Christophe Guberan of Écal (University of Art and Design, Laussane) has developed a self-folding origami with potential package and multi-pack applications. While the approach and the process are different between this and North Carolina State University‘s self-folding origami we covered in our previous article “Self-folding origami may have packaging applications,” applications are equally relevant and […]

North Carolina State University has developed a self-folding material that may have packaging applications, especially in the multipack area. This material may potentially be used to self-open or close packages and multipacks, bringing a new level of consumer convenience. Check out the video below. ©2012 PackageRepublic.com. All Rights Reserved.

We have previously reported on hydrophobic applications, non-stick coatings, and NeverWet. Recently, we came across an article from Harvard that also has packaging possibilities. This particular coating, based on water repellent nano structures of a meat-eating pitcher plant could also be extremely useful in packaging. Its applications can include not only helping viscous products (i.e. […]

You may remember the Swagger shower gel package we covered previously. Art & Design International, the Korean design agency behind Swagger, sent us Swagger’s new hair gel package design. What’s interesting about this package is its choice of material, which is aluminum, and it’s dual color UV printing.

We have previously reported hydrophobic applications and non-stick coatings in packaging. One of the up and coming companies in the hydrophobic field is NeverWet. Their story has been covered by Lancaster Online. They have been demonstrating their impressive coating in electronic applications, as seen in video below. We are hoping for some packaging applications to […]

Here is amazing video for a non-stick coating from MIT showing how a ketchup bottle would perform with this coating. The Fast Company article provides more detail. ©2012 PackageRepublic.com. All Rights Reserved.

Pepsi’s green bottle On March 15th, Pepsi released its press release for it new plant based plastic bottle. In their press release, Pepsi gives us some details behind the new material. They also mention the packaging fiasco of last year in passing, which is the Sun Chips ‘environmental’ package. We covered this noisy package before […]

We had covered the Sun Chips compostable chip package on April 25, 2010. You can find the review here and its advertisement here. One of the areas of interest with that package was its matte finish, which we had praised. There are a number of packages with even more matte finishes arriving in the marketplace, […]

With a variety of different aluminum bottles arriving in the market, we decided to look at Sprite’s 250 ml aluminum bottle. Initial Impressions This package looks cool, which is why it exists, namely to target younger demographics. However, the poor usability of small and micro portion sizes is a disadvantage. In addition, the higher use […]

We had covered Sun Chips compostable chip package on April 25, 2010. You can find the review here. The advertisement for the package started airing in the US this week. It provides us with additional information regarding its compost rate. ©2010 PackageRepublic.com. All Rights Reserved.