New style : July 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011

7/30/11 Report - Canadian Foreign Coins, Auction Results & the US Debt Tax

Some Canadian Coins Found on Florida Beaches by Detector.It is not unusual to find Canadian coins in Florida. Some resort areas are heavily visited by our Canadian friends, who like everyone else, lose coins on the beach.When I started detecting, to find the value of foreign coins, or any coins for that matter, you had to have a book. Now most everything can be found on the internet. That makes

7/29/11 Report - Silver Bar & Knife & Signal Finds

Great Silver Bar Sold at Sedwick Coins Internet-Only Auction.Just look at all of those great markings!The auction concluded yesterday and this bar sold for over $46,000 (not counting the buyer's premium). Nice bar and nice price.The final prices for all lots sold are now available for inspection on the Sedwick Coins web site.It is always instructive to browse artifacts, and especially interesting

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Trip View Bowl

Trip View Bowl compresses the view of a specific Taiwanese landscape in a 12cm-in-diameter blue and white porcelain bowl. The three-dimensional panorama map is amazingly painted inside the bowl. Rotating the bowl will virtually take you into the sky looking down at this landscape. All famous sights and stores are also labeled in this interesting and practical souvenir so tourists could take all wonderful memories of the tour home.

Trip View Bowl displays a kind of delicacy unreachable by printed patterns or hand-drawing. You'd absolutely agree it is a piece of delicate work of art, if and even if observing it with a magnifying glass! This artwork also represents 100% Taiwan-made identity, from its creativity to the firing process, and from the bowl itself to its packaging.

In order to adhere to environmental protection, we used medium density fiberboard as packaging materials. The open design allows consumers to see, touch, and the most important thing is to protect the bowl well. The packaging can even protect a fall from five meters as it is designed to self-crumble to save the bowl from breaking.

A magnifying glass is also supplied together with the packaging so that the details can be made available to everyone. We spent six months testing, fix, find the right process, product or even months to complete on the warehouse and other packaging predicament, finally completed in accordance with the objectives we set a new packaging, and reached the following requirements:

Consumer

Can accommodate more accessories, including a magnifying glass, display, and a fish-eye aerial view.
Can accommodate a complete in English and Japanese language product information.

Environmental

Packaging reduction: improve the material utilization of 24.4%.
Brand power to change the packaging, ink reduction of 100%.
Paper vine to twine, weight reduction of 50%.
Reuse: Packaging can serve as a storage box, and can be easily stacked.
Recycling: the extension of MDF material, and asked the formaldehyde content in line with E1 standard.
All products without plastic.

Quality process requirements

Shift to CNC milling process, packaging components tolerances less than ± 0.05mm, precision 20 times better than the old packaging.
Commissioned by ISO 9000 certified professional plant assembly, packaging.
High-precision components eliminates the possibility of operator injury and increase yield.
Packaging components foolproof design mistakes to avoid assembly problems.

7/28/11 Report - Digging Up Friends

Not Just Toys.To me these aren't just toys. They are some of the toys that I played with a few decades ago back where I grew up in Pennsylvania. I once had the opportunity to return to where I was raised and detect the yard where I and my friends played. I dug up these old friends.If you ever have a chance to detect the places you played as a child, I'd highly recommend doing it. Memories

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

REDWHITE (Concept)

REDWHITE package is made with Elina Ahonen for FOPDA Food Packaging Design Awards by Stora Enso. The main challenge was to make packages more sustainable.
REDWHITE answers for the need of more sustainable packaging for the ready-made-soups and instant noodles. The challenge was to find a carton board solution for these packages.

The material of the REDWHITE package is liquid packaging board. It is heat-resistant and keeps the aromas and flavours strong. The mouth is sealed with glue but can be easily teared open due to the holes which give a facile grip.
By pushing the sides the package forms into a cup. Easy opening is very important when taking into consideration also the eldery, children and people suffering from rheumatism etc.

The geometric form makes an impressive shelf-presence but also fits well in the hand. It needs little space when packed in boxes in stores and warehouses. This also decreases the transportation expences. Using the packaging as the plate for the food gives you less dishes to wash. After the use it can be flattened easily thanks to the creasings on the sides.

