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Lunar New Year luxury packaging special: Celebrating Year of the Rabbit

Lunar New Year luxury packaging special: Celebrating Year of the Rabbit

Chinese Lunar New Year typically sees luxury brands come out with a flurry of limited-edition packaging, and the Year of the Rabbit is no exception. We spotlight some of this year’s projects, across fragrance and cosmetics and wines and...

Fine foods design trends: chocolate packaging bends the rules

Fine foods design trends: chocolate packaging bends the rules

Fine chocolate has been freed from the conventions that have traditionally defined the segment, making a bold foray into the lifestyle segment. From explorations in color to artist collabs, chocolate is cementing a commitment to...

02/08/2023 | DesignJAMES CROPPER
Metsä Board’s annual Design Challenge tackles the theme of zero-waste packaging

Metsä Board’s annual Design Challenge tackles the theme of zero-waste packaging

Finnish paperboard manufacturer Metsä Board has revealed the winners of the 2022-2023 edition of its Better with Less – Design Challenge. The awards attracted 124 entrants from 27 countries.For the third edition of its Better with Less...

02/02/2023 |
Amorim collaborates on Once Upon a Time collection

Amorim collaborates on Once Upon a Time collection

For this year’s edition of Paris Packaging Week, Portuguese closures specialist Amorim Top Series worked with labels expert Avery Dennison on a packaging design project called Once Upon a Time.Specialized in the production of capsulated...

Hennessy cognac packaging celebrates Year of the Rabbit with Yan Pei-Ming

Hennessy cognac packaging celebrates Year of the Rabbit with Yan Pei-Ming

The Franco-Chinese contemporary artist’s artwork inspired the packaging decoration for a limited-edition Hennessy Paradis decanter, as well as an X.O and V.S.O.P.Cognac brand Hennessy (LVMH) called on artist Yan Pei-Ming to create a...

01/30/2023 | Product launchesLVMH
Crafting light: a look behind the scenes at Baccarat

Crafting light: a look behind the scenes at Baccarat

For over 250 years, crystal manufacturer Baccarat has upheld a tradition of excellence in glassmaking. First published in the Fall issue of Formes de Luxe, we go behind the scenes of this institution, whose history is intertwined with the...

01/26/2023 | CraftsPortraits
Guerlain celebrates The Art of Happiness with Maison Matisse

Guerlain celebrates The Art of Happiness with Maison Matisse

French luxury house Guerlain (LVMH) has expanded its Exceptional Creations collection with a limited-edition Bee Bottle created with Maison Matisse and hand-painted by Astrid de Chaillé. Dubbed The Art of Happiness, the Matisse...

01/23/2023 | Product launchesLVMH
Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton: When color pops!

Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton: When color pops!

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has brought her signature colors and motifs to Louis Vuitton’s fragrance packaging. Inkjet printing, hot stamping and clear lacquer were used to embellish the flacons.Three of Louis Vuitton’s iconic fragrance...

Customizing packaging at Hennessy’s first European travel-retail store

Customizing packaging at Hennessy’s first European travel-retail store

The LVMH-owned cognac brand’s store at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport features some of its most iconic packaging collaborations as well as the Hennessy Hands personalization workshop.Hennessy has opened its first store in European travel...

01/13/2023 | MOËT & CHANDONRetail
Lorenz Bäumer designs scented jewelry piece for Guerlain

Lorenz Bäumer designs scented jewelry piece for Guerlain

Guerlain’s scented jewelry piece Le Secret de la Reine, made by Parisian jeweler Lorenz Bäumer, blends traditional and modern craftsmanship techniques including diamond cutting, jewel-setting and 3D printing.Hot on the heels of the...