graphic design

Cheeky Peek! Custom logo design for Von Shape.

One of our crew members, Shep also dubbed “Von Shape”, asked us to create him a unique brand identity. Von Shape’s vision is an array of life happenings being translated into a variety of shapes – some simple, some more complex but all from his own bizarre perspective. His creative “shapes” will likely be served up in a myriad of mediums Read more…

Top notch UK graphic design magazine Grafik has closed.

Falling prey to the economic crisis, another of our favourite designcentric publications closed this week. The independently published, monthly graphic design magazine, Grafik, was a pioneer of of the design community – a loyal servant and dear friend. Grafik showcased the cream of both cutting edge and commercial graphic design. Read more…

Chasing Cotards World Premiere at London’s BFI IMAX.

Saturday night saw the Chasing Cotards, The Biggest Short Film of All Time, make its world premiere on the very huge screen – London’s BFI IMAX. The red carpet affair graced by the likes of Harry Potter stars Read more…

Montezuma’s Easter Chocolate Packaging hits the high street!

It seems like only days since we recovered festive overload and yet Easter is suddenly upon us! So it will come as no surprise that Monty’s Easter collection has hit the high street and their online shop too.

The Neon Hive was commissioned to create the artwork and graphic design for the entire collection’s packaging, which include Egg Boxes (as featured above), Cheeky Bunny cartons, Mini Egg cubes and all manner of gift tags for giant eggs and gift hampers. Read more…

Pantone make-up by industrial designer, Renata Veiga.

This product and packaging concept probably requires no explanation in terms of the reasons why I dig it, so very much! I am still struggling to believe nobody has come up with this before now. What’s not to love? Colour chips, cosmetics and slick design. Simple. Stylish. Read more…

3 New Ways to Get Some Action!

As part of their mission to organise the creative world, Behance’s line of paper products is designed with Action in mind. And now, they’ve introduced 3 new ways to get organised in style. The bonus: these new Action Method products are 100% sustainable. Read more…

Happy Holidays with love from The Neon Hive

Merry Christmas and Happy 2010

It’s Christmas Eve and we thought what better time to give all our lovely friends a little Christmas present… we hope you like it! Yeah okay, it looks like Auntie Floss has knitted you another of the worst sweaters imaginable but hey, it’s the thought that counts and in the spirit of the season, we hope it brings you a little cheer! Read more…

Jones Soda Co. Halloween Edition

Those bonkers guys over at the Jones Soda Co. have yet again injected a little humour into their packaging to create a rather spooktacular line of Halloween Edition 8oz cans.

Halloween Edition soda flavours include: Candy Corn, Buried Pomegrante, Lemon Drop Dead and Spooookiwi Soda. Read more…

Irié Wash Fluo

Designers are well versed at looking to other designers for ideas and inspiration. From time to time you are fortunate (albeit slightly envious) to stumble across something that envokes the simple reaction: “I wish I had designed that”. For me, that is Paris based Japanese fashion designer, Irié Wash. Known for his cutting edge designs Read more…

The inner workings of a creative mind

Creative minds are not always… how can I put this politely? Well, perhaps not as stable as they could be! Inspiration can sometimes be elusive, slipping through our fingers like sand or like a half remembered dream that fades away after your first coffee/fag of the day. But, how do we open the door to inspiration? Do we really have to suffer for our art? Is it really, as Edison said, “1% inspiration, 99% perspiration”? Read more…