For the purpose of our master's thesis, we designed and made a promotional product of the town of Žalec. The promotional product was made mainly with the intention to promote the cultural heritage and tradition of the town. Its aim is to further increase the interest for the town and the number of visiting tourists and all other curious travellers. The final product is an ecological promotional product containing a smart indicator. The packaging thus contains a thermochromic indicator, providing information on the product temperature to the buyer. In the empirical part, we set several goals that helped us achieve the final result. The first goal was to thoroughly conduct a study of the visual identity of the town and the understanding of its cultural heritage and tradition. The second goal was to thoroughly examine the research to date in the field of food packaging, in particular ice-cream packaging, and in the field of hop waste paper-making. The third goal was to correctly and appropriately select materials to make packaging and the thermochromic indicator itself. The fourth goal was to make paper from hop waste and determine its mechanical, chemical, surface and printing properties. Finally, the fifth goal was to present the cultural heritage and tradition of the town through the careful planning and design of the final product.
In the theoretical part, we first reviewed all research to date in the field of promotional materials, packaging and paper. A section was devoted to waste biomass, hop waste in particular, i.e. waste in the hop-growing sector, which can be further used. The theoretical part concluded was followed by an empirical part, the first section of which focused on a detailed analysis of the visual identity of the town of Žalec, the making of the promotional product and hop waste paper-making. The last step of our work was the prototypisation of the promotional product. The results showed that our final product fulfilled all expectations and goals we set at the beginning of the work process. The final product effectively presents the town of Žalec and its cultural heritage and tradition. Throughout the work, we determined that making a quality promotional product can be a very lengthy and detailed process.
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