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Freeze Dried Coffee Packaging

Freeze Dried

Freeze Dried is a coffee packaging design created for a young consumer market. The packaging combines a modern look with elements of traditional Chinese culture. The visual concept is based on the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and uses traditional Chinese colors. A large can holds several smaller cans, so the set is simple to store and to carry. Each small can is resealable, which helps control the amount of coffee used. The outer label is printed on coated paper, and the small cans are made of polypropylene.

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MTN Dew Cake-Smash Beverage Packaging

MTN Dew Cake-Smash

MTN Dew Cake-Smash is packaging for a limited edition cake flavored soft drink. The flavor was created to recall the spirit of shared celebrations such as birthdays, weddings and graduations. The design speaks to milestones that were missed and aims to offer a sense of optimism and festivity. A visual world of lively candle characters was developed for the pack graphics and for digital use. The candle characters suggest a crowd gathered at a party. The packaging invites consumers to mark an occasion again.

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Before the Midnight Hour Furniture Illustrations

Before the Midnight Hour

A series of black and white illustrations commissioned by Marc Krusin and featuring his most prominent furniture designs for Knoll and Desalto. Inspired by comics and noir cinema, the project breaks the conventions of furniture illustration by bringing narrative to the scenes, use of exaggerated perspective and a moody noir aesthetic. The lack of human presence and scattered objects add an element of mystery and suspense to the story, while the protagonist is revealed in a surprise ending. All images were drawn digitally in Adobe Photoshop using Wacom Cintiq tablet.

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Kerloso Wine Packaging

Kerloso Wine

Kerloso Wine is a packaging design for a red wine from Chile. The label shows the scene sailors saw when they first landed on Easter Island, including stone statues, a volcano, flowers, a deer and birds. The bottle is wrapped in natural imitation rice paper, bound with straw rope and decorated with a piece of natural bluestone, the same material as the Moai statues. The top of the paper is burned by real flame, so each mark is unique. Different colors mark different grape types. The wrapped bottle stands about 35 centimeters high.

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Li Beer Packaging

Li Beer

Li is a gift packaging design for beer. The glass bottle takes its shape from the Shuang-Er-Ni-Yu pottery bottle unearthed at the Yangshao cultural site. Carvings on the surface resemble traditional water ripples and fish stripes. An embossing technique is applied to the package, so the texture can be felt by touch. Elegant images and archaic fonts add a sense of history. The package is opened by tearing off the top seal. The design celebrates the early history of beer brewing in China and the traditional Chinese recipe used for the beer inside.

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MontGras Handcrafted Wine Packaging

MontGras Handcrafted

MontGras Handcrafted is a wine label series created for five Chilean wines made from rare grape varieties harvested in 2020. Each label merges two pieces of art, the signature of the winemaker and a different typographic treatment of the vintage number, while a shared graphic line unites the five designs. The labels are printed on self-adhesive, uncoated, water-resistant paper that resists aging and ultraviolet light. Gold foil, die cutting, silkscreen varnish with relief and a matte protective varnish complete the finish. A wax capsule seals each bottle.

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