Archive for September, 2006

let there be lightbulbs

Publix brought out these lightbulbs a while ago. They come in a number of varieties, and the packaging looks similar on each. Similar and sweet.
You can tell at first glance that the design is one of the older ones: It’s a line drawing of the products. That was an earlier technique. They used a sans-serif [...]

sour cream—a classic

publix introduced its revamped sour cream container a long time ago. Notice the drawing—this was an early technique, and they haven’t used it lately. The serif font used for emphasis is another date indicator. This is common among the dairy products, but most of the dairy products were redesigned early.

The color band changes depending on [...]

the crackers belonging to Cheddar Cheesy

Okay, this one drives me nuts. The design is great, obviously. It follows the style of the rest of the junk food / snack food products: A carefully arranged product shot reinforces the humorous tagline beneath the image.
However, I can’t get past the name. There’s a big red apostrophe! This indicates the crackers belong to [...]


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