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Just in Case by Menosunocerouno
If the year 2012 does bring the world to an end, Mexican branding company Menosunocerouno plan to face the apocalypse in style with a survival kit that includes chocolate and hard liqueur. Packaged in...
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Fish packaging by PostlerFerguson
If carrying a wet papery packet home puts you off fresh fish from the counter at your local supermarket, London designers PostlerFerguson have designed a series of sleek sleeves to promote the less...
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Dezeen archive: packaging
Dezeen archive: packaging for carrying fresh fish home from the supermarket (top left) was popular on Dezeen earlier this week, so we've grouped together all our stories about packaging, including...
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No Noise de-branded design at Selfridges
Famous brands including Heinz, Marmite and Levi's have produced limited editions of their products with no brand names on the packaging for London department store Selfridges. Top: Heinz No Noise...
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Nivea packaging by Yves Béhar and fuseproject
The classic blue Nivea tin inspired an overhaul of the skincare brand's packaging by San Franscisco-based designer Yves Béhar and his studio fuseproject. Yves Béhar chose to reflect Nivea's trademark...
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Strike Matchboxes by Shane Schneck and Clara von Zweigbergk for Hay
Product news: these matchboxes from Danish design brand Hay are decorated only with the red phosphorus ink that's used for striking matches. Designed by American product designer Shane Schneck and...
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"Unboxing videos represent a form of design criticism"
Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob explains why YouTube movies of consumers ritualistically unpacking their purchases "bring a sharp eye to the designed world". "Hi my lovelies!" would be a...
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Kit Yamoyo by ColaLife and PI Global
This aid kit is designed to nestle between Coca-Cola bottles to bring medicine to remote locations through the drinks company's vast distribution channels. Above: image by Guy Godfree The Kit Yamoyo is...
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Help! I Want to Save a Life by Graham Douglas for Help Remedies and DKMS
A bandage pack containing a bone marrow donor registry kit has won a White Pencil at the D&AD Awards (+ movie). Help! I've Cut Myself and I Want to Save a Life kits, which can be bought over the...
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Laser tattoos to replace sticky labels on fruit
News: fruit may no longer come with sticky labels thanks to an EU ruling approving the use of chemicals applied with a laser to brand fresh produce. The European Union has approved the use of iron...
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Coffee Beer bottle by Nendo
Japanese studio Nendo has designed packaging for coffee-flavoured beer by adding little bean-shaped stickers to the brewer's existing bottles. "Adding coffee beans to beer during the brewing process...
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Self Expiring packaging by Kanupriya and Gautam Goel
This packaging for medicines changes over time to clearly show when its contents are no longer safe to use. The proposal by designer Kanupriya Goel and biologist Gautam Goel addresses the problems of...
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Coke-crate entrepreneur abandons award-winning design concept
News: the creator of an anti-diarrhoea pack for the developing world that was named product design of the year for the way it fits inside Coca-Cola crates has admitted that "hardly any" kits have been...
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Wine bottle by Zaha Hadid for Leo Hillinger
Product news: London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a curvaceous wine bottle for Austrian winemaker Leo Hillinger. Zaha Hadid created the limited-edition design for Leo Hillinger's Icon Hill 2009...
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Award-winning packaging ditched in favour of jars
News: the inventor of an anti-diarrhoea pack for the developing world has replaced its innovative, award-winning packaging design with a simple screw-top jar. Kit Yamoyo, an "aidpod" that won plaudits...
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Vodka bottle by Karim Rashid for Anestasia
Product news: New York designer Karim Rashid has created a faceted glass bottle and visual identity for American vodka brand Anestasia. Karim Rashid referenced the angular strokes of the letters V and...
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FIVE Olive Oil bottles and packaging by World Excellent Products
This Greek olive oil comes in simple circular bottles and stripped-back packaging. The FIVE Olive Oil is bottled and distributed by Greek brand World Excellent Products in bottles that are different...
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Reusable Fragile packaging forms a protective skin around delicate objects
Design graduate Mireia Gordi i Vila presents a flexible and reusable packaging system for valuable goods at the Royal College of Art (RCA) show in London, which opened today (+ slideshow). Named...
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Scratches across Feroz wine label visually communicate the taste
Claw marks slash these wine bottle labels designed by Spanish agency Franziska Studio to represent the degree to which the strong body of the contents "scratches" the throat. "At swallowing when you...
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Yu-Chang Chou develops a reusable packaging service for sustainable online...
Royal College of Art graduate Yu-Chang Chou has developed a "return and reuse" packaging system to help online retailers reduce waste (+ movie). After watching his wife throw out perfectly useable...
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