9 Best Articles in 2021
Quartz
How the Mast Brothers fooled the world into paying $10 a bar for crappy hipster chocolate
Quartz
~11 min read · From 2017 · Don't be taken in by the fancy packaging and the Amish beards.
Real Python
Pipenv: A Guide to the New Python Packaging Tool
Real Python
~17 min read · From 2018 · Pipenv is a packaging tool for Python that solves some common problems associated with the typical workflow using pip, virtualenv, and the good old requirements.txt. This guide goes over what problems…
lumi.com
Lumi - Custom-made stamps, decals, silkscreens and more
lumi.com
1 min read · From 2015 · Design and order custom goods for your business or creative project. Upload your logo and create rubber stamps, packaging and signage in seconds.
lovelypackage.com
Lovely Package : Curating the very best packaging design
lovelypackage.com
6 min read · From 2016 · Curating the very best packaging design
youtube.com
Microsoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging
youtube.com
From 2016 · Microsoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging Original WMV from http://www.arctic.org/~patrick/misc/ms-ipod-parody.wmv brantwalsh.com
BBC News (World)
The plastic packaging paradox
BBC News (World)
5 min read · From 2019 · Good packaging prevents waste, but too often becomes pollution.
Mashable
How to recycle all of your Amazon packaging
Mashable
10 min read · 2019-10-27 · Amazon has launched many sustainability efforts but it's still not easy to recycle its packaging.
The New Yorker
Accounting for Taste
The New Yorker
~17 min read · From 2017 · How packaging can make food more flavorful.
bernat.tech
The state of Python Packaging
bernat.tech
7 min read · From 2019 · Describes where Python packaging is today, and where the Python Packaging Authority hopes will move next. In this post learn about package types.
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CNBC
Zume’s pizza robots are now turning waste into compostable packaging
CNBC
1 min read · Jun 19th · Zume – formerly a robotic pizza company – is now creating compostable packaging out of agricultural waste and other materials.
Treehugger.com
Don't Believe the 'Store Drop-Off' Label When It Comes to Plastic Packaging
Treehugger.com
5 min read · Jun 16th · Activists are protesting Walmart's use of a "store drop-off" label that suggests plastic film packaging can be recycled when it actually cannot be.
thegrocer.co.uk
Food shortages now ‘inevitable’ due to labour crisis, industry warns
thegrocer.co.uk
2 min read · Jun 18th · Chronic driver shortages have been compounded by staff shortfalls across low-paid sectors including harvesting, manufacturing and packaging
plastics.emf.org
Extended Producer Responsibility is a necessary part of the solution to packaging waste and pollution
plastics.emf.org
4 min read · Jun 15th · To stop packaging pollution we need a circular economy where we eliminate what we don't need, innovate towards new packaging, products and business models, and circulate all the packaging we do use.
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nextshark.com
Supermarkets in Asia are Now Using Banana Leaves Instead of Plastic Packaging
nextshark.com
2 min read · From 2019 · Supermarkets in Vietnam have adopted an initiative from Thailand that makes use of banana leaves instead of plastic as a packaging alternative. Rimping [...]
Guardian Tech
Amazon under fire for new packaging that cannot be recycled
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 2019-08-20 · Use of plastic envelopes branded a ‘major step backwards’ in fight against pollution
thedieline.com
A Study in Brand Minimalism — The Dieline : Branding & Packaging
thedieline.com
1 min read · From 2016 · What would happen if you took iconic brands and minimalized the details on
their packaging to their absolute minimum? Is that going to help or hurt
the brand? Mehmet Gozetlik of the design collective Antrepo decided to see
for himself.
Check out more examples showing the progression of these packaged brands
from their current appearance to their core elements.
World Economic Forum
Sustainable packaging is good for profits as well as the planet
World Economic Forum
4 min read · From 2019 · Circular packaging solutions are a priority - and they will create value for brands, as these trailblazing examples demonstrate
The Guardian
‘Creativity is essential’: artist-designed supermarket to open in London
The Guardian
3 min read · Apr 19th · Product packaging created by artists for UK’s Design Museum aims to showcase importance of creativity
Fast Company
KitKat is ditching plastic packaging for paper you can turn into origami
Fast Company
1 min read · 2019-09-06 · The candy brand, which is hugely popular in Japan, will debut the new packaging design in September.
Bored Panda
Japanese Are Polishing Foil Balls To Perfection, And The Result Is Too Satisfying
Bored Panda
7 min read · From 2018 · Aluminum foil looks pretty boring. It is used for packaging, insulation, cooking... and making really shiny balls that appear to have no real purpose, apparently. That's right, thanks to a Japanese jeweler, the whole country became obsessed with refining these metal leaves, and we aren't sure how to react.
Fast Company
Giant brands love Loop’s zero-waste packaging—and now it’s coming to a store near you
Fast Company
7 min read · 2020-02-10 · A year after it launched, the delivery service that takes back its packaging to be reused is expanding, and you’ll soon be able to find its innovative packaging designs at retail stores.
