Live from Galway: Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan visits two Galway companies that provide package design consulting services for medical device manufacturers.
Todd Maute of CBX compares New York City drugstore chain Duane Reade's new city living-themed private-label package designs with name brand items in the food and personal care categories.
What gives some package designs their edge? Is it their quirkiness? Their rule-breaking formats? Sarah Williams creative director of Beardwood & Co. attempts to answer these questions while presenting some examples of successful packages with an edge.
Guest critic Will Burke from CB'a Brand Engine goes shopping in Paris and analyzes the design strategy for the private label brand Bio across a variety of products including nuts, flour, eggs, and crackers.
David Kendall from Seattle-based Kendall Ross analyzes design strategies used in multi-tier branding -- what connotes the high end, the low end and the undifferentiated middle?
Rob Wallace of New York City-based strategic brand identity consultancy Wallace Church compares strategies of private vs. national brand in several product categories with a special emphasis on Target.
Lisa Baer of Baer Design a Chicago-based strategic branding and identity firm takes a look at "affordable luxury" where packaging can entice consumers to spend a little more as a "me" treat.
Naturopathica® executes a new packaging strategy with digital and litho printing, and extended-text labeling. The re-branding effort for the ECOCERT-certified beauty products line is built on strong graphics cues and includes bilingual copy.