So aswell as researching into packaging for the pumpkin its self, i am also looking into packaging for seeds aswell, this was a very simple product. the seeds are already mixed in the tip of these matchstick ready to be put in the ground.
Thursday 29 October 2009
Monday 26 October 2009
Fruit and Veg Packaging
I am looking into packaging for my Pumpkin, this is both a good and bad idea, good because there is nothing like it around at the moment, there is a real gap in the market for this, however it is bad because i am starting from scratch, there is no secondary pumpkin packaging research i can do. so i am looking into Fruit and Veg packaging.
This is a great example of what i am tryin to achieve, it is from Dentsu Tokyo from Baby Creatives, this is simple and effective and sustainable, by overprinting old newspaper for new paper packaging. LOVE IT!
O&CO is a company with a real concern for authenticity and gormet food, i chose this product as again it is very simple but because it is minemalist, another way of being 'green' using less materials where not needed. this is a very ncie idea, im not sure it will work with pumpkins but i will deffinantly keep this idea in mind.
Lauren Golembiewski
These are both from Lauren Golembiewski
This is a set of 4 spicy sauces, she took inspiration from DADA art for the illustrations, they have their own carry case made from corrigated cardboard and wooden tops. these bottles are gorgeous.
This is a set of 4 spicy sauces, she took inspiration from DADA art for the illustrations, they have their own carry case made from corrigated cardboard and wooden tops. these bottles are gorgeous.
These are products called dirt bath, it is a washing kit for boys, and is based on boys playing in mud, the lotions are all natural but made to look like mud.
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Sustainable Design
This is an amazing book 'Print and Production Finished for Sustaibale Design' - Edward Denison
It looks thorugh design and how some designers are starting to use 100% recycled materials and soy-based inks and non-toxic toner.
this is something i am very interested in, i think design is going to have to become sustainable to be sucessful and even tho its now a more expensive way of producing designs, it is inevitable and i think people who refuse to believe this or refuse to be open to the idea are being a bit naieve.
It looks thorugh design and how some designers are starting to use 100% recycled materials and soy-based inks and non-toxic toner.
this is something i am very interested in, i think design is going to have to become sustainable to be sucessful and even tho its now a more expensive way of producing designs, it is inevitable and i think people who refuse to believe this or refuse to be open to the idea are being a bit naieve.
Grow your own
So i have started looking at grwoing you own pumpkins as an idea of where to take my concept, these images here are a few packaging designs that have inspired me more into how i can inform my audience with the packaging.
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Rituals involving pumpkins
Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ritual
On the 3rd October the people of Beaker folk of Husbourne Crawley partake in the 'Harvest moon pumpkin ritual'. They use the big orange pumpkin as a symbol of the sun and is the central point for this time if year, They light up the pumpkins from the inside and put them on their worship focus table in the Moot house, its there to remind them that the warm days of summer will return.
They also use a white pumpkin to symbolise the moon with will also be put on the table as the orange one is carried away. This is to remember the time of the full harvest moon.
The Great Pumpkin Ritual
In the October month teenagers in New England use to leave pumpkins on the lawns of people who they like, as a love offering. it is said that this started out as a biological urge to find a mate to hibernate with for the winter. Teens would leave 1, 2, 3 or more depending on how much they liked the person on their lawn and sometimes say the day after "did you get my pumpkin" its like an email or a text.
however if there was a teacher that the teens really disliked then they would leave as many pumpkins as they could get on their lawn.
The Holy Tinite Ritual of Pumpkin Sacrifice
This pumpkin ritual has only been performed twice so far by the oficial founder of the Chruch of Tina Chopp, the first was in November 1990 and the second in March 1991.
The High Priest carrys the pumpkin up to the top of a tower where it is blessed and then dropped of the edge. while the pumpkin falls the Tinties sing 'hail tinas' and when the punpkin has splatted everywhere the high priest leans over and figures out the spiritual message that 'Tina' has sent to them.
On the 3rd October the people of Beaker folk of Husbourne Crawley partake in the 'Harvest moon pumpkin ritual'. They use the big orange pumpkin as a symbol of the sun and is the central point for this time if year, They light up the pumpkins from the inside and put them on their worship focus table in the Moot house, its there to remind them that the warm days of summer will return.
