient Courtyards
'Micro-yuan’er' Transforms a Courtyard into a Renewed Art Space
Micro-yuan’er is a project by Standardarchitecture in Beijing that revitalizes an ancient courtyard to be used as an art space, as well as a library. The design “is part of the organic re-... MORE

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Opulent Urban Bikes
Opulent Urban Bikes
Gold Cycle One by Nikolaus Hartl Uses a Minimalist Design
Gold Cycle One by Nikolaus Hartl was specifically designed for the large courier firm ‘Goldencycle’ based in New York. The design breaks down the bike to its minimalist form, but also... MORE
Pixelated Past Photos
Pixelated Past Photos
David Friedman Presents a Collection Taken with an Old Game Boy
Taken using a contraption that can be added to an old Game Boy, these photos by David Friedman bring viewers back in time to an era where pixelation was common. People now are so used to seeing... MORE
Retrospective Recordings
Retrospective Recordings
Sam Klemke Travels 35 Years Backwards in Time Through Taped Video Footage
Sam Klemke travels 35 years backwards in time through video footage he started when he was only twenty years old. Now 54, he presents a year-by-year retrospective montage on his life with the gathered… MORE
Removable Roof SUVs
Removable Roof SUVs
The Volkswagen T-ROC Vehicle is Both Versatile and Durable
The 2014 Geneva International Motor show was filled with forward-thinking concept cars, and the Volkswagen T-ROC vehicle is just one example of the memorable products showcased at this event. An... MORE
Cork-Based Sports Shoes
Cork-Based Sports Shoes
The Nike Cork Air Force 1s are an Eco-Friendly Alternative
The Nike Cork Air Force 1s are a step in the right direction when it comes to sustainability. The sports clothing giant has come up with a new design for its shoes, which uses recycled cork as the... MORE
Region-Representative Vino Packaging
Region-Representative Vino Packaging
BLACK ENZED Symbolizes the Different Areas of New Zealand
BLACK ENZED is a type of wine sold in New Zealand, so in order to appeal to this section of the world, Sophie-Anneli Overwien needed to come up with a concept that was alluring to the people here.... MORE
Sombrero-Inspired Buildings
Sombrero-Inspired Buildings
The Skow Residence in the States Has a Roof Shaped Like a Hat
The Skow Residence in the United States is located in Colorado, and has a roof inspired by an interesting accessory: the sombrero. As such the roof flips out on the side, similar to this popular... MORE
Prestigious Pipe Packaging
Prestigious Pipe Packaging
Blatter & Blatter is Pipe-Making Company with an All-New Design
Blatter & Blatter is a company in the pipe-making business, which was founded in 1908. Since the brand has been around for quite some time, Mario Bouthat of Canada was looking to update the... MORE
Open-Sourced Appliances
Open-Sourced Appliances
Hacking Households Designs Appliances Like One Would Software
Hacking Households has come up with a system at the BIO 50 event whereby people can take household appliances and repurpose them for other uses. The inspiration for the project came from how... MORE
Boxy Metallic Abodes
Boxy Metallic Abodes
The Sluijmer & Van Leeuwen Villa Horatiuslaan House is Roomy and Rectangular
The Sluijmer & Van Leeuwen Villa Horatiuslaan House is metallic and boxy. The architects make the most out of a rectangular shape and turn a simple configuration into an enticing home outline. The house… MORE
Board Game Trend Report
Board Game Trend Report
From Sudoku Spinoffs to Architectural Trivia Games
The use of board games has proliferated past the sphere of gaming, and these childhood pastime favorites are now being used for inspiration behind marketing and packaging. Snakes and ladders,... MORE
Simple Weather Apps
Simple Weather Apps
Shine for iPhone Gives You the Forecast at a Glance
The Shine for iPhone is a straightforward, attractive weather app that makes you want to check the forecast even when it's raining. Unlike most weather apps for phones, this gadget is uncluttered and super… MORE
Contemplative City Shrines
Contemplative City Shrines
Kikuma Watanabe Creates the Shinto Shrine in Niigata City
Built in Niigata City in Japan, the Shinto Shrine was completed between two highways, to give people a space of refuge from the busyness of everyday life. The work was originally completed for a... MORE
Separate Pavilion Abodes
Separate Pavilion Abodes
The Copacabana House is Made up of Two Distinct Areas
The Copacabana House by Mcgregor Westlake Architecture is located on the Australian coast, where cold weather is pretty much non-existent. Because of this, the owners were able to design a house that&... MORE