Eco Lettuce Package Ambalaj Alimentar, Recipient pentru Cultivarea Plantelor by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang

Eco Lettuce Package Ambalaj Alimentar, Recipient pentru Cultivarea Plantelor by Ning Sun, Xu Sun, Binjian Liu and Ying Jiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronz in Design de Ambalaje Competition Category.

BronzAmbalaje· 2020

Eco Lettuce Package Ambalaj Alimentar, Recipient pentru Cultivarea Plantelor

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

Client: University of Nottingham Ningbo China

A' Design Award de Bronz Winner in Ambalaje Category

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The Design

About Eco Lettuce Package Ambalaj Alimentar, Recipient pentru Cultivarea Plantelor

Eco Lettuce Package este un ambalaj alimentar care servește și drept recipient pentru cultivarea salatei verzi. Salata verde de tip frunze continuă să producă frunze noi atunci când este udată regulat după tăiere. Frunzele sunt consumate, iar rădăcinile sunt păstrate. Ambalajul este apoi întors, se adaugă apă și hârtia de ambalaj, iar planta crește prin orificii. O a doua recoltă este posibilă în câteva săptămâni. Hârtia de ambalaj este realizată din hârtie reciclată și oferă nutrienți. Recipientul este fabricat din PLA, un plastic pe bază de amidon vegetal, și este modelat prin termoformare în vid.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronz

Eco Lettuce Package Ambalaj Alimentar, Recipient pentru Cultivarea Plantelor a câștigat A' Design Award de Bronz, o recunoaștere extrem de prestigioasă acordată designurilor remarcabile care se disting prin creativitate, ingeniozitate și istețime. Câștigătorii Bronzului sunt artefacte din plin pricepute și izbitor de creative, care atestă experiența vastă, imaginația și resursele designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Eco Lettuce Package Ambalaj Alimentar, Recipient pentru Cultivarea Plantelor să fie un obiect foarte apreciat, admirat și prețuit, remarcabil de profesionist și inovator. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Bronz încorporează cele mai bune practici din artă, știință, design și tehnologie și este excelent prin atenția la detalii. Eco Lettuce Package Ambalaj Alimentar, Recipient pentru Cultivarea Plantelor satisface splendid nevoile, atinge dorințele, vrăjește sentimentele și stârnește curiozitatea.

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