The first in a series of posts on yummy packaging! This time we take a look at some lovely coffee packaging. Quite possibly my favorite area of packaging!

Bull Run Roasting Company

I’m loving the hand stamped quality of this packaging designed by Jeff Holmberg. This approach makes every package unique, and gives it a hand done feel. It also has a slightly industrial bend which I’m diggin as well!

Images via The Dieline

Stumptown Coffee

Love this cost friendly concept for Stumptown Coffee by Fritz Mesenbrink that includes slits for color coded cards that contained information about the coffee blend, grower information and location. Clever idea!

Images via The Dieline

Artemis Coffee

Love the Art Deco style of this lovely simple coffee packaging by Watts Design. Something about the shapes of this design remind me of A.M. Cassandre’s Pi Volo and Dubonnet wine postsers.

Milano Coffee

I’m enjoying the hand written feel of the Milano ‘signature’ on the package. The color coding of the different roasts contrasts nicely with the silver color of the bag. Designed by Demo Graphic.

Calistoga Bakery Cafe

Designed by Vrontikis for Calistoga Bakery Cafe.

I’m definately falling in love with this packaging for a few reasons. 1 The bold colors. I like my coffee to be dark and bold, and this color scheme just brings that back for me. 2 Simple illustrations! Love the beans…they also lead your eye around the packaging and to the information on the other panels. 3 The type is visable but blends in nicely with the illustrations.

Grind Coffee

Grind Coffee, a spectacular senior thesis by Talia Cohen of Rhode Island School of Design.

This packaging stands out to be because of its type heavy design and the scale. The coffee is arranged on a scale from 1-6 based on the boldness and darkness of the roast. Very nice student work!

Intelligentsia Coffee

Designed by Planet Propaganda.

This packaging has a slightly retro feel. Also  i’m in love with their logo. How could you not love a flying cup of coffee in the morning (or this could be a sign that you NEED more coffee in the morning lol)

Gorilla Coffee

Designed by One Trick Pony.

I love the fact that one trick pony managed to combine an illustration of NYC and a gorilla! Look closely and you can see it. I’m also quite partial to the black and red color scheme due to a somewhat unhealthy obsession with constructivism from my college days.

Taxi Cafe

Designed by TAXI.

Very simplistic but effective packaging. Read the copy I love it when design is allowed to show a sense of humor!

Ugly Mug Coffee

I posted about ugly mug coffee a while ago when I found it in the grocery store, but its worth pointing out again. I love the fact that they feature pictures of sleepy people and big bold type.

Ugly Mug Coffee is designed by Young and Laramore.

Starbucks Pikes Place Roast

Now i know from my Starbucks vs Dunkin Donuts post that this is a touchy brand for some. But you still have to admire the simplicity and retro-ness of the cup they came out with to show off their pike place roast.

Illy Coffee

Illy coffee’s little red and silver can will always have a special place in my heart. I used to drink illy espresso at home when I was studying abroad in Italy.  The design of these cans are so simple, but so effective and iconic – whats not to love (except the fact that they are suppppper expensive here in the states)

MMMMM Packaging Series

Check out the rest of in this series of posts on packaging:

MMMMM Packaging Part 2: Energy Drinks

MMMMM Packaging Part 3: Breakfast Cereal

MMMMM Packaging Part 4: Beer

Let me know what you think!

Know of any other cool coffee packaging out there? Leave a comment and let me know! Thanks!

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I was at dunkin donuts the other day and noticed that they beat Starbucks in a ‘national taste test’. This prompted me to ponder where I get my coffee and why. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve noticed that designers tend to be snobby about their coffee (or their symmetrically designed energy drink of choice *).

Not going to lie here…im not that big of a Dunkin fan, but I do think their design is interesting. I’m a sucker for bold round fonts. But I’m also a sucker for pretty much every package design Starbucks has pumped out (and i prefer their coffee).

Starbucks

Starbucks is constantly changing their coffee packaging line to keep things fresh (pun intended?) However the changes are not drastic enough to confuse the consumer. Their design is highly illustrative which I’m sure appeals to all the designers out there. This illustrative style is carried out in the artwork they display on their store walls and the in store displays.

Pike roast vintage cup

love the texture…kinda looks like letter press

The christmas cup this year

nice type and grid based package

Love these illustrations!

