Comments on: Imitating Nature: Japanese packaging design http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/03/05/imitating-nature-japanese-packaging-design/ Lost At E Minor: For creative people Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Rochelle http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/03/05/imitating-nature-japanese-packaging-design/#comment-92218 Rochelle Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:02:11 +0000 http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/03/05/imitating-nature-japanese-packaging-design/#comment-92218 The Japanese always seems to find ways of incorporating art in packaging. Its so simple and yet so beautiful. Eco-friendly too. In the northern parts of Luzon Island in the Philippines, there is a delicacy known as binungay. It is also sweet glutinous rice cooked inside a bamboo stalk. In order to eat it, the bamboo needs to be "hacked". There is also another traditional food that is served and often sold in empty coconut husks. Its called Kalamay. Great article. Love the eggs. Sincerely, Rochelle abc-packaging.com The Japanese always seems to find ways of incorporating art in packaging. Its so simple and yet so beautiful. Eco-friendly too. In the northern parts of Luzon Island in the Philippines, there is a delicacy known as binungay. It is also sweet glutinous rice cooked inside a bamboo stalk. In order to eat it, the bamboo needs to be “hacked”. There is also another traditional food that is served and often sold in empty coconut husks. Its called Kalamay.

Great article. Love the eggs.

Sincerely,
Rochelle
abc-packaging.com

]]> By: Gary http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/03/05/imitating-nature-japanese-packaging-design/#comment-91602 Gary Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:18:44 +0000 http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/03/05/imitating-nature-japanese-packaging-design/#comment-91602 Very interesting. Over here in Malaysia, many of the traditional delicacies are wonderfully wrapped like a "ketupat" which is rice (occasionally glutinous rice) wrapped in a woven palm leaf/bamboo leaf pouch which is then boiled or steamed. I totally agree with Oka that the packaging is 'born out of necessity meant to preserve food and make it easily portable, made of whatever material found at hand in the rural areas of their origin.' I really like his egg-packaging. It looks very decorative as well as being functional at the same time. Very interesting. Over here in Malaysia, many of the traditional delicacies are wonderfully wrapped like a “ketupat” which is rice (occasionally glutinous rice) wrapped in a woven palm leaf/bamboo leaf pouch which is then boiled or steamed.

I totally agree with Oka that the packaging is ‘born out of necessity meant to preserve food and make it easily portable, made of whatever material found at hand in the rural areas of their origin.’ I really like his egg-packaging. It looks very decorative as well as being functional at the same time.

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