While it is often not given the credit it deserves, great packaging can make or break an item.
The following cluster applauds companies that match their packaging bang on with their product. Hopefully it will inspire others to stretch their imagination and create something cool.
Enjoy the cluster of creative packaging innovations.
Implications - These days, consumers need more than the functional nature of a product to draw them in. With so many products available, it is harder than ever before to choose a product from an array of similar items. Thus, innovative packaging is a necessary part of any brand's marketing plan -- it is what will capture and keep a potential customer's attention to influence a purchasing decision.
25 Creative Packaging Ideas
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Tetra-Packaged Wines
Eco-Friendly Wine by French Rabbit
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Funky Barcodes Spice Up Packaging
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Awards for Innovative Package Design
The 2008 Pentawards
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Ingenious Pizza Packaging
Green Pizza Box Doubles As Serving & Storage Vessels
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Anatomy-Inspired Perfume Packaging
Nothing Subtle About Emeshel Fragrance Bottles
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Stimulation Package Spoofs
Blush Lingerie Simulates Economy Crisis Ads
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Fruity Beverage Packaging
Naoto Fukasawa Flavors His Juice Boxes With Creativity (UPDATE)
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Risque Beer Packaging
Ramm ND's Lingerie-Clad Beer Cans
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Maternal Milk Packaging
Japanese Toy-Inspired 'Teet-Milk' Concept
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Illustrated Water Bottles
Beauty Water Packaging by Oneighty Creative is Gorgeous
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Fun Packaging for Healthy Foods
VitaMeal Tempts Children with Coolness
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Nostalgic Soda Packaging
Jordan Puopolo's Vintage-Inspired Sprite Redesign
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Fast Food Packaging Makeovers
McDonald's Revamps Their Image
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Fruit-Inspired Beverage Packaging
Japanese Juice Carton Looks Like a Banana
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Vintage Hygiene Packaging
Claus Porto Still Makes Soaps Like The Old Times
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Plantable Packaging
Spruce Trees Sprout from Pangea Organics Boxes
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Pirate-Themed Packaging
'The Spirit of Davy Jones' Rum by Amy Cesal
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Crowdsourced Packaging Competitions
1800 Tequila's Design Your Bottle (UPDATE)
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Brutally Honest Food Packaging
Odies Pure Fat Chocolate
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Frustration-Free Packaging
Amazon to End ‘Wrap Rage'
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Canned Jeans
Clever Paint Bucket Packaging for Levi's Denim
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Macho Body Product Packaging
'Filthy Boy' for Men
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Cigarette Packages For Books
TankBooks Look Like Smokes
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Skeletal Packaging
Pandor Absinthe
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Sculptural Packaging
Sitil Shoe Polish by Fatih Baltas
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Candy & Ice Cream Undies
Victoria's Secret Sweet Packaging
Perfume Inspired Phones
Lolita Lempicka Samsung U600
Ugly Drunk Scenarios
Maktub Ads Encourage Drinking at Home
Bikini Model Statues
Blush: Stop Nudism
Milk Packaging Design Contests
Future Milk
Bagvertising II
Lingerie Shopping Bag Draws Attention
Soap With Hidden Surprises
"Soap Gifts" Encourage Waste Reduction
Sexist Ads
Pretty Women as Shoe Brushes
42 Deaths by Chocolate
Unique Ways to Indulge
Naughty Bagvertising
Erotic Shopping Bags by Condomi
Pirate-Themed Supercars
Limited-Edition Edo LP 710 Audigier Murcielago is Fastest Lambo Ever
Parodying The Financial Crisis
Bianco Footwear Have a Stimulus Package of Their Own
Innovative Drink Packaging
'Peared' Juices by Conor Hagan
Anatomy-Inspired Perfume Packaging
Nothing Subtle About Emeshel Fragrance Bottles
Is the New Fast Food Really Gourmet?
