Oggu – For the love of delicious purity
When Dutch eco-entrepreneur Leonard Freeke came to us to name, design and launch the world’s very first 100% natural and organic sparkling soft drinks we were intrigued to say the least. To claim ‘organic’ a product only has to be 95% organic – they demanded nothing less than 100%. Not only that, they had to [...]
In: Food and Drink, Graphic design, Naming · Tags: Netherlands, Oggu, Organic, Soft drinks
‘Renewable packaging’ raises questions on recycling
Snyder’s of Hanover have produced, in association with Clear Lam Packaging, a new range of packaging for their organic pretzel range. Made from 90% plant based material, the Nature Works ‘Ingeo’ polylactic acid (PLA) bag is said to have the appropriate properties to make it look and feel like a conventional bag. Driven by Project [...]
In: Innovation, Structural design, Sustainability · Tags: Environment, Organic, Packaging, Recycling, Snyder's
Customised chocolate heaven at Chocri
I just discovered Chocri, a company that specialises in custom-made chocolate bars, and it’s made me want to order my own body weight in chocolate. They use organic, fair trade chocolate and donate 1% of the price of every chocolate bar sold to DIV Kinder, an organisation that helps homeless and orphaned children in the [...]
In: Brand Experience, Food and Drink · Tags: Chocolate, Fairtrade, Organic, Personalisation
Future Trends of Cosmetics
Even in Ancient Egypt women used cosmetics and fragrance everyday. By outlining their eyes with kohl, for example, Egyptians believed they might improve their sight and ward-off evil spirits to boot. Though nowadays we don’t necessarily expect our make-up to deliver talismanic results, cosmetics are still very much part of our daily lives. One way [...]
In: Viewpoints · Tags: Cosmetics, Male grooming, Organic, Trends
