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Working with website designer Jason Watkins my website should soon be launched.
Exciting to bring together all parts of my work - to share.

Following on from Splenda.....Sweet and Lo (lovely name) have different designs on their individual serving sachets too.....was the Pink Panther for a while and yesterday I noticed different musical instruments....Nice attention to detail

A time way from the blog ....now some new thoughts.
Reading in Marketing Week this morning that Chambourd is to launch a new design for its bottle. Whilst the company identifies that consumers do not recognise the drink's name, I do feel that the bottle with its little decorative gold harness and kitsch-like box with regal overtones is a classic.
The new design is indeed more restrained and classy. I like it - but much prefer the glamorous, glitz of the old design. The drink is delicious and the overall package alwyas seems quite a present - the bottle with the lovely crown top too good to dispose of..hence my collection of the bottle tops.
Must get to Waitrose to buy up the old designs before they disappear...like the old Drambuie bottle that got a redesign recently too.

John Lewis television advertisement

The latest John Lewis advertisement.
Reportedly costing £6million ? Generated much media coverage and has provoked much criticism.
Comparisons have been made with the 2007 television advertisement by Italian lingerie company Calzedonia - and indeed the two advertisements do appear very similar.
Wish I'd never seen the John Lewis example.

As a researcher and collector of all things flocked it was great to come across a range of Timpo flocked zoo animals yesterday. Dated to c.1956 these little fuzzy covered lead animals have seen better days as their fur coats are rubbed and the odd leg is bent. However, they stand as great examples of toys that were cleverly designed to appeal. The camel looks great in its fawn flock covering. Manufactured by Timpo these examples predate their plastic counterparts.

Splenda - artificial sugar. These little individual servings of sweetner offer witty comments on the sides of their packs. A variety of examples were found in a cafe's sugar bowl - Sweet and Lo have done the same too.

Clever to add a touch of type with a quick message to sweeten the pack too.

election

The Sun newspaper's front cover on election day has Cameron in Obama-style design.
Fairey's election/leader design has become a fast classic.

Cadbury's Milk Chocolate wrapper's text - official treat provider of London 2012 Olympics.
Treat provider rather than official sponsor = emotive language.