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4:10 pm - Fri, Mar 2, 2012
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This could help reduce plastic waste: Food packaging that’s edible Dr. David Edwards, a professor at Harvard, is working on an edible packaging technology known as WikiCells. Says Edwards: “The notion [of Wikicells] is that you are englobing liquid, foam, or something else in a soft membrane held together by food particles that are being connected by electrostatic charges to each other and to a small amount of natural polymer.”  The soft membrane could be surrounded by a harder egg-like shell if necessary — something like chocolate, rock candy, or even algae. If that’s hard to imagine, think of it this way: a tomato and basil membrane that houses gazpacho, a chocolate membrane holding hot chocolate, or an orange membrane containing orange juice. “Our perspective is that eventually, the packaging of tomorrow will be the fruit of today,” says Edwards. via In The Future, You Will Eat Your Food Packaging, And It Will Be Delicious | Co.Exist Related: Unconsumption posts on self-contained products for which the packaging is the product.
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This could help reduce plastic waste: Food packaging that’s edible

Dr. David Edwards, a professor at Harvard, is working on an edible packaging technology known as WikiCells.

Says Edwards: “The notion [of Wikicells] is that you are englobing liquid, foam, or something else in a soft membrane held together by food particles that are being connected by electrostatic charges to each other and to a small amount of natural polymer.” 

The soft membrane could be surrounded by a harder egg-like shell if necessary — something like chocolate, rock candy, or even algae. If that’s hard to imagine, think of it this way: a tomato and basil membrane that houses gazpacho, a chocolate membrane holding hot chocolate, or an orange membrane containing orange juice.

“Our perspective is that eventually, the packaging of tomorrow will be the fruit of today,” says Edwards.

via In The Future, You Will Eat Your Food Packaging, And It Will Be Delicious | Co.Exist

Related: Unconsumption posts on self-contained products for which the packaging is the product.

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9:23 am - Sun, Feb 26, 2012
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Another self-contained product — in which the packaging *is* the product London-based designer Oscar Diaz’s Tube Toys get assembled from their own packaging. Tube Toy comes with components like stickers and wheels inside a cardboard tube that becomes the body of the car, fire engine, train or tractor, with pre-cut slots for easy assembly. More: Dezeen » Tube Toys by Oscar Diaz [Thx, JoAnn, @packagingdiva!]

Another self-contained product — in which the packaging *is* the product

London-based designer Oscar Diaz’s Tube Toys get assembled from their own packaging.

Tube Toy comes with components like stickers and wheels inside a cardboard tube that becomes the body of the car, fire engine, train or tractor, with pre-cut slots for easy assembly.

More: Dezeen » Tube Toys by Oscar Diaz

[Thx, JoAnn, @packagingdiva!]

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9:18 am
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Another self-contained product — in which the packaging *is* the product Unconsumption reader Cody Boehmig saw our post about this box-turned-lamp, and was inspired to tell us about several of his projects, including his (prototype) “Utilitarian Wall Shelf” made from used cardboard: It begins as a folded 11″ × 14″ rectangle. Prompted by the instructions on the packaging, the user unfolds it [the packaging, which is a piece of scored, used cardboard] into a flat shape, and then folds it up into a shelf with the help of an easy-to-use letter-matching system. The nails that hold the shelf to the wall also hold the folded shelf together. The final shelf space is 11″ × 7″ and is sturdy enough to comfortably support a full load of average-sized books. [Thx, Cody!]
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Another self-contained product — in which the packaging *is* the product

Unconsumption reader Cody Boehmig saw our post about this box-turned-lamp, and was inspired to tell us about several of his projects, including his (prototype) “Utilitarian Wall Shelf” made from used cardboard:

It begins as a folded 11″ × 14″ rectangle. Prompted by the instructions on the packaging, the user unfolds it [the packaging, which is a piece of scored, used cardboard] into a flat shape, and then folds it up into a shelf with the help of an easy-to-use letter-matching system. The nails that hold the shelf to the wall also hold the folded shelf together. The final shelf space is 11″ × 7″ and is sturdy enough to comfortably support a full load of average-sized books.

[Thx, Cody!]

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1:42 pm - Sun, Feb 19, 2012
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The “Flamp” lamp is a corrugated box that “comes with a light bulb and hardware inside. You just plug it in and you are good to go.” (Via Repurposed Packaging — PackagingUniversity.com. Thx, JoAnn, @packagingdiva!)

The “Flamp” lamp is a corrugated box that “comes with a light bulb and hardware inside. You just plug it in and you are good to go.”

(Via Repurposed Packaging — PackagingUniversity.com. Thx, JoAnn, @packagingdiva!)

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