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September 14, 2011
Ronhill Unlimited is said to be the world’s first cigarette packaging with a QR code. Scanning the quick-response code with a smartphone takes the user to a mobile website that,
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September 14, 2011
Kellogg’s All-Bran has created a faux panel for its cereal cartons in Australia and New Zealand to help debut a new identity. The cartons have been shrink-wrapped with a panel
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September 14, 2011
Cheeming Boey has been using a Sharpie pen to create intricate line art on paper and polystyrene cups for half a decade now-spending as much as three months on a
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September 14, 2011
Portion-control packaging is nothing new. Snacks and other foods have been helping people measure out servings with single-portion-sized packs for some time now. But Sainsbury’s has turned the concept on
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August 3, 2011
The weak economy is resulting in some unexpected effects: a glut of space in landfills. California says the amount of trash hauled to its landfills has dropped to its lowest
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August 3, 2011
Absolut vodka has made its iconic bottle a blank canvas for global artists. The initiative-called Absolut Blank-asks 20 artists from a variety of creative disciplines to express themselves on a
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August 3, 2011
The UK-based Vax floorcare brand is exploring a limited-production run of a vacuum cleaner constructed mostly of corrugated board. Created by industrial design student Jake Tyler, the fully functional vacuum
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July 11, 2011
Sherwin-Williams has received the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for a first-of-its-kind paint, which uses soybean oil and recycled PET bottles to cut air pollutants (known as volatile organic
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July 11, 2011
America’s first no-packaging grocery store is coming to Austin. The store, named in.gredients, asks shoppers to bring their own containers to shop for everything from dry bulk foods and dairy
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July 11, 2011
A unique take on the meal kit trend, GoPicnic provides ready-to-eat meals that have the added convenience of being shelf-stable. The company’s initial customers were major US airlines wrestling with
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