Showing posts with label Sustainable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sustainable. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 May 2012

5 Steps approach to analyse ALLOTINABOX®




Describe:
- colour: brown as the background and the box with a orange sticker
- typeface: Some typeface is like Slab Serif, and some is Sans Serif.
The typeface seems like had been designed and it has specific meaning for the product.
- material: eco-friendly cardboard box



Identify:
- What’s the product’s tone of voice? -> healthy and organic
- Who designed the packaging? -> ALLOTINABOX® UK
- What's the product message? -> Grow your own healthy food
- What’s the box concept? ->”It doesn't take long to get started after you order one of our boxes” It means consumers can easily engage in growing by their guidance.


Interpret: 

Brown as background represents the natural and organic, the material of box is 100% recyclable and 100% biodegradable, and the seeds pack is also made by recyclable material. The box gives consumers who want to grow their own vegetables confidence.


Evaluate: 
I am impressed by the box looks and all the seeds pack because the texture of seeds packaging material seems organic and natural. Besides, when I open the box, all the stuff ( eg. grow wheel) inside convey to me that they can help me on my journey of "growing your own". Therefore, I think the packaging is successful, it communicate with consumers about organic and convince consumers to enjoy dreaming their own vegetables. But maybe it can give more information such as imagery explaination for a newcomer in gardening.


Reflect:
The choice of colour and materials will related to the product category. For example, the product aims to encourage consumers to grow their own vegetables, which means consumers tend to like organic and healthy life as well as concern about environment issue. I think packaging is the first impression for consumers, maybe we won’t know whether the material is eco-friendly or not, but colour can communicate with audience.

Do something good for our earth! Sustainable packaging


In recent years there has been increased awareness of environmental issue in packaging design. Many companies have acknowledged that by putting the green awareness into practice is an important marketing strategy which can give the consumer a positive corporate image. Over the years, green packaging design has become a trend and brought significant impact on making the product environmentally friendly through choosing sustainable materials.

















According to Designing Sustainable Packaging (2009), the US Environment
Protection Agency suggests the following principles to create more sustainable
packaging systems.

- Eliminating toxic constituents
- Using less material
- Making packaging more reusable
- Using more recycled content
- Making packaging more readily recyclable



PCF (post-consumer fiber)

The Post-Consumer Fiber Paper Cup is made by recycled paper and helps Starbucks
serve products in an environmentally sustainable choice of packaging. The
higher the percentage of post-consumer fiber content, the more natural resources
can be reserved. According to UCLA Sustainability, every 40 cases of 100% post
consumer fiber paper saves the equivalent of the following:
• 24 trees 40 feet in height
• 7,000 gallons of water
• 4,100 kilowatt hours of electricity
• 60 pounds of air pollution


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SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT AND PACKAGING DESIGN FOUNDATIONS
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