EST. MMXXVI · A PUBLIC RECORD
2 CONFESSIONS · 42 CASESConfess
CR-00215.06.MMXXVI

Same box, same price, 12% less inside. I redesigned the packaging contours so the shrink wouldn't read on the shelf — a deeper dimple in the bottle, a wider waist on the jar. My brief literally said imperceptible. The grocery aisle is where I practiced illusion.

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Source France, Arrêté of 16 April 2024 on consumer information for downsized products (JORF no. 0104, 2024)

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ShrinkflationDeceptive design

This entry is part of the ledger’s canon, not Volume I. It establishes a named mechanism so that a confession has something to be measured against — read why the canon exists. Real confessions live in Volume I, and the voluntary contributions given alongside them fund scholarships at the School of Critical Design.

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