Packaging: function, re-function and malfunction: from consumer society to the homeless material culture

Author

Dos Santos, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo ; Pereira, Andréa Franco

Author_Institution

Sao Paulo Univ., Brazil

fYear

1999

fDate

1-3 Feb 1999

Firstpage

492

Lastpage

496

Abstract

This paper seeks to understand the meaning of packaging in contemporary society. It discusses some technical aspects of packaging as well as its life-cycle, from the consumer society to the homeless material culture. It provides an opportunity to analyse the role of packaging in the material strategies of survival of the homeless. From the preservation of products to the protection of the human body, packaging is in transition at the end of this century, under the impact of globalisation and the increasing poverty of the First and Third Worlds

Keywords

packaging; consumer society; contemporary society; globalisation; homeless material culture; human body protection; material strategies; packaging; packaging function; packaging life-cycle; packaging malfunction; packaging re-function; poverty; products preservation; technical aspects; Aging; Animals; Ceramics; Cities and towns; Electronic switching systems; Globalization; Humans; Manufacturing; Packaging machines; Protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0007-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747662

Filename

747662