Queen Mary Tea

I came across these beautiful tea canisters online and just had to share them with you :)

the designs are simple yet elegant, clean and sharp. The font used in this design is very decorative and sleek for that period in time, and now. The whole design gives off a very vintage and high end feeling to it. A very specific color pallet was used for this line of teas to make sure that the desired effect was achieved. As seen pre 1900, John Henry Dearle designed a wallpaper entitled "artichoke" depicting a very abstract and decorative flowery design. The Victorian era was inspired by elegant and flowing depictions of flowers and trees, anything to do with the garden or forest was extremely beautiful in their eyes. The inspiration for the creation of this gourmet brand was to celebrate England's rich tradition of midday tea. Overall it's a great and successful design.

My victorian era starbucks logo! This logo represents a victorian style because of the detailed work, as well as the romantic feel that it portrays. Victorian art was all about ornateness and romanticism of the piece. The elegant border that is not in the usual circle around the siren is what I feel would be more likely in the given time period. The font seems victorian to me simply because of the ornate serifs, I would like to have used a more ornate and decorative font but this one works well :)

Żubrówka !!

This is Polish vodka called Żubrówka(zjubruvka). The one on the left is actually from Poland, and the right was bought in Nanaimo. The styles of design are very noticeably different and give off different feelings as well. Each bottle of vodka has a single piece of Bison Grass in it, giving it a sophisticated look, and also show the flavouring (bison grass). The left one seems more artistic and free style, designed to simply add something more to the already beautiful bottle design and detail, whereas, the right one seems to try very hard to convey class and quality. It seems important and stylish having such a simple, sleek bottle as well as the detailed and slightly embossed finish of the labels picture and text. The text on the right seems very straight and cutting edge, embossed in gold giving it again a very sleek, stylish feel. Something else that makes it seem so stylish is the use of a rubber cork, making it seem like a delicacy, whereas the left one, the polish one, simply has a screw on cap. This is because Żubrówka in Poland is already an established brand, where the quality is well known.

This is the team bus for the local skate shop switchback longboards, located on bowen just before cyber city ( if you are coming from the north end like me). this bus gets the team to events, competitions, etc. i really like the use of strong, simple imagery, as well as a clean cut easy to read, dynamic typeface. i like how the movement , shown through the use of linear curves, of the longboarder also represents the stores logo. this bus is used as the teams main mode of transportation as well as a very productive advertisement, it just seems smart, AND its a yellow short bus. classic. what attracted me mostly to this design was how in your face it was. you literally can't not notice it.

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