In 1969 and 1970, if I remember correctly, milk was sold in the Netherlands in plastic bags. The bags flopped about like dying fish when you tried to handle them--not exactly designed for mess-free pouring.
But everybody had a hard plastic jug with a handle and no top. You'd sit your milk-fish in the jug, snip off the top corner on the side opposite the handle, and it poured just fine. For all I know, they were an environmental disaster and housewives hated them, but I loved the whole thing--the floppy bags, they way they sat up straight in the jug, the newness of it, the way they just got themselves out of the way when empty. Perhaps there's nothing that can be done for a gallon-sized cube of milk, but in principle a reusable attachment could be provided to make the thing pour ok. If I were a consumer of gallons of milk and I were aware of the discount and the environmental benefits, that might fly for me. marijke Marijke Rijsberman http://www.interfacility.com http://landfill.wordpress.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
