A green label and a leaf icon used to be enough. From September 2026 they're a liability. Here's how to design sustainability cues a regulator, a reta...
Most brands design the primary pack and treat the shipping case as an afterthought. That case is a sales tool. Here's how to design retail-ready packa...
The FDA's proposed front-of-pack Nutrition Info box wants the top third of your front panel — the same space your logo and hero shot fight over. Here'...
By the end of 2027, retail scanners are expected to read 2D barcodes at checkout — which means your packaging needs a QR code, placed and printed corr...
Soft-touch reads as the most premium to the hand, matte survives the supply chain best, and gloss makes color and metallics sing. Here's how to match...
Your brand color is a manufacturing tolerance, not a design choice. Here's when to spec Pantone, when CMYK is fine, and the Delta E math that decides...
A mockup is the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy. Here's the prototype ladder we give clients — digital render, white dummy, 3D model, printed proof...
Foil, embossing, and spot UV all whisper 'expensive' — at very different prices. Here's a working rule for choosing the finish that pays for itself, w...
A vague design brief means rounds of revisions, blown budgets, and packaging that misses. Here is how to write one that gets the right concept on the...
Limited-edition packaging sells out when scarcity is visible and margins stay intact. A practical guide to drop hooks, edition numbering, premium fini...
Tony's Chocolonely made its chocolate bar deliberately uneven and wrapped it in clashing colors to indict the cocoa trade. Here's how packaging became...
Premium and cheap packaging often share the same box shape. Seven construction details — wall rigidity, wrap corners, inner tray, closure, finish, hin...