All Design articles – Page 12
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ArticleWhat can we expect from packaging design in 2022?
Pentawards has released a report identifying the key trends that could influence packaging design in 2022, with topics ranging from storytelling to sustainability to social justice.
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ArticleThe universal symbol system making beauty products accessible to blind consumers
We spoke with Victoria Watts, founder of VictoriaLand Beauty and creator of the CyR.U.S. System of universal symbols for tactile product engagement, about the importance of accessible cosmetic packaging for blind and partially sighted consumers.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2021 winners secure WorldStar recognition
The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has revealed the winners of WorldStar 2022, for which packages are eligible to enter if they have already received a national or regional award such as Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Awards.
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ArticleOutlook for 2022: Trends and disruptive innovations
As we move ever closer to a new year, it’s time to ask what kinds of trends, priorities and disruptive innovations we can expect 2022 to bring.
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ArticleCailler aims to appeal to a younger audience with Christmas packaging redesign
The Seymourpowell design agency has collaborated with the Swiss chocolate brand, Cailler, to redesign its Christmas pralines collection to attract a younger audience and incorporate recyclable elements.
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ArticleHow Sumaira Latif brought accessible design to P&G
Melina Spanoudi speaks to Sumaira Latif about her career as Accessibility Leader at Procter & Gamble.
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ArticleLiterary twist for Gentlebrand special edition wine packaging
Gentlebrand will mark the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death with a special edition wine range, called Curtai, which features illustrations on the packaging to take consumers on “a journey to discover The Divine Comedy”.
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ArticleHow is the Italian packaging industry preparing for a new era of label information requirements?
As Italy’s deadline requiring companies to inform consumers of the material contents and final destination of their packaging approaches, Giunko launches a QR- or barcode-enabled label that connects to an online database of geolocated information.
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ArticleUsing packaging to make period care more sustainable – and more inclusive
We spoke with Nick Jain, COO and co-founder of August, about how the company is using its packaging to make sustainable period products more accessible and inclusive.
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ArticleSmurfit-Kappa launches new thermo-laminated film for bag-in-box portfolio
The Smurfit Kappa Bag-in-Box Ibi facility in Spain has started the production of bags with a new thermo-laminated metallised film, M-Compact 77, which the company says is a more sustainable option.
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ArticleOver 21 million items could be delivered broken during Black Friday sales period
According to research by DS Smith, 41% of people expect to receive up to six faulty or damaged items – partially due to poor packaging – following the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, representing a total cost of at least £739 million.
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ArticleA new roadmap towards packaging sustainability?
Is ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ out of date? In a new report, SPRING (a packaging-focused, cross-value chain thinktank) is proposing a new approach to packaging sustainability – with practical solutions at its core.
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ArticleThe wine packaging that can be repurposed into a bird box
We spoke to David Ferreira, winemaker at Companhia das Lezírias, to find out more about the Tyto Alba Wine range, which features a lightweight bottle housed inside a wooden box that is designed for reuse as a nesting box for birds.
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ArticleMore than an inconvenience: why accessible packaging matters
Exploring how packaging design can become more accessible for those with reduced strength and dexterity.
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ArticleOlay launches Easy Open Lid designed with and for disabled consumers
Olay North America will introduce the Easy Open Lid, a limited-edition prototype that it says it developed with and for disabled people to improve the accessibility of its moisturiser products, and which it will share with the rest of the industry.
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ArticleCorrugated Packaging Recyclability Guidelines launched by FEFCO
FEFCO, which represents the corrugated packaging industry across Europe, has today released its Corrugated Packaging Recyclability Guidelines aimed at optimising recyclability via design parameters for paper and board packaging.
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ArticleACTEGA expands range of shrink sleeve coatings and inks with a focus on product representation
ACTEGA, a manufacturer of speciality coating, inks, adhesives and sealing compounds for the packing industry, has announced new additions to its product portfolio, intended to enhance the visual and haptic effects achievable for shrink sleeves.
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ArticleGentlebrand matches label material with beverage flavour for new bottle concept
Gentlebrand unveils the Aroma beverage bottle concept featuring an organic paper label that is attached the neck of the bottle without adhesive for easier separation and recycling, and contains seeds that match the flavour of the beverage.
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ArticleTetra Pak and Appetite Creative collaborate on AR enabled beverage carton
Tetra Pak and digital experiences studio Appetite Creative have unveiled a milk carton for the Swiss brand Emmi good day, which apparently uses augmented reality (AR) via smart packaging to encourage customers to lead a healthy lifestyle.
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ArticleGreiner Pacakging re-develops resealable lid for dairy packaging
Greiner Packaging offers a range of two-in-one sealing and re-closable lids designed for direct-printed, sleeved and K3 cardboard-plastic combination packaging solutions, which it says is its unique selling point in Czechian and Slovakian markets.