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The article analyzes the wave of Container Design project and the opportunity of special interest it brings to designers and to art educators. It states that a design is essential for every package wherein a person trained in color, typography, and the principles of design may contribute much to the package appearance. It also outlines various experimental projects to be executed by students such as designing paper bags.

A photograph of paper shell containers dump in Anzio, Italy is presented.

The article offers information on several products launched in the U.S. in August 1947 including a detachable fitting for cable and wire from Potter Aeronautical Co., Laminite lightweight shipping container from Criterion Paper Corp., and the Thermobeader plastics finisher from Taber Instrument Corp.

The article presents information on two new products including Silent Partner Whiskey dispenser from Meter Manufacturing Co. Inc. and corrosion-resistant version of wrought iron from A.M. Byers Co.

The article focuses on the present condition of the U.S. packaging industry. It mentions that even thought there is no shortage of packaging materials, scarcity is being created by high purchases being made by various companies and informs that the overbuying is due to the experience of shortage the industry had during the Second World War. Also presented is a brief of the present situation of various packaging materials which include glass, metal cans, and plastics.

The article provides information on the different important materials that are used in watercolor painting. It says that a color box is designed to store colors, which is quite important and convenient to use although not necessarily essential. According to the author, water containers can also make painting a more convenient experience, which may come in the form of a tin pail or a white bowl. The uses of other materials are also discussed including watercolor blocks and red sable brushes.

A photograph of the gas cans used by Allied Forces in its bomber attacks on German communication lines is presented.

The article previews several gadgets and industrial equipment including the electronic tone selector for radio receivers from General Electric, aluminum-clad steel wire from U.S. Steel, and containers from St. Regis Paper Co.

The article previews several products, including the cardboard carrier from Hinde & Dauch Paper Co., the midget meter from General Electric Co., and the automatic film slide projector from Projectograph Corp.

The article reports on the claims of industries at the National Association of Purchasing Agents that shipping boxes will continue to be scarce in the U.S.

F.J. Schlink, indefatigable discriminator and technical director of Consumers' Research, is hurt because a drifter failed to mention that admirable and going concern when he held forth recently upon the shortcomings of razor blades and the complete breakdown of the staff of life. Schlink is hurt and the drifter is sorry. The drifter accepts the emendations. The drifter does more and he urges every disciple of discrimination to subscribe to the publications of Consumers' Research. Its monthly broadsides are not only useful for their information; as literature they have the output of any book club backed off the library table.

The article offers information on new packaging products showcased at the American Management Association's trade show in Chicago, Illinois in March 1931. Topics discussed include a fiberboard container for shipping a 32-piece dinner set, marmalade or preserve jars having removable labels, and transparent cellulose packing for sugar doughnuts. Also mentioned are the use of laminated cellulose in printing or lithographing paper labels and an easy-to-set-up collapsible cardboard box.

The article features several new products, including a flux for use with aluminum solder from Alumaweld Company of America, a type of individual-portion ice cream container called Twistee from the Paul Hawkins Co., and a magazine-fed power screw-driving machine from the Detroit Power Screwdriver Co.

A photograph of cardboard cans with tin ends as a packaging of oil from Standard Oil of Ohio is presented.

The article talks about the price war in the canmaking industry in the U.S. between American Can Co. and Continental Can Co. Inc. The two companies share about 75% of the canmaking business between them. When Canco realized Continental was challenging its price leadership, it retaliated with price concessions.

The article looks at the market condition of the U.S. container sector as of June 5, 1948. The decline in sales is attributed to the resistance of American consumers to high prices. It states that the sector sought to rebuild its consumer base through marketing approaches like the "Lookit Girl" by Owens-Illinois Glass. It also reports on the imposition by the U.S. federal government of Conservation M-81 to conserve tin supplies by classifying the precise amount of tinplate used as containers in 228 categories.

The article offers information on the materials and pricing orders issued by the U.S. defense agencies in 1952. Materials orders including cans, aluminum and rubber, while pricing orders including aluminum scrap, lumber products and distilled spirits and wines. It is stated that full information on materials orders can be obtained from National Production Authority or from the Department of Commerce and full information on price orders can be obtained from the Office of Price Stabilization.

