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Bad Banana Depot: a banana and a crate become a connected silhouette
From the October 2026 concept archive · Story published November 9, 2026
Original concept artwork from our proposal archive. The production-and-use story below is an imagined next chapter; a completed order is not claimed for these items.
Six lights sit in the crate rails of the revised banana-and-shipping-crate Blinkee, clear of the lettering.
The inspiration behind the design
Website brand and merchandise research
The site's black-and-yellow banana-and-depot imagery and novelty-gift assortment supplied the playful direction. The coin develops a banana character on the front and shipping-crate imagery on the reverse. It is an original interpretation of the shop's identity, not an exact reproduction of an approved logo.
The idea behind the object
The next proof would focus on the junction between banana and crate so the character stays lively without becoming physically fragile.
Thought experiment: taking the proposal further
A production proof brings the printed artwork, cut outline, LED locations, battery, switch, and attachment together. The lights need room inside the edge, and the name needs to remain readable at the selected size. A rendering can show the intended mood; a sample establishes the actual brightness, sequence, weight, and fit.
In that imagined next chapter, the approved proof would lead to a sample review, then a confirmed production run and a plan for presenting the pieces. Those are possible next steps, not events we claim happened for this proposal.
Explore the related coin and keepsake design story.