By Steve Portigal at 1:20 pm, Wednesday October 11 2006
Both of these serve as reminders that I’ve got a big project ahead of me to take photos of the tons of Foreign Grocery Products I’ve acquired in the last few years.
Krazy Kids Items
Post Sugar Coated Corn Flakes box
Originally uploaded by grickily.
Limited Edition Candy
KitKat Extra Creamy
Originally uploaded by johnralston.
Steve, have you noticed any universal similarities between the packages across the world, or not?
Comment by Michael Surtees 10.11.06 @ 7:23 pmNo doubt there are; I think what excites me is the way they are both similar and different. In all the stuff I enjoy about foreign signage is the often-present context; like you can tell this is a box of cereal or a toy store or whatever, even if you can’t tell what it says. The semiotics of signs and packaging.
Of course, sometimes you can’t tell at all what something is, and that part is fun as well.
Comment by Steve Portigal 10.11.06 @ 9:12 pmmerci
Comment by Michael Surtees 10.12.06 @ 3:37 am