Due to the awful Smurf movie last year, there has been a spike in unlicensed Smurf products.
These skewered jelly Smurfs are a bit unsettling though…they’re sort of life size.
I found these in an open air market in Murcia.
I found this in the men’s clothing department in Al Campo in Murcia.
No items. Although he does have sneakers.
This piece has too much attitude. The Gang signs are the central point of interest.
One part Sonic the Hedgehog, one part Mr. Soft from the Trebor Mint ads, this travesty belongs in the cheap clothing for kids section not the menswear section where I found it. He’s the ultimate wigger; complete white and throwing rap hands.
This is genuinely unsettling because it’s an ADULT size shirt…this is aimed at adults not kids.
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I was sitting outside a bar in Murcia last week, staring at this window and it was annoying me because it looked so familiar…now I know where I saw it before…
BOOYA!!!! Now that’s a spicey meat-a-ball! Principe Diver really takes the biscuit!
Not only do we have a skateboard but also ROLLERBLADES! And there is a half pipe visible in the background too. Theres another skateboard up in the top right corner, giving a grand total of THREE SKATEBOARDS. Additional points for the backwards baseball cap and baggy urban trousers on the girl.
A bit too smiley. If he had just one eyebrow crooked it would elevate this piece from bland to edgy.
The art on this brilliant. The bold blue base/skyline keeps in line with the Principe logo and brand while the rest is biscuit coloured. I like the composition, to the left we have the excitement and to the right we have the visual facts by seeing the product in action. It’s very clever the way they incorporated the glass of milk and wheat into the image while at the same time showing the product being dunked into the milk. The only goof I can see is his hand but it’s understandable how tricky it is to tie all together.
Top marks for this. The only thing missing from this would be sunglasses. It has everything else.
See here for the Introduction to the Cool Skateboard Dude Quest and an explanation of the grading system.
My favourite shop in Murcia, Spain is Bazar Bizarro. A truly unique place where you can find all kinds of oddities. Perfect for when you are stuck for gift ideas.
Besides having 1000′s horror film posters and rare movies, one corner of the shop is dedicated to showcasing local artist’s work, there is always something new on the walls. They also screen movies now and then on an old 16MM projector. I saw Ol’ Dirty Kung Fu there last Summer. Where else in the world are you going to get to see the classic Infra-Man in Spanish on 16mm?
Bazar Bizarro also holds regular mahjong and card games.
Here are just some of the things I bought there since it opened; a Mexican Wrestler mask, a Mazinger Z figure, Godzilla model set, some wacky underground Spanish comics, old Spanish toys from the 80′s like Airgam Boys, dozens of assorted monster figures and action figures, 5 original movie posters/theater cards.
They are located in Murcia city centre, about a 10 minute walk away from the Cathedral. They also offer a postal service so if you can’t make it to Murcia they can send you your stuff. Check out the Bazar Bizarro Facebook page to see what new items they have.
See here for some of their original movie posters, the majority are in Spanish but they find posters from all over the world.
And here are some of the novelty gifts and action figures they have.
The world needs more shops like this.
This is just wrong. All the Smurfs are the same and have no arms.
I remember in the early 80′s there were lots of these Fisher Price style cash-ins and knock offs.
We were asked to redesign the business cards for Frasemo, a Murcia based corrugated carton company.
Frasemo offer a full range of packaging services but their specialty is corrugated trays for fruit and vegetables.
Because their business is based around packaging for fruit we used this motif in the design.
Contact Frasemo for all your packaging needs, corrugated cartons, custom box designs, and fruit trays.
Call Francicso at 34-629 54 63 50 or email: paco629546350@pacoserrano.com
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Envases de cartón Murcia
Nos han pedido diseñar las tarjetas de visita para la empresa de envases de cartón Frasemo, es una empresa de Murcia especializada en envases de cartón.
Frasemo ofrece un amplio abanico de posibilidades en servicios de envases de cartón, desde offset a flexo aunque su especialidad es el envasado en cartón ondulado para frutas y verduras.
Puesto que su negocio está basado en envases de cartón para frutas hemos utilizado este motivo en el diseño. Contacte con Frasemo para todas sus necesidades en envases de cartón, cartón ondulado, diseño de envases de cartón personalizados, embalaje para frutas, envases de cartón para negocios.
Frasemo puede imprimir los envases de cartón en flexo o en offset. La empresa se encuentra en Murcia, Espana.
Contacte con Francisco en el 34-629 54 63 50 para cualquiera de sus necesidades en envases de cartón. Correo paco629546350@pacoserrano.com
This character adorns several Nestle products but I couldn’t find one in the supermarket where he had a skateboard. He reminds me of Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog mixed with the art of Tom Paterson (The Beano)
Hmmm…no skateboard…but he appears with a mountain bike on another package.
The fact that he’s lying down on the surfboard instead of actually surfing AND he has flippers on makes him a little wussy. I think his hair was meant to be ‘punky’ but it looks odd.
As a whole, this packaging really works but his eyes and hair look over-rendered and lifeless. This is probably a case where the artist’s original sketches were much more dynamic and vibrant.
Nestle can afford to better than this. It’s a great packaging design, it’s lively and bright but I get the sense that this is over worked and the life has been sucked out of it. This character is highly polished and developed but it’s not what I’m looking for…
See here for the Introduction to the Cool Skateboard Dude Quest and an explanation of the grading system.
This lively cat is part of a clever packaging and branding strategy where the dairy products for babies feature a cute kitten version, the tween focused yogurts and milks feature a cool teenage version like the above and then the regular milk features him all grown up and ripped like Liono from The Thundercats.
Wowzers. This character has it all. We have a BACKWARDS baseball cap, basketball AND basketball jersey over a t-shirt, sweat band and cool trainers. He also has something like a tied head band thing under his cap which combined with the other elements more than makes up for a skateboard.
He’s definitely street wise, energetic, healthy and his attitude is balanced perfectly between sporty and mischievous hoodlum. That tied headband thing just screams Compton.
Brilliant. This is one of the best character designs I’ve seen in packaging. The younger and older versions are also as tight.
This character is a certified cool dude but not corny. Top marks. However, he’s probably too slick for what I’m searching for. I’m looking for characters that look lame and awkward.
See here for the Introduction to the Cool Skateboard Dude Quest and an explanation of the grading system.
This Spanish microwavable popcorn boasts that it is ‘Imported from USA’ and if you join their membership club there are ‘lots of prizes’ and ‘interesting news’.
We have a plump baseball cap and huge trainers but no skateboard. If his shoes had tongues and laces and his cap was tilted he qualify as cool.
He definitely displays gang related hand signals but has no ‘tude.
I like the art. Maybe the hands could be floating and not attached by those skimpy, breakable arms. But it’s well drawn and dynamic. His face is definitely trying to convey some kind of message from the artist. His eyes look jaded as if he’s tired from posing and would rather be doing something less embarrassing.
Not cool. The desperate attempts to be ‘American’ are unsettling. This packaging is a fine example of how a good design can be ruined at the last minute. I presume the same artist/designer/design company made the character and logo but then the wife of the of the owner of the pop orn company got her hands on it and added that awful flash etc. It would work much better if they went all out and used the stars and stripes for the background instead of that yellow.
See here for the Introduction to the Cool Skateboard Dude Quest and an explanation of the grading system.
