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HUB Collective – Valentine’s Day Cards

Here are some candy colored Valentine’s for you. HUB Collective sent these to their clients – fun! The invitations were inspired by Japanese valentines, and the grade school tradition of passing out valentines to classmates.





Inconceiveable! Alamo Drafthouse Bottle of Wits

Inconceivable! The Alamo Drafthouse presents the Bottle of Wits, a wine tribute to the famous scene in which The Dread Pirate Roberts defeats Vizzini in a battle of wits with the poisoned wine. They’re not quite available yet, but look often because it will surely go quickly.

El Mil del Poaig Olive Oil


El Poaig has some beautifully packaged olive oil. The bottle designs for their El Mil del Poaig and El Verd del Poaig oils were created by the Spanish studio Culdesac. El Mil del Poaig features an artisanal wooden crate and a white porcelain bottle, while El Verd del Poaig is packaged in layers of cardboard.

El Mil del Poaig comes from 437 millenarian olive trees located in El Maestrat on the eastern coast of Spain. It is described by the makers as having “notes of freshly-cut grass, citrus, orange blossom and almonds.” I usually get my olive oil from Trader Joe’s, so I’d be curious to know what fancy olive oil actually tastes like.



Kings County Distillery Labels

Kings County Distillery is a microdistillery – which is apparently becoming the new ‘thing’, replacing microbrewing and the like. Harder times call for harder DIY alcohol I guess. I like their simple labels, staying true to their home-made roots.

via BTC

Shoe Model No.1 by Society 27

Lovely packaging for this shoe (Model No.1) by Society 27, a collaborative design group. A two-piece plywood box reveals the shoe behind and provides a functional graphic element to the package.

Via Designboom.

Jawbone – Jambox

Jawbone’s new Jambox speaker looks pretty awesome, but what I really like about it is the packaging. Simple and clever – it gets the point across! The Jambox is a wireless speaker and speakerphone, designed by fuseproject. You can order the Jambox here.

Alessandro Costariol for Massa 29

A cool couple of bags for Massa29 by Alessandro Costariol. I really like the little guy on the right, it looks like it’s having fun already.

via The Dieline

Gatorade – Pro Series Bottle

Who ever goes to the Gatorade website? It’s just one of those things you never think about. Gatorade tastes good and you drink it, right? They do make some cool bottles. This one looks like it should be part of a nuclear reactor, by way of some clever lighting and photoshop – It never looks this cool in the fridge at Duane Reade.

Hijos De Villa Pistol Reposado Tequila

Okay, so this isn’t really new, but a friend gave me this Hijos De Villa Pistol Reposado Tequila set for my birthday last week, and I thought it was rather clever and funny for a bottle of alcohol. It’s a shot of tequila!

Alexa Lixfeld – Fragrance

I would buy this perfume JUST for the bottle – I don’t even care what it smells like. Designed by Alexa Lixfeld and called Fragrance, it’s got a concrete top, people!

Via Dezeen.

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