Skeleton Packaging (Student Work)

Conceptual packaging design, focused on producing sustainable packaging solutions for fragile objects.

Disposed packaging material is one of the leading causes of soil pollution worldwide and results in vast landfills that are required to accommodate the millions of tons of waste we dispose of each year. "Green" packaging design not only reduces the amount of overall packaging that is produced, but takes processing techniques, disposal conditions and the entire product lifecycle into consideration.

This packaging design fully implements the aforementioned ideas through the removal of all excess paneling, leaving only the remaining "skeleton" that still encloses and protects the product.

Shred (Student Work)

SHRED is a line of shaving products for teenage boys that are active and like to participate in active sports. Using bright fun colors and icons to identify each of the products makes SHRED more relatable for that age group.

Kobber Healthy Line

The Kobber, brazilian producer of healthy food, brought to Pande, a brazilian agency of design, the challenge of creating packaging for two innovative products: Crispan and Semix. The first came on the market to give a touch of flavor and crispness to meals while the second came to complement delicious salads.

The created visual identity translated the concept of products into colors and shapes that describes the welfare. The prevailing white refers to the health. The integrated window allows the consumer to view what can be taken to their home. Different dishes simulate the way of using and highlight the appetite appeal. The main panel claims highlight the key benefits as well.

The look was so delighted that Pande has extended the same visual identity for the cereal bars, fruit and crispy. The photos highlight the texture and flavor of each product, with the help of the prevailing white.

For the launch of products in Apas, an event designated to the supermarket sector, Pande developed the visual communication for the booth, recognized in the category "Best Display" by Popai award.

7/27/11 Report - More on the Lost Merchant, Proposed Laws, & New Club

Side Scan Sonar Images of Lost Merchant Obtained by The Dare.They got a 100 gamma hit that provides additional evidence that the target is indeed the shipwreck.Information and picture received from the Mel Fisher organization via email.Jim M. sent me an email informing me of a new government proposal that could severely affect detectorists. As you probably know, Florida's navigable waterway's are

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

7/26/11 Report - Civil War & Indian Research

Treasure Coast Sunrise This Morning.Lobster Mini-season will begin tonight at midnight and runs through ThursdayYesterday I gave you some good research leads from the Tequesta. The Tequesta is a great source of information on Florida history. I also showed a picture of a relic dug up in the Brickell area. That area has a lot of history and a number of big treasure finds, including barrels and

Monday, July 25, 2011

RNLI Lifeboats

RNLI wished to broaden their appeal with their locally sourced confectionery range, so invited us to review their packaging design. The brief was to engage with visitors across the country and to remind them of ‘beautiful days by the sea’. We visualised the British seaside using various scenarios and nostalgic elements that are simplistic, positive and coherent across the range. See the range RNLI selected and a few of our early ideas.

Ronhill Unlimited

Ronhill Unlimited is the first interactive cigarette packaging in the world with QR code as a part of its design. Because smoking is prohibited in public places, there is a lot less places where smoking is allowed. Scanning the QR code takes the user to a regional (ex-Yu) mobile web site where he can find the nearest place where smoking is allowed by using the map that automatically shows his current location.

Ronhill Unlimited - English from

Rice Gold

Weinfest

Fresh View to the German Wine Collection “Weinfest” from Design Studio 13.
The designers created new labels for the well-known German wine «Lieberfraumilch»,
«Schwarzе Katz». In the design of the labels traditional elements were used: bright blue and white colour combination in the label, bottle shape, blue colour of th Rein bottle. The wine collection includes different wine brands. A label was created for each brand. The themes of each label are comic images.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

7/25/11 Report - Pirate and Treasure Lore & Found Sword

Treasure Coast Beach Near Low Tide This Morning.This morning I'll point you to one of the best online resources for Florida history. It is the Tequesta, a scholarly journal published by the Historical Association of Southern Florida since 1941. You can view the archives of the journal at the following link.http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/index.htmThe articles also sometimes include

