Primitive Packaging - Glass containers, the ancient packaging materials, coreformed ancient Egyptian glass containers (Figure 1.2). Figure 1.2 Forming a hollow glass vessel around a core
Primitive Packaging - Glass containers, the ancient packaging materials, coreformed ancient Egyptian glass containers (Figure 1.2). Figure 1.2 Forming a hollow glass vessel around a core
From Rome To The Renaissance 1. How packaging changed as social structures changed - Many societal changes leading to the corresponding changes in packaging: mostly the quality and quantity of existing packaging practices. 2. The invention of the glass blowpipe, wood barrels - The Romans in about 50 B.C., the glass blowpipe； - The blowpipe’s invention brought glass out of noble households and temples; - The first wooden barrel appeared possibly in the Alpine regions of Europe，one of the most common packaging forms for many centuries
From Rome To The Renaissance 1. How packaging changed as social structures changed - Many societal changes leading to the corresponding changes in packaging: mostly the quality and quantity of existing packaging practices. 2. The invention of the glass blowpipe, wood barrels - The Romans in about 50 B.C., the glass blowpipe； - The blowpipe’s invention brought glass out of noble households and temples; - The first wooden barrel appeared possibly in the Alpine regions of Europe，one of the most common packaging forms for many centuries
From Rome To The Renaissance 3. The Dark Ages - The Dark Ages: with the Roman Empire’s collapse in about 450 A.D., Europe reduced to minor city-states many established arts and crafts forgotten or stagnant, the 600 years following the fall of Rome being so devoid of significant change that historians refer to them as the Dark Ages. 4.The discovery of paper - In China, Ts’ai Lun is credited with making the first true paper from the inner bark of mulberry trees. The name “paper” given to the Chinese invention made of matted plant fibers
From Rome To The Renaissance 3. The Dark Ages - The Dark Ages: with the Roman Empire’s collapse in about 450 A.D., Europe reduced to minor city-states many established arts and crafts forgotten or stagnant, the 600 years following the fall of Rome being so devoid of significant change that historians refer to them as the Dark Ages. 4.The discovery of paper - In China, Ts’ai Lun is credited with making the first true paper from the inner bark of mulberry trees. The name “paper” given to the Chinese invention made of matted plant fibers
From Rome To The Renaissance 5. Ancient printing - In 768, the oldest existing printed objects (Japanese Buddhist charms); in 868, the oldest existing book (the Diamond Sutra) printed, found in Turkistan. 6. The Renaissance - In about 1100, the European awoken, neglected crafts revitalized, the arts revived and trade increased, by the 1500s, the art of printing born. - Fundamental social structures not changed significantly: - lived off the land - typically as serfs
From Rome To The Renaissance 5. Ancient printing - In 768, the oldest existing printed objects (Japanese Buddhist charms); in 868, the oldest existing book (the Diamond Sutra) printed, found in Turkistan. 6. The Renaissance - In about 1100, the European awoken, neglected crafts revitalized, the arts revived and trade increased, by the 1500s, the art of printing born. - Fundamental social structures not changed significantly: - lived off the land - typically as serfs
From Rome To The Renaissance - ate what they raised, found or caught - consumer needs: nonexistent - manufacturing was strictly a custom business - packages: personally crafted, valuable utensils, and rarely disposable in the manner of a modern package - since there being no retail trade, concepts of marketing, advertising, price structures and distribution being irrelevant - population levels being not large enough to support mass production
From Rome To The Renaissance - ate what they raised, found or caught - consumer needs: nonexistent - manufacturing was strictly a custom business - packages: personally crafted, valuable utensils, and rarely disposable in the manner of a modern package - since there being no retail trade, concepts of marketing, advertising, price structures and distribution being irrelevant - population levels being not large enough to support mass production