Xmas spirit

Great concept for an advent calendar, a showcase of a different Susanne Kaufmann product for each day. Everything from bath oils to local herbs such as chili and cardamom seeds and whey bath powder. Only packaged in glass bottles.

Preserving Tradition

Going strong since 1981, Yorkshire based Cartwright & Butler started life as a jam and preserve maker.   I like their packaging and website design.

Eastern promise

Marseille based soap company Compagnie de Provence looked to the east for packaging inspiration. Wrappers come with insert instructions on how to fold into origami shapes.

Twee as F***k

Jaunty Brit celeb chef Jamie Oliver has recently opened a chain of food shops called Recipease. It sells products that are as twee as Oliver himself but are also good-looking to boot -courtesy of good branding by Pearlfisher and Williams Murray Hamm. There's loads of other nice stuff on his site too at jamieoliver.com.

Getting fruity..

Fruit juice packaging designed by Naoto Fukasawa. The outside imitates the fruit skin, it has to be said the kiwi juice carton looks realistically hairy. Via Toxel

Saucy strawberry

Kiwi juice could do with a wax

Banana au lait (no joke)

Director's Cut

Francis Ford Coppola's highly succesful venture into wine have also helped fund his extraordinarily epic and expensive films. On that note, indulge on some epic drinking with this wine, a blend of 58% Sauvignon from Alexander Valley and 42% Zinfandel from Dry Creek Valley. It's dark and rich with an edge of earthiness.
http://www.ffcpresents.com/

He also has an online shop selling branded food.

50 Scent

New soy wax candles from a series of three by Baxter of California. Packaging is by Marc Atlan who injected the pazzaz into the Comme des Garçons, Helmut Lang and Yves Saint Laurent packaging.