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Package Design Gallery: Part 4 of 4

Each year, the Healthcare Packaging editors evaluate an array of over-the-counter product packaging designs, assessing the pros and cons from a user perspective. Today we review Kotex Daily Liners and TUMS Chewy Bites.

Kotex Daily Liners' feature athletic graphics and colors that, while not exactly new, buck the decades-long trend of pink and purple printing on women’s health products.
Kotex Daily Liners' feature athletic graphics and colors that, while not exactly new, buck the decades-long trend of pink and purple printing on women’s health products.

Kimberly Clark’s U by Kotex Daily Liners 

PROS 

+ Athletic graphics and colors that, while not exactly new, buck the decades-long trend of pink and purple printing on women’s health products

+ Easy-to-read icons clearly demonstrate usage and disposal directions

+ Plastic bag and drawstring make for an easily portable package, keeping product contained

CONS

Plastic bag does not appear to have cues for where to open the package

While the smaller, lighter plastic bag may take up less space than traditional cartons, the plastic does not appear to be recyclable

 

GSK’s TUMS Chewy Bites 

PROS 

+ Wide bottle is an eye-catching shape, easy to hold and consumers can clearly view the tablets

+ Unique V-cut lid is easy to twist open; berry imagery on label matches colorful tablets

CONS

While the package is easy to open, it required a bit of force to snap the lid back on which could be challenging for those with dexterity issues

 

This is a four-part series. Check out Part 1Part 2 and Part 3.

 

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