This set of nesting dishes, Avant Garde by Helen von Boch, presents an excellent use of space. Included in this ball of dishware are enough bowls, plates and dishes to serve four.
Named after Pangea, the super continent of yesteryear, this design makes a statement while being functional. By combining product and packaging, this nesting bowl set is packed in rice. The silhouette of a continent on the bottom of each of the four bowls (based on consumption) enables users to see the uneven distribution of food resources around the world.
Tuned Pale Ale has it all; a great tasting beer and fine tuned musical set included in a six-pack. Flip the carrier over and you have a drum set. Take a drink from the bottle and you have a new note, until you hit every note to the bottom. Part novelty, part instrument, but completely ingenious packaging, if you ask me.
Here are a few shopping bag designs that Toxel has compiled. Optical illusion is used to gain the attention of passersby and in turn, advertising is accomplished. Pretty clever way to send off a consumer from your store, if you do it right.
The world’s simplest marker just got fancy. Sharpie brand permanent markers have stepped it up, offering this stainless steel barreled, refillable, laser-etched fine tipped marker. At $8 a piece, this pen will never make its way from your pocket to another person’s pocket by mistake. Now you can say “give me back my pen” with a little more confidence, knowing you are the only person around the office with a stainless steel Sharpie.
