Packaging and Merchandising Design - Exercise 1
22/09/25 - 6/09/2025 (Week 1 - Week 3)
Anggia Tsani Rachmadiyanti, (0368487)
Packaging & Merchandising Design / MER60104 / Bachelor in Design
(Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Exercise 1 - Packaging Design Analysis
Content List:
- Instructions & Brief
- Lecture notes
- Class Exercise
- Exercise 1 - Packaging Design Analysis
- Feedback
- Reflection
Module Brief:
Exercise 1 Instructions:
Overview: Choose FOUR (4) products (box, bottle, can,
and tube) in the market that you believe have poor packaging
design. Ensure the product is readily available for
purchase.
For each 4, write:
Product Analysis: Conduct a thorough analysis of the
existing packaging design. Identify the specific shortcomings
and challenges in the current packaging. Consider factors such
as functionality, aesthetics, sustainability, target audience,
and branding when evaluating a product.
Market Research: Investigate the target market for
each product and assess how the current packaging aligns with
the expectations and preferences of the target
audience.
Competitor Analysis: Research and analyze the
packaging designs of competing products in the same category.
Identify trends and best practices in packaging design within
this product/packaging category.
Lecture Notes:
- None yet
Class exercise:
Group Discussion: Purpose of packaging?
- Protect the item & product
- Persuade buyers and attract them to buy the product / attract consumers.
- Protect from contamination, moving from one place to another.
- Transport the products easily
- Display & inform information / instructions of the product
- Display in stores, make sure it is stable and can stand in markets such as grocery stores and supermarkets.
- Sustainability through the types of material, recyclable or not?
- Makes storage easier and safe
- Gives company identity and differentiates from competitors
- Increase customers' convenience such as: seals, portable, easy to close and open.
- Making sure it is easy to open the product.
- Increase accessibility.
- Adds trust to consumers when they see the packaging design.
Item #1: Box
Overview
Product Name: OSK New Family Japanese Green Tea
Packaging purpose & Functionality: contain and protect 50 teabags inside, freshness, communicate
brand, directions and regulatory info, also for shelf
& household handling, communicate authenticity (Japanese origin), ensure ease of storage/use, and meet export certifications (e.g., Halal).
Branding & Target Audience: The product is aimed at health-conscious tea drinkers, particularly middle-aged and older adults, families, and Asian consumers familiar with Japanese tea culture. Also targets international buyers (Singapore, Indonesia, global markets) who value authenticity, convenience, and certifications like Halal.
Product Analysis
The packaging feels dated and cluttered, with too much text and overlapping elements. The brand identity is weak and the OSK logo is present but not dominant, the overall design lacks a strong visual recall. Shelf impact is low compared to modern, minimalist tea brands.
The packaging is not so attractive and appealing as the visuals
overall look very outdated and cheap. The creative elements such as the
texts, labels, icons and image of green tea cup looks randomly
pasted and positioned which looks messy. The fonts used are also
very generic and boring, with the Chinese character being
outlined in white. It doesn't look premium at all. Moreover, the
colour is too vibrant green and the dots in the background is
disturbing and makes the box look unaesthetic. The english main
title text of the "OSK Family Japanese Green Tea" should be made bigger, with a
different font and colour to make it standout and easier to
read. The texts looks cramped up together in front of the box.
In addition, the picture of the green tea cup looks very low
quality, no shadows and further illustrations surrounding it
such as green tea leaves, so there's nothing that depicts
health, nature and organic. The Chinese letters are too big,
whereas the english title should be the main and biggest one if
they want to attract more audience. People might not want to
look or read it at first glance. The visual hierarchy is messy
so our eyes don't firstly focus on the title. There's too much
icons on the front of the box so there's no main anchor. The
supporting logos, symbols should be made smaller or can be put
together at the bottom part instead of placing it on all 4
corners of the box.
However, the opening of the box is perforated and can be opened
like a flap to get the individual teabag sachets inside very
easily and convenient, especially at home. One other positive
point is that the packaging shows the complete serving instruction at the
back of the box, but the ingredient and text at the back is too thin so older people might not be able to read it easily. It also says "moisture proof packaging" at one
side of the box, convincing buyers that the packaging is in good
condition. The descriptions, all informations are all listed on the packaging, which is good.
Sustainability: Cardboard is primarily made of paper fibers, which can be
separated and recycled into new paper and cardboard products.
