Anton M. Steeman, Trend Hunter

Extravagance in Glass Bottles - From Spring Water to Champagne (GALLERY)

The supermarket shelves are overloaded and the consumers can’t see the wood for the trees, thanks to the extensive assortments showcased. And thus the consumer product companies have to do anything to attract the attention of the consumer to seduce him to make the purchase. Packaging designs as well as the excessively printed graphics are crying out for attention, but it seldom leads to extravagance. That aspect you see only in the spring water, spirits, wine and champagne market segments, whe… [More]

DIY Braille - AccuBraille Adds Dots Everywhere

AccuBraille is a new module which enables the embossing of Braille dots on all sorts of packages. Braille is now mandatory in the EU on pharmaceutical packaging. This was enough for Bobst, the well-known… [More]

Made in Transit Produce - Growing Food On-the-Way (VIDEO)

“Made in Transit” is a new packaging concept where food production and distribution go hand in hand. 'Made in Transit' proposes to shift the paradigm from preserving freshness to enabling growth along… [More]

Up-Market Decoration - The Skin Sleeve

The lack of interest in traditional products is a confirmed factor of the spirits segment: today’s consumers want modernity. A distinctive shape, attractive special effects and a variety of surface finishing that invite the hand to reach out and touch the product. The Skinsleever by Sleever Inter… [More]

Fashion Food’s Tom Yum - Noodle Soup Taken to a Stylish Level (GALLERY)

Tom Yum is a hot and sour piquant soup with a unique quite popular flavour common throughout Thailand. It is a spicy sour garlicky seafood soup that tastes very limy with a note of aromatic basil, very flavourful with a good seafood aftertaste. The noodles are thin and resilient, staying chewy in ho… [More]

Artist Series a Prime Collectible - Exquisite Wine and Contemporary Art (GALLERY)

No doubt, art and packaging design combine perfectly. After more than two decades in the limelight, Kenwood Vineyards' highly-acclaimed Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon reigns as a premier marriage of fine art and fine wine. The combination of the fine art of winemaking with the work of contemporar… [More]

Mountain Dew with Green Label Art - First Time Carbonated Soft Drink In Alu-Bottle in US (GALLERY)

Who says: “Art and packaging design are hard to combine.” Last year Mountain Dew launched a limited-edition series of aluminium bottles featuring designs created by a variety of artists, the so called Green Label Art. This series marked the first time a carbonated soft drink was packaged in an a… [More]

Fashion Pop - Coca-Cola Fashion Week Collector’s Bottles

Who says Art and packaging design are hard to combine? Each year during the Fashion Week in São Paulo, Coca-Cola Brazil launches its limited-edition Coca-Cola Light bottle decorated with a full-body… [More]

“Marinade on Demand” Package - Fresh Meat and Poultry Go From Plain to Deliciously Flavoured

The new “Marinade on Demand” package from Sealed Air's Cryovac Food Solutions assembles fresh meat and marinade in a single package. They remain, however, in separate compartments until the user is ready to marinate and cook. The package is a thermoformed roll stock package, creating two chamber… [More]

Delicious Tea-Eggs - Xiang Cha Lu Dan

Never before were tea-eggs pre-packaged. Marbled Tea Eggs (cha ye dan) are one of the most popular and typical Chinese snacks, sold solely by street vendors and in night stalls in most Chinese communities throughout the world. The XuanHui pre-packaged tea eggs, to be found in the supermarket refrige… [More]