CATEGORY - AGE ISSUES

Time to give this neglected blog a boost.

And add a category at least to archive stuff that seems pretty pertinent to the 'grey' market aspects of the RE:tie.

Articles

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/designing-better-products-for-an-aging-global-population/5611

http://www.greenerpackage.com/corporate_strategy/sustainability_among_trends_shaping_future_food_and_beverage_packaging?

Companies

http://www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com/

http://silvergroup.asia/

Another Day, Another (possibility of getting noticed enough to make a) Dollar

Have to say, this is rather nice.

Full story (so far) here.

Hey, reuse in action

I've even reused the blog text

But... will they 'BUY' it?

It's all well and good having a lauded and awarded concept.

The tricky part comes when the consumer gets to judge.

Will they like it?

Will they buy it?

The answer to both, it seems, is yes.

Thing is, with RE:tie, even though the public like it enough to feel comfortable paying around 2p extra for packaging it tops off, the actual cost to get into production is so small as to be infinitesimal, and no one is actually suggesting any extra costs.

But it is worth pondering the last time folk expressed any interest in forking out more for the packaging.

So it seems a marketing idea that all are more than happy to 'buy' into whichever way you look at it.

What's the (re)use of a re-design?

More folk read Junkk.com first.

Hence I have decided to post there and just copy here if it's a story that applies to both.

http://junkk.blogspot.com/2010/12/polishing-things-unduly-receiving.html

Hope that works/makes sense... :)

Karma rules

Too many twitter feeds, not enough time.

Today saw a big step-up in RE:tie's fortunes... I hope:

http://junkk.blogspot.com/2010/11/important-day-for-retie.html

RE:tie marketing contact email

A nice marketing lady suggested we be easier to contact.

This will have to do, for now: peter[at]junkk.com and info[at]junkk.com