PACKAGING
HERB GARDEN LABELS
This started as a print making project with lino printing and I needed a simple design for the prints of the herbs. The concept of which would be various planters with herbs and their labels displayed on the front.
I knew I would find it difficult to write the letters backwards so my first steps for the prints were too create the labels in illustrator so I could print and transfer onto my lino block.
This evolved into the designs below, the more I designed the more complex they became, adding colour and intricate details led me to making labels for people to put on their herb jars or planters.
Each label displays the name of the herb in the most contrasting colour, the herbs framing the name and small, light flowers (as most herbs do in fact flower when growing like most plants) then a simple border to contain all the elements
biscuit TIN BOOKMARKS
The Biscuit Tin Bookmarks are a small portion of my collection of bookmarks. I created the idea after brainstorming ideas for potential bookmarks. After gaining peer feedback and approval I went ahead and designed the biscuits initially, this was the simplest part as there is a general uniform design for these classic biscuits. Making them personal was the hardest part though. I do believe in the end I managed to balance the classic designs with my own style and personal touches.
The backing card took a bit more research to figure out. I started by looking for inspiration from classic biscuit tins, 1910s-1930s design trends in patterns and generally sketching and conceptualising a unique eye catching packaging.
Originally the backing was supposed to be hand drawn like the biscuits, however it looked messy and unfinished and couldn't be fully scaled. So the final backing was created in Adobe Illustrator to create a clean, scale-able image that can then be translated in various contexts, most importantly as a backing card for the magnetic bookmarks.
