(all the designs, possibly oregano, & uptown schwag By: the heads of state)
When I was a junior in college, a fellow designer (who will remain nameless) and myself briefly considered experimental narcotics use in an attempt to become better designers. Wait! before you judge..there was motive. All the kids we knew as great and inspired designers were also stoners (they shall also remain nameless). And we thought, if for a semester we could do drugs, produce awesome designs, our portfolio's senior year would score us a to die for job. Needless to say, we decided to forego our plan of action and buy some more design books and invest our time in new interests (not drug use) to become inspired. Not to mention to tap into our already present natural talent.
Not long ago I stumbled upon a project by former professor and designer Jason Kernevich (of The Heads of State) called Legal Weed. Developed for Print magazine as a hypothetical take on the legalization of marijuana and the question, What would the packaging look like? It's a pretty fresh approach to a controversial idea. See above. My favorite: Possibly Oregano?
