The Sites

FSC - Forest Stewardship Council

SPC - Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Earth911

New Leaf - paper

Tiger Press - printing

Greener Printer - printing

Printing for Less - printing

Finlay - printing

The Paper Mill Store - recycled paper

Gans Ink and Supply Co. - soy inks

Sonoco - packaging

dynamicgraphics.com

GreenOffice.com

printingresponsibly.org

recycledproducts.com

woodpak.com & ecoprocote.com (timber soy natural wood stain)

GLOBAL 100 - Top 100 Sustainable Countries in the World

Packaging Strategies Conferences

--Sustainable Packaging Forum, held in Denver, CO.

--Sustainable Packaging Design, Jan 2009

CT Green Expo

Just a really interesting list of all sorts of companies and sites dealing with sustainability. This is pretty much what the vendor presentation is going to present in class. I thought I would have it in here for my purposes and to make a digital copy. The last things are like fairs/expos/learning opportunities that are becoming major events locally and nationally. The Global 100 is so awesome. It lists the top 100 companies in regards to sustainability and what they focus in. There are a few that deal with materials. One with Aluminum, which is pretty interesting. It seems unusual to have a sustainable metal company. Who knew?

The Reminder

 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com

how to find green vendors.

I don't want to forget this site!

The Fifth

Alright, these aren't my sketches. I don't have them scanned in yet, but I thought I would post some of my beginning logos. There were a lot of different logos in class. Joe's was so on point, it was amazing. I really enjoy the different approaches that both he and Constanza are taking. These logos aren't going in the direction they need to be going in right now. The first two are so hard to see here, but I liked the thin letters at the time. The last one is closer, but everyone is using the same fonts... I need to get one that is modern yet has an Asian feel. And no tacky "bamboo" fonts. Ugh.

The Fourth, cont.

Speaking of African culture... I love the colors on these tins.

The Fourth

I haven't been able to get to do this in a couple of days. I am focusing my attention on sake for right now. I think that that the designs are beautiful and elegant. It's funny because most people in the United States think that arts from other cultures are amazing. It's just that it is so different than our own. Plus, a lot of other places have a longer history than the States. We are a relatively new country if you compare it to places like Egypt or China. In any case, it seems cliche that I would do something Asian, but it is not because I am Korean. Or maybe my Asian gene is finally kicking in.

The Third Cont.

People drink sake from square cups like this. I really want to explore something like that with my tea package. Some sort of kit that includes tea, cup/mug, strainer, etc.

The Third

I found this picture of a sake set that I thought was just awesome. How cool that it has its own spout?! In any case, I think that sake will be very inspirational for me in terms of this project. It is similar in that there is a deep culture connected with sake and sake drinkers. There have been commercialized aspects of it, but there are ways to remain true to the art form. Additionally, it can be served hot or cold much like tea. Plus, I think that Asian design is some of the most innovative and beautiful.

The Second

I'm not quite sure how I want to tackle this project. I am both excited and upset about it. Well, I don't want to say upset, that might not be the right word. I just know I want it to be very clean and simple, but I feel like that is all I do. It is the aesthetic that I enjoy, but is it pushing me to do something that i'm not comfortable with? I am really trying to be innovative with the packaging so that while the design is clean/simple, my container will be the part that is flexing my creative muscle... I hope.

My current problem: simple modern or nice serif? And how to be not tacky/cheesy/cliche. But I think my idea of AWAKEN: Your Senses, Your Mind, Your Spirit, might be along those lines. I won't rule it out yet. Maybe just flavor names instead of flavor metaphors.

The picture is just a post of some canisters that I thought were nice. Unfortunately not really sustainable (unless you are counting the whole "reuse the tin" concept).

The First

I am welcoming myself to this blog spot. I have never created a blog before, we'll see what happens.

This spot is designed to follow my journey as a faux tea connoisseur through avid research and the development of AWAKEN tea as a brand.