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Designers consider children’s creativity a major source of inspiration and some companies can benefit from it. In making labels for all sorts of products, for instance. Initial trials have shown that both children and adults react faster and more warmly to labels created by kids. Children’s work is astonishingly varied, original and vivid. It radiates humor, gentle irony and an immediately perceptible positivity.

“Label things, not people”—that is the theme of a competition an art school in Kaunas, Lithuania, organized for school kids in the city. “Every year Lithuania has a ‘No Bullying’ week with a lot of public discussion about tolerance and knowing how to understand and accept different people even if they’re not like us,” says Jurgita Delonaitė-Meškienė from the art school, who came up with the initiative. “Our idea was to draw young people’s attention to this topic not by lecturing them, but in a creative way, so we invited children to freely illustrate the core idea.”

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Do Not Be Afraid To Be Yourself

Do Not Be Afraid To Be Yourself

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Bacony Cakes
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5 years ago

Knee eyes. KNEE EYES.

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The competition’s initiator invited all kids in the metropolitan area to participate and also put together a jury of well-known Lithuanian artists and designers. A total of 112 children took part in the competition. From among their submissions, the jury selected 40 winning works.

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    Dandelion Milk

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    V 2000
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    5 years ago (edited)

    Is this a real thing??!

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    Black Tea With Lemon

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    Night Owl
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    5 years ago

    Universe in a cup

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    Cherry Juice

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    Night Owl
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    5 years ago

    That looks so cherryful (cherry cheerful)

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    Honey

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    𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔓𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞ℜ𝔞𝔢N
    5 years ago

    This is "BEE-YOU-till-full!!" ★~(◠‿◕✿)

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    Even more of the submissions were labels for products thought up by the children themselves. Among the most popular were juices, ice cream, honey and a variety of sweets. In naming products, the kids showed a remarkable sense of humor and inventiveness: “Hornets’ Nest Honey”, “Sweet and Sour Teachers’ Apples”, “Dandelion Milk Straight from Lithuania’s Fields!”, “Cactus Juice”, “Curly Popcorn”, “Happy Juice”, “Lemon Marmalade”, “Happy Tomato Juice”, “Angry Peppers”, “Happy Tomatoes”, “Rose Honey”, “Bunny Ice Cream”, “Jolly Ice Cream”, “Sweet Honey”, “The Most Delicious Honey – Only Here”, “Puffy-cheek Tomato Juice”, “Space Juice”, “Big-eyed Ice Cream”, “Heart Like a Berry”.

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    Connection

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    R Carson
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    5 years ago

    Whose a good boy?

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    Humans Don't Need Labels

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    Annie
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    5 years ago

    Very clever!

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    Label and packaging manufacturer Aurika was impressed by the submissions and printed the labels that participants had created for presentation to the children themselves and for a display in the courtyard of the art school.

    “We were impressed by the sincerity and artistry of the labels that the school children created. These works could absolutely be successfully used for real products since the labels immediately catch your eye and advertise the chosen products extremely well,” said Justas Ivanauskas, representative of Aurika. “We plan to make this type of initiative an ongoing tradition since we believe manufacturers will be interested in child-designed labels and use them for their products.”

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    We're All Humans

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    Auntriarch
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    5 years ago

    Nicely done

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    Jasmine Tea For Relaxation

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    Me Oh My
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    5 years ago

    upvotes for floofy cow

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    We are sharing the winning entries from the competition and would like to know your opinion: which of them would be most suitable for real products?

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    Chocolate Pudding

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    Josy Bannon
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    5 years ago

    The chocolate looks so yummy!

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    Be Like Bear With Disco Headphones

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    𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔓𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞ℜ𝔞𝔢N
    5 years ago

    "Rockin' away the bullies."

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    Dialogue

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    Marie Dupin
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    4 years ago

    This is awesome

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    Strawberry Milk

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    Food Is Love

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    Night Owl
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    5 years ago (edited)

    Nom nom nom ___ I love pasta

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    Monopoly

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    V 2000
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    5 years ago (edited)

    accurate-ish 🤔

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    Hornet's Nest

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    Just An Attitude

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    Rainbow Chips With Fruit Flower

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    Annie
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    5 years ago

    Ohh...wish I could try some of those beautiful chips! Love this one!

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    Cactus Juice

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    Me Oh My
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    5 years ago

    AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

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    Curly Popcorn

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    It's Fun Juice

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    Annie
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    5 years ago

    Good times and smiling faces! They must be good for you!

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    Teachers Apple

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    Heart Like A Berry

    Heart Like A Berry

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    Josy Bannon
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    5 years ago

    Thats good

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    Horsepower Chips

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    R Carson
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    5 years ago

    Cacti flips you off!

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    Lemon Marmalade

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    Read Hear Dye

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    𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔓𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞ℜ𝔞𝔢N
    5 years ago

    (I) LOVE the "play on words." "Read (red) HEAR (hair?) DYE."

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    Small But Mighty

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    R Carson
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    5 years ago

    A tangled web.

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    Social Loneliness

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    Josy Bannon
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    5 years ago

    Reminds me of the nu bleu women of matisse

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    Something Sweet For Every Monday

    Something Sweet For Every Monday

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    No Name

    No Name

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    Annie
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    5 years ago

    Maybe those dots are juice from the pineapples?

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    Support

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    Annie
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    5 years ago

    And protection!

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    The Perfume

    The Perfume

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    Annie
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    5 years ago

    Gorgeous, creative poster!

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    The Tea Of Friendship

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    Annie
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    5 years ago

    I like the colors and design. Sweet and lovely!

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    Pink Elephants

    Pink Elephants

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    𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔓𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞ℜ𝔞𝔢N
    5 years ago

    "Pink elf in pants?" That's what I see, too! =^o^=

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    The Dance

    The Dance

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    Auntriarch
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    5 years ago

    Danse macabre

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