It’s officially September and school is back in session. This usually consists of a shopping trip for back to school supplies, which isn’t always very exciting. This month I decided to poke around and look for items that were interesting and unique, which also had some nice packaging design. I came to find that the eco-trend is big, and many of the products are packaged to visually reflect that selling point. I also noticed a handful of British items which were on the comical side of the desk accessory options. I hadn’t realized the Brits were so goofy (check out the push pins & paperclips featured below). Overall, I found the school supply market to be enormous and quite saturated. It’s easy to stand out from the crowd by simple stepping up the packaging design of the products being sold.

Abulletin board is a student essential for the bedroom. A place to hang pictures or that cute birthday card with a dog on it, your friend gave to you. A little board of personality that makes you smile. Stepping away from the usual push pins you can buy at Target, there is a playful line of pins by the UK based company, Suck UK, that will hold your notes up while also brightening your board.

There are three cute and unique sets of pins – Disguise pins, the Scottish Loch Ness Monster pins and Mr. Mole pins. The packaging for this line is bright and cheerful and features a high contrast color palette. Each of the point of sale displays has a lively illustration on the back panel which shows off the different designs, and at a larger scale so that it’s easier for the consumer to see. All text is set in lower case fonts, including the typeset logo, which adds a lighthearted mood to the design. There is no need to settle for boring pins, get your creative self out and start pinning.