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Product Design

Packaging Futures: Sustainability

Growing consumer consciousness means sustainable packaging is entering the mainstream. Big brands are engaging with ethical and environmental ideals to create zero-waste packaging, rethink their manufacturing processes, and reinvent products entirely.  

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21 Jul 2014
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