July 17, 2007
Top Ten Weirdest Japanese Condom Packages
Steve Levenstein takes note of some of the weirdness, culturally speaking, of Japanese condom packaging design. We're all on board with bring these condom designs to your attention, but of course I kind of like em. If there is anything that is overplayed it is the skuzzy inclination many manufacturers have had in the past to design condom packages with scantily clad babes as the central feature. Don't get me wrong I loves me some scantily clad babes, but I think they can do better.
We've already brought Radical Suzuki's designs to your attention. A few of these are on our radar for future comment. The one we particularly find interesting is the fish design. Very nice!
And yes what is up with that Okomoto design - Fe + Male ? Eeeek! Fortunately those have been discontinued and have been renamed the Beyond Seven Aloe condoms. Which while the new name certainly doesn't have the bizarre and incongruous cultural baggage of Fe + Male at least gets the point across and uses the word "aloe" which probably everyone is aware of and most feel is a positive indicator of a good name for a condom. This Fe + Male design is obviously all part of the new trend to market condoms directly to women (which we'll have more on soon).
Posted by filchyboy at July 17, 2007 02:13 PM
