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The Fresh Label Tracks Food Expiration Dates

Posted by Robyn Lee, August 24, 2009

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[TO-GENKYO]

Spoon and Tamago's preview of the Good Design Awards features an expiration date label concept, Fresh Label, by Japanese design studio TO-GENKYO. The hourglass-shaped label would track a food's expiration date "by changing colors based on the level of ammonia the food emits as it ages." When the food has expired, the label would no longer readable. [via swissmiss]

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