Additional Research

Social Issue: Childhood Obesity, Healthy Food Choices

"Milk is an excellent source of nutrition, and with so many other beverage choices available in school cafeterias, kids need a fun, educational reason to choose milk,"

Source: Erin Reynolds, marketing director for Evergreen Packaging

Natural bio milk is one of the best sources of the vital nutrients that help maintain our body strong and healthy. Milk contains the ideal mix of essential nutrients: proteins, lipids, calcium, vitamins A, B6, biotin and potassium. This helps to prevent diseases such as osteoporosis and keep all the body (nails, hair, skin, bones and muscles) healthy.

Source: http://www.behance.net/gallery/LATTINAA-(Latte-in-lattina)/665684

The Design must be tamper-evident and tamper-resistant

Materials/Manufacture

Milk cartons are constructed from polyethylene-coated liquid packaging board

Paperboard can be waxed or coated with polyethylene to form a moisture barrier. This may serve to contain a liquid product or keep a powder dry.

source:http://www.recyclecartons.com/why-juice-box-milk-carton-recycling-matter/

Manufacture

A liquid packaging board might be up to five plies and is formed on a multi-ply paper machine with online coating.

The most common is to use three plies with a basis weight of about 300 g/m².

The base or middle ply is normally made of Pulp from bleached or unbleached chemical pulp, CTMP or broke (waste paper from a paper machine).

CTMP gives more bulk and stiffness. The top ply (inside) is made of bleached chemical pulp.

The barrier coating depends of the application and might be applied on both sides.

The back side of the board is the printing side and might have an extra ply made from chemical pulp of quality that is suitable for the printing applications.

Liquid packages are normally heat sealed.

Cartons filled with short shelf life dairy products use board that are barrier coated on both sides with one layer of low density polyethylene.

For long shelf life products it is common to use aluminium as barrier coating together with polyethylene.

Commonly the plastic coating on the top side is 12 - 20 g/m² and on the reverse side 15 - 60 g/m².^[2]

Liquid packaging board are used for two package types: brick and gable top cartons.

Applications

·         Packaging for beverages. The most common applications are milk and juice box packaging.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_packaging_board

References:

1.  Paulapuro, Hannu (2000). "2". Paper and Board Grades. Papermaking Science and Technology 18. Finland: Fapet OY. pp. 62–64. ISBN 952-5216-18-7
2. ^ ^a b Savolainen, Antti (1998). "6". Paper and Paperboard Converting. Papermaking Science and Technology 12. Finland: Fapet OY. pp. 169–170. ISBN 952-5216-12-8

This is link to some great information about milk packaging and how it's manufactured:

http://www.enotes.com/milk-carton-reference/milk-carton


Here is a YouTube Video explaining the process of: How Milk Cartons are Manufactured:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNbKIc8tD5I

Environmental Information

Refrigerated cartons contain approx 80% paper and 20% polyethylene.

Majority of packaging is made from trees a renewable resource.

By producing sustainable and carbon smart products made mainly from a renewable resource; consumers can wisely select cartons as one of the best package choices to meet their food and environmental needs.

·         Cartons are mainly made from paper. The paper in our cartons comes from growing forests where trees are replaced by new ones and biodiversity is maintained. None of the resources used in our cartons come from old growth trees or rainforests.

·         Cartons are light-weight and have a great product to package ratio. If you choose a product in a carton, you are taking home an average of 94% product and only 6% package.

·         Products packaged in cartons are transportation efficient. In general, the same amount of product can be shipped in fewer trucks. Fewer trucks = less fuel = less green house gas emissions.

·         Big or small, recycle them all! Cartons are recyclable, where collection and facilities exist.

source:http://www.recyclecartons.com/why-juice-box-milk-carton-recycling-matter/

Here is a YouTube Video explaining the process of: How Milk Cartons are Recycled:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaU6AV3fsOM

Feedback Form-Studio Week 4

Name	Peter Calaitzopoulos (z3331400)
Date	27/03/13
Feedback from Peer 1 Alexander Chittenden	-page 3 has is too busy, eliminate a graph +diagram on page  4 is effective and informative
Feedback from Peer 2 Alexander Morris	+milk bottle and obese dot points are graphically interesting -the cross dot points are too large and off theme, try and keep it to 1 or 2 styles only (i.e. just obese dot point)
Feedback from Tutor Simon R.	+- the image on page 2 is great, however try to make the 1962 boy shorter and smaller than the 2012 boy, for emphasis -reverse the red and black on page 2; it’s too hard to read.
Lesson learnt from listening to other Tutors	-make the images on page 3 either all photographs or all cartoons, keep it consistent. Also don’t put a 1990’s TV and a skinny inactive boy -too much text and info on page 5, find out what you really want to say, summarise and communicate.

The Key feedback I received from tutors and peers from the week 4 Studio were:

-Title Page, with subtle name/student number
-Be wary of the path that the eye takes across the page
-Social Issue, have i) Key Statistic ii) intro/analysis iii) No logos, use proper referencing
-Existing Products, highlight the fact that they do not address the social issue
-Design Solution, SELL IT!
-Try and use the negative space effectively to ensure pages do not look busy
-Include inspirations, progression to find concept, TELL STORY
-Set themes, Colours, Branding, composition style

Video Reflection B- The Story of Stuff (Cosmetics,Electronics, Bottled Water)

The Story of Stuff movie with Anne Leonard taught me many things I did not know about consumer goods.

