Eco Lettuce Package Te Kōpaki Kai, Ipu Whakatipu Tipu by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang

Eco Lettuce Package Te Kōpaki Kai, Ipu Whakatipu Tipu by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Takai Competition Category.

ParahiTakai· 2020

Eco Lettuce Package Te Kōpaki Kai, Ipu Whakatipu Tipu

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

Client: University of Nottingham Ningbo China

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Takai Category

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The Design

About Eco Lettuce Package Te Kōpaki Kai, Ipu Whakatipu Tipu

He kōpaki kai a Eco Lettuce Package, ā, ka noho hoki hei ipu whakatipu mā te raihi. Ka tipu tonu ngā rau hōu o te raihi rau ina whakamakukutia ā-wā i muri i te tapahitanga. Ka kainga ngā rau, ā, ka pupurihia ngā pakiaka. Kātahi ka hurihia te kōpaki, ka tāpiritia te wai me te pepa takai, ā, ka tipu te tipu mā ngā kōhao. Ka taea te kohikohi tuarua i roto i ētahi wiki. He mea hanga te pepa takai mai i te pepa hangaia anōtia, ā, ka homai e ia te kai mō te tipu. He mea hanga te ipu mai i te PLA, he kirihou i ahu mai i te punga tipu, ā, ka whakaahuatia mā te whakaahua tāpapa hau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Eco Lettuce Package Te Kōpaki Kai, Ipu Whakatipu Tipu te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Eco Lettuce Package Te Kōpaki Kai, Ipu Whakatipu Tipu he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Eco Lettuce Package Te Kōpaki Kai, Ipu Whakatipu Tipu i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

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