A photograph of A. E. Wennerstorm, manager of Mathieson Chemical Corp. special sales department with the company's winged container for emergency relief work is presented.

The article reports that Federal Trade Commission has charged several milk- and ice-cream can manufacturers with unlawful combination including Milk and Ice Cream Can Institute and D. S. Hunter and Associates to suppress competition among manufacturers.

The article evaluates several products including the paper pitcher from Dixie Cup Division of American Can Co., cleaning paint brushes and rollers from Westway Manufacturing Corp. and airborne demineralizer from Bogue Electric Manufacturing Co.

The article offers news briefs related to new federal regulations in the U.S. in July 1943. It highlights the amendment of the War Production Board (WPB) on the purchasing and sales policy of authorized controlled materials. It mentions the improved rule concerning the maximum machining charges of high-alloy castings. It also notes the established incentive maximum prices for wood, fiber or corrugated board containers.

The article focuses on the design show currently held at the main floor of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The show is an attempt to display new industrial exquisiteness in packaging, and to make an aesthetic claim for it. After the fond backward look at craft and nature, the show moves on to some contemporary containers. The show treats both disposable and re-usable packages, including a very fine pet-carrier for a small traveling animal, made of folded cardboard, and a transparent suit made of vinylfilm for a working man who needs two skins.

The article focuses on the shortage of shipping containers or boxes in the U.S. It tells that shipping industry in the U.S. has estimated the production of 32 percent of wirebound boxes in 1946. It informs that as per Wirebound Box Manufacturers Association, the key factor behind the problem lies in the regulations of the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA). It further focuses on lack of labor as one of the causes for the shortages in lumber, pulp and veneer.

A preview on the "Nifong Automatic Scotch Tape Can Sealer" custom-built by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing. Co. is presented.

The article reports on the similarity of two easy-opening can tops developed independently by companies, Continental Can Co. and American Can Co.

A photograph of Hortonspheroid gasoline container, designed by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works, is presented.

The article evaluates several products including a syrup container from Whitehall Import and Export Co. Inc., Kadette Tele-Matic 35, a radio from International Radio Corp. and a Gyro-Magnetic Compass from Sperry Gyroscope Co.

The article features several products including a multi-conductor elevator from General Electric co., Thermo-San pottery-lined containers from Ceramic Container Co., and a mattress from Sleepsafe Industries Inc.

The article focuses on the canning storage method used by the U.S. Army in 1945 in which its war materiel is sealed in steel or aluminum containers for preservation. It notes that among the companies that perform most of the work in the storage program are the Glenn L. Martin Co., the American Bridge Co. and the International Harvester Co. One of the advantages in the canning method of preservation is mentioned. It adds that Major General Levin H. Campbell Jr. has been credited for the idea of utilizing metal cans for storage.

The article features new devices, apparatus, and equipment available in the market in 1943, which include the G-E Tube Flaw Detector from General Electric Company's Special Products Division, the Friday Pack Container for apples from The Friday Pack Company, and the Littelfuse Silver-Plated Be. Cu. Fuse Clips from Littelfuse Inc.

The article reports on the effectivity of the labeling provisions of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 in the U.S. on July 1, 1940. It mentions that the new law would require manufacturers to put labels that carry more information, accurate statement of contents, names of ingredients, adequate directions and warnings for drugs. It also demands that the containers are not deceptively formed.

The article presents a short story about a garbage collector. The garbage collector wakes up at 6 am and washes his face with water. He takes his truck with his driver and would drive out into the great city and go down all the streets until they came to the place where they started work. He jumped in front of each house and pick up he garbage cans and brought them back and took off their lids and knocked them against the bin edge. The mayor of his city announced that after the droppings of bombs , the garbage collectors have to pick the bodies too.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by the packaging industry. Steel and aluminum cans and glass containers would be in short supply. Food cartons will be replaced by bland, uninteresting packages with ingredient statements. Material shortages will have long-term effect on packaging. Packaging that depends on plastics will be the one most affected. There has been reduction in resin production capacity. The price of polystyrene was frozen at a time when the price was exceptionally low. The plastic shortage will affect the supply of plastic bottles.