I am just in love with the eye-catchingly primitive packaging designs of the PinPals. They remind me a little of several of my favorite Comix and Cartoon artists... R Crumb, Harvey Pekar, Roz Chast (who made my favorite New Yorker cartoon EVER)...and my absolute fave, Lynda Barry... Personally, I think that gritty style is about to make a major foray into the pop scene and advertising (just my opinion - it's currently being adopted for use on the new Target 6 train wrap here in NYC)
I always love it when I see independent designers who go that extra mile with their product packaging. It's an element that I think can really excite an item, and make a bold statement about it's maker. The pinpals definitely take advantage of that opportunity!
More of their great (and affordable) work here.
Also loving their puppets.
Oh I just love these! They remind me of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, Persepolis.
Posted by: Emily | Jul 29, 2010 at 02:55 PM
Ah! Totally! I saw the movie here in NYC a while back...it was GREAT. : )
Posted by: Susy | Jul 29, 2010 at 05:00 PM
SUCH adorable packaging....I love it, it really is an example of making you want to buy the products because of the packaging! (and the products are adorable too)
xo
Melis
Posted by: Account Deleted | Jul 29, 2010 at 05:27 PM
These are great! This is such a good idea, to actually involve the item in its packaging. Love it!
Posted by: Brittany Noel | Aug 02, 2010 at 06:09 PM