Inspiration for products

A brand that steals the cake for innovative product design has to be Propaganda (run by a group of advertising experts from Thailand) ! Surely you guys have seen these products everywhere:

priceless 

love this/want this

EVO

Looked back on a project I did last yr in Monash. We had to design a business card and letterhead and other stationaries for a made up or existing brand. I came up with an identity for a clothing label called "EVO" clothing. EVO stands for evolution and my brand was about this yellow dog like character that liked to consume things and evolved into whatever it consumed. Had fun designing the characters and designing the business cards and badges for this identity. The reason why I'm looking back at this project is because it very much relates to my Major Project this year.

I am currently still brainstorming ideas for my t-shirt brand and it was good to get feedback from the class on what directions I should really push. At the moment the idea is to come up with a character that I can story tell with. Eg. Creating a character that likes to sleep all the time and gets into funny situations because of that. These ideas really reminded me about the EVO characters I invented last year. Stay tune for some story telling. If anyone has some ideas for a story fell free to share em with me :)

Harajuku Lovers

Been looking at some clothing brands and one of the clothing brands that I think market themselves very well is Harajuku Lovers (Gwen Stafani's brand of apparel). I remember these shirts really appealing to me when they came out (2004). I love their bold characters (and the personalities attached to them). And the fact that they were Kawaii inspired. I also like the t-shirt cut and style. Not to mention the logo that they used.

KAWS

This guy is legend. This is what pop art is all about.

Magazines: HI FRUCTOSE

Been hunting around and buying awesome Art Magazines. Will make a list of this month's inspiration soon. Picked up Hi Fructose at a bookshop on Brunswick, although I'm pretty sure you could easily pick it up at Magnation. I love the front cover art: done by Jeff Soto. His work is very dark but at the same time very vibrant and mystical. I'm a big fan for apocalyptic visionary art, so don't be surprised if you see skulls and death on my t-shirt designs.

I'm a big fan of Jeff Soto's Art: www.jeffsoto.com