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Seduced by Generic Design

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After seeing a poster for Tropicana Orange Juice, I thought it was an adbuster campaign. The ad looked so generic and so did the product hero shot that it looked like a fake ad with a fake product. So I went to the website (above) and it was their new package design. 

It was a real product with a package design that looked like a generic product. Is the seduction of clean design turning brands into unemotional products?

I have to admit, I do like the way the information is arranged on the package. It also does not disappear on the shelf with the large photo repeating along a row. 

Tropicana is also a member of the Carton Council that has a great campaign about recycling cartons:

http://www.werecyclecartons.com/

During my research of this product I also found that PepsiCo is making to reduce their carbon footprint with this product. How green is your orange juice?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/business/22pepsi.html

Filed under: Creative Direction, Environment, Packaging, Positive Change

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