packaging
Design
All Barcodes Should Be This Creative
12:59AM Mark Wilson | There’s no reason for barcodes to be so drab and utilitarian when the sky’s the limit. More »
Robots
Someone Stop The Fastest Robot Packager In The World At Once
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | For some reason, I can’t stop looking at the frenzy Adept Quattro robopackager, which reaches more than 300 cycles per minute. Go to 1:30 to see running at full speed. Must. Close. Window.[Adept via RobotBuzz via Botjunkie]
Gadgets
Four Old Gadgets We Love (And Four We Hate)
6:20AM Anna Jane Grossman | Anna Jane Grossman, author of Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By, has compiled a special short list for Giz readers, four things we’ll really miss, and four we’re glad are gone. (She’s pictured below, not above.) More »
Design
Original Snow Leopard Was Too Blood Thirsty For Mac OS X Box
10:10PM Jesus Diaz | Yes, I’m obsessed with the new Mac OS X box. But I treated the poor snow leopard badly. This is not a clipart pussy cat. This is one serious blood thirsty beast who was censored by Apple. Spot the difference: More »
Software
8 Years Of Great Mac OS X Box Design End In A Stupid Clip Art Cat
2:40AM Jesus Diaz | Mac OS X Snow Leopard leaked box is real. And painful to watch. What happened to eight years of great packaging design? Are ideas running so low in Cupertino that they had to grab a cat from a clip art package? More »
Music
Zune HD Box Spotted In The Wild
9:15AM Dan Nosowitz | According to a Twitter tipster, this right here is the official Zune HD packaging. It’s pretty much the same as previous Zune boxes, but with colour, because the Zune HD is the rainbow of the Zune family. [Twitter via Engadget]
Peripherals
HP Ships Power Cord In Giant Box With Attached Pallet
8:30AM Dan Nosowitz | If you get a package this size, reinforced with a damn wooden pallet, your first thought is probably that you’ve accidentally received, say, six laptops, or a fridge or a mid-sized sedan. But you’d be wrong. More »
Random Stuff
New Winner Of The “Worst Shipping Practices” Award
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | It’s a competitive category, trust me. We’ve seen some pretty ridiculous abuses of packaging and shipping in our day. But this one’s great, especially since the box is upside-down and sort of crushed-looking. Congratulations to the winner loser. [Geekologie]
Gadgets
Thoughtful Packaging
9:20AM Jason Chen | Toothpaste for Dinner has a take on the ridiculous packaging phenomenon, where Amazon (or whoever) sends you a box that you can shove a toddler into for an SD card. [Toothpaste For Dinner via Consumerist] More »
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