Check out this gorgeous packaging done by Pentagram for Grey Goose and Baccarat‘s collaboration! This is actually one of the three gift box packaging ideas that they proposed – one for just a bottle of the normal Grey Goose, another contains the original vodka plus three mini-sized versions of the flavoured vodkas and the last one is this gorgeous case. From the front it looks like a nondescript suitcase but if you look at it from the side, it is actually shaped in a round-triangle.

Inside, the case contains a bottle of Grey Goose vodka plus a pair of limited edition Baccarat crystal tumblers (I’m not too sure why it is limited edition…) all nestled nicely in hi-density foam. No detail was spared – the zipper pull has the Grey Goose logo emblazoned on it and the entire case seems to be made of a really luxurious suede material. Yet amidst this, it looks really simple, understated and premium at the same time. Sweet.

Not too sure if this has gone into production, but I would love to be able to see one in the flesh. I think this makes a good gift for someone who appreciates good design and a good drink at the same time. You can check out more photos at Pentagram’s blog.

p.s.: Just realised that the colours of the case and label match colour scheme of designducky.com! Niceee…

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I must admit I seldom use shortcuts in my daily design work (I know… blasphemy isn’t it?) because I’m not too familar with the shortcuts available in the Adobe Creative Suite. Plus there were a few times when I did write down the shortcut keys and promptly lost the paper they were written on.

So it is really a good thing that I stumbled upon this amazing set of posters by Design by Vent compiling all the shortcuts for each program in the Creative Suite into a colourful Periodic Table! The last time I saw a table like this was almost ten years ago, so it is a refreshing thing indeed. Now you can print them out and stick them on the wall for quick and easy reference to the shortcut keys. Nice and a nifty piece of communication design!

via creatica daily

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set up by two aussie creatives, the site serves more as a repository and gallery for the bits of online advertising that you might not have seen (coz we all know how cluttered the web can be…) and it is a good place to get some inspiration even for non-interactive type creatives.

i’m definitely bookmarking the site for future reference!

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i’ll probably check out some of the festivities then. =)

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in there you can find namecards, logos and websites that will make you go ‘damn.. i wish had that namecard/did that logo/designed the website’ and best of all, you can also submit a design, that you have seen or designed, for the world to see.

right now the site is a bit bare but already i have some faves amongst the faves:

• ordered list – love that diecut and the green colour.
• turbomilk – milk carton cartoon and the font.
• good creative – i’m a sucker for text/graphics/watever that wraps around.

permalinks soon… there seems to be something wrong with their server.

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