Packaging Neato

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

again, on "ProCarton Norway"

Here's another post about the great stuff that I have seen on the Pro Carton Norway website. The picture shows packaging done for "Swatch access." I am not so sure on what kind of features this watch might have, or to what event it may have context to but it has an apparent soccer appeal, tell me what you think about it.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Litter Leash

cliff bar's effort to keep litter on a leash
Clif Bar Litter Leash
Benjamin Lewit - Patent 6,244,467

METHOD people against dirty

I ran into this great website with a great line of products and packaging. One in particular is the Method dish cubes


Method is turning to MonoSol, the world leader in specialty water soluble films, to develop the unit dose packaging format. 

keeping the purity

Florida's Natural uses no adhesives to apply their label

"Granite Gear" packaging

The top of the package features the label seen above, right on the top of the package where no one can miss it, is a far cray from the usual hidden label near the UPC barcode. This means that the package uses a cool, almost origami-like, system of tabs and slits in the place of adhesives. 

In green packaging, corn replaces petroleum



Wild Oats Markets Inc. became the first grocery store in the United States to roll out a new type of green packaging which looks like plastic but turns into compost after disposal. Unofficially called the Corn tainer in the natural food chains 11 Pacific Northwest stores where it is being tested, the clear packaging is made from corn rather than petroleum.

Geami



recyclable, compostable and renewably sourced protective packaging material. 
A sustainable replacement for plastic bubble and foam wraps