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In today’s cosmetic packaging market, competition is fierce. There are a variety of material options available to companies that need to package their products, and each has it’s benefits and drawbacks. Glass is a beautiful and bright material that’s well accepted by consumers for it’s clarity. Metal is perceived as a valuable material, it’s strong, attractive, and solid, it gives a feeling of durability. Plastic is generally recognized for it’s light weight and it’s versatility, though it’s sometimes relegated to masstige markets, as glass and metal dominate the luxury space. ADA Packaging, based in China, has successfully sidestepped the issue by creating doppelgangers, packaging items that look like they’re composed of luxury materials but that are, in fact, elaborately decorated plastic. The benefits of plastic are evident – it’s clean, it’s generally shatterproof, it can be moulded into a variety of shapes, it can be made tamper-evident, it’s recyclable – the list goes on. Now, thanks to ADA, packaging plastic can also be made to LOOK far more elegant than what we normally think it should. Now, plastic can mimic… …fine crystal… …brushed metal… …frosted glass… …faceted jewels… …chromed or nickelled surfaces… …even pearlescence… Of course, plastic can still look like plastic, but the secret is to give it a shape that’s unique, bold and stylish. ADA has managed to take plastic and make it even more versatile than it already is, thanks to the …
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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Istanbul, Turkey by TravelPod blogger Big8little titled “THE Palace to see – Topkapi or Sultanahmet” Big8little’s travel blog entry: “Day 2 – Still in Istanbul. Got up early enough to make it to the opening of the Museum Palace (get there early if you don’t want to stand in queue forever to visit the Harem). Referred to in historical annals as the Sultanahmet Palace, guide books et al call it the Topkapi Palace Museum. All I can say is this place is a must visit. The Harem would be better with a tour guide or at least an audio guide which is what we did but your visit would be better enhanced by someone who can bring “life in the harem alive”. Otherwise be prepared to do some reading before and after. The grounds are beautiful, fantastic ceramic tile inlay work to decorate all walls, with strong Persian influences and some Chinese, stained glass windows etc but the collections of the wealth of the Ottoman Empire was stagerring and the best part is that all this is on display to the public….I have never seen precious stones this size, cut and finished to be used as inlay for functional pieces to serve the Sultans, to wear, to sit on, to adorn, to give… jaw dropping! Emeralds and rubies, especially emeralds the size of apples and oranges, more diamonds I can count as well as pearls etc. Their collection of finely hand embroidered textiles used as floor rugs (hand embroidered, not woven) as far east as north Indýa was …
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