At one side of the box, it says the recycle symbol. But inner packaging: each tea bag is individually wrapped in plastic film → increases environmental waste.
Design Weaknesses:
- Very generic fonts, arial and ugly font for the chinese character feels crowded & reduce clarity.
- Boring colour, fonts, no visual anchor.
- Messy, cluttered elements and all icons compete for attention.
- Doesn't look premium as many things are put on the front and the solid green and dots background makes it look cheap and unappealing.
- No visual hierarchy
- Colour palette is just green. They should add accent or gradients such as a little bit of yellow.
- English title is too small and cramped.
- Lack of graphics which shows nature, organic and fresh, since it is green tea
- The image of the green tea cup looks like it's just simply pasted there with no shadows. There's no pictures of green tea leaves which is an important part for a green tea packaging.
- Overloaded with certifications, product claims (“No.1 in Singapore”, “Halal”, “Product of Japan”), which compete for attention.
Market Research
The current packaging would probably attract more of Chinese
people than non-chinese. This would attract more of the older consumers such as
40+ year olds. However, younger consumers such as 18-30 year
olds might not want to buy it since it overall looks visually
unappealing and unprofessional to them. Youunger ones focus
first on how catchy the packaging looks like. If it looks cheap,
they might not trust if the green tea is a good quality one.
Health-conscious consumers, fitness enthusiasts, and tea
enthusiasts usually get attracted when they see catchy graphics
which supports the organic and healthy, natural feeling of the
tea since they are seeking a natural energy boost and potential
health benefits like improved metabolism, focus, and skin
health. They look for more minimalist and clean looking
ones. Modern tea buyers expect natural/earthy visuals (kraft paper, muted greens, leaf motifs). Simplicity + premium feel (clean fonts, fewer elements). Current packaging appeals more to traditional Asian markets (Japan/Singapore) where function > aesthetics. But in global markets, it feels old-fashioned and less eco-responsible, which can weaken competitiveness.
Competitor Analysis
Competitors: Ahmad Tea, BOH


Competitor Analysis: Ahmad Tea, BOH packagings all look visually appealing,
trustable, professional, symmetrical and clean. It also
have the slightly muted and calm green colour palette and
a little bit of yellow in the design of the box. This
suits the mood perfectly since it is about green tea.
Moreover, the visual hierarchy is really clear and neatly
logical. The name of the tea is big and emphasised in the
center. The logo of the brand is places on top and does
not disturb the other texts below. Good contrast ont he
background and text is there too so people can immediately
look at the title and text fast on shelves and from a
distance. The overall designs of these 3 competitors'
packaging look elegant too with minimal but meaningful
graphics such as leaves/flower, which matches the theme.
The layout of the front is symmetrical which makes it look
overall neat. There isn't too much text and icons in the
front too and more minimalist, compared to the current
packaging earlier. These 3 looks premium and high quality,
so people would trust and buy these packagings more. They
also used different fonts for the different texts on the
label.
Trends & Best practises for this packaging category:
- Make the box opening flap perforated so it is easy to take the tea bags out neatly.
- Use muted, & calming green colour palette with a little bit of yellow or brown to depict nature and freshness and organic.
- Use professional, elegant and big font for the title.
- Don't put too much packed texts on the front, keeping it minimal and clean.
- Make the front label look symmetrical overall and keep texts and pictures centered.
- Add graphics/imaged related to green tea such as leaves/teacup for catchy visuals.
- Have a clear hierarchy: main title bigger than the secondary supporting texts, with a larger and bolder font.
- Add a bit of gold to make it look more premium & of good quality.
- Add description on instructions of the serving of the green tea at the back.
Item #2: Bottle
Overview
Product Name: Double Lion — MANGGA (mango) syrup for
drinks
Packaging purpose & Functionality: contain and protect viscous mango syrup,
allow dispensing, communicate flavour/brand
and regulatory info, survive retail &
household handling.
Branding & Target Audience: mass-market local shoppers & households
(Malay language on label), hawker
stalls/small F&B vendors. As well as
consumers who want recognisable, durable and
affordable syrup.
Product Analysis
The bottle is functional and has a clear
packaging so people can see the colour of the
mango inside. The bright yellow syrup shows through the plastic
which is a strong immediate cue of mango
flavour (positive). It has a slim neck, so it is easy to hold, shallow side
ribs suggest grip & rectangular body faces and flat panels help
shelf placement/stacking, practical for
retail/back-bar.
