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Five Key Packaging Design Trends for 2025

July 15, 2025   Authored by   Skye

As sustainability and design aesthetics converge, packaging is no longer merely about "protecting products"; it also serves to tell stories, create emotional connections, and convey brand values.

This article will bring you the key development directions of packaging forms, environmental protection and aesthetics in various categories around the world.

Trend One: Eco-friendly Materials

Sustainable development will remain a key focus for the packaging industry and a crucial opportunity area for brands. The market ranges from biodegradable kelp films, laser-etched labels, fermented bioplastics to paper bottles, and brands are exploring innovative material solutions. For instance, GVPAK's sustainable paper bottle packaging is made through pulp molding, which not only retains the feel of traditional bottle shapes but also has comprehensive recyclability, making it highly suitable for the current product positioning that pursues a sustainable aesthetic.

It is worth mentioning that paper bottle is becoming a highly promising eco-friendly packaging solution, especially suitable for the beauty, personal care and beverage categories.

Mujo Lab biodegradable kelp film packaging

The biodegradable kelp-based film packaging produced by Mujo Lab Company
Westfalia laser etched labels

Westfalia Fruit uses laser etching for product labels
Paper bottle packaging

Paper bottle packaging that is easy to biodegrade
Fermented bioplastics

Bioplastics produced through microbial fermentation degrade very quickly

Trend Two: Creative Forms

Apart from practicality, the greatest opportunity for packaging lies in its individuality, which can create moments of joy in consumers and instantly enhance their favorable impression and the value of the gift.

These inspirations come from daily life, yet they transform the functionality of packaging into "entertainment", endowing the products with higher emotional value.

Happy Socks milk carton packaging

Happy Socks packs trendy socks in milk cartons, turning the moment of opening the box into "playful childhood memories"
Fish can style cards

The creative brand has launched "fish can" style cards, humorously lighting up consumers' emotions
Squeezable face soup can

An aluminum can soup features a cap designed as a 'squeezable face', allowing people to interact and smile while drinking the soup
Toothpaste expression tool

The "squeezing tool" attached to the outside of toothpaste expresses various expressions like a human face

Trend Three: The Return of Serif Fonts

As Generation Z becomes the largest generation, we have witnessed the decline of the dominance of minimalist sans-serif fonts popular among millennials in packaging layout amid the wave of maximalism. Serif fonts are now gaining visual prominence.

The Warehouse

The Warehouse
Heime by Tiare Payano

Heime by Tiare Payano
Live it Up

Live it Up
Margo&Me pet brand packaging

Pet brand packaging design Margo&Me

Trend Four: Healing Design

Exhausted consumers hope to invest in creating happy little moments and are more willing to purchase brands that can inspire joy or surprise and please them.

cloud 23 chili sauce

The Brooklyn-based new chili sauce brand cloud 23
Elume

Elume
Joli Dessert

Joli Dessert
French beauty brand

A French beauty brand focusing on Gen Z (aged between 15 and 25)

Trend Five: Childlike Nostalgia

Allowing consumers who are exhausted from dealing with crises to find moments of joy and escape through delightful packaging will be a strong trend, especially for Generation Z.

"Returning to childhood" has become a spiritual haven. In a turbulent world, people long for simple happiness.

donteattangerine

donteattangerine
getgraza

getgraza
Kevpineda

Kevpineda
Bubble lipstick design

Bubble's lipstick designs are combined with the popular trend of DIY bag pendants

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