Rob & Lauren did an excellent photo and video session at Transcend Coffee

Photographic series of Tokyo by Hello Sandwich

And last but not least, Pachin. He visits our studio from time to time and enjoys the sunshine out back

This project took a LONG time

Lots of technical challenges with registration, predicting how the ink would bleed into the material,… but at the end of the day they turned out perty!

I would like to do a ‘small’ espresso cup in dark blue with stars and moon. So, they would have night for small, dawn for medium and day-time for large!

Stay tuned, Transcend Coffee is one of the featured Edmonton businesses featuring the fist project of the HEE HAW Collective.

It’s all over the web, but we thought we would throw in our two cents. Our studio is in LOVE with the new Starbucks logo and packaging. It is so bold and the addition of the lime green to the sleeves made us swoon immediately. Definitely a wonderful progression for a stylish brand.

Images via: The Dieline

By Mayday and discovered on the Dieline.

Loving the vintage look of this coffee packaging by Sanna Akukka. Found via the Dieline.

One of the most beautiful packaging designs I have seen all year, the colourless coke can.

“A convex logo substitutes colorfully sprayed can. Naked can help to reduce air and water pollution occurred in its coloring process. It also reduces energy and effort to separate toxic color paint from aluminum in recycling process. Huge amount of energy and paint required to manufacture colored cans will be saved. Instead of toxic paint, manufacturers process aluminum with a pressing machine that indicates brand identity on surface.”

Concept by Harc Lee.

Loving this look for (Saffron Brand Consultants) and illustration style (Andrew Bannecker). ITs a new drink product from Coca Cola Spain.

Found on the Dieline

Wonderfully creative fruit juice packaging by Naoto Fukasawa.

via the dieline.

We put our elf hats on last week and made some woodward holiday treats! It was a great excuse to play around with new types of crafty packaging.

Homemade granola is a perfect holiday gift to share. Why? We give and receive so many sweet treats at this time of year, why not give the gift of breakfast instead? Go ahead! give my recipe a try:

ALL NATURAL CHRISTMAS GRANOLA

3 c. large flake oats 
1 1/2 c. bran
1/2 c. oat bran
1 c. unsweetened coconut
1/2 c. whole almonds
1/2 c. sliced almonds
1/2 c. pumpkin seeds
1/2 c. sunflower seeds
pinch of salt
1/2 c. canola oil
1/4 c. honey
1/4 c. maple syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. dried cranberries

Mix together first eight ingredients in a large bowl. Whisk together oil, water, honey, maple syrup and vanilla. Combine with dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Spread mixture on two baking sheets, bake at 250ºF for 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove when golden brown, cool and stir in dried fruit. Store up to 1 month.

(an adaptation of the granola recipe found in the fabbbulous REBAR cook book)

I was telling Amanda this morning about how I just seem to love any packaging that contains bees. She agreed and then told me about a wine that she had tasted when travelling across Canada last year with Dana. 20 Bees winery is located near the little town of Virgil, Ontario, and was recently aquired by Diamond Estates Wines and Spirits.

This wine features wonderful illustrations of people riding on bees! How can you not smile when you see that.