I thought this list was a useful look at food packaging trends for the next decade.
“Sustainability concerns, ranked behind cost and food safety/security as today’s driving trends, will dominate packaging industry work in the next 10 years in both Europe and North America.” (Read more here:)
Imagine a shopping bag made not of paper or plastic, but crushed stone. A new material innovation is being touted as treeless paper, and it is being manufactured in Taiwan and sold under the TerraSkin brand. I’m familiar with the product and was interested to see this week’s Business Week article about TerraSkin, which you…
It’s been a couple of months now since Starbucks launched its instant coffee, after spending years developing it and months preparing its employees to pitch the granules. The product is called Via, and comes in three-packs that go for $2.95. So has Via been an idea that will work? I haven’t had a chance to…
Packaging technologies have come a long way in the past decade. As I’ve seen with many of my clients, some of this has happened by design, and some has happened by necessity. Recently I was thumbing through Packaging Digest (this publication has just celebrated 50 years, by the way!), and came across a great article…
One of the most exciting opportunity areas for targeted innovation is in the display of digital information. The information-rich world of the film Minority Report is becoming closer to reality each day, with some practical twists. Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that Intel and Microsoft are teaming up to provide smart digital displays in retail…
Webinar – Tue, May 12, 2020 2:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM CDT) New products, materials, rebranding: every product change can create a need for new packaging. Technical and creative information collides with file formats whenever packaging is involved. Packaging designers are called on to localize designs for multiple markets and change specific elements creating many…
