Design Today

Design Today featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 
Jianlibao Wepop Sugar-free Sparkling Water

TIGER PAN Sugar-free Sparkling Water Packaging Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Jianlibao Wepop

Wepop is packaging designed for a sugar-free fruity sparkling water. The PET bottle has a simple shape that becomes narrower towards the top. A silk-screen matte film gives the surface a stable grip and a soft feel. The typeface uses a pixel effect, and each character is split into separate strokes that act as building blocks. Fruits are illustrated in a pop art style, with contrasting colors of high purity marking the four flavors. The packaging aims to present a healthy drink to young consumers.

Continue reading about Jianlibao Wepop Sugar-free Sparkling Water

 
Woman Flower Cosmetic

Kang Jiang Cosmetic Packaging Monday, 3 February 2025

Woman Flower

This collection is inspired by the exaggerated clothing styles of medieval European ladies and the bird's eye view shapes. The designer extracted the forms of the two and used them as creative prototypes and combined with product design to form a unique shape and fashion sense, showing a rich and dynamic form.

Continue reading about Woman Flower Cosmetic

 
Peace and Presence Wellbeing Branding

Lisa Winstanley Branding Graphic Sunday, 2 February 2025

Peace and Presence Wellbeing

Peace and Presence Well-being Is a UK based, holistic therapy company providing services such as reflexology, holistic massage and reiki to rejuvenate the body, mind and spirit. The visual language of the P&PW brand is founded on this desire to invoke a peaceful, calming and relaxing state inspired by nostalgic childhood memories of nature, specifically drawing from the flora and fauna found in riverbanks and woodland landscapes. The colour palette takes inspiration from Georgian Water features in both their original and oxidised states again leveraging nostalgia of bygone times.

Continue reading about Peace and Presence Wellbeing Branding

 
DIY Spice Blends by Chef Heidi Social Media Digital Recipes

Lize-Marie Swan Social Media Digital Recipes Advertising Saturday, 1 February 2025

DIY Spice Blends by Chef Heidi

Unilever Food Solutions tasked resident Chef Heidi Heckmann (Regional Customer Chef, Cape Town) to create 11 unique Spice Blends recipes using the Robertsons Spice Range. As part of “Our Journey, Your Discovery” campaign the idea was to create unique images and designs using these ingredients for a fun Facebook campaign. Each week Chef Heidi’s unique Spice Blends was posted as media-rich Facebook Canvas Posts. Each of these recipes is also available for iPad download at the UFS.com website.

Continue reading about DIY Spice Blends by Chef Heidi Social Media Digital Recipes

 
Yedao Lugui Baijiu Beverage

Wen Liu Beverage Packaging Friday, 31 January 2025

Yedao Lugui Baijiu

Yedao Lugui Baijiu is a packaging design for a liquor brand from Hainan Province in southern China. Eight well-known scenic spots of Hainan are presented as illustrations on the front of the glass bottle. The neck label is set apart by a different colour. The outer box is made of acrylic and paper, so the illustrated bottle inside can be clearly seen. Gold stamping and silk printing are applied to the box, and the bottle is finished with a roasted flower craft. The simple blue colour scheme reflects the local culture and tourism of Hainan.

Continue reading about Yedao Lugui Baijiu Beverage

 
The Tea Packing

Qian Xiang Packing Packaging Thursday, 30 January 2025

The Tea

Pony Pack Tea is a gift packaging design created for premium tea. The concept follows the long history of tea making, in which traditional methods are preserved and combined with modern production management. Chinese characters written in the styles of different periods are layered on the surface to express quality carried across time. The set includes a box and a canvas bag closed with a tightening rope knot. Simple textured paper is used, with screen printing, bronzing and embossing. The forms recall tea columns and tea cakes.

Continue reading about The Tea Packing