However, it has very boring, too generic and
outdated visual identity. The packaging label is not attractive and
appealing and does not have a strong brand
identity, so there's poor consumer engagement
for the brand. The design looks cheap. The bottle only has one label sticker of the drink
in front, and no labels on the other 3 sides so
nobody would know what the product is if it's
put in the wrong position on shelves and not
facing the front. Moreover, there's bad and generic font type used for the texts,
for eg: just Arial for the word MANGGA which
should be more attractive and bold since it is
the title. The text for the directions of use is too small and no graphics on the steps to make the drink.
Apart from that, there's graphics/images depicting Mango or what
drink it is, so people will ignore and not want
to look at it on the shelves since there's no
graphics at all, whereas pictures and visuals is
what catches people's attention first compared
to text. The small label uses high-contrast red + yellow +
black and does not match the tropical mango
colour scheme at all. That combination is loud
and aggressive, it reads as low-end/mass market
rather than premium. The overall visual hierarchy is poor with many competing
elements (brand crest, “Bes Minuman Berperisa”,
big “MANGGA”, dense small prints). Eye is pulled
in several directions instead of following a
clear path. Nutrition and ingredient blocks are
too small on a red background making them hard
to read at arm’s length. Important info (usage, expiry) is
cramped as well.
Sustainability: Plastic bottles are usually recyclable, however, in
this packaging there's no icon or recycle
symbol. No visible recycling icon or refill option means
missed opportunity for eco-minded buyers.
Design Weakness:
- Brand mark (Double Lion) is ornate and takes visual focus but competes with the flavour name rather than supporting it. It is too big & almost the same size as MANGGA, where MANGGA should be made bigger with a catchier font rather than just sans-serif.
- Confusing visual hierarchy.
- Clashing colour palette (red + yellow + black) feel outdated & visually aggressive.
- Dense information blocks with tiny type, poor legibility and scanning.
- No recycling/refill icons, symbols.
- Lack of contemporary cues (recipe suggestion for the drink, QR linking).
- No illustrations/images of mangoes.
- The label is only on one side of the bottles, so it's risky if the bottle is placed facing the wrong way on the shelves and people might not see the label.
- Font of the MANGGA tile is too boring, too solid and not refreshing & appealing. It should be bigger and bolder. The font size of the other descriptions and texts are too small.
- Too much texts on the front, and they should make the packaging label all around the bottle and put the ingredients on another side.
Market Research
The drink is mainly household & hawker market
expectations, which makes and sells drinks for the customers. The drink is cheap &
affordable. However, what’s missing for broader market appeal: cafés and
premium buyers expect pumps/nozzles on the bottle since
it is a mango syrup for drinks and a clear brand
storytelling. Moreover, health-conscious consumers want
natural ingredient claims, descriptions and recyclable
packaging. As for the current design, it is functional
for local mass market but will underperform for premium
positioning, café/bar/restaurants use, or eco-conscious
shoppers.
Competitor Analysis
Competitors: Mala's Mango Fruit Syrup & Sunquick
These 2 packagings have their packaging labels
fully around the bottle and they both have visuals,
catchy mango tropical pictures which depicts the
drink. Moreover, the font and size of the title and
the text in front is big, readable and fun-looking.
They didn't pack all the other text, ingredients and
nutrition facts all in one side and all in front but
spread it to the other sides of the label. In
addition, the colour palette fits well on the drink:
orange, yellow, greens and white depicting tropical
colour. The visual hierarchy is also well
constructed from the brand name and the title of the
mango drink. The supporting texts for eg: "fruit
syrup" is also clear and readable. There's good use
of contrast on the texts and appealing on shelves.
Overall, both the competitors' packaging are
visually catchy, neat, striking and more appealing
than the one I chose earlier. It's overall big and
clear and can be read from a distance, especially
when put on shelves. There's good storytelling (origin/real fruit content) as
well.
Trends & Best practises for this packaging
category:
- Visible product colour -> transparent bottle to show orange syrup hue.
- Functional pumps for bulk/precision pour if made for retail and cafes.
- Strong typographic hierarchy — Brand name → Flavor (large) → Usage/USP (smaller) or extra info.
- Tropical, orange, yellowish colour palette for the label
- Make the main title big and decorative fun bold
- Strong use of graphics, illustrations and images of the fruits, tropics visuals.
- Neat, modern labels with some white space, recycle icons, and drink recipes.
