Office Snowball Fight

This year, the team at Barker Gray decided to offer some of the fun of a traditional northern hemisphere winter to their clients in the South who are baking in the heat of summer.

The ‘snowballs’ were made up of from studio waste paper. When unwrapped they revealed some of the unsuccessful ideas that didn’t quite make the cut – amongst other delicious treats.

The packaging was inspired by the English Victorian period and the charming imagery and language from that time.  In keeping with the era, the tub was gift-wrapped in simple brown paper and string before being delivered in bundles to our happy clients

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15th Avenue E Coffee & Tea by Starbucks

Repurposed and reimagined, Starbucks has gone back to basics with the launch of their 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea store. The first of three experimental stores in Seattle, this Capitol Hill location loses the ubiquitous Starbucks branding and adopts the ambience of a traditional neighborhood coffeehouse. Completely gutted and redesigned using a plethora of recycled, reclaimed and refurbished eco-friendly materials, this old store is now primed and ready to play neighborhood host to live music and poetry readings.

Is anyone loving this as much as I am? Gorgeous....

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