We bring together research, design and industry to rethink packaging as an infrastructure for responsible, shared innovation

About the project

This research and innovation space is dedicated to rethinking packaging as a complex artefact and an active component of the industrial, technological, and cultural transformations shaping contemporary supply chains. Packaging is conceived as a relational infrastructure that connects products, production systems, territories, and people within integrated dynamics.

The observation of emerging practices, the comparative analysis of case studies, the development of design tools, and the continuous updating of the theoretical and regulatory framework contribute to the construction of a structured knowledge infrastructure oriented towards experimentation and transfer. Digital technologies, sustainability strategies, and circular models are addressed as interdependent components of the project.

The aim is to contribute to the transformation of the packaging sector through a twin transition, circular and digital, supporting solutions that strengthen transparency, traceability, and the quality of experience along the supply chain, while generating environmental, social, and cultural value over time.

Who FUTURE-PACK is for

FUTURE-PACK | Packaging Design Innovation Lab supports designers, companies, researchers and educators in developing knowledge, tools and strategies for responsible and shared innovation in the packaging sector.
Professional
and Business Sector

Guiding designers, companies and other supply-chain actors towards innovative packaging solutions that respond to contemporary challenges and to the needs arising from the twin transition.
Academic Research

Exploring models, case studies, methods and tools for interpreting packaging as a complex artefact and a platform for innovation.
Teaching and Training

Developing competences in packaging design through structured knowledge, operational methods and educational tools.

Collaborate with FUTURE-PACK

Contribute to the development of an open innovation network where knowledge, case studies, and collaborations converge to support responsible, shared innovation in the packaging sector.

Share knowledge and case studies
Submit projects, research, theses, tools or experiences relevant to packaging innovation.

Become a partner or institutional supporter
Join the FUTURE-PACK network through scientific, institutional or industrial collaborations and forms of support for the platform.

Activate research and consultancy projects
Develop applied research, consultancy, experimentation or knowledge-transfer pathways with the Packaging Design Innovation Lab.

News

New Volume Published: FuturE-Pack Explores Smart Packaging for Circular Made in Italy

Pubblicato il volume FuturE-Pack: smart packaging e transizione circolare per il Made in Italy

New Volume Published: FuturE-Pack Explores Smart Packaging for Circular Made in Italy

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Workshop with Giflex companies: FuturE-Pack at the centre of dialogue between research and the packaging supply chain

Workshop con imprese Giflex: FuturE-Pack al centro del dialogo tra ricerca e filiera del packaging

Workshop with Giflex companies: FuturE-Pack at the centre of dialogue between research and the packaging supply chain

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Supply Chain in Dialogue: The Italian Packaging System Towards the New European Regulation

Filiera a confronto: l’Italia dell’imballaggio verso la nuova normativa europea

Supply Chain in Dialogue: The Italian Packaging System Towards the New European Regulation

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