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Vintage Bayer Aspirin Tin

on April 5, 2013 in Packaging with 1 Comment

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So we just moved to Austin, TX, and they have a city-wide garage sale once a month that’s a mix of piles of nappy old clothes and a sprinkling of collectors with neat little trinkets hidden amongst their old cowboy boots and postcards. Not quite Alameda, but still addictive.

This tin actually has the original tablets in it. The tin doesn’t open like you’d think- instead of just pulling the lid up like an Altoids tin, you have to push the red button on the top to pop it open. I looked like an idiot trying to pry the thing open at first. It’s a pretty clever little contraption.

What happened to companies caring more about user experience than profits? My company (YouSmellSoap.com) will always opt for lower margins and nicer packaging. Like that plug I just did?

Vintage Style Playing Cards

on February 18, 2013 in Modern Vintage Style, Packaging with No comments

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You can buy a pack here.

1800s Medicine Collection

on January 29, 2013 in Buy It!, Packaging, Typography with No comments

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Via RubyLane.

Farmer Bros. Photo Backs

on January 26, 2013 in Advertising, Brand Identity, Packaging, Print, Typography with 1 Comment

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This here is a what you call a fancy schmancy find. All of these are from the same photographer’s studio, (in what I guess to be the 1800s) The Farmer Brothers in Hamilton, Ontario. vintage photo card, folks.

They would put their photos on these cards (much thicker than today’s photos), which acted as the frame and double as a trade card (aka business card). I love how over the top some of these get. I’m a girl…I like frills :)

I wonder what caused the jump from the organic, flourishy design to the much simplified, geometric style?

Image by John Rochon, via his Flikr.

Chocolates with Attitude 2011

on January 24, 2013 in Advertising, Brand Identity, Buy It!, Illustration, Modern Vintage Style, Packaging, Photography with No comments
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Packaging by Bessermachen.

Chocolate with Attitude 2012

on January 24, 2013 in Brand Identity, Modern Vintage Style, Packaging, Typography with No comments

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Packaging work by Bessermachen.

Monarchs Playing Cards

on January 14, 2013 in Buy It!, Modern Vintage Style, Packaging with No comments

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I first came across a shot of these Monarchs playing cards on Graphic-Exchange and had to go track them down to see the details. I’m a sucker for ornate vintage designs, and the gold on black is so sexy! You can buy a pack here.

Tchaikovsky and a Yellow Elephant

on January 10, 2013 in Illustration, Packaging with No comments

Via Roberthuston’s Flikr

Vintage Green Bean Label, 1920s

on November 14, 2012 in Buy It!, Packaging with No comments

Here’s another green bean label, this time by Red Moon. This was made in the 1920s-1930s in Baltimore, Maryland. The lithographer was Simpson & Doeller. To give you a little more perspective, the label is 4.25″ x 11″. You can buy this one for your collection on Etsy.

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