They also use a white pumpkin to symbolise the moon with will also be put on the table as the orange one is carried away. This is to remember the time of the full harvest moon.
The Great Pumpkin Ritual
In the October month teenagers in New England use to leave pumpkins on the lawns of people who they like, as a love offering. it is said that this started out as a biological urge to find a mate to hibernate with for the winter. Teens would leave 1, 2, 3 or more depending on how much they liked the person on their lawn and sometimes say the day after "did you get my pumpkin" its like an email or a text.
however if there was a teacher that the teens really disliked then they would leave as many pumpkins as they could get on their lawn.
The Holy Tinite Ritual of Pumpkin Sacrifice
This pumpkin ritual has only been performed twice so far by the oficial founder of the Chruch of Tina Chopp, the first was in November 1990 and the second in March 1991.
The High Priest carrys the pumpkin up to the top of a tower where it is blessed and then dropped of the edge. while the pumpkin falls the Tinties sing 'hail tinas' and when the punpkin has splatted everywhere the high priest leans over and figures out the spiritual message that 'Tina' has sent to them.
Halloween in other countries
England and Ireland- We have already looked into Halloween in Ireland as this is where the tradtions and the myths have all started out. they still celebrtate it in a similar way taht their ancestors did.
Belgium- Here they keep in tradition with the catholics celebration as they light candles in memory of the deceased. its also seen as bad luck to see a black cat or even worse for one to enter the home.
China- the Festival is know as Teng Chieh, water and food are placed in front of photographs of deceased loved ones, lanterns are also layed down to light the path for the spirits who return tp earth. Under the guidence of Buddist temples groups of people are formed to performe cermonies for the 'pretas', these are the spirits of the dead that never had a body to burie.
America
Belgium- Here they keep in tradition with the catholics celebration as they light candles in memory of the deceased. its also seen as bad luck to see a black cat or even worse for one to enter the home.
China- the Festival is know as Teng Chieh, water and food are placed in front of photographs of deceased loved ones, lanterns are also layed down to light the path for the spirits who return tp earth. Under the guidence of Buddist temples groups of people are formed to performe cermonies for the 'pretas', these are the spirits of the dead that never had a body to burie.
America
Mexico
Sunday 11 October 2009
Pumpkins in polular culture
Jack Skeliton - The Nightmare Before Christmas.
R.L.Stine wrote many horror storys, one in particualr called 'Pumpkin Juice' where he wrote about the jucie from a pumpkin being magical. This is not the book here its just an example of this other works.
we all know 'Jack Pumpkin head' from Return to Oz, the friendly stick with a pumpkin for a head
we all know 'Jack Pumpkin head' from Return to Oz, the friendly stick with a pumpkin for a head
The headless Horsman of Sleepy Hollow
Halloween 3
The fairy god mother turned a pumpkin into a carrage for Cinderella for one night
Peanuts did a book series called 'Its the great pumpkin Charly Brown' where they went in search for the Great Pumpkin.
Marvel Comics 'Machine Man' based a Villen on Jack O'Lantern in their comic novels.
in 'Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire' the students drink pumpkin juice in the common rooms
Where has Halloween come from?
The Irish Catholics chose 1st November as all saints day, this is where they honoured all the saint that didnt have a day already devoted to them. Some say they chose to celebrate on this day to discuise that the Celtics were already celebrating on this day that they called Samhain where they contacted the spiti world.
All Hallows eve is traditionally on 31st October and is when it was thought that the boundaries between the land of the dead and the land of the living were weakend.
All Hallows eve is traditionally on 31st October and is when it was thought that the boundaries between the land of the dead and the land of the living were weakend.
The Traditions
The Traditions
Pumpkin Carving
In the 18th Century the Irish use to carve out Turnips and Beets and Potatoes to place candles inside and place on their doorsteps, this was to keep the spirit of Stingy Jack away from their homes on All Hallows Eve, when they believed that the dead could cross back to the land of the living.
Another theory is that the Celts use to carve out skeletons heads in Turnips and Beets, they placed them on their window sills to represent the dead and show respect to them.
