Packaging, which is closely related to social life, is divided into many kinds due to different uses and needs. Usually, people divide it into two kinds according to its circulation mode : one is sales packaging, and the other is logistics packaging. Other aspects of the classification are as follows :
( 1 ) Classified from the form of packaging, it is divided into three forms : small packaging, inner packaging and outer packaging. The inner packaging and outer packaging generally belong to the logistics packaging category.
( 2 ) From the use of classification, it can be very clearly divided into the face of consumer sales packaging and logistics packaging as a thousand kinds of circulation process. In the face of consumers, packaging is generally in the form of individual packaging. Therefore, sales packaging also belongs to small packaging, and packaging for convenient circulation appears in the form of internal packaging and external packaging.
( 3 ) From the circulation of packaging objects to distinguish, there are domestic packaging and import and export packaging, as well as special aspects of packaging, such as exhibitions and other exchange of art packaging and military materials packaging and so on.
( 4 ) From the classification of the transportation forms of packaging, there are trucks, ships, and aircraft. For the goods themselves, all forms of transportation should be suitable.
( 5 ) From the classification of packaging materials, can be paper, wooden boxes, cartons, plastic, glass bottles, plexiglass, composite materials, pottery, metal, etc., which are based on different packaging needs of a material used.
( 6 ) From the classification of packaging performance, there are waterproof packaging, vacuum packaging, sterile packaging, heat-resistant packaging, green packaging, fresh packaging, rust-proof packaging, import and export packaging, insurance packaging and so on.
( 7 ) According to the classification of goods, it is generally divided into food packaging, pharmaceuticals, medical products packaging, cosmetics packaging, daily necessities packaging, household appliances packaging, electronic products packaging, precision instruments packaging, etc.
As a characteristic of sales packaging, it mainly appears in the form of individual packaging of items. The purpose of the design of the packaging form of the goods is to consider the promotion of the goods on the premise of ensuring the quality of the contents. The general packaging forms are metal cans, glass bottles, soft packaging and so on.
In terms of logistics packaging, it is mainly the packaging of the transportation process of goods from the production place to the consumption place. Its form is generally the internal and external packaging needs. Under the premise of giving priority to the quality of the content items, in order to meet the various conditions in safety and transportation, special packaging is carried out. Therefore, the packaging here is generally characterized by cartons, wooden boxes, cloth packaging and large containers. From this point of view, sales packaging and logistics packaging, whether name or form, are completely different aspects. These differences are very obvious, designers should pay attention to in the design. In recent years, the packaging style of the promotion form of logistics packaging has also been used more, and it also has some characteristics of sales packaging. At the same time, in the sales of large supermarkets, it has also been seen that many are not individual packaging, but box-type packaging forms. The emergence of this style also makes the form of sales packaging and logistics packaging exist in each other in the future, thus becoming a new requirement for packaging design.
