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Airfix-style model kits by Robert Cooper are made from chocolate and wafer
Central Saint Martins graduate Robert Cooper has created chocolate and wafer snacks that can be built into Airfix-style models, which are on display at the New Designers Part 2 exhibition that opened...
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Royal College of Art investigates plagiarism claim
News: the Royal College of Art is investigating claims that one of its graduates plagiarised an existing design after a Finnish company complained that its reusable packaging concept had been copied....
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Royal College of Art graduate "technically" guilty of plagiarism
News: a former Royal College of Art student has been found "technically" guilty of plagiarism and misconduct after a company complained that his graduate design project was similar to its own...
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Nendo designs brand identity for skincare based on Chinese medicine
Japanese studio Nendo used grey and white crosses for the packaging of this line of skincare products based on the practices of Chinese medicine. Oki Sato's design studio was tasked with designing a...
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Mormedi's e-cigarette is designed as a personal accessory
Product design consultancy Mormedi has created an electronic cigarette, which they hope will become like a "personal accessory similar to a pen" for users (+ slideshow). The e-cigarette, named the...
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Bubble Wrap redesigned to create pop-less packaging material
Fans of Bubble Wrap are up in arms after its American manufacturer unveiled a new variety of inflatable packaging that doesn't pop under pressure. North Carolina-based manufacturer Sealed Air, which...
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Nendo creates bottle and logo for Kenzo's unisex Totem fragrance
Japanese studio Nendo has created a perfume bottle for Paris fashion house Kenzo in the shape of a tiny totem pole. Made from dark purple glass, the bottles hold Kenzo Parfums' new Totem unisex...
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Joe Doucet encourages westerners to drink sake with SŌTŌ bottle design
New York designer Joe Doucet created the packaging and branding for a new brand of sake, including a dimpled glass bottle designed to represent the mountains of Japan's Niigata Prefecture. The sake is...
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Horse's packaging for Tåpped birch water is designed to resemble tree bark
British design studio Horse has created a log-like carton and a Norse-inspired identity for birch-sap drink Tåpped, to help it break into the UK market (+ slideshow). Birch water – sap collected from...
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Snoop Dogg launches edible marijuana range with branding by Pentagram
US rapper Snoop Dogg has launched a line of edible cannabis products with packaging designed by Pentagram to skirt around US laws on controlled substances (+ slideshow). US rapper Snoop Dogg unveiled...
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Evolvia By Evolve olive oil is presented in a minimal bottle
Artisanal oil brand By Evolve has packaged its organic extra virgin olive oil in a cylindrical reusable bottle made from laboratory glass (+ slideshow). By Evolve was set up by husband and wife Alex...
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Nendo creates family crest logo and packaging for Japanese craft beer
Japanese design studio Nendo has combined Japanese and Latin characters to create a crest-style logo and colour-coded packaging for Iwate Kura beer. The craft beer was launched to help support the...
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McDonald's launches "striking and in-your-face" packaging designed by Boxer
McDonald's is rolling out simplified new packaging, designed by branding agency Boxer to function as a "mobile billboard" for the fast-food giant (+ slideshow). The updated carry-out bags, fountain...
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Spread "gives new meaning to the CD" with metal and bubble-wrap packaging
Tokyo design studio Spread has used industrial materials to create minimal CD packaging for a Japanese rock band (+ slideshow). Created for Soutaiseiriron and American producer Jeff Mills' track...
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Yuta Takahashi designs minimal packaging for natural chocolate bars
Japanese designer Yuta Takahashi created the pared-back packaging for these natural chocolate bars to reflect their simple ingredients (+ slideshow). Takashi designed the minimal wrappers and branding...
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Competition: win a pasta and sauce set by Geometry of Pasta
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Geometry of Pasta founder Caz Hildebrand to give five readers the chance to win set of pasta and sauces that come in graphic geometric packaging. Geometry of...
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Karim Rashid unveils Prestige Pepsi bottles and drinking accessories
Milan 2016: New York designer Karim Rashid has created a set of aluminium bottles for drinks brand Pepsi, one of a series of megabrands that presented in Milan this year. Working in collaboration with...
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Tatabi Studio designs marbled packaging for Diz-Diz microwave popcorn
Spanish studio Tatabi looked to ancient Greece to find influences for the branding and packaging design of a gourmet popcorn company (+ slideshow). Tatabi apparently used Mount Olympus, the...
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Calico Wallpaper uses salt to pattern chocolate packaging for Mast Brothers
New York 2016: Brooklyn company Calico Wallpaper has used the salts in Mast Brothers' new chocolate range to create marbled packaging for the bars (+ slideshow). Mast is well known for the graphic...
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Design Army creates "defiantly opinionated" political packaging for American...
Ahead of this year's US presidential election, creative agency Design Army is encouraging Americans to chose chocolate bars based on six illustrated packaging designs that represent different political...
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