A nice simple coffee mug

Another recent noticeably new design venture for Starbucks in the gold card. Very simple design – with a nice foil stamp on the printed material.

Dunkin Donuts

Dunkin Donuts has a very noticeable and friendly…almost web 2.0 logo – and much like starbucks they are literally everywhere in the Boston area. I think what dunkin lacks in sophistication they make up for by being iconic. You can almost spot the dunkin donuts colors and logos from a mile away! (or maybe its just that they are literally everywhere ) Since dunkin is so popular here, everyone is a walking advertisement every morning as they grab their coffee and donuts and head to work.

Iconic logo…and a colorful donut!

iced coffee packaging

love that this design plays off the nice rounded type of the logo.

not so crazy about their latte cup

apparently they beat Starbucks in a taste test….i think it was rigged

I am after your opinion, dear readers

Which coffee chain’s logo/packaging/branding is more appealing to your designer eyes? Which coffee do you prefer? Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Back in July I wrote my original “Day in logos” post when I was living in Iowa. I thought I would take another crack at it now that I live in Boston – my life is drastically different.

Good morning! its @#$@##$ wayyyy to early AM when I get up. My alarm on my cell phone usually wakes me up.

Coffee is always one of the first things in the morning.

My french press is quite possibly the best thing in the world

Im sort of strange and I put soymilk…..and maple syrup in my coffee I’m to lazy to make pancakes everyday so this will have to do!

After my ritual morning caffiene intake I head on over to my computer and begin the blogging! I also turn on CNN because i’m a news junkie.

After my morning blogging I pack my laptop up into my timbuk2 bag and head for work.

Gota have some tunes and video podcasts to watch on my commute!

I take the read line of the T to the green line and boom! I’m at work!

The metro is the crappy free newspaper they give you to bide your time on the T.

Not a logo, but this is my view of downtown when crossing over the charles river. I work right between the two tall buildings!

Sometimes I break down and get crappy coffee and food….hey I work right above a dunkin donuts!!!

Sometimes I take the healthy route and have my banana and oj

This is where I work: Brunello Creative

Some of the programs I use on a daily basis at work:

Transmit

TweetDeck

Igoogle

Adobe Creative Suite

I need to upgrade my laptop to leopard someday…

After a few hours of staring at my screen I venture off to trader joes for some tasty cheap lunch! (most likely some form of asian nooooodles!)

One ofthe big clients we work with at brunello is mens health. This yoga website was one of the first projects i worked on.

Sometimes I break out the geetar and play when I get home.

I just got an EEE pc so i been tinkering around with getting the wee little thing set up!

last but not least – sometimes i end the night with a guiness (which is highly recommended by lobsters!)

Gmail has themes! Woo! Now its only a matter of time before they let us crazy designers take a wack at it!

Do you have access to gmail themes yet? The option should be in your settings tab. I’m definitely diggin the wood background theme…I wonder why… Check out a few of the other themes:

Ninja Theme

Cloudy Theme

What do you guys think?

Do you have themes in gmail yet? If so comment and let me know what theme you are using! Link to a pic!

Yesterday Smashing Magazine released my Office Mouse icon set! The set includes 12 social media icons and 3 bonus icons! Go check out their post to download the icons and comment here if you would like to request another icon! I’m open to your ideas!

Why you ask? Because its an amazing piece-o-technology and….I can do pointless things with it like this:

SMule: Ocarina [Zeldarian] from SonicMule, Inc. on Vimeo.

Smule is a music type program thing that makes use of the audio input of the iphone to translate blowing into flute/woodwind type noises. My co-worker Mat was playing around with this program the other day and I have to say that I’m jealous! I should also note that I work with a bunch of Apple Fanboys (and girls) so it makes it even more difficult. Dear Mr. Steve Jobs – PLEASE let the iPhone come to Verizion….ill be your BFF for life

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“Ametrica!” is an awareness campaign to help convert the United States to the metric system. No one thinks about an act as routine as measuring, much less the impact it can have on education, economy, and health. Through bold numbers and subtle humor, viewers are initially invited to interact with the pieces and their environment such that they experience metric units directly, rather than through comparison with customary units (which perpetuates the problem of dependency on the old units). Those intrigued by the issue are then directed to visit the Ametrica! website for more information, interactive components, and motion graphics experiences.

And now…for your enjoyment:

My mandolin solo via arcade fire….and yes… i am wearing a helmet!