Paris Hilton's 4th Fragrance
Can-Can Inspired Perfume
Pirate Queen Fashion
Helena Christensen For Agent Provocateur
$215,000 Luxury Scent
Imperial Majesty Perfume With Diamonds & Gold
Offensive Candy
Fat Pig Chocolate
Art in a Bottle
Drink Your Way to Bigger Art Collection with 1800 Tequila
Naoto Fukasawa Sole Bag
Get That New Shoe Smell in Your Purse
Hip Milk
Yoamolaleche Ads Modern Design to Milk
Macho Packaging For Male Moisturizer
A Winnder
Literal Packaging
Alphabetical Milk Carton
Risque Beer Packaging
Ramm ND's Lingerie-Clad Beer Cans
£95 Fast Food Burgers (Part 2)
Burger King Reveals Kobe Beef Burger
Maternal Milk Packaging
Japanese Toy-Inspired 'Teet-Milk' Concept
Plastic Surgery H2O
Aesthetic Water
Your Chance to Reinvent Levi's Jeans
Levi's Project 501 Design Challenge
$17,000 Denim
Vintage Levi's Jeans
Packaging As The Product
Recycled Packaging Lights
Macho Men Evident in Advertising
Fun Packaging for Healthy Foods
VitaMeal Tempts Children with Coolness
Fast Food Packaging Makeovers
McDonald's Revamps Their Image
Luxury Fast Food Interiors
Chic McDonald's Europe Stores
Easy Packaging for Pain Relief
Richard Fine's Help Removes Bottle Opening Headaches
Packaging Redesigns by Pop Culture Icons
Celebubranding by TAG Body Spray
Recycled Packaging DIY
FedEx Furniture
Big McLies
Webpage Dedicated to Lying Fast Food Photography
14 Pirates Features
Fruit-Inspired Beverage Packaging
Japanese Juice Carton Looks Like a Banana
Shopping Bag Canvass
Contemporary Artists for Aritzia Bag
Science Of Bad Pizza Toppings
The Onion Research Project
Subliminal Food Packaging
Smiling Faces Hidden in Broccoli Florets
Naughty Shopping Bags
French First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Bare on Pardon Totes
Scorecards to Help Eco Shoppers
Wal-Mart's More Sustainable Packaging
Non-Dissolving Edible Packaging
Compost or Eat Your Containers
Human Breast Milk Commercially Available For Babies in Japan?
Juice Box Cameras
Take Secret Shots With A Hidden Camera In Your Lunch Box
Natural Product Packaging
Coto Stuffs Their Boxes With Reindeer Moss
Uncommon Scents
Stinky Cheese Perfume
Pirate Bathrooms
Skull and Cross Bones Taps
$27,000 Jeans
Psychedelic Designer Levis by Damien Hurst
Eco-Educational Treats
The Climate Change Chocolate Bar
Pizza Vending
The ‘Let's Pizza' Machine Makes Dough and All in Just 3 Mins
Pirate-Themed Packaging
'The Spirit of Davy Jones' Rum by Amy Cesal
Pirate Reality Shows
‘Pirate Hunters: USN' Is Timely With Hype Over Somali Pirates
Beverages That Clean The Baltic Sea
Plup Water
Viral Ads Against Obesity
ParticipAction Campaign Targets Youth
Plantable Gift Tags
Santa Claus Goes Green
12 Pirate Inspired Trends
Pirate-Themed Graves
Swashbuckling Skull and Crossbones Headstones
Chocolate Tool Sets
Sweet Engineered Treats
Macabre Packaging
Fruta del Diablo Salsa Features Dia de los Muertos Skulls
Holistic Soap Uses Real Silver
Plank's Cor Silver Soap
Macho Candles
The Manly Man Candle Company
5 Organic Alcohols
Green Drinking
Fabulous Fast Food
Affordable Global Flavours
How to Turn 10€ Lingerie into Millions
Blush Underwear Ad
Patriotic Pizza
Bizarre Stars & Stripes Tributes
Specialty Pizza Named After You
Domino's Big Fantastic Deal
Plantable Lamps
The IVY Light
Gemstone Exfoliants
Amethyst Stone Soaps
Donut Cd Cases
Mmmm, The Simpson's Movie Soundtrack Packaging
Credit Crunch Chocolate
If You Can't Beat it, Eat it!
Beauty and Longevity Drinks
Hydrogen Rich Water
Chocolate Made of Camel Milk
Al Nassma
Anime Haro Robots
The Animated Gundam 00 Japanese Anime Character
Saying It With Tea
Cheeky Tube Packaging for Bathroom Graffiti Teas
Two in One Utensils- The Pizza Pro
Udderly Cute Tablewear
The Calf & Half Creamer
Cone Crusts
Konopizza
Skeletal Packaging
Pandor Absinthe
Anti-Obesity Baby Formula
Prevention To Start At Birth?
Ingestible Perfumes
Fyber Sense Pills
Scientifically Sexy H20
DELO Booster Caps Infuse Your Water With Herbal Personality
$64 Million Pirates
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Talk Like a Pirate Day 2.0
ayePhone App Translates Text Messages
Political Incorrect Drink Pricing
Bar Charges Yuppies and Activists More, Gay People Less
Rock, Paper, Scissors Dice
Fatih Baltas