For example, it was shocking to hear, that because of products we use every day, such as electronics and cosmetics, the breast milk of mothers may be contaminated and contain toxic chemicals.

This was a real eye opener, and is useful information to be aware of in my future career as an industrial designer.

TOXINS IN-TOXINS OUT.

This is the first "take-home message" from watching the 'Story of...' movies. Toxic chemicals used in manufacturing materials for products will almost always come back to hinder our health on some way. It is extremely irresponsible of companies to use chemicals that are carcinogens, neurotoxins or reproductive toxins.

This has changed the way I think about personal care products I buy at the super market, and in fact, all products that market themselves as "herbal", "organic" or "natural".

There is also great danger for non-users of the products that we buy containing traces of toxins. As discussed in the movies, much of our waste is shipped to other countries (like India) and incinerated leading to the release of Dioxin in these third world communities. As a designer it is important to be aware of the life of a product once it is disposed of by the user.

DESIGN TO LAST

This is the second important take home message.

The film claims that only a staggering 1% of products are still in use 6 months after purchase, in the USA.

This is something that I find really pathetic; a large majority of goods the USA do not serve a purpose to the user for longer than 6 months.

As an industrial designer, staying away from planned obsolescence is an absolute must. This can ensure that the 25 million tons of e-waste that we produce globally will be reduced over time.

STOP THE WORK, WATCH, SPEND PATTERN.

Over Consumerism, elitist mentalities and spending money we don’t have on things we don’t need to impress people we don’t really like; these are trends in society that must be reversed. Australians spend an average of 2.5 hours a day watching television (according to Better Magazine), and spend millions of dollars annually of meaningless products.

The role the media plays is perceived obsolescence of fashion trends and design styles must be more closely monitored and policed. Strengthening legislation and take back laws for companies is one way to reduce the amount of meaningless products we produce, however, consumer mind sets must also be re-evaluated and customers need to educated and therefore become more aware of the choices they are making when they purchase new products.

Week 3 Studio

My research for the week three studio was primarily focused on the possible forms for a physical activity object, derived from packaging.

The Soccer Ball

A standard soccer balls are made up of 32 panels-12 pentagons and 20 hexagons

The idea here was to re-design the polypropylene takeaway container as packaging made up of pentagons and hexagons

designing lids and bottoms of the packaging out of pentagons and hexagons was also explored

A major issue with these designs is the fact that each individual shade would have to be separated then re-connected to form the ball

Inspired by the Dream Ball by Unplug Design (see previous blog post); I explored the idea of using strips that have been separated from packaging to weave spherical shapes to play with.

 

I believe that a weaving method could prove quite difficult to execute

The next exploration was pre-formed balls, that could package school snacks as well as serve for physical activity.

When twisted, the two hemispheres are separated and the food within may be accessed. After consumption the hemispheres re-twist and lock so that the ball can be used for activity.

Packaging is unbuttoned, food accessed, packaging  buttoned up and used as  ball

Food accessed and consumed, hollow packaging then filled with tap water to enhance rigidity

Incorporating nets of spherical polygons onto the packaging of school snack could enable the formations of balls to play with.

 Sphere

 

 

Icosidodecahedron

Dodecahedron

Frisbee

I also did some explorations into constructing a Frisbee from packaging.

This would be a pre-formed Frisbee that acts as a lid for packaging.

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This model shows how a throwing star Frisbee can initially acts as a packaging for containing school snacks.

The collapsible features in this bowl from Sea to Summit could also be applied to packaging for school snacks and also swerve as a Frisbee for activity

Name	Peter Calaitzopoulos (z3331400)
Date	20/03/13
Feedback from Peer 1 Constance Docos	+ form  constructed from pentagon/triangle nets was impressive -Models didn’t really communicate weaving
Feedback from Peer 2 Gizem Kurangil	-Throwing star too dangerous for children -button/unbutton preformed ball has complications like: loosing the button, kicking ball with food inside
Feedback from Tutor Simon R.	-focus on 1 package and 1 type of food -go to supermarket, pick soft drink or muesli bar or chips, don’t try to package everything -really think about packaging healthy or unhealthy foods -try to change mindsets f both children and parents (consumers and customers)
Lesson learnt from listening to other Tutors	-stay away from promoting unhealthy foods -look into materials that can be kicked and dropped and jumped on without being destroyed.

Packaging Serving a Second Life.

This intelligent re-use packaging from Unplug Design is really on point with what I am trying to achieve through my packaging for obese children.

Unplug, a South Korean design studio has designed aid boxes that can easily be transformed into balls for children (and adults) to play with once the aid is received.

The size of the box determines the size of the ball and that material is soft enough for children to kick with their bare feet or catch with their bare hands. 

Truly inspiring design.

Concept- Packaging that Encourages Physical Activity

The concept pretty much is food packaging for children, that folds/

forms/morphs into a product promoting physical activities, e.g. a soccer

ball, a handball, a vortex, a Frisbee.

The idea is, through a series of folds; create a toy of some sort out of

packaging, thus promoting a healthier lifestyle.

There are two directions, 

1. packaging for healthy or neutral foods

2. packaging for unhealthy and high on kilo joules foods e.g. chips, 

chocolates, things with lots of sugars and fats.

Labels on the packaging would include instructions, nutritional information

and perhaps a recommended minimum play time.

e.g. after eating these chips(consuming these kilojoules), play with this Frisbee for at least 15min

Social issues are obesity and nutrition education.

An extension of this concept is to make a father-son or parent-child

packaging, with correct portion sizes, that fold into a throw and catch

game or something, for obese families.