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London Studio {Wellington}

London Studio {Wellington}

One of the best things about living in New Zealand has to be the abundance of delicious treats available, from farmers markets to Michelin stared restaurants, you are never far away from the next tasty morsel. Luckily for us designers this goes hand in hand with fine packaging design, a bounty of which we recently...    read »            
Nicknack does it again

Nicknack does it again

So last week we brought you the news of Nicknack’s recent success at the 2013 Rebrand 100 Awards, well we may have been keeping something from you… they only did the double! Take a look at the second project of Nicknacks to pick up a gong, this was the challenge they faced: “With a steady...    read »            
Strange Love {Marx Design}

Strange Love {Marx Design}

Love is sometimes strange, I’m sure we all know that by now but what is StrangeLove? Well my friends, let me first set the scene. Marx Designwere tasked with packaging StrangeLove into a gift piece that cafe owners would want to display on their counter. The problem being, StrangeLove is in fact an energy drink. And we...    read »            
The Company You Keep {Melbourne}

The Company You Keep {Melbourne}

Lovely trinkets from Melbourne gem The Company You Keep. Handsomely said from the horses’ mouth “from development and application to execution, we work with our clients to ensure their brand’s resonance and continued success, because you are the company you keep”. Nice, see what they did there? Beautifully balanced layouts, finely poised typography and a wonderful arrangement of...    read »            
Curious {Auckland}

Curious {Auckland}

It seems Auckland is the place to be for tasty design these days, adding to our recent post on the lovely Hardhat we now have packaging specialists Curious to introduce to you. With a generous handful of international packaging awards under their belts, these guys know their stuff. Recent lovelies include a big old shake...    read »            
Hardhat {Auckland/London}

Hardhat {Auckland/London}

Founded back in 2000, Hardhat Design is NZ and Brit design couple Nik + Jen who run an absolute nugget of a studio and service clients from bases in both London and Auckland. Their work has included brand/identity development, illustration, web & e-commerce development, and design for  packaging, print, publication & web. Meeting in London in...    read »            
Milk {Auckland}

Milk {Auckland}

Milk have been buzzing away under the surface for years however recent projects for the likes of 1Above and Health Basics have firmly cemented their position on the Auckland packaging design circuit. Wander through most airports now and you will see a 1Above above stand. The drink brand is a world first, aiming to help...    read »            
IWANT {London}

IWANT {London}

We started this little blog of ours as simply a bit of a social experiment and a way of cataloguing all the great stuff we unearthed the world over. And there’s a lot of great stuff out there. Every now and then however, you unearth a little gem. Without naming names we think there’s already...    read »