18 photos of excessive and pointless packaging
What is it with companies that use so much unnecessary packaging? Just check out this ludicrous selection!
Packaging design is obviously subject to well-defined purposes. However, some companies go way over the top when it comes to their packaging, often for purely marketing purposes.
Here are 18 photos of packaging that takes things to a whole new level.
1. And it only contains a tiny card
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2. And yet their own packaging contains plastic
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3. "Thoughtfully"... Really?
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4. All this to protect a purse
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5. They ordered 500 and each one came in its own bag
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6. It could have fitted in a large envelope
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7. And this in a smaller envelope!
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8. Packaging vs product size
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9. Another individual packaging horror
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10. For a handful of radish seeds
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11. For just 3 dates?
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12. Big box for a little box
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13. So much packaging that it took 2 deliveries
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14. Pretending to be eco-friendly
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15. Oh where to begin
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16. Was putting it all in one box too much to ask?
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17. Individually-sold olives
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18. The cat says it all
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