Some Brilliant Ads
Kayaking Jumbo Peanut: Choking Ambulance – Listermint Mouthwash EPhone: Snakebite Wolf Hot Sauce: Hand dryer Hospital – Lazer Helmets Utopolis, Group of Cinemas: Titanic McDonald’s: The Real Milkshake Nikol Baking Dish: Jacuzzi Aquafresh Flexigel: Ear Coca-Cola Light Magician – Glassex … Continue reading
Vintage Labels
It is always so interesting for me when you compare current design to old school design. I found these vintage pharmaceutical & fragrance labels on the web & I just find them fascinating. I love the incredible detail on the … Continue reading
Chocolate Pharmaceuticals
I love the idea that the design plays on a chocolate bar as a pharrmaceutical drug. Bloomsberry & Co’s line of high end chocolate bars plays with this witty packaging which is quite refreshing. Rebecca Bibby has also designed a … Continue reading
VINTAGE ADVERTS (1950′s)
Headache – ‘Anadin’ Tablets give you the power to stop pain! Fast, certain and safe! Phenacetin increases and prolongs the action of the aspirin… Somebody’s going to need Alka-Seltzer for Headaches! Splitting headaches are quickly relieved with the aid of … Continue reading
Help!
Wow what a great design! Help Remedies line of over-the-counter medicines with it’s effective packaging. The text will really sells what’s inside. Offering simple medicine for simple health issues, it strips away the complexities that typical medicinal packaging bombards patients with. Instead, … Continue reading
Works with Water Works
What a refreshing take on a Pharmaceutical brand by Elmwood. Works with Water is a natural soluble food supplement that is really easy to take and this brilliant packaging design does so well in communicating this. They describe the platform … Continue reading
Functionalab Packaging
Functionalab is a science-based Nutricosmetics & Cosmeceuticals company that aims to bring nutrition, cosmetics & pharmaceuticals together in a unique and beautiful way. What I love about the packaging design, created by Sid Lee, is that it definitely brings across … Continue reading
Top Ten Bookcases
This circular bookshelf is designed to help a bibliophile store and transport a half ton of books. To move it, you just stand in the centre and start walking. Probably not the most practical use of space, but it looks … Continue reading
Top 10 Photographs of 2011
It is amazing for me how one photo can explain a situation in so much depth & detail, how one photo can evoke such a strong emotion that you almost feel as if it was you in the photograph. 2011 … Continue reading
Top 10 Google Doodles
The concept of the Google Doodle was born when Google founders Larry and Sergey played with the corporate logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. They placed a stick figure drawing behind the … Continue reading
12 of the coolest billboards
The fun and amazing thing about billboards are that they capture attention in a way that normal print ads can’t.This is because of their size and strategic placement. Most billboards make it seem as if no effort has gone into … Continue reading
OUR TOP TEN COOL WATCHES
1. SEIKO SPECTRUM ELECTRONIC INK WATCH. This watch features a microcapsule-type Electrophoresis display module, offering a thin flexible design that could bend around your wrist. 2. TRANSFORMERS WATCH. Awesome watch magically transforms into a free standing robot. 3. F1 … Continue reading
Our top 10 local illustrators
South Africa has so much to offer in general, but when it comes to illustration, we can honestly boast. Here is our Contrast selection of our favourite local illustrators. We hope you enjoy this as much as we have. Jordan … Continue reading
Merry X-Mas!
Have a look at this great 3D Christmas themed illustrations created with Luxology Modo. The computer illustrated artwork is a great almost hyper realistic representation of digital caracters. Also have a look at other illustrations that this artist created. Created … Continue reading
You might have a fishy twin
I found these fascinating photos by a artist called Ted Sabarese. It is so interesting to me that we can find similarities in odd things between human’s and animals or even things in nature. You know how they say that … Continue reading
Higgins India Ink
I really love it when designers go back to the heritage of a product. I found this beautiful redesign of the well known Higgings India Ink designed by Alex Sophocles. “The heritage of the Higgins India Ink dates back to … Continue reading
cool corporate identities
This morning when I came to work my boss gave me a job for a corporate identity. I thought I could blog about my cool research. I love the fact that these designers used subtle visual cues to bring across … Continue reading
PARIS IN A TYPEFACE
Paris is a new typeface by Moshik Nadav that was inspired by the world of fashion. Paris Typeface was designed to be used by the most popular fashion magazines and luxury brands. The typeface includes beautiful ligatures and sexy numerals. … Continue reading
Are you going to finish strong
A Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, it’s not what may come of it but what we make of it. I came across this clip of Nick Vujicic and it is such an … Continue reading
back to the start
We all know that sustainability is something that is important, but more often than not we turn a blind eye. Here is a short film commissioned by Chipotle created by filmmaker Johnny Kelly. He depicts how a farmer, after turning … Continue reading
3D Artists
It’s Friday. The weekend is almost here … so sit back, relax and enjoy the visual feast of 3D artists from around the globe.
cool beer
Very nice work from de rouen co. The very graphic and fun style for this packaging is very nice to look at. With one color this design really stands out and has a very fresh look. The design is based … Continue reading
Babees Honey
I love the clean design of Babees Honey by Polish design studio, Ah&Oh. Babees communicates clearly what it is through the simplicity of the stripes. It’s fun and sophisticated.
Photoshop gone wrong!
Missing leg. Head or pelvis? Which is smaller? I dare not hope for either. Who said that working out was the only way you could get a six-pack? Two sunsets for the price of one! Can there be a better … Continue reading
Brand Minimalism
What would happen if you took iconic brands and minimalized the details on their packaging to their absolute minimum? Is that going to help or hurt the brand? Mehmet Gozetlik of the design collective Antrepo decided to see for himself. … Continue reading
YOGHURT BAR
The Olo Yoghurt studio. a Great retail design concept for a yoghurt bar! Great colors and great clean design. There is a certain flow and fun aspect to the shop interior. We love the way the designer created a modern … Continue reading
Perrine’s Wine Shop
A corporate identity of a company is probably one of the most important aspects of building a brand. I found this amazing work by Alvin Diec and I really love the way he designed the corporate identity of Perrine’s Wine … Continue reading
not just a letter…
Yes there is a lot of type out there. Typeface design is like fashion design. It changes and will change everytime you create a new design. It is a graphic style of the time and decade we live in. … Continue reading
Oliv: The Olive Oil Brand
Overseas companies wanting brand solutions are already looking towards South Africa following Cape Town being awarded the Design Capital for 2014 title. This honour was recently bestowed upon Cape Town-based design studio – Contrast Design & Photographic Studio by a … Continue reading
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