Bubble Wrap celebrates golden anniversary

One of America’s most irresistible pop icons is turning 50 on Monday. Bubble Wrap, the packing material that people love to burst, was born in a garage in Hawthorne, N.J., in 1960. Engineers Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding originally planned to market it as wallpaper. The décor idea fell flat and Bubble Wrap – a…

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Bubble Wrap, at 50, a Pop Culture Mainstay

People have walked to the altar dressed in it, protected their garden plants with it, even put it on display at highbrow art museums. Mostly, they like the sound it makes when they destroy it, piece by piece, which largely explains the appeal of Bubble Wrap, the stress reducer disguised as package cushioning that maintains…

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Bubble Wrap is a pliable transparent plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items. Regularly spaced, protruding air-filled hemispheres (“bubbles”) provide cushioning for precious or breakable items. Bubble Wrap was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957. The term is a registered trademark of Sealed Air Corporation (US) which was founded…

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