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a flatpack origami of cardboard that defends your eggs with geometric cowardice and quiet genius
means A box or container made of cardboard or stiff paper, used to hold and protect goods like eggs, milk, or cigarettes.
from From French 'carton,' which came from Italian 'cartone' — literally 'big paper,' the augmentative of 'carta' (paper). That 'carta' traces back to Latin 'charta,' a sheet of papyrus, itself borrowed from Greek 'khartēs.' So a humble egg box carries, deep in its name, the memory of ancient paper. The same root quietly feeds 'card,' 'chart,' and 'cartoon' — which once meant a full-size paper sketch before it ever meant a drawing that makes you laugh.
- word origin
- From Italian cartone, meaning heavy paper or pasteboard
- egg armor
- Bumpy shape distributes shock to protect fragile shells
- milk pioneer
- Paper milk cartons patented in 1915 by John Van Wormer
- recyclable
- Most cartons are layered paper, plastic, and aluminum
- flatpack genius
- Ships flat, folds into volume on demand
tetra pak — swedish company that invented the beverage carton in 1951, now packages 190 billion drink cartons annually worldwide
gable top milk carton — the peaked-roof cardboard milk container introduced in north america in the 1930s, iconic design still used today
juice box capri sun — pouch-style carton drink launched in 1969, revolutionized portable beverages for children with its 200ml foil-lined design