The VE09 Blister Radio is made from PLA, a biodegradable, thermoplastic, aliphatic polyester derived from renewable resources such as cornstarch (in the U.S.) or sugarcanes. The design is based on conventional vacuum-formed packaging components, displaying intuitively all rudimentary components of a traditional radio while a retail environment, and permanently while at home. The blister replaces complex injection-molded case has a life beyond the retail shelf.
The solar panel in the back of the clear blister pack recharges the batteries allowing the user to operate the radio without ever opening the clamshell package.
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finally the stuborness of clamshell packaging is put to good use! good luck!
That is awesome.!
see-through-beauty
So sleek and inventive!
i want one.
Very impressive!
ein interessantes und futuristisches design,sollte in keiner Familie fehlen
Very Nice!!!
That is fantastic. I want to use this process for products now. Thank you for the inspiration.
congratulations! transparent-environmentally conscious- and good looking!!!!!
Wie immer: Super Design!
I very much like this design, especially how the whole feel of it could be changed based on the colors of the batteries!
Unbelievable! Genau sowas fehlt mir noch! DAS ist die Zukunft!
Great idea, nice design and inspiring too ... excellent!
A clever and elegant idea, wonderful way of continuing the life of packaging, more products should be doing this. Two thumbs up, Good Luck!
Simple but totally cool!
Fantastic! Finally something that intelligently uses that horrid wasteful plastic blister packaging. I wonder what else could be built like this!
well thought concept solve the problem by looking into the product's production phase which often overlooked by designers
that s the smart future .
well done, pure design at it´s best.
Once again, Klaus is brilliant!
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I dont quite understand why everyone is saying that this is brilliant. It has been proven for quite some years that bioplastics aren't really green material and everyone already has a radio in either their Mp3-players or cell phones. Why need more? Also, because of the poor choice of having a blisterpackage I am wondering whether people won't just use this as a disposable radio. If humans cannot bind value to a product, it gets discarded. That's just simple psychology. It seems that green desi
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