Packaging is an essential part of a product that is responsible for identifying and preserving the product from production to consumption. The science of packaging design; the knowledge, art, and technology of protecting the product for storage, transportation, distribution, storage, sale, and use in a way that minimizes damage from production to consumption to the product content and on the other hand to the environment.

Packaging includes the stages of design, evaluation, and production of packages. Packaging significantly impacts our daily lives, as we see it around us. From food and pharmaceutical items to consumer goods, household items, and industrial and strategic products such as petrochemical products, all are related to packaging. The main task of packaging is to protect the product. Packaging with standard labels allows us to understand what kind of product is inside the package and how its preservation and maintenance conditions are. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and reputable national standard organizations of advanced countries have taken important steps in developing packaging standards and technical specifications. Packaging design includes the physical and graphic design of the packaging. Packaging design should be a subset of product design in a way that packaging design is considered as part of the product design process, starting alongside it and being carried out.

History of Packaging Over Time

Packaging has been used for a long time to protect goods. Now it can be said that all products are presented to customers in packaging. Packaging is highly regarded because it can give a product a beautiful appearance and technically superior to other products. Since the appropriate appearance of packaging plays a significant role in customers' product selection and attracts their attention, packaging plays a very important role.

Packaging first started with the use of natural materials such as tree leaves and then the production of products with textile materials and containers. It is estimated that glass and wood are materials that have been used for packaging for about 5000 years. In 1823, Peter Durand, an Englishman, became the first to patent a metal can as the first packaging made of metal sheets. Later, in 1900, three-piece tin cans with two seams were used. At the same time, paper and cardboard became two important materials used in packaging, which were gradually replaced by plastic. The widespread use of plastic in packaging began after World War II. Polyethylene was produced on a large scale during the war and became the most accessible material in the market after the war, so much so that it initially replaced wax paper in bread packaging. Plastic packaging began to grow rapidly from 1970 onwards. With the advancement of technology and the current status of economical and more suitable materials, they entered the packaging industry. Because in the past, packaging was only used for transportation and protection, but today, with various available materials, packaging has also taken on the role of advertising for the product. Therefore, packaging is now part of sales and marketing strategies. Because it is this packaging that creates a difference between similar products displayed side by side on store shelves.

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