Posts tagged product design
The before mentioned Bathurst Eye Bag by Anya Hindmarch has been presented in a fantastic ‘Pomp and Pleasure’ SS13 show. I already enjoyed Anya’s last show, ‘All I’ve Ever Wanted’ so much, I was simply blown away by this extraordinary way to present accessory.
Beautiful Books - The Folio Society - not only fantastic book covers, all editions are also illustrated!
Pictures below: “Pinocchio” by Grahame Baker-Smith, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Jonathan Burton, “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Anna + Elena = Balbusso (winners of a Gold Award from The American Society of Illustrators).
Penguin book covers have again and again caught my eyes over many years and now I finally know, who is responsible for a large amount of them! Paul Buckley, executive creative director at penguin usa. Above: The Steinbeck Series, woodcuts by Andrew Davidson.
L’Odyssée de Cartier. A pretty impressive commercial movie about the history of the famous jewelry brand, to celebrate its 165th anniversary. It took 2 years to complete this 3,5 minutes ad…
Wow, Cartier even has designed its YouTube channel…
Also Penguins Classics: Cover art by Jillian Tamaki. Also found through lullafly studios. An article on cover art for “The Secret Garden” (1911) on Maria Celina’s blog.
Penguin Books Australia cover art by Daniela Jalengka Terrazzini. Found through lullafly studios.
As a child I loved the Narnia books. When I was about to get one for a little girl to introduce her to the same magic that I once experienced, I had to find out that the current German versions of the books look like shit.
What happend?? In a world with one gazillion superfluous graphic designers this is what you get?? Plus they left out any kind of illustrations?! Great work, that’s how to keep a classic alive, thanks.
On top beautiful designs from 1957-1960; middle left and right between 1977 and 1989; bottom left current issue (the one I had to buy - the cover features something that looks like an alien? words can’t describe it’s ugliness) and some other trashy designs between 2007 and now. All covers found here.
More Penguin Classics hardcovers, also designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
F. Scott Fitzgeralds works as Penguin Classics hardcover. Designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Sometimes I just walk into the Crabtree & Evelyn shop to feel better afterwards. For me it represents an island of old fashioned beauty & fragrances that sometimes saves an awful day. I take a deep breath and gaze at all these flowered packages that look like they have been like this for ages and it calms me down everytime. I was shocked when I entered today - obviously they decided to relounge the classic scents and the packaging! I can understand that these packages might attract younger and therefore more potent customers, but did they have to change the scents as well? I was told that they added a fruity note to each, which makes the scents in my opinion appear more ordinary. “Wisteria” is about to be discontinued completely. Well…
Black & white stripes. That’s why I love the packaging of The Laundress.
