Bodkin Invitation

Roanne Adams designed this unusual invitation for Bodkin by Eviana Hartman.

About the invitation: "Bodkin is a woman's clothing collection designed by Eviana Hartman in accordance with the principles of sustainability.

The Bodkin Autumn/Winter '09 invitation influences ranged from the
designer's ideologies to the context of the presentation as well as
architect, Buckminster Fuller. The invitation arrived in the form of a
tetrahedron containing an air plant with care instructions.

One of Bodkin's green principals is to work within existing
spaces and with found materials. Therefore we held the fashion
presentation and photo shoot simultaneously at the Horticultural
Society of New York. The invite and look book were printed locally with
100% post-consumer recycled paper and eco-friendly inks."

410 BC

"410 BC is an independent, design-driven brand offering high quality, sweatshop free clothing and goods released in limited quantities. Based out of New York, 410 BC is both a clothing company and an artist collective. Collaborating with a variety of artists, 410 BC stands as a collective of likeminded individuals who strive to create unique designs, while producing goods through ethical means. The goal of 410 BC is not only to produce products free of sweatshop labor, but also to design innovative clothing free from passing trends. 410 BC has commissioned and designed clothing drawing influence from a wide range of subcultures including skateboarding, punk, hip-hop, indie and diy."

Several more images after the jump, as well as the meaning behind the name 410 BC.

"410 BC is the date that Democracy was restored in Athens. The Athenians were at war and their victory in 410 BC enabled them to restore their traditional institutions. They had a choice and they chose the route less taken, maybe the choice was a little bumpier, but overall, the end result was a lot better than any alternative. At its core, this is what 410 BC as a company truly represents, a choice. While creating sweatshop free quality clothing, 410 BC strives to design clothing with integrity."

The Manual Co. Boxes

Groovewear Special Edition Box

i like...

Newspaper packaging

Swatch

similar to our concept, packaging the watch in existing forms of packaging.

FOSSIL WATCHES

The iconic Fossil Watch packaging in a tin cube shaped box, this shape has been replicated throughout a vast range of designs and customers can select which packaging they want.

They also do different packaging designs for special watch ranges.

Crocodile Boxes

Designed by Lowe Brindfors | Country: Sweden

It is normally quite unusual to see anything sophisticated being designed for children’s packaging, but these crocodile boxes are both clever and engaging, with a ‘mouth’ lid which opens to reveal triangular teeth and a pink silk ‘tongue’ lining. Produced for the children’s section of a Swedish department store.

Luckipocki

Designed by Blow | Country: Hong Kong

“Luckipocki is a young and fashionable tote bag brand. Their products are sold on-line. Therefore, the products need a package that can be mailed. We have designed an envelope which has a very bold tote bag graphic. The red tote bag graphic is eye-catching and clearly deliver the brand nature. This packaging can be easily recognized in a chaotic mail environment.”

Timex

Designed by Atlason | Country: United States

“Packaging design for Timex watches, designed by Atlason, a product design studio in Manhattan, on sale at Target stores. The packaging is made of Polystyrene and ABS with 25% post consumed material. It fits a variety of different watches with the instructions and manuals in the core behind the colored lid.

It comes in three colors and can even be be opened and closed by consumer before purchase! Different watch types can be rotated on the core axis for better viewing and fit in the package.”

Jewel House Collection

Designed by Aukett Brockliss Guy | Country: United Kingdom

“The Tower of London Jewel House Collection is the premium retail brand for Historic Royal Palaces, which has been completely re-positioned with a unique identity and complementary range of luxurious packaging and gift wrapping products.

The iconic crown symbol draws inspiration from St Edwards Crown, and forms a powerful centre piece to the Jewel House Collection identity. All luxury gift boxes, wrapping and gift bags have been carefully designed and detailed to deliver the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction.

A bold repeat pattern, inspired by the Crown Jewels, is combined with an unexpected fluorescent pink colour to give a wholly contemporary twist on a traditional theme.

CSA Design Watch Collection

“This limited-edition series of highly-awarded, high-concept watches was a pet project of CSA Design, with manufacturing help from the Fossil Watch Company. Packaged in custom-tins with 2-color labels that were inexpensive to print but big on impact, with a clean typography treatment spiked with a pop of color and an icon representing each watch’s “theme,” which included Time Flies, Deadline, and 5 O’Clock Shadow.”

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies – Purveyor of Quality Goods for Monsters of Every Kind

Ministry of Stories follows the model of the 826 centres: a writing centre where kids aged 8-18 can get one-to-one tuition with professional writers and other volunteers; with the centres being housed behind fantastical shop fronts designed to fire the kids’ imaginations (and generate income for the writing centres).

In our case, the shop is Hoxton Street Monster Supplies – Purveyor of Quality Goods for Monsters of Every Kind.

The shop was established in 1818, and ever since then has served the daily needs of London’s extensive monster community.

The fun and light hearted nature of the names of products make them fun and attrative to customers ...strange ones maybe. I think the attention to language is something we 

Other designers work for past Ted Baker briefs.

I like the stamp idea, the queens crown is used in lots of the promotional work already.

I love the continuity of this piece but it doesn't appear quirky or fun like i would expect from Ted Baker looking at its other ideas. The main aspects of Ted Baker is its British'ness and this design does no convey that.

I like the concept, british summertime, but i think the design could have been pushed further to appear more fun and quirky, this project could have been a lot stronger if the theme was explored more.

Ted Baker Christmas Bag

It' nice to see Ted Baker following their witty ideas into the packaging and free gifts, its a good way of attracting new customers. Packaging is very important as this is what will be seen by other shoppers and could entice them into the shop.