Firecracker Packaging

One of the few vintage items in our archive, but we just couldn’t resist. This scan features firecracker packaging from the Kwong Man Lung Firecracker Factory, a manufacturer that was based in the Republic of China’s early years (likely starting in the early 1910s or 1920s). Although it’s nearly a century old, its calligraphic type […]

Yunohana Onsen Powder Packaging

Yunohana (湯の花)—literally ‘hot spring flowers’—refers to the mineral deposits that form naturally in Japan’s onsens. This Yunohana Onsen Powder packaging embodies that quiet alchemy: a mother and child soak in a minimalist ink-wash illustration. The design’s muted palette and generous negative space mirror the refreshed clarity of an onsen soak.