Eco-design
How next-gen materials can accelerate luxury's green credentials
As environmental awareness grows and packaging regulations become increasingly strict, innovation around sustainable materials is garnering interest like never before. Be they derived from plants, seaweed, mushrooms, waste, or bacteria,...
Blue Ocean Closures, Stora Enso partner for fiber-based tube and cap
A paperboard tube combined with a fiber-based screw cap is set to hit the market next year. The packaging, designed for cosmetics, personal care or home care, was developed by Swedish start-up Blue Ocean Closures, papermaker Stora Enso and...
Travel kits get a makeover with Trific collaborative packaging project
Trific, a project uniting FutureLab & Partners, Holmen Iggesund, Yangi and Optima Packaging Group, has created a travel kit for dry cosmetics in formed fiber shells. Developed in six months, the protoype aims to show how collaboration can...
Danish brand Nuori gets ‘naked’ with The One packaging
Quadpack’s Regula Airless jar in unadorned PCR was the packaging of choice for skincare brand Nuori’s The One cream.For it’s The One product that blends natural ingredients and is free from synthetic preservatives, Danish skincare...
Garnier and Loop Industries partner for PET plastic waste bottle
The limited-edition bottle for Garnier’s Micellar Cleansing Water is made from low value waste transformed by Loop Industries into 100% recycled PET resin of virgin quality.Through a pilot program with Canadian technology company Loop...
Gwilen: transforming sludge into terracotta
In Brest, on the coast of Brittany, Gwilen recovers marine sediment that accumulates in ports to transform it into objects and interior design components. A cross between terracotta and concrete, the material is obtained without firing.As...
Mycelium takes on slow design
French designers Laurence Saugé (Boutures d'Objets) and Louise Rué "cultivate" objects in volume from mushroom filaments. Their window decorations and ‘vegetal’ spheres can already be produced in small and medium runs.Early this April,...
Scalite: wood produced from fish scales
French company Scale transforms fish scales – from sardines, salmon and tilapias – into "wood". 100% biodegradable, this next-gen material offers a wealth of applications, including decoration, closures and paper.Ictyos' marine leathers,...
Pomponne, the clean make-up brand with a difference
Launched in 2020 with its limited range of ‘made in France’, highly pigmented make-up formulas with skincare properties, Pomponne is something of a success story.The brand was founded by PharmD’s Agathe Ettori-Chadelas and Charline...
Curius Match Tonic looks to shake up tonic water
Swiss drinks company Curius opted for square, stackable bottles, perforated labels and pastel colors for its Match Tonic Water launched this month. Spanish agency Series Nemo is behind the design.Curius called on Series Nemo for the...
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