Packaging design concept calls for return

Packaging is the final procedure for converting a product into a product and selling it. It is a design of the structure and appearance of the product's container and its packaging, so that it has a housing that is consistent with its content when it is shipped and sold. The moving image is designed to suit people's needs.

The mediocre design dimmed the merchandise, and the excellent packaging made the merchandise shine, increased the added value, and stimulated the consumer's desire to purchase. It is a silent advertisement with a clear promotional effect. The ultimate goal is to influence the concept and behavior of consumers, establish a brand image, and win a marketing strategy. Products need packaging, companies need packaging, and even people need packaging, so the word “packaging” has a broader meaning, it makes the product perfect, it is the perfect embodiment, it also began to bring utilitarian colors, so began Become less real.

In the first sense, packaging should first provide products with protective functions in the production field, secondly provide convenient functions for products in the circulation field, and finally provide sales functions for products in the sales field. The ancients used bamboo and clay as containers for storing articles, which was also the original packaging. In the modern business community, the competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Packaging has to play such an important functional role. Therefore, manufacturers and merchants attach great importance to the image of packaging. Packaging designers also have the opportunity to flex their muscles. The continuous change of materials and the constant updating of technology have all made great progress in packaging design. In fact, a careful analysis will reveal how much luxury the existing packaging is in terms of materials and circulation. When the product becomes a commodity and becomes an item for consumers, too much waste has already occurred. Any kind of packaging cannot escape the destiny of becoming a waste. Some people claim that there is no packaging, but this will bring many problems to the circulation of goods. Escape is not a solution. As a designer and producer of packaging, you should think about why packaging design is.

Let us return to the origin of the protective function. The main function of packaging is to protect the goods, and secondly to beautify the goods and convey information. Therefore, the choice of packaging materials is an important step directly related to the protection of the goods. It is a special garment that wraps food and supplies. After long-distance transportation, it becomes a commodity on the shelf, and reduces the rate of breakage of goods during long-distance transportation. The packaging is divided into transportation packaging and sales packaging. A reasonable modeling structure can make the packaging play its own role in transportation and sales.

Paper is the most widely used packaging material. The shape of paper is also ever-changing and can be molded into various forms to protect products. The structure of the carton pack directly affects the product's stress conditions and the convenience of transport. Taking the structure of the bottom part of the most common square carton, the lock type and the automatic type are the most common ones. The main advantage of the lock type is that the structure is simple and the bottom picture is complete, but the load bearing capacity is inferior to the automatic type. Only small and light products can be loaded, and the automatic box bottom locks the bottom of the box due to the tension generated by overlapping paper sheets. This type of box can withstand strong gravity and is mostly used for large-scale packaging, but the production process is relatively complicated. Some toilet boxes are designed to take into account the fragile nature of the product, designers use a trapezoidal structure to ensure the stability of the transport and storage, to prevent the product from being turned upside down, this package design is set handling, supply, stacking, open The integration of functions into one unit fully embodies the protective function of packaging in the transportation and sales process.

Another example is a box for packaging plants, made of corrugated paper, which can accommodate 35 plant pots. Plants do not affect each other and are easy to transport. It is also a very good display rack. The point of returning to the protective function is to select suitable materials and design a reasonable structure so as to give the material the energy to protect the goods, provide convenience for the transport of goods, and truly achieve the purpose of protecting the goods, instead of following the so-called ethos. To catch up with the trend of materials, new things are not necessarily the best. Designers must make correct, objective, and comprehensive judgments according to the actual situation in order to design a package that can effectively protect the goods.

Let us return to the origin of the convenience function. The reason why the product needs packaging is that it can solve the problems of distribution and display of products in the circulation process, convenience and reasonableness in the use process. The sturdy outer packaging can ensure the safe transportation of the product, and the compact structure of the small package can also bring a functional breakthrough to the product.

Japanese designer Dacong Zhuo also brought a lot of surprises to consumers in the redesign of the cigarette box. Taking into account the fact that most smokers will smoke outside while not carrying their ashtrays, he combines the two on the same package. It seems that the extra pouches on the side have an undeniable contribution and can not only contain soot. , You can also firmly lock the ash by folding to reduce air pollution. The nuanced transformation of humanity brings a lot of convenience to consumers. This is a functional breakthrough caused by the structure. Outer packaging provides goods with the convenience of transportation and display, and the shape of the container directly affects the user's convenience.

In 1915, the redesigned Coca-Cola streamlined bottle was the classic shape of the container design, smooth curves create a comfortable feel. The American professional industrial design master Simon Rowe thought this was the perfect design and improved it in 1954. Until today, the shape of the curve has continued to evolve, applying to a wider range of fields, such as children's bath supplies, applying the curved shape of Coca-Cola glass bottles to plastic bottles, which is more suitable for children's hands, plus the use of plastics. The elastic characteristics are more convenient to use. The point of returning to convenience is to design a reasonable packaging structure, create a comfortable container shape, more effectively protect the product, and make more rational use of the product. This also requires us to have a better understanding of the nature of the product itself and its use. Life is the best way.

Let us return to the origin of sales functionality. With suitable materials and sophisticated structures, does it mean that the functionality of the package has been solved and the answer is no. Packaging must also pass on the product's information and functional value to consumers. Different commodities have different characteristics, which are determined by factors such as the image, performance, use, and sales target of the product. When common goods are put together, what the designer wants to do is to highlight the personality of different brands. This is what we call market positioning. Personality is based on commonality. Only by deep understanding of corporate culture, strict understanding of product characteristics, and continuous innovation of color layout can we make products stand out in similar products and bring pleasing to people. Different beauty. There is a design, the image of the mint leaf in the package is more clear that this is a group of plant aromatherapy drugs, simple layout, clear text to make consumers at a glance at the product category, packaging has become always at the forefront Silent salesman.

Increasing living standards have led people to become more and more critical of goods. The market economy has shortened the cycle of commodities. The competition between manufacturers in similar products has become increasingly day by day. The price war has forced businesses to continuously update their products and constantly change packaging. In order to beat competitors, some products have even been covered by packaging. The real function and value. So the packaging is also marked with cultural features, become personalized, but the empty words can not express the attributes of the product, gorgeous appearance can not cover the rough quality, packaging at some point evolved into the protection of poor quality products. The point of returning to the point of sale is to allow consumers to really understand the products and related information in the package. It is to help the manufacturer fully display the advantages of the product. This requires us designers to treat each design carefully, not to use luxury. The appearance deceives consumers and does not become an accomplice to unscrupulous merchants.