Packaging projects

The studio has been consumed by Melbourne boutique roaster – Coffee Supreme. The second skew of their coffee range – the 250g and 500g bags are out in the café space for one and all.

The studio is responsible for the production – research and development, concepts, prototyping, image making to artwork, along with regular client commentary. This round of packaging was designed to work in with the café interior, whilst also having a bold retail presence. There is one image outcome in the range. The studio produced a comprehensive pattern range based upon the coffee plant. Several final patterns have been developed, which have also been applied to the 1kg skew.

The packages are hand assembled at the factory and the stitched in card, can be put in the customers coffee pot to confirm bend and roasting batch.

Thanks to Supreme again for keeping our communication process fresh.

The studio over the last few months has evolved the coffee bag range for Melbourne boutique roaster – Coffee Supreme. The first skew of this range, the 1kg bags, has hit the streets with little fuss.

The studio is responsible for the entire production – research and development, concepts, prototyping, image making to artwork. This round of packaging was designed to work in with the café interior, whilst also having a bold retail presence. Their are two image outcomes in the range and this image is a visual response to a New Zealand company operating and producing in Australia. Overall this outcome is contrasting – bold, quiet, graphic, straight, twisted and loaded with messages and irony. The Supreme coat of arms is a hybrid of the Australian coat of arms, mashing together a diverse range of elements – Supreme’s brand, the coffee plant, catch cries, cups and components of coffee making machines.

More to come, thanks to Supreme for continuely putting in place an interesting communication process.

Supreme can be found all over Melbourne

1 kg range

For bike nuts – 1 kg

Free trade – 1 kg

Café noir with Andy Sargent of SSW and Studio Pip and Co

Café noir detail

Packaging is a part of the design output that has alluded Andrew in last twenty year. In the past he had produced FMCG ranges for Allen’s Confectionery, Colgate and Panamax to only have international HQ smash his artworked ranges with some new global design directive.

In between there has been some boutique wine labels, a raft of corporate packaging for Country Road, and a coffee bag range for boutique roaster Coffee Supreme. We will document this project in the coming weeks, needless to say the first skew of this outcome the 1 kg bags has hit the streets with a super underground softer than soft launch i.e. the new bags are being used with no fanfare.

The studio is responsible for the entire production, image making to artwork, except with the Café Noir outcome where we collaborated with artist and designer Andy Sargent, residing at South South West studio. Andy was invited to respond to the Café Noir theme that we developed for the darker richer blends. Andy armed with his distinctive style put together a Café Noir scape, where maybe the guy or the girl gets dumped. Lurking in the background is our familiar bear bringing a little fairy tale / “Dark Sided” (look that one up on youtube) reality to the situation.

More to come, thanks to Andy at SSW and Justin at Supreme for pushing on through an interesting process.

Supreme can be found all over Melbourne, Andy at South South West

coupe d’état / emerging international sounds / Australia wide
type mark and symbol / colour and mono / CD packaging, poster, PR, advertising
Developed 2007 / 6 week project

A compilation of exotic sounds and grooves designed to be a lush international listening experience. We revisited the image the launched this compilation series, reshot the head pieces and contrasted the image with a slab of raw plywood and crimped paper…

global village / World and accoustic sounds / Australia wide
type mark and symbol / colour and mono / CD packaging, poster, PR, advertising
Developed 2008 / 6 week project

Illustration developed by studio designer Sarah Pickering.

The studio was commissioned to develop music packaging for SBS‘s seminal travel show Global Village.

The series has an ongoing theme that explores exotic creatures that populate all corners of the earth. We submitted a range of creatures and a beetle was selected for it jewel like qualities. The illustration of the exotic beetle was developed by our image maker in residence Sarah Pickering. A quirky botanic rendering of the beetle was selected and the final rendering was completed in watercolour and pencil.

Fever Italia / The Unofficial Soundtrack to the 2008 Italian Film Festival / Australia wide
type mark and symbol / colour and mono / CD packaging, poster, PR, advertising
Developed 2008 / 6 week project

Illustration developed by studio designer Andrew Ashton.

Illustration developed by studio designer Sarah Furzer.

Fever Italia / The Unofficial Soundtrack to the 2007 Italian Film Festival / Australia wide
type mark and symbol / colour and mono / CD packaging, poster, PR, advertising
Developed 2007 / 6 week project

CD packaging design is a regular project in the studio. The budgets are modest, the market is saturated, time lines are tight and the client has to ensure everything has been accounted for.

Visit Filter Music here

So Frenchy So Chic / The Unofficial Soundtrack to the 2010 French Film Festival / Australia wide
type mark and symbol / colour and mono / CD packaging, poster, PR, advertising
Developed 2010 / 6 week project

A wonderful diva pitted with coarse stenciled title type and the spare uncomprising type of Mr Frutiger, in blue jeans mode.

So Frenchy So Chic / The Unofficial Soundtrack to the 2009 French Film Festival / Australiawide
type mark and symbol / colour and mono / CD packaging, poster, PR, advertising
Developed 2009 / 6 week project

This year our diva emerges from the garden

So Frenchy So Chic / The Unofficial Soundtrack to the 2008 French Film Festival / Australia wide
type mark and symbol / colour and mono / CD packaging, poster, PR, advertising
Developed 2008 / 6 week project

In 2008 our diva celebrates the showing of colour

Producing the communication work is a simple and chaotic process — engage the canny eye and talents of Kat Macleod, Ortolan, to develop the season‘s diva; with diva in hand the studio madly puts together the packaging and promotion collateral; all under the constant supervision of Filter Music‘s founder JF (the Frenchman). This process typically takes place in the closing and crazy weeks of Christmas. 2008‘s diva makes a departure from collage and rendering to bold dashes of painterly colour contrasted with the whim of sparely cast pencil marks.

Thanks again to JF for your ongoing and inspired support.

Visit Cartell Music here

The studio was commissioned to develop a house wine packaging for Pearl Restaurant, inspired by Pearl‘s Sommelier — John Evans. Interpretations and images of our Thin Man were developed by illustrators Jane Reiseger and Sarah Pickering, which was then fused with Thin Man typography executed in a red foil that blocks over modest black printing. The range starts with a Pinot Noir, a white wine and sparkling will follow soon.

By Jane Reiseger

By Sarah Pickering

Visit Pearl, Jane Reiseger and Sarah Pickering here