friday inspiration

I know summer's just about over - and thank goodness for that! - but if you're searching for a way to hold onto its delicious colors and flavors, try making these delectable fruity summer striped ice cubes from Oh Joy! She combines juices, smoothies and coconut milk to form these perky treats that only bring more happiness as they melt. Happy Friday!

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lunch book

Lunch Book won 1st prize in the competition “Expopack” for the design of a paper lunch box for Expo Milan 2015, which is dedicated to food and sustainability. It is a recipe book made of paper dishes showing recipes from all over the world. The user can taste the food while walking among the Expo 2015 stands. Once a dish gets dirty, he can remove it and use the following dish. The dishes are made of paper coated with a water-proof biopolymer and are 100% recyclable and compostable. Designed by Alessandro Garlandini and Sebastiano Ercoli.

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banana jam packaging

I'm so taken with this Ooh Ooh Ah Ah Banana Jam packaging designed by Peck and Co. The foregrounded monkey face with peculiar expressions, the contemporary twist on the primary color palette, and the graphic lid - usually an overlooked element - make this playful design a delight to look at, and to eat I'm sure!

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dodo dispenser

Dodo, designed by Petter Skogstad, is a small container for soy sauce or oil. The silicone body makes it easy to squeeze out liquid - and also adds to the adorableness of the vessel.

pancakes!

Pancake venn diagram. Yum!

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snobar ice cream

Thankfully, design is not limited and can be found in something as common as ice cream. Snobar creates delicate, billowing layers of ice cream that look like they would blow away with the slightest breeze.

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friday inspiration

Pantone tarts by Emilie de Griottes. Yum!

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planetary chocolates

The solar system has never looked and sounded so scrumptious: Chocolate Solar System for the Rihga Royal Hotel. Flavors: Mercury (coconut mango), Venus (cream lemon), Earth (cacao), Mars (orange praline), Jupiter (vanilla), Saturn (rum raisin), Uranus (milk tea) and Neptune (capuccino) – sorry, pluto is no longer considered a planet.

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nuna popsicle

Nuna: The most delicious-looking popsicle in the world! I love the edginess of the form, going against typically smooth popsicle shapes. And that crazy popsicle stick! Designed by Manu Kumar and Stefan Gandl of Neubau Berlin.

tiffin lunch kit

The Tiffin Lunch Kit by Lorea Sinclaire is a faceted bento box made from slip cast ceramic and cork.

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fortune cookie packaging

Beijing Buffet Fortunes is a collectable set of twelve fortune cookie dispensers, each representing an animal of the Chinese Zodiac. Clever packaging, from form to the animals' backsides. Designed by Caroline Brickell.

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rice packaging

Minimal rice packaging by Green In Hand uses kraft paper, tissue paper and rattan material. See their full line of beautiful (and more colorful) packaging here.

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maple syrup packaging

Delicious packaging for organic maple syrup by Best Made Co.

john & john potato crisps

Lovely graphic packaging for John & John Potato Crisps, reminiscent of nautical flags.

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peelpride

Designed by Rianne Koens, Peelpride is an attractive process for peeling, drying and grinding citrus fruit skins. The dried outer layer creates an intense garnish for foods and tea. This is a process that I never considered before, but now I find it quite intriguing. The dried skins are a lovely element stored in their containers.

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kishu binchotan

Kishu Binchotan is a special activated carbon from Japanese oak. Through the combination of activated carbon and a unique pore structure Binchotan cleans the water of chlorine, pesticides, herbicides and solvents such as benzene, and it also ionizes the water. I never thought water purification could be so beautiful!

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hatziyiannakis' pebbles packaging

Wonderfully minimal packaging allows the beauty of Hatziyiannakis' ‘pebbles’ - round candy with a core of juicy fruit or nuts and bitter chocolate covered with a thin sugar coating - to shine. The "interior view" (haha) is helpful and enticing. Designed by Mousegraphics.

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taste buds graph

Can't decide on what to make and what flavors to pair with dinner? This is just a snippet from the helpful and comprehensive Taste Buds chart, sure to steer you in the right direction.

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booster energy drink

Cute, energy-packed design by Saatchi & Saatchi Belgrade.

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blue nectar packaging

Blue Nectar Design, a design consultancy working primarily in the alcoholic drinks arena, created this wonderful ale and its packaging to advertise their company. The dipped bottle tops sold me!

“Blue Nectar’s No. 1 is a limited edition ale designed by ourselves and brewed by one of our local brewery clients in the city of Derby, UK. The purpose of the ale was to produce a product that captures the essence of everything we do, creating compelling brands and putting them into beautiful packaging."

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