Abstract
This study examines how the future of packaging design will be shaped by sustainability, analyzing perspectives from the Middle East, where the researchers originate. With growing ecological awareness worldwide, multi-dimensional sustainability features are redefining packaging’s evolution. Eco-materials, innovative production, reuse, waste reduction, and repurposing are uncommon techniques that emerge from communities’ efforts against plastic pollution in the researchers’ home countries. The study advocates community-driven educational projects as the foundation for sustainability, emphasizing packaging’s ecological recalibration based on resource-consciousness and ground-up promotion. The dynamic role of emerging technologies is also interrogated regarding transforming the packaging ecosystem sustainably. Optimizing material use and production processes proposes a symbiotic relationship between innovation and sustainability. The study supports individual design solutions that balance ecology and society by examining sustainability’s social and cultural foundations and incorporating diverse viewpoints. Ultimately, a roadmap that combines conventional methods rooted in local cultural wisdom with cutting-edge approaches is proposed. This matches design to the changing technological landscape while upholding sustainability. The result provides equitable packaging design strategies that acknowledge cross-cultural limitations. By thoroughly analyzing sustainability from multiple lenses, this study strengthens the appeal for sustainable packaging based on collective well-being rather than just profits.
Presenters
Marjan KhatibiAssistant Professor, Design, San Jose Sate University, California, United States Shaza Jendi
Ed.M student, Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology , Harvard Graduate School of Education , Massachusetts, United States Samira Shiridevich
Assistant Professor, Arts and Art History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Theme
KEYWORDS
Sustainable Future, Packaging Design, Culture, Social Design
