Guest Thinkers — May 1, 2011

Post Some Chocolate, Make Someone Happy

As a die-hard chocolate lover, allow me to bring to your attention this great piece of pacakaging by typography creator and graphic designer from Budapest – Lilla Tóth. And if I should justify my indulgence it will go something like – chocolate is good for you, sending a gift to make someone happy is good for both of you, design that promotes interpersonal communication and the spread of love (and chocolate) is design for good. 🙂

By the way, am I the only one who wants to lick the seal off?

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