Block Design Looks to the Power of Sardine Tins for Its Giftware

• Giftware brand Block Design creates adorable household goods packaged in tins inspired by Portuguese sardine cans
• Using the mass appeal, timelessness, and nostalgia inherent to tin packaging, Block Design reimagines these forms with vibrant, color-blocked patterns

Packaging is everywhere, for those with the eyes to see it. Giftware company Block Design sure does, using traditional tin packaging forms as the cornerstone of its home goods product designs.

From things like mini sewing kits, reusable shopping bags, playing cards, and candles stored in brightly colored tins inspired by sardine cans, to puzzles, socks, and makeup brushes that come in classic cylindrical canned-good cans, Block recognizes the peerless design of tinned packaging, ethically co-opting these universally beloved and recognizable forms. Adorable, satisfying, and precious without the pretension, Block Design offers keepsake packaging people are not only initially drawn to, but also want to save.