7/23/11 Report - Vintage Watches, Gold Coins, Live Beach Cams

Interesting Band on Found Watch. I always like to browse sites showing 17th an 18th century items. If there is one thing I regret, it is the times that I failed to recognize the approximate date of an item when I dug it up only to learn later that I should have paid more attention to the item.I've mentioned before the time I dug a musket part and the musket flint and didn't recognize what it was

Friday, July 22, 2011

7/22/11 Report - Silver, Gold, Patinas, Tumbaga & More

Intricate Silver Bracelet Found.Yesterday morning I was working the front beach where some new material had washed up over the past couple of days. I found some old almost completely dissolved spikes, crunched up copper sheeting and stuff and this silver bracelet. I haven't found any markings on it at all, but maybe I'll be able to see some markings if it is cleaned. I don't know if I want to do

Thursday, July 21, 2011

7/21/11 Report - Storing Finds, St. Lucie Club, Conditions Downgrade

Lazy Sea This Morning Just After Low Tide.I was looking at some finds the other day and was reminded once again how what you do after the find is important.I was looking at one small charm that was hard to tell how old it was. One little mark on the back caught my attention. It was too small to read, so I got it in good light and pulled out my jewelers loop. Only then could I see 925 stamped on

Terra di Vento

The packaging of Terra di Vento organic wines, a quality oriented company located in the Salerno region (South of Italy), designed and developed along with all the brand identity by Claudio Monari of Rinascimento Group in collaboration with Igor Grassi, began with the careful choice of the container and went on to the definition of the label and the closure. The idea was to decline the different wines with different colors while maintaining common and recognizable graphics. The label turns 360 degrees around the bottle creating a quite singular and personal visual effect. The labels have also a dimensional and tactile effect providing a pleasant and original feel.

Summercow Milk (Concept)

Development of 3 packs of milk of fruit flavors, its image away from conventional products providing simplicity and clarity of the result.

Ryesenberg Whiskey (Concept)

Suitable for small run premium batches, the label is a piece of the actual barrel the whiskey was aged in. Following a process of drying, pressing and silkscreening the label is attached to the bottle and can be removed to be used as a coaster or simply as a collectible once the bottle goes dry. Each piece is naturally unique, maintaining the black color from the charring process and slight aroma.

Bright Thinking (Student Work)

BRIEF
The brief was to design a contemporary light bulb pack promoting the new energy efficient LED lighting for the main DIY retailers in the UK and possibly Europe, the package must fulfil the four main needs of the consumer; transport, storage, usage and disposal.

RESPONSE
The response to this brief was to create a package that would eliminate the use of plastics within bulb packaging as they are manufactured using non-renewable sources such as oil and natural gas and also to reflect the selling point of the LED bulbs which is a better impact on the environment. The intended audience for this product is tradesmen and diy shoppers, mainly males aged between 18-50 who want to locate the item they are after easily and efficiently. I began by researching FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) approved Kraft board which I gained from my visit to BensonGroup, one of the UK’s largest packaging manufacturers and discovered
it was the perfect material for bulb packaging as it is 100% recyclable and made from 100% unbleached virgin fibres. I then chose to elimate the various different individual nets for multi-packs of the bulbs such as packs of 2 and 4 and created an enitrely unique design which allows the retailer to seperate the pack using clever perforations to create 6 variations from the one net design.

The further I developed ideas of how to make the packaging better for the environment, the more I was able to change the design to make it very sustainable and eco-friendly, I researched into the use of soy inks as an alternative to the conventional inks which led to the development of simple, bold graphics which were designed to be printed in one colour to reduce costing. The graphics on the design use a clever system which allows the consumer to identify the product based on its mood and brightness, bulbs that are cool white are displayed blue and bulbs that are warm white are displayed red and the information on the front of the product show lumens not watts which is the unit that brightness is measured in. I feel the distinctive packaging and graphics contrast from existing bulb packaging today which is considered to be boring and plain and the unique factor of a glue-less package would be very appealing to manufacturers as well as the whole sustainable nature of the product, I believe this could lead to further green movement into other companies who use harmful packaging.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

7/20/11 Report - Calming Seas, Gold Prices & Pencils

People often ask why I don't give the name of the beaches that I show in my photos or tell where the cuts are. There are a few main reasons.First, I don't want everyone running out to the same beach. I've had complaints the few times in the past when I did name a specific beach from the people who always detect that beach because of all the detectorists that suddenly showed up. That isn't good

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

James Martini's Fine and Rare

Manufactured by Camarc in a limited quantity and hand-assembled this wood gift box for JAMES MARTIN'S Fine and Rare 20 year old is made with a frame of solid pine and rigid cardboard.

