I’m not really a collector, but I try to buy small metal boxes when I’m traveling. They are beautiful and useful souvenirs.

These are tins and boxes I bought or received from friends. They are from US, Canada, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, France and Brazil.

You can view all the large images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariotroise/sets/72157623047876271/

This is my work at Smuzi, a  paper design company. I create packages, boxes, cards, notebooks, toys and pretty much anything else that involves paper design.

I don’t like to leave the blog alone for so long, but my days have been extremely busy. This is my return, and I’ve got 2 images to share. Both of them are part of a new product line I’m creating. It’s easy to discover what was my reference for the first one!

Sorry for being away for too long, things have been hectic here. I’m working with several projects, preparing the release of a new brand, hiring new designers and studying Joomla and Magento. Gotta find some time to sleep and eat in the middle of that!
In the last weeks I have designed a packaging for a new product from Vulto and I’m extremely satisfied with the result. The product is a new professional yoyo and it’s going to be released in a couple of weeks. After over 7 months working with this project I cannot explain how happy I am to see it coming to life!
Unfortunately I cannot share any images or renders now, but I will let you see a quick preview of the packaging (actually this is just a mockup):

I always include special messages in my packages and this time I used a quote from a Thrice song. This is a killer packaging, I will post more pictures soon!
I’m also working in a series of packages and paper products for another brand. Can’t wait to see all these items reach the production line.