Archive for the ‘packaging’ category

SKINS Package Design by Jiani Lu

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SKINS Package Design by Canadian designer, Jiani Lu is about the dopest, cleanest packaging i’ve ever seen for a non-existent shoe brand. Ask anyone that gives a sh*t about their products, the quality is in the details, something Jiani seem to understand – ‘SKINS is a self developed mock-up shoe brand that specializes in top quality genuine [...]

Nike Eco Sole-ution by Emily Knight

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The crossover shoe is the current trendy cross-dressing family member of the footwear industry. A trend that was initially spurred on by the Cole Haan Lunargrand, designer Emily Knight takes the concept to another level, encasing the traditional brown dress shoe sole in a wear resistant recycled transparent TPR. However, not being content with just doing that, [...]

wOOw by Brian Boidin

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It’s always great to see different types of shoe carrying/boxing concepts, especially one with such an interesting inspiration. Thought up by Rotterdam designer, Brian Boidin, wOOw is an ode to streetballers from the ‘early days’ (think And1 mixtapes, outrageous/ironic nick names and corn rows), wear rockin’ your ballin’ sneaks around your shoulders was the popular choice of transportation for [...]

Gabilan Gengatharan – Nike Shoe Box Concepts

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Here are a couple great shoe box designs from, Gabilan Gengatharan – ‘The assignment was to design two different shoeboxes for Nike. Both boxes had to be for the same shoe model, but for two different audiences. I chose to make hip-hop shoeboxes for both of my target groups; new school (age 13- 18) and old [...]

Jurjen Semeijn – Out of the Box

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Out of the Box is a project from back in 2010 where designer, Jurjen Semeijn created sneakers from the boxes they originally came in. A super interesting twist, Jurjen has managed to do a top notch job of fandangling the shoe box materials into the correct silhouettes to create a convincing set of shoebox sneakers.  Check out the [...]