For the average consumer, food packaging is nothing more than a necessary evil to keep their produce safe. Food containers aren't there to be admired or appreciated, and it'll end up in the recycle bin just as soon as the box or package is empty. But as you can see from these intuitive and innovative food package designs of cool products, that doesn't have to be the case.
Compiled by Bored Panda, the list below contains a wealth of cool ideas to change the way you think about packaging design, from yogurt lids that turn into spoons to origami beer bottle labels and egg boxes made of compressed hay. Which one of these creative ideas do you think is the cleverest? Let us know in the comments below, and don't forget to vote for your favorite cool designs.
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Goldfish Tea Bags
This Wooden Wine Case Can Be Turned Into A Birdhouse
In the name of mother nature and for the sake of birds, I shall become an alcoholic 😂😂😂
Pasta Nikita Packaging
This has been done MANY times before. I think at least 10% of first-semester Graphic Design students have done a package like this.
Flowering Tea Bags
I bought my mom a pack of very expensive flowering teabags (not this particular brand) and they did NOT look like the pictures on the packaging. They showed dainty flowers floating on top of the tea - what you got was what looked like a giant drowned spider on a string #floweringteamyass
6 Servings Of Italian Spaghetti
Pizza Fingers
Milk Carton Changes Color When It Gets Closer To The Expiry Date
Really bad idea. Imagine these cartons in stores, all altered with varying sizes of this "warning" colour. It is a spoilage indicator, and even 10% of it on a carton is enough to make customers cringe and walk away from it.
Peanut Bag
Chocolates Like A Set Of Oil Paints
Sustainable Egg Boxes Made Of Hay That Is Heat-pressed Into Carton Shapes
Honey Package Made Of Beeswax, Wich Can Be Burnt Down As A Candle, Making It Completely Waste Free
Chip Can Which Blooms Into A Bowl
Packed Like Sardines, Sardine Packaging
Dino Ice / Fruit Ice Lolly
Clever Cookie Packaging Concept
A lot of packaging for 18 cookies. Why do they need spacer between them? Without they could pack the double amount of cookies inside.
Honey Made By Bees
I'm more of a Honey Made By Praying Mantises guy, but this will do i guess...
Egg Box "Toaster"
Parmesan Pencils
Popcorn Packaging That Pops-Up Into A Little Bowl When Popcorn Is Ready
Jam Packaging
This Yogurt Lid Can Be Folded Into A Little Spoon
Remember this invention, you will see it next time in FAIL section where products go after user testing. Did anyone ever seen a clean under side of a yogurt cup? And this is supposed to keep your fingers clean as, you know, spoons are supposed to.
The Pizza Box That Turns Into A Projector
By the shape of the box, I suspect there is a separate compartment for the phone so it doesn't come in contact with the greasy bits where the pizza is. Still, it seems a little silly since it probably doesn't produce good resolution and most people have a TV to watch stuff on. Impractical but kitschy and will likely appeal to B movie culture fans.
Pasta Packaging
Squishable Wine Box Lets You Squeeze Wine Until The Last Drop
French Fries Box With A Pocket For Ketchup
Lightbulb Spice Jars & Coasters
Marais Piano Cake Packaging
The Most Honest Chocolate Tablet
Tea Hangers
Fruit Juice Packaging
Cookie Packaging Turns Into A Mask
Top For Coffee Cup
Mooncake
Wine Bottle Based Around The Concept Of Wine As The Blood
Teabag Coasters
I like that the wrapper keeps the used bag from making a mess when you set it aside. Practical and cute and since it's compressed paper, you can also toss it in the compost pile. The absorbed tea is good for plants, too, so will be even better for the compost pile. I like to put my spent tea bags right in the garden or in a potted plant.
Butter! Better!
Gnome Bread Packaging
Instant Noodle Packing Box
seems good in theory, but in practice i bet all that stuff does not stay in there well.
Fast Food Packaging
Isn't the burger getting cold (colder!) by the minute as long as there's ice in the coke under there?
Packaging For Pistachio Nuts. Inside Tray Holds Pistachios But The Outer Part Separates And Becomes A Tray For The Shells
Mini Olive-Oil Packages
While I like the concept, I forsee much waste. Same problem as K-cups...
Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonnaise
Not a bad idea at all. And it'd probably be way more easy to open then the little plastic ones.
Sushi To-Go Box With Chopsticks Instead Of The Handle
Green Berry Tea
So many of the tea bags features on this page are stunning, but obviously are best suited to transparent cups.
Happy Pills
Fit Buns High Protein: Bread
Super Hot Sauce
Loco - Mad Wine
Origami Beer
Beijing Buffet Fortune Cookies
Beeloved Honey
NYC Spaghetti
Honey Hive
Honey Packaging Design Funny Honey. After Folded Can Be Turned Into A Checkers Chessboard
Cookie Break
Beehive Honey Squares
Wine Bottle Packaging That Creates Two Drinking Glasses
Meat Packaging With A Freshness Indicator
That would generate much more food spillage. Everyone want fresh food and no one buys the ones with the indicator turning blue
Spine Vodka
Bottle With A Hidden Message
Packaging For Sushi
Coffee Cups With Altering Emotions
Oranges Packed Like Carrots
Portable Dog Food Packaging Which Provides A Limited Supply Of Food And A Food Bowl
Just Laid
Cup Of Fame Tea Bags
Tallinn Doors Chocolate
Square Jam Jars Designed To Look Like Nail Polish
Bottle Which Can Be Used As A Dumbbell
Point After Point Wine Bottles
Kohberg, “Support The Breasts” Bread Packaging
Noble Rey Brewery Co. Cans
Stir Then Squeeze – Instant Coffee Stick
Shouldn't you squeeze and then stir? It seems an easier way of letting the milk mix with the coffee...