The wood frame also serves as display case for Point Of Sale. A magnetic system in the wood frame holds the bottle in place.

Black Market Goods (Student Work)

The project was to create a promotional beer packaging piece for a fictitious brewing company called, Black Market Goods. Because of the company name, the bottles were created to resemble illegal weapons sold in the black market. Each bottle took about 10 hrs to create due to the long drying times of the primer paint used for the body. Shiny yellow engine enamel was used on the removable fins, cap and on the base of the bottle to offset the matte color of the primer. Finally, a wooden box with a bracing system was designed and constructed to hold the bottles in place during transportation.

THINK Packaging

Brief: To design 2 concepts to present as a thank you gift.
Based on what every architect has used before I just had to develop the yellow pencil in some way. With perfect execution this blew them away. I then decided to go festive & create a cracker. Keeping it classy and adding a personal touch - the clients new house placed on top…

A simple note inside or some hand made chocolates - a great gift.

Jason de Phères

The brand Jason de Phères was founded in 2010 by 2 students: Alexandre Arzuman (graphic designer) and Dave Tshiani (young entrepreneur). The brand's headquarters are based in Paris and the vineyard is based in the valley of Marne and on the Montagne de Reims.

The purpose of the concept is to link our champagne to the world of art.
Therefore our Champagne is the sponsor of the ArtHamptons galleries in USA since april 2011.

Moreover, we have been working with different artists, such as the parisian street artist "Yosh" or the New Yorker photographer Drew Tal, who customized the Jason de Phères bottle. Jason de Phères - Art Champagne is much more than a consumable product, it's a collector's item.

Starbucks Less Is More (Student Work)

The Brief asks for the design of a special edition package for Starbucks.
With the purchase of 3 coffee bags, a free mug is given. The package must be eco friendly and sustainable.

The adopted package can be wrapped into shape without the use of industrial machines, this would decrease shipping charges (Less used space).

Quintino's (Student Work)

Quintino's is a company that focusing on the coffee business by specializing deliver the best quality of Arabica coffee from many islands in Indonesia. Since the head roaster as well as the founder is an Italian, their coffee are roasted with classic Italian style (darker from the common process).

One of their biggest problem in the market is only few people know about their brand and their product. So, I redesigned their logo + package. In order to position their brand and product in consumer's mind, I played and emphasized their 'Q' word name into the illustration of a cup (looked from above) which shaped to look similar to 'Q'. On the backside of the package, I still emphasized their 'Q'.

To put more personal feeling with customer, I add label tag for their 250 gr package. Inside those label tag, customer might find a quick information about Quintino's, map location, etc.

Quintino's coffee product available in 8 variety of 250 gr and 1 variety of 3 sized box (contain sachets).

Play (Student Work)

Play is collaborative design between Stephanie Felicita Smith and Ani Bijoyan. It is a line of adult toys for women who aren't shy about their sexuality. With black and white photography complimented with a pop of color Play is elegant and sexy. Clearly displaying what each product inside the package is with a touch of attitude. Play's tagline "anyway you choose to give it" suggests that it is a playful and fun brand.

7/19/11 Report - Finally! Beach Conditions Upgrade.

