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- Rising Cinematographer and Graphic Designer based in Hong Kong and the Netherlands. If you want more info about me look at chungdha.com or google "chungdha" I bet I am always on top.
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Biodegradable glue / Trend
2008-11-13 12:01AM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
1個評論This is not a real trend however I would want to see companies to read this and also start researching this. At the moment I see people avoiding glue because they think gluing a packaging together is less sustainable. However most glue are full or chemicals and don't degrade over the years, the option to using glue or not is something that is very hard to discus.
More or less
Many people think design a box with no glue at all are the best. However designing a packaging with no glue often means you have to use more things and more materials. Having an extra special fold or some special connecting shapes often means more materials is needed to get that packaging enclosed and also means you have to build a machine that can fold or put it together. So often means the packaging will cost more then normal and also is harder to produce with machinery. However you could hire people to fold the boxes together however human hand cost more then a robot. So if you think your package design is sustainable by just remove gluing is the best, you really have to think twice what your design does and if it is worth it.
Bio glue
I have done a small research on biodegradable glue and actually not allot of people know it as a glue for packaging but more as one for medical operations. But there are also companies that have already made biodegradable adhesives for packaging or other designs. But unfortunately there are not allot.
SAP - Sustainable Adhesive Products is one company I found that says they have biodegradable glue / adhesives but on their website are not allot of information. But they work together with BioTak which show a bit of design their Biodegradable adhesive are used.
So I you are into the glue try to do a research to develop a good biodegradable or sustainable glue. Because this would improve the sustainability and help for a better cradle to cradle designs.
Inspired by nature
What most people don't look at is that the nature provide allot of solutions to many problems. And there are actually allot of different product made by nature that could be used as glue. And we can reproduce anything that is made by nature so it should not be a problem.
Like this example and possibly the future of one of the biodegradable glues.
Bacteria form strongest glue ever.
But there are more if you think of all kinds of insects. Especially spiders which make webbings that stick to anything.
Another insect are the bees which has various glue designs though. In the old days letters or documents were sealed with a molten wax, which could also be used on certain surfaces but no really that usable for most materials.
Bee glue known as propolis is a resin made different resins and tree sap, which the bee uses to repair the hyves with. However this is also mostly use for cosmetics and medicines, I am not sure what effect it would have with human contact.
Even plants can produce products that can be used as glue. Look at tree resins which a sticky resin produced by the tree mostly as a defense. However I am not sure how biodegradable it is, because some can last millions of year just look at ambers or gemstones.
If you want more info about adhesive that are made by nature look at Bioadhesives at wikipedia.
Conclusion
I think the future is that we should look at glue to have more sustainable use and not as a less sustainable part of a package because there are possibilities of sustainable glues. So don't let me hear anyone say that gluing a package together is not sustainable.
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- Chung Dha is a designer based in Hong Kong / the Netherlands...Chung Dha is a designer based in Hong Kong / the Netherlands. He studied Packaging Design/ Graphic Design and joined different contest to explore his designing abilities, also he do freelance designs for companies and started his own design company Chung Dha.
2001 - I got my Mavo-D diploma at Aquamarijn Reviusplein.
2002 - I joined Gp500store.co.uk with the nickname LaZy_tJaI. Where I soon learned allot of photo editing skills with Paint Shop Pro and from a friend called GAP. I soon became a well known texture skinner in the community.
Later changed from Paint Shop Pro to Adobe Photoshop to improve my skills in photo editing. Later learned skills to convert models from SEM and Mautorex. And learned 3d studio Max from online tutorials. And made different models and most famed for making helmet models.
This year I went to pre-police academy to train my self so I could join the Police force. But in my free time I became more attracted to the designing things for games. I finished that year and got a diploma but did not applied at the police force.
2003 - I worked as a freelance designer for http://www.brandmerk.com/ where I got the first taste of graphic design in a real company. The first logo I sold was also the logo for this company. This year I also went to study at Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam and was aiming for Animations and Games, but due to too much lessons which I did not needed I left.
2004 - I went to Delft to study Industrial Design at Mon3aan, where I learned problem solving, product design and materials. Studied 2 years before I heard the diploma was for mechanical engineering instead of Industrial Design.
2006 - I found out Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam got a new study direction for Packaging Design and went to study there. This year they improved with much better lesson programs.
2007 - In the summer I joined Design Contest.net and soon became one of the Design Team Members. At Design Contest I could compete with the contests to test my own designing abilities and learn to improve my skills in designing. Also soon won in a contest to design a t-shirt for NFME F-Body Event in Memphis 2008. I also started this blog at the same time when I joined the Design Contest.
2008 - Started well and I won a logo contest directly and it was also my first time I won in a logo contest. The logo is for CircleOfArtists.com and also for Kings Poker.
Also I've been approached by Good Web Practise to design a new logo for their website.
After publishing a post of a bottle prototype I've made with using sliceform technique, I've been contacted by Computer Arts to make a tutorial about it for the special Packaging Design edition.
In the spring I had contact with a friend of mine Arkady from the GP500store days , who actually does game textures for a game called MotoGP08 and ask me if I wanted to join his team. I first gone into a test and actually passed it and also did it well with the needed time. Then I got the job to do the low helmet resolutions textures of the game for the Wii and Playstation 2. I textures allot of the riders from fairly unknown one to the top rider like Rossi, Stoner, Pedrosa and more.
Begin summer started my own design company Chung Dha and officially registered it as a company. Had a summer internship at Jackson Chang in Den Hague.
End of the summer I became a moderator at Design Contest.
In the winter joined a major packaging design contest held by one of Europes biggest packaging company SCA packaging. Only 90 entrees were submitted from all across the world, and in februari of 2009 a shortlist of 5 designers will be choosen to get 2 more weeks to improve his design in a workshop within the design centre of SCA packaging.
2009 - Embarked on a new journey on the opposite side of the world and moved to Hong Kong to have a better environment for my health and also to be able to design for Asian companies.
Came to Hong Kong and met up with allot of artist and designers. In May went to Speak Up and met Alan Leung and became friends and later worked on a toy together. However during the brainstorm and sketch sessions I accidentally made Dai Fu Lou. Now started a brand named Dai Fu Lou and start building up this brand with different products.
And who knows what the future beholds, but I am sure I will be very busy doing allot of designs. - 職業: 電影攝像師 , 美術設計師 , 配音員
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