Rubber packaging artwork

[Ian]

The artwork of rubber packaging has always fascinated me. It reminds me of the classic designs of blank VHS tapes.
I want to put together a list/gallery of the most iconic, nostalgic, bizzare and impressive artwork you've seen used for rubber packaging.

I would love to hear your suggestions (and post pictures where possible).

I've attached some that spring to my mind

 

[longle]

some good packaging of rubbers I've tried

 

[Ian]

Great suggestions with those Jekyll & Hyde. they look stunning. The Hammond Pro is also gloriously trippy. Thanks for the suggestions. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Tyce]

Oh man this is great - flipping through a catalogue back in the days was just a myriad of weird, artsy pictures

Nowadays, I think S&T makes the most explicit ones. Also, the current Butterfly art scheme is just meh. The rings are nice, but to use them for ALL rubbers? Nah.

 

[jkugin]

All rubber from Spinlord and Der-materialspezialist.

My my favorites:

 

[Ian]

That Scandal packaging is hilarious 😂 Exactly the kind of thing I was hoping to see when it comes to the more bizzare offerings! Keep 'em coming

 

[mikeytt]

vega pro is cool it has a nice holographic effect on the front, in general i prefer the design of older rubbers .

honorable mention for worst designs is victas and modern butterfly packaging

 

[golden_son]

There are too many good ones. I love Yinhe's space themes, especially the Moon 12 Blue and Big Dipper. Yasaka's various "___ Dragon" artwork is all evocative. But as far as something iconic and instantly recognizable, I think the Stiga Mantra are my favorites.

Here's another one of those nostalgic old 90's designs:

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Palio AK47 went from being EXTREMELY loud...

(Fun!)

...to this.

(Yawn.)

 

[longle]

Kokutaku & Tuttle also has very interesting packaging designs

 

[Ian]

Thanks for the recommendations.

It seemed like Butterfly and Joola were the best proponents of the Photoshop filter style graphic design during the 90s and early 2000s.

 

[d3nium]

Dr Neubauer

 

[vanjr]

This is every parents worst nightmare:

Daughter or son go to college and come back saying they are majoring in graphic design with a focus on table tennis packaging equipment and an minor in marketing with a focus on table tennis rubber names.

 

[mamedium]

GOAT

 

[belllfador]