- Not too much/packed text on the front side, make sure the label goes fully around the mango bottle, so the ingredients information can be put on the other sides.
- Use varied fonts.
Item #3: Can
Overview
Product Name:
PRAN Coconut Water Drink
Packaging purpose: To contain and preserve coconut water
with pulp, provide hydration and refreshment while
being portable and convenient. Also
communicate freshness, tropical vibe, and
natural health benefits.
Branding & Target Audience: Health-conscious individuals, young
adults, office workers, fitness
enthusiasts, and families. Consumers who
want a natural and refreshing alternative
to soft drinks.
Product Analysis
The packaging has the green colour with
tropical imagery - coconut image and palm
tree, depicting the coconut drink itself and
communicates freshness but looks generic
compared to other competitors. However, the
overall can design is not attractive and
appealing. The packaging design lacks
visual hierarchy. It has a very generic and
boring and outdated font as well. The red
colour of the PRAN logo makes it look really
striking and odd. The image of the coconut is
also placed too big. Competing coconut water
brands often emphasize minimalist, premium,
and refreshing designs, while this can feels
slightly cluttered. Having both English
("Coconut Water") and Malay ("Air Kelapa") is
functional for a bilingual market but visually
inconsistent. Moreover, the colour scheme is a
bit off as well, as there should be more
blueish colour to represent refreshing
drink. The can feels visually unbalanced
because multiple elements (coconut image, palm
leaves, water glass, icons, and text) compete
for attention. Instead of having a focal
point, the layout spreads quite randomly and
visual weight unevenly spread across the
design, creating clutter. The drink title text looks cramped up and
pushed at the bottom, with the secondary text
"premium hydrating". The secondary text is too
small too, meanwhile the brand name in red is
quite big on top so there's less focus on the
title "coconut water". The PRAN logo should be
made smaller. The texts, speech bubble looks
too solid with no gradients, shadings, making
it boring and outdated.
Sustainability: Packaged in an aluminium can (recyclable,
widely accepted in recycling
systems).
Design Weaknesses:
- Cluttered layout with elements looking randomly placed.
- Lack of premium feel → looks more budget/low-tier compared to trendy coconut water brands.
- Inconsistent typography: mix of bold sans serif and smaller fonts without clear hierarchy.
- The PRAN red logo makes it the most odd and it is too big.
- The title of the Coconut Water looks cramped and forced to fit in.
- The image of the coconut is too big and the Coconut Water text can be made larger and in a more contrasting brighter vibrant colour and a catchy font.
- The text "premium hydrating" is too small, considering it is an important text to persuade consumers to buy the drink.
- The product features (“With Pulp,” icons, etc.) are scattered and not prioritized, making it hard for consumers to immediately understand what makes this drink unique. Competing products often put brand or USP (unique selling point) first, but here, the information feels jumbled.
- The coconut image, glass of water, and text overlap visually but don’t reinforce one clear message. This poor grouping causes confusion about what to focus on first.
Market Research
Consumers prefer clean, minimalist,
natural-looking packaging for health drinks. Many
health-conscious buyers expect transparent
communication (e.g., “100% natural,” “no
preservatives,” origin story at the description).
Fitness/young adult markets tend to be attracted
to premium, Instagram-worthy packaging that feels
modern and aspirational. The current design feels
functional but not aspirational, which may cause
weaker appeal in trend-driven segments.
Competitor Analysis
Competitors: Ritai Coco & NPV Coco Water
Ritai Coco Packaging
NPV Coco Water Packaging
Ritai Coco and NPV coco water's packaging is
visually more appealing compared to the PRAN
earlier. It has a logical order of visual
hierarchy, from the logo, title and image. The
typography and text size of the name of the drink
is the biggest one since it is the first visual
anchor so it is faster and easier for consumers to
read it and since it is a canned drink, people
want to grab and read it faster from fridges and
shelves. The logo of the brand is also made
smaller so it won't disturb the overall design.
Other than that, these competitors' packaging has
a very good colour scheme overall, which is a
blend of fresh blue and green, not just green
& white. The fonts of the title are also bold,
vibrant, contrasting and big, so it doesn't look
generic. The placement of the image also good and
doesn't disturb the texts and title. The
supporting words such as "original", "natural"
"pure" and "with pulp" is also empasised and made
clear so people won't miss reading it. The
subtexts are
easy to read from a distance. Overall, the
competitors design look clean, premium and not
outdated. It uses minimal design but still feels lively
(waves, coconuts, subtle tropical
cues). Coconuts are shown in a natural yet simple way,
without overloading the design. Competitors win because their visuals are clean
and more attractive on the shelf. Ritai & NPV maintain balanced layouts with
clear focal points, meanwhile Pran lacks balance
due to scattered icons and visuals.
