Limiting Color Palette – The Dieline

This post on The Dieline is about creating packaging with more impact by narrowing down your color story. By using one or two colors packaging can make a bold statement.

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Whisking Us Away @ Club Monaco

This Club Monaco window has some fun elements of travel memorabilia (postcards, photos, maps) while the use plywood pieces add dimension and height. Makes us want to grab an overnight bag and take a little trip!

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Caine’s Arcade

This is a touching story about a little boy who is  smart, innovative, has a lot of creativity and an unlimited imagination! Check out the video on Art Stormer about Caine’s Arcade. We are ready for our fun pass!

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Sushi Boxing

Check out this awesome student designed box on Lovely Package. Such a great concept and this idea could be reinterpreted and work for other things. Love all the details!

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I Could Write a Sonnet About Your Easter Bonnet

We’ve seen the fabulous and creative hats at Easter Parade in past years and this year the hats were brighter and bigger. Between the parade and the Macy’s Flower Show which just ended in New York on April 7th, (the show will also be in Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis & San Francisco) Spring is definitely  the air. We even caught a glimpse of Bill Cunningham snapping some photos! What a beautiful and fun day!

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Using water “less” @ Levi’s

Levi’s Water<less campaign is all about using less water to manufacture denim, creating more drinking water and helping the environment. In turn, through this promotion, they have re-thought their back end processes and are asking customers to wash their jeans less. The repetition of the bottles on shelves make a bold and clear statement. Its great when brands promote for a better cause while adding subtle yet strong visual elements to their windows. We stop to look AND to think!

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Happy Easter from Marimekko!

Marimekko is know for their distinct patterns and bright colors so it’s always refreshing to peek at their windows. For Easter, they stayed true to their brand by adding painted eggs, paint brushes and colorful candy. All these elements create a beautiful way to present a lifestyle vignette while incorporating their fabrics that have multiple and various end uses.

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Painted Trophies & Props @ Esprit

Neon’s and brights continue to be a trend this season. Esprit painted multiple trophies and played with color blocking for a bold window statement. We love how they added variance within each color family by painting their props in complementary shades.  It adds visual interest while still letting the color statement speak for itself.

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Soup Cans @ Uniqlo

We’ve seen art used in windows a few times but Uniqlo took a different spin on it with an Andy Warhol reference and Campbell’s soup cans. The combination of the simple concept yet artistic twist of this window work well to make a clean presentation with impact!

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Cardboard & Kraft

Interesting post on The Dieline about the on going trend towards cardboard and kraft in packaging. We love the simple use of kraft in its raw form especially when decorative or re-usable elements are added to make the wrapping a little extra special!

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