Eco Lettuce Package Hana Nui: ʻEke Meaʻai, Ipu Ulu Mea Kanu by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang

Eco Lettuce Package Hana Nui: ʻEke Meaʻai, Ipu Ulu Mea Kanu by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā ʻUhi Competition Category.

KeleaweʻUhi· 2020

Eco Lettuce Package Hana Nui: ʻEke Meaʻai, Ipu Ulu Mea Kanu

by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang

Client: University of Nottingham Ningbo China

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in ʻUhi Category

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The Design

About Eco Lettuce Package Hana Nui: ʻEke Meaʻai, Ipu Ulu Mea Kanu

Kikokikona Puke: ʻO Eco Lettuce Package he ʻeke meaʻai i lilo pū i ipu ulu no ka lettuce. Hoʻomau ka lettuce lau i ka hoʻohua ʻana i nā lau hou ke hoʻoinuia mau ʻia ma hope o ke ʻoki ʻana. ʻAi ʻia nā lau a mālama ʻia nā aʻa. A laila hoʻohuli ʻia ke ʻeke, hoʻokomo ʻia ka wai a me ka pepa wahi, a ulu aʻe ka mea kanu ma waena o nā puka. Hiki ke ʻohi hou ʻia i loko o kekahi mau pule. Hana ʻia ka pepa wahi mai ka pepa hana hou ʻia a hāʻawi ia i ka mea kanu. Hana ʻia ka ipu mai ka PLA, he plastik i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka ʻamu mea kanu, a hoʻokala ʻia ma ke ʻano vacuum forming.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Eco Lettuce Package Hana Nui: ʻEke Meaʻai, Ipu Ulu Mea Kanu i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Eco Lettuce Package Hana Nui: ʻEke Meaʻai, Ipu Ulu Mea Kanu he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Eco Lettuce Package Hana Nui: ʻEke Meaʻai, Ipu Ulu Mea Kanu i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Dimensions & Packaging: Diameter 170mm x Height 175mm
Tags: Sustainable, Recycled package, Eco-friendly, Package Design, Food Package, Concept Design
Production 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.
Design 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.
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.
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.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2018 in Ningbo, and finished in December.
Operation Flow: 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.
Team Members: Designer: NING SUN
Advisor: Xu SUN, Bingjian Liu, Ying Jiang, Mohan Li
Image Credits: Ning Sun