The 3M Volume-Down Packaging

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Derrick Lin

Global

Creative Agency: Scholz & Friends Berlin GmbH
Creative Directors: Martin Pross, Matthias Spaetgens, Robert Krause, Wolf Schneider
Concept: Nils Tscharnke, Sebastian Frese
Art Directors: Sebastian Frese, Ralf Schroeder
Copywriter: Nils Tscharnke
Photographer: Markus Mueller
Account Manager: Josef Hoehnow
Agency Producer: Benito Schumacher
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: 3M Deutschland GmbH
Location: Neuss, Germany

The task was to develop an original promotional packaging solution that immediately conveyed the product value of 3M’s Solar Earplugs – a product targeted at end users frequently requiring effective noise protection (such as musicians and festival-goers). 3M turned the purpose of the earplugs – to reduce noise – into an original package design. The container’s cap looks like the volume knob of a hi-fi system; when opening it to reach the earplugs, one seems to be turning down the volume.