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Salmon with a Smile: Fish Brand’s Bold Personality Captured in Redesign
New label graphics for Honey Smoked Fish Co.’s salmon products evokes the original founder’s ‘big personality,’ while taking its cues from old fish market signage.
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Imperial Printing Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Package Design
Broken Glass Makes a Comeback in Limited Edition Absolut Bottle
Package Design
Progressive Disclosure: The Full-Course Meal of Packaging
Package Design
The Power of Iconic Package Design
Design
TricorBraun Acquires Packaging Solutions, Inc.
Packaging manufacturer TricorBraun acquired Minneapolis-based Packaging Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a rigid packaging distributor serving several markets, including pharmaceutical, pet food, and personal care.
Package Design
Column: Colgate-Palmolive Competes on Toothpaste, not Tube
Colgate-Palmolive’s breakthrough toothpaste tube, on pace to be fully rolled out by 2025, is certified as recyclable by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR).
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Get recognized for sustainability in food and beverage processing
ProFood World will honor food and beverage manufacturers who display exceptional improved performance through sustainability. Nominations are open; awards will be conferred in Chicago, June 9-10.
Coding, printing & labeling
The Evolution of Digital Inkjet Labels
Variable data and personalization are just the tip of the digital print iceberg, as new developments alter purchasing, production and supply chain in the market.
Package Design
Color Trends for 2020 and Beyond: Cold or Hot?
Authenticity, honesty, and technology stand out as the drivers of the next two years’ color trends, but how they are interpreted into color are vastly different.
Package Design
5 Key Takeaways About the Certified Plant-Based Mark
(Hint: It's not the same as vegan.) With plant-based alternative foods outpacing total food sales by over five times, brands needed a meaningful definition of the term plant-based that shoppers could quickly identify.
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Get recognized for sustainability in food and beverage processing
ProFood World will honor food and beverage manufacturers who display exceptional improved performance through sustainability. Nominations are open; awards will be conferred in Chicago, June 9-10.
Package Design
NFC-Ready Label Boosts Skincare Adherence, Engagement
Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID labels are becoming practical for higher-end products. We follow NFC trailblazer Société Clinical Skincare on its journey into a unique NFC beta test that’s less about retail theater and more about ongoing engagement.
Package Design
Placon Wins WorldStar Awards
Placon won three WorldStar awards from the World Packaging Organization.
Package Design
A Touchdown for Mars Wrigley’s Connected M&M’S NFL Pack
At the AIPIA World Congress, Mars Wrigley and WestRock detail a pilot that used digital printing and Augmented Reality for a collectible, connected M&M’S pack in Green Bay, WI.
Package Design
‘Haircare for Foodies’ Gets Equally Appetizing Packaging
A clever custom bottle in a vintage milk-bottle style speaks to the fresh food ingredients found in the Sauce Beauty line of haircare products.
Package Design
More sustainable RRP format
Morrisons Supermarkets of the UK has re-launched its Best Bacon product in an improved Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) format.
E-commerce
Digital Print Boosts User Experience for E-Commerce Packaging
Giuseppe Prioriello, Founder and CEO of Italian company Packly, spoke to the Digital Print for Packaging Europe conference in Berlin last week about digital printing’s role in e-commerce.
Package Design
50 Years On, Moon Landing Occasions Inspiring Tin Pack
To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, Independent Can and MoonPie partnered with the Kennedy Space Center for a unique treat.
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Denali: Kinder-Safe Child-Resistant Compliant Packaging for the Cannabis Industry
The Kinder-Safe systems include zippers, boxes, and an official badge to allow consumers to know the product is secured in child-resistant packaging.
Package Design
Tuesday with P&G
Procter & Gamble has won a slew of packaging awards over the past 18 months or so.
Package Design
Combining Digital Print and Corrugated Packaging for a “Box that Learns”
Matteo Bonfanti, designer at Ghelfi Ondulati, Italy, spoke today at Digital Print for Packaging Europe in Berlin, about a recent project that combined traditional materials, new technologies and one HP digital printer, to reach consumers in a timely way.
Package Design
Rum Label Artwork Inspired by Mayan Legends
El Salvador’s only rum producer, Licoreras Cihuatán, invites consumers to satisfy their curiosity, with new bottle labels that use symbols of ancient Mayan legends.
Package Design
Designing for Kids? Stick it on a Savanna!
Studies have shown that children, as well as adults, are naturally drawn to and prefer open, savanna-type landscapes. As package designers, we should take advantage of that.
E-commerce
P&G’s Tide Eco-Box Does More Than Deliver a Leak-Free Package
At this year’s E-Pack Summit in Seattle, Procter & Gamble package designers explained the thinking behind its liquid Tide’s new package designed from scratch for e-commerce.
Package Design
Color Matters
Predicting color trends and translating them to package design involves examining a range of disciplines and historical trends—as well as that unquantifiable ingredient: instinct.
Package Design
Petal Sparkling Botanical
Petal is the only women’s brand with all botanical-based SKUs, combining rosewater and dried florals in a refreshing sparkling beverage. Cans currently feature decorated shrink label that promises a luxurious experience and gets attention on store shelf
