Is your hadcore, post-punk-screamo band having trouble selling discs?
Well, maybe the secret to boosting your sales lies in the packaging!
Check out the following examples of unique cd packaging design..
7 Unique CD and disc Packaging
Relevant and Refined, Nishimura in Beijing.
Often times in Interior Design the challenge to be fresh and relevant is conflicted with the need to remain refined – making smart decisions becomes a necessity. In western design this challenge is often met through the use of natural elements to create and define the interior space.
Architects at CL3 achieved this balance through their design of the Beijing restaurant, Nishimura, located within the Shangri-La Hotel. CL3 utilized the sculptural properties of wood to its fullest potential, building art into the actual design. “We try to avoid just buying artwork at the end and putting it everywhere. But here we didn’t work with another artist. Instead, we built art into our design,” explains William Lim, managing directors of CL3 in an interview for Architectural Record.
The space is approximately 5,400-square-feet of wood, slate, pebbles, sand, bamboo and water – making way to the design theme which was Natural Garden. The project was completed in April 2007.
Genius with Stanley Knife – Lizzie Thomas
Lizzie Thomas is a UK-based self-described ‘artist & maker’ and an incredibly talented papercraftsperson and woodcutter.
She works in largely in 3D…
… and does some pretty amazing installation work.
I love the suggestion of the merging of indoor and outdoor space in this piece.
This life-sized greeting card looks to me like the love-child of Tord Boontje and Beci Orpin.
Lizzie takes on commissions and her work is also available for prop hire. Check out her website for more info.
Play with Ink
Fantastic photographs by young artist Levi van Veluw, a multidisciplinary artist, who lives and works in the Netherlands. I really like the simplicity of the idea and the visual final effect. You can also check out his new sculpture which was shown in Ronmandos gallery (Netherlands).
Nils-Petter Lövgren — A creative genius
From Stockholm, Nils-Petter Lövgren studied both graphic design and film studies whilst travelling the world — His latest body of work is for Cadbury — ‘A glass and a half full production’
Cadbury Eyebrows from Nils-Petter Lovgren on Vimeo.
I only share this with you because it’s an amazing display of artistic skill and expertise..
The rest of Nils-Petter Lövgren‘s site is here.
Malena Lamp — Not everything is as it seems
From Modoloco design workshop, the ‘malena’ was designed in 2006
“”Ironic interpretation of the abat-jour lamp”.
A single colored aluminum sheet, with ends cut in the shape of a lamp, is bent and lit from the inside. A lampshade that becomes a lamp, and a different lamp at that, depending on your perspective. One of many lamps from Milan-based Modoloco (great name!). Other lamps include Sandwich, another riff on lampshades, and the Foglio wall sconce, as well as a magnetic modular pouf called Cactus. We also got a 3D drawing for a tray, called Aperitivo, that “allows you to carry all you need for a good aperitif”.”
70s typography featured in ‘Milk’
There is nothing much better than seeing a great film in a beautiful cinema. I had this experience yesterday seeing Milk at the Westgarth. It was pretty awesome.
One of the best things about the film (apart from its inspirational storyline, fabulous performances etc) was the amazingly cool 70s typography that had been painstakingly recreated.
Most of the tyepfaces used in Milk’s promotional campaigns were blocky, sans-serif fonts – with the occasional serif thrown in for diversity.
Christopher Niemann: I Lego NY
Further to last month’s post on the Lego wall, I love how these little Lego pieces remind me of how iconic objects can be recognised merely by their colour and shape, despite their simple form. How cute are these?
After moving to Berlin after a lengthy stretch of living in NY, author/illustrator Christopher Niemann was struck by how his sons’ Lego pieces started to remind him of things he missed.
Christopher blogs for the New York Times and has written two children’s books, in addition to illustrating for a whole bunch of noteworthy publications including these covers for the New Yorker.
Check out his blog here and website here – both are well worth a look-see.