Trends & Best practises for this packaging
category:
- Use effective and appealing visual elements, clean typography, and bold product names.
- Consistent typography and non generic looking ones.
- Have a sense of movement in the font used.
- Have a blue-ish and green colour palette, depicting refreshing water.
- Highlighting Origin & Naturalness: Emphasis on organic sourcing, natural purity, and sustainability.
- Functional Storytelling: Callouts such as “No Added Sugar,” “100% Pure,” or “Sustainably Sourced”.
- Lifestyle Appeal: Packaging that looks trendy, “Instagrammable,” and associated with healthy living.
- Strong use of blue & white backgrounds → communicates freshness, purity, hydration.
Item #4: Tube
Overview
Product Name:
Nature Republic Hand Cream Tube
Packaging purpose: Protect the hand cream, communicate
scent/benefits, attract buyers on shelf,
be portable for bags/purses and travel
friendly. Tube is convenient, squeezable for
controlled portioning.
Branding & Target Audience: Natural skincare audience, mostly young
women (18–35), trend-conscious, value
natural ingredients and attractive but
honest packaging, also appeals to gift
buyers.
Product Analysis
The packaging is very travel friendly, but it
does not have a strong brand identity. This
can cause poor consumer engagement for the
brand. Font of the text is too boring for a
hand cream which is suppose to attract women
more (sans-serif) and there's only 1 font used
and no varied fonts which makes it look
boring. The texts are too small too and the
title of the hand cream "Blooming Rose" isn't
really emphasized and is too small so it lacks
visual anchor for the main title text.
Moreover, the other text descriptions below
the title looks really cheap and messy as it
is put into white blocks background and
stacking them into layers. There's too many
lines of descriptions on the front and looks
cramped. Even though making the font colour
green to show organic and nature, all the text
are green so there's poor colour contrast on
important texts. Overall, the design looks too
still and solid and they need more
illustrations and graphics since it is a
beauty product.
The tube has some pink flower botanical/natural imagery which suits the
product category and the scent (rose smell)
but may feel generic if execution is overly
literal (stock photos or clipart-like
illustrations). Typography & hierarchy
is also off. If the product name, scent, and
brand aren’t clearly prioritized, consumers
can’t scan it quickly on shelf. The font
size, weight, and style, colour of the title
should be easily distinguished and different
from the other secondary descriptions.
Sustainability: Tube is a multi-layer plastic (hard to
recycle) unless explicitly PCR/recyclable.
There's lack of eco messaging, no visible
sustainability icons/claims which reduces
appeal to eco-aware buyers.
Design Weaknesses:
- Text for descriptions: Ingredient list, volume, and claims are tiny or low contrast harm readability and trust.
- Too much text in the front of tube
- Title of the handcream scent is too small and font is too generic, which should be more elegant.
- No colour variations for the text
- Too much levels/lines of text blocks on the front
- There's weak visual hierarchy since the info on the brand/scent/benefit compete for attention.
- Since the main target is women, they usually want a more elegant and nice looking design so putting more colours instead of white background can make it better
- Generic botanical imagery → poor differentiation from competitors. The background should be more colourful rather than just white.
- Finish and typography feel mass-market, not premium (just sans-serif solid text font) is mismatched to “natural premium” positioning.
- The brand name "Nature Republic" is hardly readable since it is put at the most bottom part of the tube so it will be hard for people to know what brand it is from when it's put on display and shelves and it is also in green with the other texts.
Market Research
What target consumers (mainly women) want:
pretty, elegant looking, clean, minimal,
trustworthy packaging with clear ingredient/scent
info, sustainable info, attractive shelf presence
and social-media friendly look. If the tube is
busy, low-contrast, it under delivers. It
communicates “ordinary” rather than “clean natural
care,” so it may lose attention to brands that
look more premium or eco-conscious.
