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MSLK’s New Wigwam Performance Sock Packaging Wins Studio’s 2nd American Graphic Design Award

MSLK’s New Wigwam Performance Sock Packaging Wins Studio’s 2nd American Graphic Design Award

We are thrilled to officially announce that our new packaging for Wigwam just won an American Packaging Design Award! According to the letter of congratulations: "For nearly five decades, Graphic...
Use the 20-10-5-1 Analysis to Evaluate Your Packaging

Use the 20-10-5-1 Analysis to Evaluate Your Packaging

Most packaging projects pose the same marketing and design challenge: How do you present a large amount of information within a small area, while simultaneously conveying your brand's voice? We...
New Hundred Dollar Bill Design Looks Cheap To Me

New Hundred Dollar Bill Design Looks Cheap To Me

New Rule: If you're going to redesign your highest denomination, then hire a designer! This is an abomination which appears to have been driven by no aesthetic principles. Just a...
Puma Redesigns Shoebox into “Clever Little Bag”

Puma Redesigns Shoebox into “Clever Little Bag”

We love it when people think outside of the box, literally! The Sportlifestyle company Puma has been working together with the branding firm Fuseproject to create a whole new take...
Great Information About Recycling Old Electronics in New York City

Great Information About Recycling Old Electronics in New York City

Our friends over at IvanExpert just sent us some great information for NYers wanting to recycle their old electronics. Just in time for spring cleaning. Why is this so important?...
MSLK: Wine Bottle

MSLK: Wine Bottle

Challenges Every year MSLK seeks to create a useful and well-designed client gift to illustrate our passion for design. In 2009 we sought to create the perfect bottle of wine...
Wigwam: Sock Packaging

Wigwam: Sock Packaging

  Challenges Performance sock manufacturer, Wigwam Mills, was looking to secure its footing as an industry leader of socks constructed with advanced fibers. However, the company struggled with a weak...
The Beer Necessities: Go Plates

The Beer Necessities: Go Plates

These days, it seems people have gotten really creative with their beer drinking. The Go Plate, much like The Ashhole, (which MSLK designed the packaging for) can transform your empty...
Envirowise Guide to Eco-Design

Envirowise Guide to Eco-Design

In a previous post I mentioned a great lecture I went to at the HBA on sustainable package design. The speaker, Jane Bickerstaffe, the director of INCPEN, directed me to...
Mum’s the Word When it Comes to Biodegradable

Mum’s the Word When it Comes to Biodegradable

On a recent trip to Whole Foods, something caught our eye that was so incredibly simple, so obvious, that it made us wonder why it hasn't always been this way:...