American origion
It wasn't until the famine in 1860 when Irish immigrants went over to North America where they adopted this tradition of Halloween. However, the Americans used pumpkins as they were readily available and were much larger and so could be carved more easily. They also replaced the celebration of deceased loved onces with ghouls and candy. Commercialasion took over and made it what it is today.
Dressing up
Back in the 18th Centuary when people believed that the spirits could return on 'All Hallows Eve' people use to wear a mask, or dress as a ghost when they left their homes as to discuse themselves from the spirits, as not all the spirits that returned were had good intentions.
Trick or Treat
The poorer members of the community would go round to their neighboroughs and off to pray for their deceased on All Hallows Eve in return for a 'Soul Cake' which was basically a current bun.
Another theory was that Trick or Treating on Holloween (also know as mischief night) was children who dressed up in scary costumes to scare their neighboroughs into giving them sweets and money. i think this theory was brought in a lot later that the previous.
Apples
Unmarried people would attempt to take a bite out of an apple while bobbing in water or hanging for string from the ceeling, the first one to take a bit was thought to be the next one to marry.
Also women eating an apple in front of a canndle lit mirror were believed to be shown who their sprouse.
Its also said that an unbroken apple peel can show the amount of years you have left to live, the longer the peel is the more years you have.
Pumpkin Carving
In the 18th Century the Irish use to carve out Turnips and Beets and Potatoes to place candles inside and place on their doorsteps, this was to keep the spirit of Stingy Jack away from their homes on All Hallows Eve, when they believed that the dead could cross back to the land of the living.
Another theory is that the Celts use to carve out skeletons heads in Turnips and Beets, they placed them on their window sills to represent the dead and show respect to them.
American origion
It wasn't until the famine in 1860 when Irish immigrants went over to North America where they adopted this tradition of Halloween. However, the Americans used pumpkins as they were readily available and were much larger and so could be carved more easily. They also replaced the celebration of deceased loved onces with ghouls and candy. Commercialasion took over and made it what it is today.
Dressing up
Back in the 18th Centuary when people believed that the spirits could return on 'All Hallows Eve' people use to wear a mask, or dress as a ghost when they left their homes as to discuse themselves from the spirits, as not all the spirits that returned were had good intentions.
Trick or Treat
The poorer members of the community would go round to their neighboroughs and off to pray for their deceased on All Hallows Eve in return for a 'Soul Cake' which was basically a current bun.
Another theory was that Trick or Treating on Holloween (also know as mischief night) was children who dressed up in scary costumes to scare their neighboroughs into giving them sweets and money. i think this theory was brought in a lot later that the previous.
Apples
Unmarried people would attempt to take a bite out of an apple while bobbing in water or hanging for string from the ceeling, the first one to take a bit was thought to be the next one to marry.
Also women eating an apple in front of a canndle lit mirror were believed to be shown who their sprouse.
Its also said that an unbroken apple peel can show the amount of years you have left to live, the longer the peel is the more years you have.
Stingy Jack
The Story of 'Stingy Jack'
Stingy Jack was a gambling, drunk farmer who liked to play tricks on people, one day he fooled the Devil into climing into an apple tree when he hurridly carved a cross symbol into the tree therefor forbidding the Devil to come down. He then made the Devil promis to him not to take his soul to hell once he died.
Stingy Jack then lived a cruel and mean life, untill the day he died when he was turned away from Heaven for being such a cruel creature. But he could not enter into Hell so he was forced to walk the eternal darkness between Heaven and Hell.
Taking pity on Stingy Jack, the Devil tossed him one piece of coal from the buring fires of Hell to light his way. Stingy Jack placed this in a carved out turnip (Jack O'Lantern) and raomed the earth with no resting place.
Monday 5 October 2009
100% Design London
Design-Anything
unfortunantly i couldnt find images of the packaging for these products which were beautiful, as you can see from the products.
unfortunantly i couldnt find images of the packaging for these products which were beautiful, as you can see from the products.
Link Mug
Lap mug (can rest them in your lap)
Anthony Leyland
Mainfold 2
Tables that are designed aorund origami and how a square paper template can become a structure.
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