Designer Packing Tape Review (over 20 designs)
Ordinary packing tape takes on a whole new dimension when printed with pretty or clever designs. We've put together an international collection of designer packing tapes that were too cool not to share. Designer packing tape has been known to go out of stock frequently due to demand and limited print quantities. Still, we hope you'll find this comprehensive resource useful.
Check out all 21 packing tape picks after the jump!
Python by Atypyk. (Great photo of this tape - couldn't help but admire!)
Snip Tape by Danish designer, Kenn Munk. This one is probably a lot of fun to use!
Reform Tape - Say Hello.
Gorgeous black lace tape, from Reform.
For the musically inclined, by FreeTree.
Screwhead and dovetail tapes by Sam Johnson and Richard Shed for Thorsten van Elten.
Atypyk Shut Up tape says it bluntly.
Droog's do-frame tape by Martà Quixé.
Clouds from The Living Factory. (I love this one!)
Another Reform gem - Hometown.
Instant Labelling Tape is very inventive - using a black permanent marker, you black out parts to create an LCD-like message. This would be very interesting in a store setting to mark prices and specials. By rAndom International. (Also check out their video of the equally-cool Pixel tape.)
Swallow tape by Matt Sewell.
Atypyk's Woodgrain tape. (buy at bytrico.com)
Fredflare psychedelic graphic tape. Gotta love those colors!
Everlasting calendar tape is a self-promotion by Croatian design firm Laboratorium. (Winner of 2007 ED Awards)
Here's another lace tape from Reform, in white.
I've been seeing lots of this kind of character tape from Japan. (source unknown)
More lacy tape from Oboiler, designed by Karl Zahn.
Bullet tape by Worldwide Co.
Can you get enough of super-cute tape?
Fresh and pretty colorful scribbles adorn this tape by Bunku Musume.
By far, the most diverse and interesting collection of designer packing tape is from 10x10, an online Korean web store. Most of our favorites are from this exciting collection. We recommend you check out their full collection of packing tapes and their other appealing products. It's well worth the long-ish page load times for US visitors.
(These packing tapes were culled from various sources; some originally seen at swissmiss and coolhunting.)
