Cannabis Packaging + Branding Design- 01.20.17
We’ve been finding so many interesting Cannabis products with great packaging/branding lately! So instead of hunting for them each time, or flooding NOTCOT.org with the links… here’s one big post of them!
It’s no surprise that the cannabis market is booming and growing at record speeds, and will likely continue to do so. After many recurring conversations about the design emerging around the cannabis space - i finally started rounding up some of the more intriguing packaging/branding design of cannabis products. This doesn’t even begin to look at the branding of dispensaries, architecture/interior design of dispensaries, or paraphernalia. And while cannabis product packaging is much like packaging for water, alcohol, anything you can add sugar to, etc. - when looking for inspiration to design packaging and branding for a cannabis brand, you can really find inspiration from ANYTHING. The products have enough range that you could probably have an equivalent cannabis product for nearly anything in a supermarket or drugstore. But, that being said, i was still curious what’s new in the cannabis specific space with regards to eye catching packaging… so here’s my current (and probably growing) list! Let me know if you find others i should check out!
1 - AdFreak “This Colorado Agency Just Made 3 Strains of Marijuana Specifically for Ad People” shows some fun work by TDA_Boulder for part of a promotional campaign for The Fifty, which is the Denver Ad Club’s award show. “The Fifty Weed,” as the drug is being called, was made in partnership with Colorado Kind, a marijuana grower and award show sponsor and is available for purchase from Jan. 26 until Feb. 2, everywhere Colorado Kind Cannabis is sold.
2 - Lola Lola has a stunning website and great packaging.
Here are some pics from their @LolaLolaLive Instagram.
3 - Legal Beverages by Mirth Provisions. Love the Mirth logo! Also this branding!
Here’s their music video:
4 - Moon Man’s Mistress makes hand-crafted baked goods are paleo, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free and low-glycemic.
5 - HMBLDT - “Targeted formulas. Precise dosage. Say hello to hmbldt, the first complete solution in cannabis.”
6 - Lord Jones - a range of edible gummies, chocolates, and chocolate espresso chews as well as lotions.
7 - Cannavore - gummies, fruit pastilles, salted caramels, and chocolate caramel kettlecorn.
8 - The Good Ship
9 - Marigold Sweets - gourmet chocolates! Love their chocolate molds…
10 - Bloom Farms
11 - Kiva Confections
12 - Quill! Low dose cannabis vaporizer for the moments in between. Each puff is 2mg. Found through Serra. Great pics on the Quill Instagram too.
13 - Wyld Canna
14 - Leafs by Snoop - designed by Pentagram. Reminiscent of Mast Bros and Compartes chocolate bars?
15 - VCC Brands - which includes the Venice Cookie Company, Not So Virgin and more.
16 - Mountain Medicine
17 - Hepburns - photos from Greenly. The Hepburn Petites are adorable.
18 - PotBox - a subscription service.
19 - Hashman Infused
20 - Madame Munchie’s Macarons
21 - Foria Pleasure - for women. For everything from easing cramp pain to better orgasms.
22 - Kannakrill CBD Relief for Pets by Eden’s Cure
23 - Honey Pot - kept debating whether to add this one, it’s still an old school honey bear and honey sticks, but still fun, so leaving it for now.
UPDATES! As i keep researching and keep adding to this post… there are now almost twice as many interesting designs from when this first went live!
24 - Club M seems to be the most luxurious, beautifully curated subscription box and store. There’s the over the top Limited Edition MBox 1k… as well as regular monthly kits and products you can buy.
25 - Hermetic Genetics seeds and hand pollinated flowers found through the Serra Seeds Section.
27 - Plus Gum & Gummies
28 - Lowell Herb Co. - and their Valentine’s Day 1 Ounce Cannabis Bouquet!
29 - Ruby Cannabis Sugar
30 - Yummi Karma
31 - Dr. Norms - ‘Know Your Dose’
32 - Altai Brands - Elevating the Art of Cannabis
33 - Korova “Unrivaled Potency”
34 - Strike Your Fortune Pre-Rolls have such lovely packaging! Nice touch with the graphics, as well as the matches, and mix of pre-rolls and a special golden joint in a test tube. Best pics are on their instagram.
35 - Mellows - Cannabis Gourmet Marshmallows. Love the “Get Mellow” details inside the lid!
36 - The Au Box - another specialty subscription box of cannabis products. You can choose based on themes.
37 - Vashon Velvet
38 - Nativ - Interesting use of opaque test tubes.
39 - Suncliff
40 - Joanna O’Boyle’s work for Winterlife Cannabis
41 - Chief THC
42 - Dixie Elixirs - seems to be one of the more aggressive brands out there, with articles talking about how they want to be the Pepsi of the cannabis edibles space. Interesting is their Secret Society of Budtenders that incentivizes them to sell their products. Seems like they have some cleaner, new branding rolling out.
43 - Hydropothecary Time of Day Product Line
44 - Defonce Chocolates - most interesting detail is that each pyramid is volumetrically identically for even dosing.
45 - Valhalla Confections Matchstix have fun packaging, tucking small pre-rolls into a match box.
Now the real question… do they taste/work as well as they look?
Other lists/links worth taking a look at High Times “HIGH EXPECTATIONS: 21 CANNABIS BRANDS TO WATCH” from August 2016 and Kind Tyme “Cannabis Branding: 10 Examples of Excellent Design” from March 2016. Also an interesting read High Times “THC Warnings Appear on Colorado Cannabis Edibles”.
As a side note - some design focused stores - Van der Pop, Tetra, Green Mister, Kush Kards, CatchTilly, Grey Horse, SweetFlag, SlowRollSociety Instagram (store closed?) Also - Stock Pot Images - stock photography! Also Baked Cannabis Baking Kits.
check out Pollen Gear stuff- pretty sweet child resistant weed packaging
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