The Total Package
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The Total Package
| Full title | The Total Package: The Secret History and Hidden Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and Other Persuasive Containers |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Hine |
| Published | 1995 |
| Pages | 289 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Thomas Hine on the package as the medium: how boxes, bottles and cans took over the job of the shopkeeper, and what a century of container design says about what shoppers are told. |
Where I heard about it
- @typesfast’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Design · Marketing · Advertising · Food — where this sits in the corpus.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.