Challenge to solve : What could be the containers for a supermarket without packaging.

1. REMIX with NU d Design a purchasing kit for a supermarket without packaging
Paris – La Maison des Acteurs du Paris Durable
09 Octobre 2014

2. Nu is a project of supermarket without packaging with a deposit system. No less than 400 sq. meters in the center of Paris where you can meet directly with producers on their stall and find first necessities products.
The team is working an innovative system of paiement and weighing. Scales under the different products would enable to register in real time on a badge the quantity taken

3. Design a purchasing kit for a deposit system
Objectifs :
Make the deposit sytem practical and ergonomic
Transform the constrain of the deposit into something fun
Imagine the bag that is going to contain the containers
Constrains :
Urban environment (easy to transport and store)
No unique use (washable, reusable, etc.)
Ecological materials & long life cycle

4. Interlocking bags…

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Tetris Bricks
Lego Boxes
Caractéristics :
=> Code of colors to differenciate the products
=> Télescopic
=> Interlocking
=> No need for covers, can close when put into each other
The +: => Handles to transport as backpack =>Easy to store => Beautiful– Can build structures with it, fun for kids

6. And modular

7. The flexible tube
=> Can have different volumes
=> Flexible and pliable
=> Can put caps on the extrimities for liquids/grains for instance
The + => Can add tongs to tie tubes together and build structures
The multi-handles bag
=> Similar to a Ikea bag
Three kind of handles
=> Small ones to carry like a handbag
=> Big ones to carry on a shoulder
=> Two handles to carry like a backpack
The +
=> Made in organic fibers (ex: hemp) or re-used materials)
The Tornado Box
=> Retractable, can close completely
=> A combination of bases that can stretch
The + :
=> Each base has a measure
=> Adapted to liquids

8. Ride your bag

9. The Push Bag
A wheel with different compartments to seperate ingredients
Can add two pedals and ride it to go back home
The +
=> Fun and healthy
=> Can add a dynamo
The caddy trottinette Pliable trottinette which is also a caddy with different hooks for bags like the multi- handles bag Two possibilites for a renting system: => With a down paiement like Vélib => Through a collaborative app where you can geolocate available trottinettes Le + => Made in bamboo

10. Shopping, a social and fun experience

11. Observation:
There is actually no constrains
We usually have a bag on us
It is a convenience./local store
Can give back the deposit whenever we want Positioning => NU is a place to meet people, more like a café than a classic supermarket
A bottle in the sea
Can leave a message inside the containers (ex: chinese crackers)
=> Anonymous message
=>or a message from a brand to offer promotional gifts
When buying the containers can choose to keep them or leave them in the shop as a deposit with a message inside
The +
=> Create like between customers, exchange message
=>can have a QR code sytem
The deposit game: Put forward / Celebrate those who give back the containers Credit / Bonus system Can develop a network with other stores and use the points you win in this network. Ex: get a haircut
The artcraft:
Can build sculptures, and artcrafts with the containers (lego, tetris)

12. Thanks FoW Campfire Paris !
Thx FoW Campfire Paris