Chris O'Clair

Workforce
Column: Secret Synergies Between Packaging and Entertainment
Where else but the characteristically multi-disciplinary field of packaging can skills gleaned hosting pub trivia make an impact on the design and engineering behind the look and feel of a product you see on the shelf?
February 9, 2024
Pub trivia hosts learn a lot about how people think by reading through contestants wildly disparate answers to seemingly simple questions. Chris O'Clair parlays that into packaging design.
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