tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138624.post8778897110131163832..comments2023-03-17T14:45:50.282+00:00Comments on Exploring the Purpose of Things: The Message of PackagingRichard Veryardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499123397533975655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138624.post-40589107618836973632010-11-30T18:42:16.250+00:002010-11-30T18:42:16.250+00:00On the one hand, surely everyone knows that kids t...On the one hand, surely everyone knows that kids take up smoking a) because everyone else does it, and b) because adults don't want you to do it.<br /><br />On the other hand, it'd be great if this opens up debate on the whole "colour coding of status" thing. Pale colours on food packaging do NOT mean something is healthier. Monochrome car colours do NOT mean you are posh and glitzy (although mine is silver). etc etc.<br /><br />Ultimately, they should make cigarette packets a lovely yellow-and-lilac tartan pattern, and label them "Nice Cigarettes" in Comic Sans. No-one under the age of 60 would buy them.Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.com