Beautiful and non-wasteful packaging from Japan

Mark Frauenfelder 9:45 am Fri Jul 18, 2008

No country creates more beautiful product packages than Japan, in my opinion. Here, PingMag takes a look at some innovate packages from Japan.

Tofu packed into balloons, by Kamakura-komachi?! Surprisingly a great example for reduced packaging: Its elastic material is extensively stretched, and when pierced with a toothpick, the balloon bursts and only a tiny bit remains. How amazing! REDUCE with more flexibility! The same packaging concept is also applied to a pudding.

Japanese Design #7: A How-to-Reduce-Packaging Journal (PingMag)

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