Comments on: LACOSTE ECO POLO by Tom Dixon

By: aj28

aj28 — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:40:05 +0000

i think the idea of vacuum packaging clothing is a good idea, admittedly not single t-shirts shown here simply for marketing purposes, but if clothing that was packaged in plastic anyway before shipping was vacuum packed it could reduce the volume of goods being transported?

By: davor sladakovic

davor sladakovic — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:12:34 +0000

How could I make contact with somebody to create eco products
please,reply to my mail

By: gabriela

gabriela — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:42:45 +0000

Where I can buy this shirt?? please answer to my email!!! thanks!!!

By: aeiouxSchemata

aeiouxSchemata — Sat, 19 May 2007 00:15:27 +0000

Couldn’t agree more, this is shameful design which totally misses the point : i’m sure a designer like Tom Dixon has heard ‘the best design is simplicity’ but seems to have slipped him by. Imagine either of these products being purchased as a gift for an individual : it doesn’t fit : the purchaser returns it to the store, now unsealed (admittedly the eco-polo packaging could be reclosed, but surely this would damage easily and therefore be more likely discarded/rejected over an undamaged pack) : more waste is generated. A truly pure piece of eco clothing design is a) one that is created using natural materials, by hand with minimal energy useage/chemical by-products, b) shipped/stored in as eco-friendly manner as is feasible and c) demands that the customer obtains/carries the product in an eco-friendly manner (re-useable carrier bag, or even none at all)?

Imagine that : buying an eco-shirt in a shop and being told you could not be given a bag to take it away in : makes sense to me.

rgds
aeioux schemata [uk]

By: someonescoat

someonescoat — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:01:11 +0000

Shipping clothing in little plastic bundles is preposterous and wasteful. I can understand the desire to protect the clothes but surely they can all be packed together in one piece, at the very least?

And as for the vacuum packaging, I find it repulsive and ridiculous. I am so incredibly tired of big business trying to go green and getting it so blatantly wrong. I am currently at the design indaba in south africa and I ashamed to admit that the complimentary books we recieved are printed with spot colours up the wazoo! Every. Single. Page.
But they are planting trees, and the *say* they are green, so I guess it must be true!

Green is beginning to become nothing more than a slick marketing catchphrase.
Ugh.

By: cameron

cameron — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:21:11 +0000

how about somebody comes up with a more effective way to ship clothing then? selling any clothing pre-packaged is not a sustainable option. if the packaging is required for shipping, and they really want to be green, why not produce the items locally, then they won’t need to be shipped as far.

Triple bottom line = environmental + social + financial

By: ideometric

ideometric — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:51:37 +0000

To put the packaging in perspective, I work at a major clothing company’s retail store. When we receive shipment of new clothes every week, every item is individually wrapped in plastic to protect it during shipping. Sometimes these individually wrapped items are then consolidated and wrapped together with more plastic. We go through large amounts of plastic and cardboard boxes every week, and we’re a small store.

At worst, my guess is that the packaging on these polos is no worse than the norm.

By: Ujaya

Ujaya — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:21:27 +0000

That’s exactly what I thought when I saw this, how eco friendly is the unnecessary packaging? Who needs a box or a vacuum pack for a shirt?

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:52:43 +0000

It seems big business is showing itselve. Big GREEN business that is.
And as always, when emerging markets are based on profitbased fundamentals, business starts booming. GREEN business is booming.
I really do not care too much, let someone else be the jury, or the judge. Just do what you can. The way you present it may differ from product to product and from company to company. A luxery (green) packing for a GREEN product seems logic however.
Enjoy the GREEN as a GIFT as long as GREEN is still trendy and seemingly not a bare neccessatity….
Even than, try to keep your JOY…

By: Thibaut

Thibaut — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:58:00 +0000

Is it eco friendly to sell a polo shirt in a box, even if it’s made from recycled materials, when it could be shipped without, thus lowering the CO2 footprint of the product ?
No.
Or maybe I’m missing something ?
Please give me a clue, because from where I stand, I see none.
Thank you.