Judge a book by its cover

Delightful Packaging – when was the last time you bought something because it looked good?

One of the things I love that influences my many purchases (call me your sucker consumer) is a product’s packaging.  WINE is a perfect example of this – their labels and names can make it or break it!

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So back to wine...WINE packaging completely persuades me to buy and DRINK their product!  Wine labels are my version of filling out a college basketball bracket based on the team colors and mascot. I've included a few examples.

 

Smoking Loon- I tried their Syrah

Fat Bastard Wine Company

Giant 47 Pound Rooster Pinot Noir

Mommy's Time Out Pinot Grigio! 

AWESOME NAME!

I found a couple websites that are fun to drool over too.  They include all sorts of packaging from crayons to milkshakes!

Lovely Packaging, a fun blog devoted to packaging a great source of inspiration.  They even include student work. 

The Die Line, a creative blog with many resources including a job board!

Design*Sponge included a great post today about how to design your own packaging.

Tool Kit is another source for small businesses.  They have some recommendations for packaging too.

 I would buy these items if I saw them in the store: 

Milkshake cartons

 

Crayon/Marker Box

Pain Pills!