Sexy Tina milky vodka

This one will make you smile. Sexy Tina milky vodka was designed by the russian designer Pavel Gubin.

A few months ago, Bakon Vodka was revealed and now we are presented with “milky vodka” in a breast shaped bottle. Milky because it’s supposed to be some kind of Irish Cream, but the pun is too obvious to be missed.

Enjaka cocktail mix

I believe this is an exceptionally bright idea.  Enjaka Cocktail mix was inspired by the different chemicals, where various elements can be mixed together to create something unique. This allows you to play with your drinks, and to buy different substances to suite your own preferences!
The concept is that you can be your own barman, and to interact with different cocktail combinations.

"The bottles have a circular design with a bottom plug and a top cap so they can be attached to each other and thus motivate you interact and play with them. All ingredients in our formula are divided into 3 types of bottles of different sizes:

Base (400ml) The livelihood of the cocktail, juice and the main flavor of our mix.

Spirit (300ml) The soul of the mixture, the alcoholic beverage of our choosing.

Touch (200ml) The delicate endpoint that provides an authentic and distinguished flavour to the mix." Designed by Tatabi Studio, Dublin, Ireland. 

This could be so much fun!

SKYY Blue Velvet Vodka

And this is finally April! And there's a lot to cover with spirit and liquor packaging on our list. Let's start off with the SKYY Vodka Blue Velvet limited edition bottle.  These guys truly did something ground breaking for packaging design!

This design blends the world of high fashion with spirits, using the baroque themed pattern with a tangible element of soft blue velvet which invites you, the consumer, to touch and feel.

“We incorporated the baroque pattern into the design because over a year ago when we began the process we felt strongly about velvet baroque patterns to connote style and elegance. However, it had never been done before so we had to innovate the technique. Fast forward to launch time for the SKYY holiday bottle, and baroque the biggest trend at all the fashion shows. So while we were planning our bottle, the big fashion houses were thinking the same thing with their clothing lines. Most of the major designers are integrating baroque details into their collections. Adding the velvet texture to the bottle made it sexy, touchable and holiday-appropriate, and fortunately, on-trend.” Says MDG Creative Director Gabrielle Rein.


It would be a great addition to my packaging collection, if only I can find one somewhere, they are so rare!

Amy's Ice Cream

It's quite difficult to find quality ice cream packaging out there! Phew. But this is what I discovered. and I believe it's worth mentioning.

Amy’s Ice Cream is a boutique ice cream shop with seven locations around Austin, Texas.  The designers for this Ice Cream were Eric Timmerman, Hector Guerra and Misa Valenzuela.  I believe they did a great job, but not so convinced with the Choc Crunch tub.  Compared to the rest it's seems a bit forgotten and left behind. But putting that though beside for just a minute, it's a great eye catching look for ice cream overall.  I would certainly buy it the moment I lay eyes on them! Compared to other ice cream brands, this is seriously an improvement!

For the love of chocolate

ompartes Chocolatier has been a Los Angeles chocolate tradition for over 60 years.  Their artisan chocolate confections and chocolate truffles are handmade using the freshest ingredients and everything is made from scratch, using no artificial additives or preservatives.

But what the packaging concerns, there's really something there.  Recently they released a world series packaging, where each wrapper represents a different part of the world.  Together it makes a colorful picture and at the same time captures the different cultures around the world.

I'm in love with it!

Thirstday: Beefeater Gin

This week we're looking at Beefeater Gin of 2012 limited edition souvenir  bottle.  It's really outstanding from the original bottle, which is limited in use of color and design.

The bottle was created by Coley Porter Bell to celebrate the energy and diversity of the real London. "The message in the bottle is that if you want to see the real London this summer you have to take a deeper look."  The red wrapping represents the red of London Buses, phone boxes and pillar boxes, all very unique to London.  A transparent panel in the shape of a Beefeater provides the conventional tourist view of London.

However, if you want to see the real London you have to take a moment to look inside the bottle. On the inner surfaces of the shrink wrap is a montage of images celebrating the diversity of contemporary London life and its creative culture.


Here is what the designers had to say:

“We wanted to create an interesting souvenir for those coming to London this summer and we wanted to stand out from all the other memorabilia,”said Coley Porter Bell design director Stuart Humm. “We thought that the idea of ‘being in the know’, giving an insider’s view of London, was a compelling way to communicate Beefeater’s London credentials. It was a logical step to put the images of London on the inside of the packaging. It adds intrigue, stands out on shelf and is very different.”

This is a very interesting bottle to look at, and definitely  a fantastic way for it to pop out of the normal gin category on the shelves.

Dead is the Easter bunny...

Oh FINALLY someone who moved away from the cliché easter packaging when it comes to easter eggs!


Casa Rex, a multi-awarded international design consultancy has developed a new series of Easter packaging for Brigaderia — a Brazilian confectionery store that sells brigadeiro (a type of brazillion bon bons) sweets. Last year (2012) they have taken Brigaderia back to more nostalgic times, recreating advertising prints from the 50′s and the 60′s.

“We adapted old prints that had been used to promote popular products such as margarine, soap and even a television – all of which have nothing to do with brigadeiros. What makes the new packs unique is the positioning of the brigadeiros where the old products used to be. By combining vintage images with vibrant colours, the visual identity becomes a picturesque representation of old advertising set within a new context. At such times of the year when brands tend to use similar visual codes, there is nothing better than getting away from clichés”, says Gustavo Piqueira, head of Casa Rex and also the creative director of the project, together with Samia Jacintho.


Casa Rex has created a series of presentation boxes for the brigadeiros as well as bigger trays and stickers. Seeing as this is an Easter packaging, it's is also limited edition and one of a kind.  When seeing this on the shelves, there's no doubt in my mind I would notice it instantly, as it's not your typical Easter bunny with pastel colored eggs under his arm. 

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