These 12 Products Prove That Looks Can Be Awesomely Deceiving
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These 12 Products Prove That Looks Can Be Awesomely Deceiving
Ah, packaging. It’s the necessary evil that stands between us and the products we can’t wait to get our hands on…and it’s usually really, really annoying. With all of those nasty adhesives and seemingly impenetrable plastics, it’s like packaging designers want to drive us insane.
But some companies enlist the help of designers who actually want to sell us a packaging experience instead of a scissor-ruining nightmare. Businesspeople everywhere should take a page or two (or twelve) out of this clever design book.
1. Pencil shavings don’t usually belong in salad…
The Deli Garage via Gizmodo
…unless they’re made out of cheese.
The Deli Garage via Gizmodo
2. You stuck the label on upside down. How edgy.
Cava Blossom Sparkling Wine
Wait a minute…
Cava Blossom Sparkling Wine
3. I feel like they’re trying to tell us something…
Reynolds and Reyner
Yeah, subtlety isn’t really their thing.
Reynolds and Reyner
4. Enjoy a little light reading.
Dribble
Or don’t.
Dribble
5. Give your wine-snob friends two choices.
GPB via DesignDepot
Hint: “Something oaky” is not one of them.
GPB via DesignDepot
6. The early bird gets the worm…
Gortz Shoes via Creative Bloq
…and the cute little pair of kids’ shoes inside.
Gortz Shoes via Creative Bloq
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7. Convince skeptical coworkers that you absolutely did not buy cupcakes for this year’s company cookout.
Etsy / claudinehellmuth
See? Straight out of the oven.
Etsy / claudinehellmuth
8. Veggies are good for you.
Love Guide Condoms via Behance
Aaaaand so are condoms.
Love Guide Condoms via Behance
9. Housework is a bore.
Raewyn Brandon via Behance
Drinking isn’t.
Raewyn Brandon via Behance
10. If you think your favorite chocolate is the best…
Riccardo Carlet via Inspirationist
…you haven’t seen this yet.
Riccardo Carlet via Inspirationist
11. If you have enough time on your hands to be bored with your dish towels, don’t worry.
Hannah Jor via Behance
These exist.
Hannah Jor via Behance
12. Hanging clothes is the best way to avoid wrinkles.
Yanko Design
So keep your teas in the closet. (Or, you know, in a mug.)
Yanko Design
(via BuzzFeed / Creative Guerilla Marketing / Behance)
I’d rather not deal with shrink wrap and cellophane if at all possible, so coming across products like these in stores would be a nice change of pace. I guess packaging designers aren’t all bad…at least twelve of them aren’t, anyway.
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