Nike is releasing an Environmental Apparel Design Tool. “This tool is about making it simple for designers to make the most sustainable choices right at the start of the product creation process. Over the past four years it has proved to be invaluable at Nike and has helped us create products with a higher sustainability standard,” said Hannah Jones, Vice President of Nike Sustainable Business and Innovation. Have a look here

Finally, after couple of months offline, I’m back. I just moved to Sweden – and thought this would be a symbolic package to show. Greenland wax from Fjällräven. ”The Greenland wax is an impregnation that is friendly to the environment. It is made according to an old prescription. No spray gases or solvents. A block of wax is enough for e.g. ten plain impregnations of your Greenland jacket. Contents: paraffin and beeswax” Fjällräven

An environment project by Puma. Reduce the resources used when distributing shoes. The bag tightly wraps an interior cardboard scaffolding—giving it shape and reducing cardboard use by 65%. Moreover, without that shiny box exterior, there’s no laminated cardboard (which interferes with recycling). There’s no tissue paper inside. And there’s no throw-away plastic bag. The bag itself is made of recycled PET, and it’s non-woven—woven fibers increase density and materials use—and stitched with heat, so that it’s less manufacturing intensive. Puma estimates that the bag will slash water, energy, and fuel consumption during manufacturing alone by 60%—in one year, that comes to a savings of 8,500 tons of paper, 20 million mega joules of electricity, 264,000 gallons of fuel, and 264 gallons of water. Ditching the plastic bags will save 275 tones of plastic, and the lighter shipping weight will save another 132,000 gallons of diesel. Via Gizmodo

HangerPak – by Steve Haslip – when you have unpacked your product, the package can easily be transformed to a hanger. Clever! Through Packagings of the World.

Rebel Green - A new generation of Eco-friendly products.

”We love fashion and beauty, but also want to make the world a prettier place by giving back and being green. Rebel Green was born out of that determination: to design chic, edgy, rebellious and eco-friendly designs for men, women and children. From totes and produce bags so cool and convenient you’ll want to make additional trips to the store just to show them off, to safe for your family lunch boxes, to the hippest organic cotton tees we’ve ever seen”

Clothes and shoes designed with Tetra Pak Packaging Material. From the Fashion Week in Amsterdam couple of weeks ago. Tetra Pak Benelux worked together with fashion designers to make this nice collection.

Here my own design – Packaging for a t-shirt collection. The garment was manufactured in the USA and hand-printed by E35 Lab in Italy. Colorful Swedish icons, on natural white t-shirts made from organic cotton, printed with water color, free from PVC. The package is a simple cardboard box made from recycled paper.

A truly interesting company - Toms Shoes. The shoes are absolutely fantastic, I just want to have them all. Shipped in this nice shoe bag raises the value even more. A natural sack clearly marked with shoe size and color. The look and feel of the packaging seem to fit very well with the brand image. Part of Toms mission is that for every pair purchased they will give a pair of shoes to a child in need, in Argentina and South Africa. Here you can see some pictures from the project. Impressive!