Slimane’s love for pared-down aesthetics debut in his new eyewear collection for the summer. The line is filled with classic aviator shapes and thick acetate frames that are accented with low-profile branding and high quality mineral glass lenses from Italy’s Barberini. $310-$375, Mr. Porter

MAKR opens a shop-in-shop inside San Francisco’s Unionmade featuring a wide selection of their leather accessories and furniture pieces. Our favorite is their minimal Magazine Rack that features a stainless steel frame that is powdercoated in Unionmade’s exclusive reed green color and is perfectly matched with a substantial piece of vegetable-tanned leather to hold your magazines. $400, Unionmade

Nordic House is a dry-cleaning shop in San Francisco, California. Anagrama approach to Nordic House’s branding was focused on Scandinavian design, combining simple geometric forms with a clean, sharp, well-distributed logotype and an icy, cold color palette. Snowy white, chilly grey, pine needle green and fresh salmon combine to create a cool nordic landscape complete with its pure, immaculate and undisguised scents. A few icons are present in the overall identity, designed with a stark and reductionist style that captures the brand’s elemental emphasis on honesty, clarity and above all, quality.

Ideas exchanged generate constant inspiration. Different points of view, opposite focus conciliation and comprehension of our own views, complement our success. That is why we open our doors with the best attitude to continuously collaborate with the press and education.

Designed by Anagrama, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, Distrito Federal, México

“Nike is in the air – To highlight the benefit of the Nike Air Max, the shoes were packed in air-cushion. The benefit of the product is transferred into the packaging, and made visible. The package provides the best possible presentation of the shoe and a height advertising effectiveness. Due to less usage of materials, it also contributes to sustainability.”

Designed By: Ralf Schroeder - Packaging Design / Art Direction

Agency: Scholz & Friends , Germany
Managing Director: Wolf Schneider
Creative Direction: Matthias Spaetgens, Wolf Schneider
Art Direction: Jinhi Kim, Ralf Schroeder
Copywriter: Doerte Schuetz

Quebec is the francophone province of Canada. With only 400 years of history, Quebec was the first North American province to be colonized by the Europeans in the sixteenth century. The province is known for its cold climate as well as its rich culture. Today’s Quebec culture is the result of the fusion of many people; due to the abundance of colonization. Primitively, the territory was occupied by the first nations followed by the French, the English, the Irish, and later came the Portuguese, the Chinese, the Italians, the Vietnamese, etc.

Designer, Simon Langlois, took on the task to design packaging for Swing Microbrewery. ”The mission of the project was to create a visual identity represent Quebec culture. The mix of people from different ethnical backgrounds make it a very rich culture. The branding of Swing microbrewery was inspired by Quebec’s cultural, historical, and natural references.”

This Quebec vernacular typography was used for the logo of the Swing Microbrewery. The shapes of the letters were inspired by Native American petroglyphs considering many Quebecois identity symbols are borrowed from Native American culture. Native American petroglyphs illustrate these concepts and elements of natureas the Amerindian language was primarily oral. “We can observe a river (s), spruce (i), etc… within the logo.”

This limited edition is produced and used exclusively during the launch party of the Swing Microbrewery. The label is composed of strips of different coloured birch that criss-cross to represent the blend of cultures that make up Quebec’s identity today. The information was printed on a label then attached by a braided twine made up using the traditional colors of Quebec’s arrow belt.

Designed by Simon Langlois, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Amur Tiger is a premium quality Siberian Vodka. The brand was inspired in the AMUR TIGER, symbol of the city where the vodka is produced, in the Far East Siberia. The distillery is located near the Rivar Amur, in Khabarovsk. ”Our client asked us for a totally different approach to the vodka packaging scenario. They wanted something special, different than what you usually see on the shelves and on the night clubs – something really trendy that would appeal to a young modern cosmopolitan public.”

We designed a simple but different exclusive bottle, with simple yet visually strong graphics. The bottle is made out of glass, painted in matte black with golden graphics. The result was a unique and eye-catching vodka bottle that is different from what you normally fine in the vodka market.”

Design: GJ PACKAGING, LISBON – ST. PETERSBURG

The designers at Weltevree have iterated on their popular portable hot tub collection with the Dutchtub Wood, a wood constructed version of the original Dutchtub.

This ingenious hot tub is completely mobile seeing that it’s powered by a wood burning fire, and only requires 2 individuals to move it from place to place. The cool water is drawn by the stainless steel coils from the bottom, and is heated by the fire as it circulates upward before being spit back into the top of the tub. The award winning Dutchtub is the perfect way to enjoy a relaxing hot session on your next camping trip, and even allows you to cook breakfast atop the fire.

Killspencer is also launching their new Spring/Summer ’13 collection and one of the big highlights is the Hardshell Briefcase ($750) that features a Jacquard camo lining, room for a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, and a dedicated compartment for an iPad mini. Other new additions include new colorways and refined versions of their popular Weekender bags, Backpacks, a new overnight duffle, and pouches for accessories and iPads. More images from the collection after the jump. Killspencer

Bright and bold color selections makes Sandwich or Salad’s motto a true statement – “Think Fresh / Be Fresh.” Designed by Masif, a small design agency in Medelin, Colombia, takes an alternative approach in ordering your sandwich or salad. Their target, young adults – which, I may add, will be easily reached by their packaging design.

Designed by Masif, Medellin, Colombia

The mother and son duo of Dorie Greenspan and Josh Greenspan opened their brick and mortar gourmet cookie store in Manhattan’s Essex Street Market in September 2013. Dorie is an accomplished chef and baker who has been writing and reviewing recipes and food critiques for Bon Appetite magazine for 18 years. She is a cookbook author and four-times James Beard Award-winner.The team wanted a fresh, simple brand to help launch their online and in-store experience. all of their cookies are made just as Dorie has made them for decades in her narrow New York City kitchen using local butter and hand-harvested French sea salt… the butter and salt that give Beurre & Sel (B&S) its name and its goodness.

Prior to B&S, the Greenspan’s moonlighted as Cookie Bar, which Monument Partners also designed the identity for. It was a solid arrangement until they wanted to branch out and rebrand after doing pop-ups for 3 years. ”We started with the logotype, lettermark and packaging, then expanded to the online store in a few short weeks. A fast turnaround for a sweet and savory combined effort.”