Cut on Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.Yesterday I showed a photo of the beach. The photo today is of the same place. Where there were two to three-foot cuts yesterday there were four-foot plus cuts today. I stopped quickly at two beaches that I was going by this morning. The first had only some scallops and small cuts at a few scattered locations. It didn't look good at all.The second and last

Monday, July 18, 2011

7/18/11 Report - Tropical Storm Bret & Beach Cutting Begins

Cut on Treasure Coast Beach This Morning.Thanks to Tom H. for the photo.I'll jump right into the conditions report today since there is actually a change, even though it is only a slight change.The low pressure area off of Cape Kennedy that I mentioned the other day, did develop. It is now tropical storm Bret, and is still in roughly the same position.Bret caused an increase in seas on the

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Oyikil Redesigned

Oyikil is a line redesign and extension project carried out by José Bahamonde and Natalia Arena. The line needed to grow vertically (Reserva, Gran Reserva, Icono) and horizontally, i.e. by adding varietals. These clients also wanted that labels looked more trendy and elegant.

The name had to be kept, that is why, we decided to emphasize its meaning (Oyikil is Tehuelche language for condor) and try to find a new image that would allow us more versatility. We redesigned the brand by using a more balanced and legible font.

The condor colors and flying altitude inspired us to come up with a simple way to represent each line. The first white label represents the youngest and less costly wines. “Vuelo” (flight), “Gran Vuelo” (great flight) and “Cumbre” (summit)correspond to Reserva, Gran Reserva and Icono repectively where the background color gets darker and the condor flies higher.

Mom’s Best Naturals

The makers of Mom’s Best Naturals breakfast cereals recognized that their existing packaging was an impediment to growing their value brand’s retail footprint. The existing boxes looked “low price,” but sacrificed equity, too.

More than just a logo revision and changes to the brand color palette, Ideas that Kick recommended the client consider wholesale changes that would make the most of their investment in packaging redesigns — and result in brand assets that would create emotional bonds and brand equity with cereal shoppers. This ground-up approach required an entire rethink of the value brand’s story, as well as how that story could be articulated on the box for each flavor of cereal.

Kick’s creative strategy was to lead with “quality” and “natural” in our packaging concept. To congratulate our Mom for making the environmentally responsible breakfast cereal choice. Rather than depict another cereal bowl and spoon, Kick illustrated inviting natural environments, making a smart breakfast part of a much larger benefit conversation.

Kick’s colorful, illustrated boxes had an immediate impact on the client’s bottom line. The Mom’s Best Naturals sales force and distribution channels demanded an expansion of flavors even before the first new cereal box had gone into production. Retailers embraced the new look based on how it stood out on the shelf and how it engaged consumers.

Herdade Grande

As well as rebranding the identity for the Herdade Grande wine producer from Portugal (Alentejo), MusaWorkLab also designed the packaging for both wines Herdade Grande and Condado das Vinhas.

7/17/11 Report - Cobs, Maravedis, Odyssey Marine, LaSalle Shipreck, and Conditions

1731 Reale.You'll find this cob, with many more examples, on the web site that I mention below.Odyssey Marine common stock jumped over 10 percent Friday. That is pretty good return for a single day. You can't make that much on a ten year CD. OMEX has been very volatile lately, increasing rapidly right before the issuance of millions of new shares, and then falling just as rapidly. If you are a

Friday, July 15, 2011

7/15/11 Report - Where People Detect the Most Around the Treasure Coast

The most recent blog poll has concluded and the results are in. Participation was low. I don't know if people didn't want to tell where they hunt or what. Of the areas listed in the poll, the one receiving the greatest number of votes was Fort Pierce Inlet to Jensen Beach. I found that a little surprising although it does include a number of frequently detected beaches. In that area there is the

Portfolio Board Game (Student Work)

The Idea was to create a playable game designed for creative professionals. The game pieces that the players can choose from include art careers including design, drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Along the way the players will fall on “career advancement” tiles or “career disappointment” tiles and they must choose a card that makes the player move back and forth accordingly. The first player to the victory tile wins.

Urbio

We needed to create a strong identity and packaging system for this product along side the actual product design, so we developed approachable, eco-friendly packaging that we feel fits the ease and style of this product and the culture it speaks to.

Urbio is an urban vertical garden that is booming on Kickstarter. We’re very excited about the concept and the trend it will lead. Urban gardens are super hot right now and Urbio is the newest and best solution we’ve seen yet.

We feel that this concept resonates so well with the general design population and are exited that we’ve funded 3 times our asking on Kickstarter!