Press Release
Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Eco Lettuce Package Multifunctional Food Packaging in Packaging Design
Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Eco Lettuce Package Multifunctional Food Packaging by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang, designed for University of Nottingham Ningbo China. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Eco Lettuce Package Multifunctional Food Packaging
Eco Lettuce Package is a food package that also serves as a growing container for lettuce. Leaf lettuce continues to produce new leaves when watered regularly after trimming. The leaves are eaten and the roots are kept. The package is then turned over, water and the wrapping paper are added, and the plant grows through the holes. A second harvest is possible within several weeks. The wrapping paper is made of recycled paper and supplies nutrition. The container is made of PLA, a plant starch based plastic, and is shaped by vacuum forming.
Award Record
Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Packaging Design Award
The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. Awarded packaging designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/packaging
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/87303
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/87303
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!87303
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/251151
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Eco Lettuce Package Multifunctional Food Packaging
- Function
- Multifunctional Food Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Silver, Gainsboro, Olive Drab, Dark Olive Green and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- University of Nottingham Ningbo China
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #87303
Credits
- Team
- NING SUN and Xu SUN, Bingjian Liu, Ying Jiang, Mohan Li
- Image Credits
- Ning Sun
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Eco-lettuce package is a solution for consumers to continue eating lettuce. It is not only a package but also a lettuce growing container. Leaf-lettuce can continue growing to produce leaves if regularly watered after trimming. Flip the lettuce package and grow the trimmed lettuce. It is able to harvest a second, good-tasting lettuce with several weeks. The wrapping paper can provide plants with nutrition. This new package is sustainable, environment-friendly.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the lettuce growth process. Leaf-lettuce can continue growing to produce leaves if regularly watered after trimming. This unique feature can make people grow lettuce by themself instead buying vegetables all the time.
- Research
- We produce 133 billion pounds food per year but about one third of food we produce is not consumed but throw away, it takes a ton of resources(Water, labor, oil and land energy) to produce food. Furthermore, this wasted food is a huge contributor to climate change. when it decomposes, it isn't just stinky. It releases potent greenhouse gases such as methane. Especially vegetables waste, we trow away 60% packaged lettuce. If we buy a lettuce and can continually plant and eat them easily that could be a solution to lighten the environment pressure.
- Challenge
- The function of packaging the lettuce and be a plant growing container will influence the appearance. The shape of package have been test to find the best solution to satisfy these 2 functions.
- Realization and Technology
- The material of package is PLA, a plastic substitute made from fermented plant starch plastic which is environmental-friendly material. The package can be manufactured by vacuums forming. The wrapping paper is made by recycling paper which absorbs plant nutrition.
- Operation and Interaction
- The lettuce is alive before it is shipped to the customer. Users can eat the leaves part and keep the roots. Flip the package, add the water and nutrition paper and grow the lettuce through the holes. After several weeks users can get three new lettuce.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2018 in Ningbo, and finished in December.
- Specifications
- Diameter 170mm x Height 175mm
- Keywords
- Sustainable, Recycled package, Eco-friendly, Package Design, Food Package, Concept Design
