a beer's world

I know I've taken a while to finish my Bogotá posts...but this only proves the amazing fun I had over there and little time I had to write about it! So, before I continue with the pics and recommendations, I wanted to make a little commercial break. On my last day, I went to the Pomona supermarket to bring some supplies back to Costa Rica, when I ran into series of beautifully colored beer bottles, and of course had to buy one. So I went on to research, and it turns out they were designed by Colombian Lip Ltda inspired by the brewery's icon of an Old Ford Truck that delivers beer to your home. The brewery, Bogotá Beer Company (BBC), now has this truck along with strong typography features in all its graphic identity works. One of the things I found extremely beautiful in Colombia are the names of places, which I think have some sort of fun combinations that make up catchy names...and in this case, BBC names each beer after a city or place. And, the best part? For me definitely is that the bottles capture the country's essence with the colors used in each tag...colors that you'll find in Bogotá walking through the city center, especially through the streets of La Candelaria and more specifically, El Callejón del Embudo!

chocolate confection

I found this beautiful package design at designworklife by George McCalman for Droga Confections. I found it funny that in spanish, 'droga' means drug, which I'm guessing they're using because of chocolate's addictive powers. A dangerous word-play, yet undeniably true. Without having had these chocolates, I can already say I'm addicted to their packaging....and a little on the plus side, they pride on using 100% natural ingredients.

demasié

I've been thinking about Café design lately, and Demasié Café came to mind. While living in Barcelona last year, I used to stroll around the streets trying to find cute places to have a nice hot chocolate (you might have guessed I was over there during the winter...that winter that snowed for the first time in like 40 years...that year when I used to freeze myself to sleep because Catalans are not used to turn on the heater, so I used to put my feet in my boyfriend's socks). So, I was coming back from work and bumped into Demasié Café, the coziest and cutest little café I've seen in my time. Those pale turquoise walls and extravagant mix of white couches with wooden chairs...not to mention the Cookie Monster poster hanging on the wall. I might add here that their slogan is exaggeratedly good cookies, so the Cookie Monster appearance actually makes sense! I have to admit I never ate a cookie, which I now think it was a horrible mistake, but I can recall that every time I walked past Roger de Lluriá, all I wanted was one cup of that deliciously thick hot chocolate! And not to forget to mention: their packaging done by Mucho, a design studio located in Barcelona, won the Laus prize in 2008.

sunday groove

I was researching through my 'inspiration' folder today for some...um...inspiration, when I noticed that I have all these beautiful designs from all over the world saved up, and have forgotten to add the name of the designer who created it. However, having said that these designs are not mine, and have been taking from various resources all over the internet, I don't see why I shouldn't share 'em here. In fact, I have so many saved inspirations in my hard drive that I decided every Sunday I'll share some fairytale grooveness from my folder. Behold, the first of many Sundays...