Competitor Analysis
Competitors: The Body Shop, L'occitane, Bath & Body
Works
3 of the brands' handcreams looks colourful with
more graphics background and visuals compared to
the Nature Republic packaging. It also doesn't
have too much text descriptions on the front
side. There's big title font for the name of the
handcream. The logo and name of the brand is
also clear and readable like "The Body Shop's"
one. These 3 competitors put a box for the main
title name of the cream so that it is in
contrast, emphasised &clearly readable since
it is the main anchor text. The packagings used
different types of font and colour as well for
the title and the other supporting texts, making
it more appealing and not boring. Moreover, the
competitors' packagings put the amount of ML it
has at the bottom part. They all have clear
product hierarchy so it is perceived as high
quality. 4 of them attracts women more with
elegant, colourful and some youthful visuals and
clear variant colour coding for younger
audiences too. Lastly, the whole background of
the tubes all around isn't just the foil colour
but with backgrounds connected to the scent of
the cream.
Trends & Best practises for this packaging
category:
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Text description shouldn't be separated and divided into many lines or blocks.
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Minimize the amount of text descriptions on the front so it doesn't look cluttered, confusing and packed.
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Distinct variant colour coding: each scent has a unique band colour/illustration for fast recognition.
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Make the brand name/logo visible clearly.
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Have a good logical visual hierarchy for example: Title is bold and biggest with a different font from the other supporting texts. Title should be centered.
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Emphasise on the main text by placing a box or a contrasting background behind them so it is quicker to see on the shelves.
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Make the overall visuals catchy and vibrant, and the background of the tube a contrasting and elegant colour or graphics relating to the scent of the cream.
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Increase the weight of the product name for high legibility and under neath that should be the secondary "benefits" line with a smaller font and weight.
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At the back tubes can put a sign to show that it is sustainable or the recycle logo.
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Clear USP callouts: “No parabens”, “95% natural”, “cruelty free”, on the front.
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Travel-friendly design: small, leak-proof cap, rounded edges, concise labelling.
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Upgrade finish: matte or soft-touch and subtle embossing for premium feel.
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Sustainability callout: switch to mono-material or PCR tube + display recycling/refill icons visibly.
Feedbacks:
Week 1
General Feedback - Mr Shamsul introduced us to what
packaging is and why is it important. He told us to bring 4 of
the items next class to start on our exercise 1 on packaging
analysis and start our blog.
Week 2
No class
Reflections:
Experience:
- Analyzing the packaging int he first 2 week period gave me a beginner and hands-on understanding of how packaging is more than just a container but it is a strategic tool for communication. The process required me to not only critique aesthetics of everyday product packaging I see, but also to consider practicality, branding, and user interaction. For example, while assessing the green tea box packaging, I learned how excessive visual noise can harm brand recognition. The hand cream tube review made me more aware of how important usability is for consumer satisfaction. Looking into competitors also gave me experience in identifying market standards, trends, and consumer expectations, which shaped how I judged the effectiveness of each design. Overall, this exercise taught me to think critically and holistically about packaging. I got to learn more on the trends of the design of packaging in these 4 different categories and get familiar with layouts of packaging.
Observations:
- During this exercise, I observed how packaging design plays a crucial role in shaping consumer perception and product usability. Each of the four chosen products: the mango drink bottle, coconut drink can, hand cream tube, and green tea box, presented different challenges in terms of form, graphics, aesthetics, sustainability, and functionality. The mango drink bottle appeared cluttered with unmatching colours that distracted from the brand identity. The drink can lacked differentiation from its competitors, making it easy to overlook on shelves. The hand cream tube suffered from poor text hierarchy, making it harder to read, while the green tea box looked outdated, with visuals that did not connect well to the modern health-conscious audience. These observations highlighted how even small design flaws could reduce a product’s market competitiveness.
Findings:
- Overall, to conclude, from this first exercise of the module I got to analyse real life product packagings, learn from its mistakes and gain more knowledge on the improvements that can be made to them. I learnt to compare the existing packagings with other competitors which has better packaging designs and find the trends. I found that successful packaging design balances functionality, sustainability, and branding clarity. The key shortcomings of the analyzed products were either weak user-friendliness, outdated aesthetics, or a lack of differentiation in a competitive market. Competitor research revealed that leading brands often use clean layouts, modern visuals, eco-friendly materials, and ergonomic structures to appeal to their target audiences. This highlighted the gap between the analyzed packaging and current industry practices. Furthemrore, I realized that poor packaging design can directly affect consumer trust, purchasing decisions, and brand loyalty, while thoughtful, user-centered packaging can enhance both product appeal and functionality. Target audience is also really important too as some ages prefer different aesthetics.
All items that was selected was good to be analyzed!
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