Projects by the students of the
Bachelor Major in Art, Major in Design,
and the Master in Eco-Social Design

design classics – chinese takeaway box

Lecturer/s
Course/s

BA Design Warm-Up – Foundation Course

Year

2022

semester

The earliest version of the chinese takeaway box was patented in November of 1894 by Frederick Weeks. It’s made out of a single piece of paper and then folded into a leak-proof box and secured with a wire handle. The popular red design was added in the 1970s by an unknown source.