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Roza Janusz grows edible food packaging
Graduate Roza Janusz has created an alternative to plastic food packaging, which is made from organic material and can either be eaten after use, or composted. Called Scoby, the material is a membrane...
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Microsoft redesigns Xbox packaging to better suit gamers with disabilities
Microsoft has rethought the packaging design for its Xbox Adaptive Controller, in a bid to make it easier to open for gamers with limited mobility. The tech giant released its Xbox Adaptive Controller...
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Carlsberg replaces plastic ring can holders with recyclable glue
Carlsberg is replacing the plastic ring wrapping used to secure multipack beers with eco-friendly glue, reducing its plastic waste by up to 76 per cent. The Danish beer brand's new Snap Pack utilises a...
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Don Kwaning makes furniture and packaging from wetland weed
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Don Kwaning has created an ecological packaging material from the pith of a fast growing plant called soft rush. Through his Medulla project, Kwaning sought to find...
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Emma Sicher makes eco-friendly food packaging from fermented bacteria and yeast
Italian designer Emma Sicher has combined food waste with bacteria and yeasts to create disposable packaging, in a bid to provide a sustainable alternative to plastic. The project, called From Peel to...
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Margarita Talep develops algae-based alternative to single-use plastic packaging
Chile-based designer Margarita Talep has created a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to single-use packaging, using raw material extracted from algae. Disappointed by the abundance of...
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Call for entries to Smurfit Kappa's Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge
Dezeen promotion: Global packaging company Smurfit Kappa is looking for designers to enter its Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge and create sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging. There...
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Kengo Kuma designs packaging for hotel brand Aman's skincare range
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed natural-looking packaging for the first skincare range from luxury hotel brand Aman. Kuma created the packaging for the international hotel brand, whose first...
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Elena Amato creates sustainable cosmetics packaging from bacteria
Guatemalan designer Elena Amato has created sheets of bacterial cellulose with paper-like qualities as a sustainable alternative to the plastic packaging used in personal care products. The bacterial...
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Garçon Wines create flat wine-bottle case that's greener to ship
British company Garçon Wines has come up with a new way to package wine that cuts back on the costs and carbon emissions of transport. The company, which already manufactures flat wine bottles, has...
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Icelandic design studio makes bioplastic meat packaging from animal byproducts
Reykjavík design studio At10 has created a bioplastic meat packaging made out of the skin of the animal itself to reduce waste surrounding meat consumption. Called Bioplastic Skin, the packaging for...
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Soapack bottles can be used as soap once their contents are finished
Central Saint Martins post-graduate student Mi Zhou has created toiletry bottles called Soapack that are cast from soap and melt away once they are no longer useful. To make each Soapack, vegetable...
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Comic strip on Harry's packaging foreshadows mystery item inside
Customers of male grooming brand Harry's are taken back to 1950s confectionary advertising, through the comic strip packaging of their Mystery Item product. Harry's looked to the aesthetics of Bazooka...
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LARQ water bottle self-cleans using UV light
The minimalist LARQ bottle cleans itself using UV light, for people troubled by the hygiene of tricky-to-wash reusable water bottles. The LARQ bottle contains an LED in its lid that transmits UV-C...
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Colourful circles denote contact-lens prescriptions in Dimple design by...
Australian studio Universal Favourite has designed the packaging for contact lens subscription service Dimple, which makes use of boldly patterned circles that correspond with prescriptions. Dimple is...
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SuperBee wax wraps offer an alternative to cling film
Thai company BeeConscious has created wraps from beeswax-coated cotton, that can stand in for cling film and other plastic packaging for food. The SuperBee wraps – which are nominated for a Dezeen...
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Anna Piasek makes bento-style boxes for takeaway food from moulded cellulose
ÉCAL graduate Anna Piasek has created modular takeaway food packaging that can be divided like a bento box and composted after use. The One Size, X Size cellulose packaging comes in three variants – a...
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ALT uses aerospace-inspired packaging for its "mind-expanding" liquid cannabis
Science, aeronautics and NASA inspired the Very Polite Agency's packaging design for ALT, a liquid cannabis product for people who want a mind-expanding rather than purely medicinal high. The Canadian...
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Barber Osgerby creates packaging design for "adult cordial"
Design studio Barber Osgerby has created the packaging for Jukes Cordialities, a non-alcoholic drink invented by their friend, the wine writer Matthew Jukes. Described as "top-flight, adult cordials...
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Holly Grounds develops dissolvable ramen packaging that turns into sauce
Product design student Holly Grounds has replaced the many plastic sachets that accompany a pack of instant noodles with an edible, spice-infused wrapper that breaks down when cooked to season the...
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