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Feb. 1, 2023

How Do You Design Packaging For Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket?

Brian Davis, Packaging Materials and Process Engineer with Blue Origin shares what it takes to create packaging for Blue Origin. Rocket packaging isn't cardboard boxes and inserts, it's engineering and supply chain with a lot...

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Jan. 24, 2023

What to Expect at Paris Packaging Week with Easyfairs and Pentawards …

Why should you travel to Pairs Packaging Week? Because Easyfairs puts on the largest high tech packaging show anywhere in the world. From manufacturers of packaging to some of the greatest brands delivering packaging innovati...

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Jan. 12, 2023

Sustainable Cosmetics Packaging Ideas, Future of Reusable Packaging w…

If you're in cosmetics packaging you know this is the conversation you're having right now. Should we be using recyclable? Is chemical recycling a real thing? How do we choose between aluminum and bamboo pulp pans? Isn't our ...

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Jan. 4, 2023

Designing with AI: An Interview with Kevin Russell of Dark Forces Des…

Packaging Unboxd special guest, Kevin Russel, Creative Director at Dark Forces Design talks about Artificial Intelligence in the creative process. In today's episode, we'll be discussing Midjourney, a new AI tool for packagin...

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Dec. 28, 2022

Real-World Applications of Ai in Professional Creative Design Today w…

You've already heard about Ai and its power to generate designs in seconds, but is there anyone actually using these designs in the real world? Yes! Food and Packaging Photographer, Teri Campbell explains how he's using Ai to...

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Dec. 22, 2022

Is Packaging Design with Midjourney Bullsh*t? Nick Longo of the DGDC …

Nick Longo of the DGDC, Deeply Graphic Design Cast podcast and Evelio discuss Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the packaging design industry. They explore how AI can be used to supplement designer's craft rather than...

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Dec. 15, 2022

From Cannabis Brand Designer to Cannabis Brand Owner Lilli Keinaenen …

Have you ever wanted to own a brand you've designed for? Or at least have a partial ownership in its success? Lilli Keinaenen explains how designing packaging for a cannabis brand led to having an equity stake in Green Bee …

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Dec. 8, 2022

How Brands Design Packaging That Sells with Designalytics, Steve Lamo…

Do you want to increase sales with your packaging design? Steve Lamoureux shares how the data analyzed by Designalytics can refine a brief and drive sales based on consumer feedback during the design process. Don't assume you...

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Dec. 1, 2022

PACDORA the Figma of Packaging Design | Ep 117

You don't have time to learn CAD or some other 3D program, right? Well now you can just log in and create dielines and renders from anywhere with PACDORA.com In this episode I speak to Yu Wang about Pacdora and …

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Nov. 24, 2022

Become a Kick-Ass Creative Director | Ep 116

Today we’re talking to Creative Director Jaime Cabrera, his book What’s the Big Idea - An Indispensable Guide to Becoming a Kick-ass Creative Director - Available now on Amazon. You can check out the link in the show notes. S...

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Nov. 17, 2022

How Design Agencies Get Clients w/ Dennis Whalen | Ep 115

If you've ever said I'm a designer, not a salesperson, you're probably not wrong, but you're for sure not right. Graphic designers, packaging designers, really any type of designer is a sales person. What you're creating has ...

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Nov. 9, 2022

Do All Products Deserve a Crafted Unboxing? | Ep 114

Colienne Regout of The Unboxing Your Packaging Podcast interviewed Evelio Mattos about his podcast, design purpose, and what sustainable packaging needs to work. This is an abbreviated episode, if you'd like to listen to the ...

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Nov. 2, 2022

Unboxing Sunday's Finest Gold Fashioned Ready to Drink Cocktail | Ep …

Packaging Unboxd and The People of Packaging team up to unbox the $150 bottle of Gold Fashioned from Sunday's finest along with Co-founder Robert Haynes and Damiane Nickles. Color, materials, production processes, as well as ...

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Oct. 26, 2022

Why Are Design Agencies Choosing B Corp Certification | Ep 112

What is B Corp Certification? Should design agencies get B Corp certification? And what are the benefits, or why should you get B Corp certified? Here Design, shares all of these answers and helps us understand why you should...

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Oct. 19, 2022

Packaging Glenfiddich Time : Reimagined, with Here Design | Ep 111

In Time Re:Imagined, three incredibly rare whiskies, the Glenfiddich 50, 40, and 30 Year Old single malts are uniquely presented as bespoke art, conceptually designed and created by Here Design. Each expression links back to ...

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Oct. 13, 2022

Advanced Sustainable Packaging Design - Lancome La Vie Est Belle Pack…

This mind blowing mono-material packaging design makes you question what you thought you knew about molded fiber and product packaging manufacturing. The team at Colourform (yes, with a U), are questioning why everything is o...

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Oct. 6, 2022

Dirty Dough Reveals How Packaging Got Them Sued & Doubled Their Busin…

Evelio talks to Dirty Dough founder Bennett Maxwell about how their cookie box got them sued by Crumbl cookies and they turned it into content that more than doubled their franchises from 90 to over 200 in 2 months. Plus …

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Sept. 28, 2022

The Benefits of a Packaging Redesign, Why Olive Natural Skincare Rede…

Olive Natural Skincare launched a complete packaging redesign, but why? What's the reason for redesigning packaging that's worked for over 10 years? Hear how Mike Green and his team made the decision to redesign their brand's...

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Sept. 21, 2022

Is Sustainable Packaging A Scam? What Materials To Avoid | Ep 107

We produce trillions of packaging units every year Every brand is talking about sustainability And we Spend months designing this packaging But are we being scammed by sustainability? Carbon Offsetting, Hemp Paper, Aluminum, ...

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Sept. 7, 2022

Everything You Need to Know About Candy Packaging EAT ROTTEN | Ep 106

Introducing mew products to the market today require attractive packaging that is sustainable. EAT ROTTEN, the new healthy alternative to those sugar-filled gummy worms from the 90's is doing just that. Launching with compost...

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Aug. 31, 2022

3 Strategies for Sustainable Start Up Packaging | EP 105

Jonathan Assaraf, Packaging Designer and Co-founder of DIPalready.com shares how his brand is redefining what sustainable packaging means. Jonathan explains what materials they chose, what packaging they buy stock and what pa...

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Aug. 22, 2022

Designing the Adidas x Mr. Bailey Shoe Box - How To Be Consistently I…

Black Ink Projects Co-founders Matt and Hayden answer how they are consistently innovative and pushing the bounds of packaging design. After designing the latest shoebox for the Adidas x Mr. Bailey release. Their Mycelium box...

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Aug. 17, 2022

Where Are the Female Executive Creative Directors? | Ep 103

Learn what an Executive Creative Director does at a design agency, what they're responsible for, and how lifelong learning is critical to the position. We talk with Chloe Templeman of BigFish London and previously DesignBridg...

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Aug. 10, 2022

The Power of Strategic Packaging Design with Chloe Templeman | Ep 102

Chloe Templeman, Executive Creative Director at BigFish London explains what strategy is, how it shapes the brief, and how it defines success in packaging design. In this episode you are going to get 3 big things: 1) What hap...

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