Foodiggity’s Best of The Week, 2-14-2/18

McHostages, Font Sandwiches, and Cookies From Above… It’s Foodiggity’s Best of The Week.

Save The Clown… Ronald McDonald Has Been Kidnapped
Meat, bread, and vapid fonts… Helvetica Sandwiches
AAAAAAAHH!!!!… Ham Face Girl
And, the nacho-nees are… Oscars Best Picture Nominees, Nacho-fied
Food trucks are so street level… Pull String, Receive Cookies
Cans giving complexes… Pepsi’s Slim Can Is Nothing New

Helvetica Sandwiches

PB & J by David Schwen

Type Sandwiches, by artist David Schwen, is a series inspired by meat-in-between-bread and the most vapid of all fonts. Using only color and Helvetica, Schwen very simply depicts some popular sandwiches, including The Reuben, BLT, and the classic PB & J.

Cheesesteak by David Schwen

Prints are available here.

Food Packaging Gets a Minimalist Makeover

As food manufacturers continue to compete for your attention and coupon use, their packaging has become increasingly obnoxious. Anyone who has wheeled down a cereal aisle lately can attest to the increasing amount of garish colors and the come-hither stares of cartoon spokesmen. We think their eyes might actually follow you too.

Design firm Antrepo experimented with the recent minimalist design trend to see what some packaging looks like when stripped of the mascots, extraneous colors, and superfluous graphics.

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