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Modular Tea Gift Boxes

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Ken Lo's Tea Packaging Design is Modular and Patchwork-Like

— July 7, 2013 — Lifestyle
This beautiful Chinese tea packaging by Ken Lo can be reconfigured in a number of ways. The boxes are made up of rectangles, rhombuses and triangles that can be arranged to form larger shapes. The modular boxes are perfect for making gift boxes of all sizes. This is perfect for controlling the amount of tea gifted, depending on how much of a tea drinker the recipient is.

This project for Polytrade explore the uses of its 'Astrobright' papers. In addition to the variances in shape, Lo's design varies in color. When the boxes are assembled together, they look like beautiful pieces of patchwork. On top of this, the boxes have gold embossed patterns that make stunning accents to the boxes, whichever way they are arranged.
Trend Themes
1. Modular Packaging - The trend towards modular and customizable packaging design opens up potential for creative solutions in product presentation.
2. Customizable Gift-giving - The trend towards modular and customizable gift-giving opens up potential for targeted solutions to individual and personalized needs.
3. Creative Use of Materials - The trend towards creative use of materials in packaging design opens up potential for unique and sustainable solutions worth exploring.
Industry Implications
1. Food and Beverages - Opportunities for enhancing targeted marketing and product differentiation through customizable packaging are available for the food and beverage industry.
2. Gift and Crafts - The modular and creative design of packaging boxes allow for flexibility in creating gift sets that appeal to a wider consumer base, which could benefit the gift and crafts industry.
3. Paper Industry - The growing trend towards environmentally sustainable and innovative product packaging offers a huge potential for the paper industry to develop new solutions for packaging design using recyclable and cost-effective materials.
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