packaging
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US Supermarket Chain Apologises For Making Oranges More Convenient
The scourge of pre-peeled, pre-packaged produce and subsequent internet outrage has become a recurring part of modern life. You might know of The Great $6 Asparagus Water Incident of 2015. Well, US supermarket chain Whole Foods refuses to back down from its privileged perch. Earlier this week, the market dared to place pre-peeled oranges on…
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A Clever Redesign Of Delivery Boxes Would Make Them Way Easier To Open
The next time you’re trying to hack open a shipping box and get tape stuck all over your car keys, you’ll wish that FedEx and UPS would adopt designer ChenChen Hu’s clever Corner Pack. It’s a re-imagined version of the standard delivery box that skips the packing tape for clever folds and a dented corner…
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The Loud, Messy, XTREME Graphic Design Of The ’90s
Today we learnt that popular 1990s soda/extreme sports pump-up drink Surge is back. If you hadn’t thought about Surge since the late 1990s, it was probably a trip to see that distinctive green can again. And it brought up a question: Who designed this little gem of Gen-X branding?
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The Simple Reason We Like Buying Food In Clear Packaging
Back in the olden days, most food packaging was thick and opaque — all the better to keep out elements like light and moisture, which could potentially spoil our Funyuns. Now we’re gravitating towards packaging that lets us actually see the food we’re buying. And it makes sense why this trend is gaining momentum now.