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Great Moments in Packaging: No 6 – Block bottom bags
It’s amazing how you can find an interesting story behind the most everyday objects. Take brown paper bags, for example – you can go with which ever type you think of first, the flat, envelope-type paper bag or the gusseted block bottom bag, because this story is about how weRead More›
Great Moments in Packaging: No 5 – Bubble Wrap
We all love bubble wrap. Go on, who can honestly say they’ve never spent a pleasant ten or fifteen minutes popping the bubbles on a sheet that’s arrived wrapped around a present or purchase? Exactly; and if you’re like me, you’ll do it before you use whatever it was itRead More›
Popular Packaging Items No 2: Corner and Edge Protection
When we start stocking or selling new packaging materials, it’s my job to write about them for our website. That means that I need to make sure that a product’s functions and features are as clearly stated as possible, and all its advantages spelt out so any potential buyer canRead More›
Great Moments in Packaging: No 4 – Spring Scales
You might think that the advent of computers and microchip technology had rendered the good old spring scale redundant, but direct descendants of the device first invented about 250 years ago are still very much in common use. And while modern day industrial weighing scales may not actually use springs,Read More›
Creative With Cardboard: Cardboard cities
We could do a whole series about what British artist Chris Gilmour is able to achieve with cardboard boxes. His website shows cars, wheelchairs, typewriters, microscopes, dentist chairs and statues of Queen Victoria, all lovingly and stunningly constructed out of what many people consign to the recycling bin without aRead More›