E Commerce Closure Design

E Commerce Closure Design is now open for entries!

E Commerce Closure Design : A leading company, in collaboration with Desall, is looking for an innovative cap for the personal care, cosmetics, and food sectors, specifically designed for e-commerce sales.

➜ Short description

A leading company, in collaboration with Desall, is looking for an innovative cap for the personal care, cosmetics, and food sectors, specifically designed for e-commerce sales. The cap must ensure shock resistance during transport while also providing an easy and intuitive opening experience for the user.

Organiser is looking for innovative concepts for a new single-component cap intended for the personal care, cosmetics, and food sectors. The cap should stand out from current market solutions in terms of usability, user experience, and functionality. It will be specifically designed for e-commerce sales, a channel that has revolutionized the way products are purchased and presents new challenges for packaging, particularly for plastic bottle closures. The goal is to develop an innovative closure that meets market needs, reduces plastic usage, and simplifies existing solutions.

Traditional plastic bottle closures present several issues when used in the e-commerce sector:

➜ Sealing and security: During transport, bottles may experience shocks and temperature changes, increasing the risk of leakage and contamination.
➜ Need for additional protection: Many current products require secondary seals (e.g., shrink wrap or security films), which increases plastic usage and costs.
➜ Opening difficulty: Some systems, while ensuring security, are difficult for the end user to open, leading to dissatisfaction and complaints.
➜ Sustainability: The growing focus on reducing environmental impact calls for lower plastic use and improved packaging recyclability.

To develop an effective and innovative closure for the e-commerce sector, the project should follow these key principles:

➜ Compatibility: The cap should preferably be compatible with threaded bottle necks and/or press-fit necks.
➜ Plastic reduction: Minimize non-essential components and optimize the design. Guaranteed security and sealing: The cap must withstand transport-related stress without requiring additional seals.
➜ Simplified design: Avoid complex structures that increase costs and make the product harder to use.
➜ Ease of recycling: Use a single component or easily separable parts to improve sustainability.
➜ Cost optimization: Incorporate efficient manufacturing solutions and reduce the need for secondary packaging.
➜ Customization: Possibility to add a logo or the customer’s brand name.
➜ Ease of use (optional): Consider the possibility of one-handed opening.

You are invited to design a cap with strong aesthetic value and attention to detail, capable of establishing a new stylistic language that sets it apart from current market offerings. However, the cap’s design should not feature overly distinctive or brand-specific elements, as it needs to adapt well to containers of various shapes and styles, depending on the brand using the specific bottle.

The cap must be manufactured using industrial production technologies, specifically injection molding. The most suitable materials for this context are polypropylene and polyethylene, with the option to create either mono-material or bi-material caps using the same molding cycle. At your discretion, you may also propose bi-injected solutions using thermoplastic materials or soft components, provided they offer a significant advantage in terms of user experience or functionality. Ideally, the new cap should be single-component.

Judging criteria:

➜ Degree of innovation 5/5
➜ Aesthetic quality 5/5
➜ Functionality/Usability 5/5
➜ Eco-friendliness 4/5
➜ Economic sustainability 4/5

➜ Submission requirements:

➜ Provide detailed descriptions and up to 5 images to effectively present your projects. Images should be in 4:3 format, with .jpg, .gif or .png file formats acceptable. The colour mode should be RGB and the maximum size of a single file should be 1MB.
➜ You’re invited to use the designated field on the submission on the official website page to attach a .zip file containing 3D files and high-resolution versions of the project images. The maximum file size for the .zip archive is 100MB.

➜ Who may enter?

Participation is free and open to creative talents of any nationality aged 18 or older.

➜ Prize:

The winner will receive €4000.

Throughout the duration of the option right, the Sponsor offers an additional opportunity to all participants by setting the compensation of €2000 for the purchase of the licence for the economic exploitation of projects not recognized as winning proposals.