AI-Designed "#Unboxing": New Standards for Product and Packaging Development Shared by Gen Z

Does your product spark excitement even before the box is opened?

Now that social media—especially Instagram and TikTok—has become the center of purchasing behavior, a product's value is no longer determined by functionality and quality alone. Visual appeal—the urge to take a photo and share it—heavily influences sales.

• You might be confident in your product's quality, but the packaging is plain and fails to stand out on social media.
• You might struggle to keep up with the latest global trends, such as the specific colors and designs preferred by Gen Z.
• You know that unboxing videos are important, but you haven't designed the customer experience down to the way the box opens or how the items are wrapped.

In modern marketing, failing to "design for shareability" has become a significant hurdle.

Reflecting Global Trends in Product Planning with AI

The product development process, which previously relied on a designer’s intuition or a manager’s research skills, can now be supported by objective data analysis through AI. The "Product/Menu Development Planner" is a powerful partner that suggests a "marketable look" based on data.

• AI incorporates the latest global trends, such as "pastel colors" or "minimalism," into your product concept and proposes specific design ideas.
• Get packaging ideas designed specifically for unboxing videos, taking into account the joy and surprise of the opening process.
• AI even creates catchy slogans that resonate with Gen Z, communicating your product's appeal in a single, impactful phrase.

This allows you to spend less time worrying about the project's direction and focus on essential tasks like quality control and manufacturing management.

Practice: Developing "Viral Bath Goods" with AI

Let's walk through the process of developing a new line of "bath goods and aromatherapy" targeting Gen Z (the youth demographic).

Step 1: Get the "Prototype" of Your Idea with the Product/Menu Development Planner

First, enter the core information of your project into the Product/Menu Development Planner and click the "Create" button.

Based on your input, the AI proposes one specific new product plan. This is the "prototype" that serves as the starting point for all subsequent thinking.

Step 2: Refine into a "Feasible Plan" through Dialogue with AI

The product plan proposed by the AI in Step 1 is just an ideal concept. From here, use the chat feature to tell the AI about your company’s actual constraints and specific preferences to refine it into a feasible plan.

Through this dialogue, the AI evolves from a simple "idea man" into a "co-developer" that understands the reality of your workshop and supports technical problem-solving.

Step 3: Visualize the "Finished Image" with Image Generation

AI Visualize the final image of your "unique" product refined through the dialogue in Step 2.

Save this generated prompt to your Clip. By pasting it into mitsumonoAI’s image generation tool (e.g., nano-banana), you can visually confirm the final look of a product that doesn't even exist yet.

Turning Every Product into a "Shareable Experience"

This development process, starting from "social media appeal," can be applied to many other product categories.

• Food and Sweets:
  Develop cake recipes with beautiful cross-sections or cookie packaging meant for individual sharing, designed to be posted with the "#Foodie" tag.
• Stationery:
  Develop products that trigger the urge to collect, like pens with color-changing gradients or notebook series that form a picture when lined up, perfect for sharing on "#Studygram."
• Local Specialties:
  Take traditional jam and put it in modern, minimalist jars. Use AI to add "gamification" elements, such as a series of jars that, when collected, complete a map of the region.

Summary: Designing the "Stories Worth Telling" with AI

This article explained the specific methods for using AI to develop new products that resonate with Gen Z and get shared naturally on social media.

In modern product development, success depends on designing the "experience of wanting to share," not just the function.

AI analyzes the latest global trends and proposes specific ideas for packaging, visuals, and words that make up that experience.

This is the most modern approach to delivering your product’s value to future fans you haven't even met yet.

Don't just wait for someone to share your great product—use AI to create a product that is "destined to be shared."

mitsumonoAI can be used not only for product development but also for solving various business challenges, improving efficiency, and creating new value for your company.

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