Is there a sweeter gift for a designer and a chocolate lover? The Barcelona based design agency BLOCD created this beautiful Pantone-inspired swatch deck containing chocolate with a lovely spectrum of shades. The inspiration – the designers themselves! “”If anything defines us, it’s our expertise with a solid background in graphic design. That’s the reason why we chose a Pantone, an indispensable tool for any designer, combining it with an appreciated product by our clients and friends, in this case chocolate. Our particular Pantone had different chocolate colour ranges, which symbolize the care and attention that we pay to all our projects and the desire to share with our people the joy of tasting this delightful chocolate.” There are a lot of beautiful packaging out there, but this one takes the cake (or the chocolate bar).

 

We love sweets. We love typography. Put them together, and our mouths are watering. Franc Navarro and Alberto Martinez, both students from the IED Barcelona Design School, collaborated on this project to explore typographic design with minimal post production and liquids. Their end result – a honey dipped alphabet, made from layers of wood, and honey.

The letters were first drafted in Rhinoceros, and developed in 123D Make. Each letter was then laser cut from wooden sheets.

Each letter was suspended in the air, and photographed with a generous drizzle of honey.