Mountain Milk
Churros With A Container For Chocolate Sauce
This Bottle Of Wine Lets You Paint Your Own Wine Label Using Wine
Sunflower Seeds Package
Rainy Seasons Herbs & Vegetables
Sweet-Tooth Snacks
Elizabeth Etzel, it say the label in Russian( I am Russian) or maybe Polish(its similar to Russian) then you can buy in that area.
Whisky Heart Chocolate Packaging Design
Møller/barnekow
Noodles
Vesuvio Pizzeria
Monster Candy
Sustainable Expanding Bowl. Just Add Hot Water
Doritos Packaging Concept
Landmine Ketchup
Let's grab a sandwich and remember those who lost their limbs in one of those 89 countries.
Coca-Cola Cups
Japanese Pastry Packaging
Choco & Co Packaging Based On The Material Of A City
The Future Of Pickles From Granny
Jup, just add more plastic to a time-proven concept with glass and tin lid.
El Buscador Wine
This Pastry Bag Has A Cutout For Condiments So They Don't Get Greasy
Honey Packaging For Klein Constantia Farm
Blossom Cava Sparkling Wine
Christmas Tea
Milk Nature
Trident Gum
Zen Garden Rock Chocolate Packaging Lets You Relax While Raking The Sand
aww if only it wasn't chocolate, i would buy it, would have been great with rock candy~
Garrett Popcorn
Spice Kit
Quick Fruit
Toss - Gourmet Pizza By The Slice
Black Market Goods - Beer
Juicy Juice Boxes
Pinky's Sausages
Egg Packaging
Pastry Box With Built-In Coffee Holder
Lunch Box
The Unusual Light Bulb Shaped Bottle Is A Nice Reference To The Energy-giving Properties Of The Drink
Candy Movable Types
Hot Lava
Packaging Design For A Fun And Twisted Bubble Gum Brand. Beneath The Cutesy Exterior Lies An Unexpected Twist: Removing The Outer Box Reveals The Skeleton Of Each “Bum”
Teapee | Amerindian Herbal Teas
Playful Candy Packaging
“City Harvest” – Empty Stomach Bag
Tall Dark Chocolate
Olio D'oliva
And after that one use you'll need to dispose of this sticky piece of oil soaked paper
Spanish Ibérico Ham Packaging
Blood Energy Potion
Controlled Potato Chips
Wine That Comes With A Fun Game
Nespresso X Calisson Coffee Kit
Corona Greek Olive Oil
Leuven Beer Packaging
Smirnoff Caipiroska
Fazer Vilpuri
Soy Drink
Minnamame
Fresh Fish Pack
Kiss – Fruit And Vegetable Puree
Hyazint - Fair Mineral Water Range
Happy And Sweet Calendar
Black Oil
Food Packages Where The Packaging Has The Same Short Life Span As The Foods They Contain
That sounds... more disasterous for kitchen messes than anything...
Honey Packaging
Flying Honey
The Tulip
Bottle Doubles As A Photo Prop
It's done for ages... as movie pros even... Just look on you****.com or ****hub.com.
Bottle Of Wine That You Can Draw On
It's the 🍷 's taste that's important, not the activity with the bottle.
Meat Packaging
How sweet. A cube shaped pig. And snouts all over the plastic wrapping. Are those ground snouts?
Quintessence
Break Fast
I've been expecting a granola bar. I wonder how many people made that mistake when actually buying it.
Define The Difference
Cacao Barry Conduru
Why are they going back to excessive packaging?? Even if it's plastic, not paper... the use of plastic instead of trees 🌲 we pollute the oceans!! Think first!!
Devout. Champagne
Shiawase Banana
Aqua Woody Surf Car
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Mouth Paint, Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Package
Chocolate
Addict Chocolate
Fish & Rice Rice Packaging
Caramela Chocolate Package
Sweetmas - Tiny Christmas Eve Table
Harvey Milk
Porkinson
Mr. Chocolate
Interactive Cans
I know most of these are projects from design schools, but I'm not sure all of the students passed the final.
Extrem Deluxe
Koco Chocolate
In the UK we used to have a jewellery retailer that had been around for decades called Ratners, that was until the CEO of the company actually called his stock s**t in front of the media who were recording. Hence they went bust pretty quick and job losses ensued. The guys remind me for some reason of him.
Colgate Max Night: Pizza Box
smart and clever packaging ideas that surely get to the point but i perceive most of them as not-so-cheap, and also, some look very environmental unfriendly... this needs corroboration though
Agree, a lot of them just seem clever for cleverness's sake, and not actually all that practical to mass produce or even mass consume.
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smart and clever packaging ideas that surely get to the point but i perceive most of them as not-so-cheap, and also, some look very environmental unfriendly... this needs corroboration though
Agree, a lot of them just seem clever for cleverness's sake, and not actually all that practical to mass produce or even mass consume.
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