Packaging - Tumblr Posts
Why?
Just… why?
Concentration camp.
They built a concentration camp.
I don't think words can describe what this other than genocide.
We are delighted with the disposable packaging - it is unsurpassed, the best thing about it is that it has taught us to be irresponsible or is it gravity that pulls it out of our hands as soon as we have eaten it empty. So that it then immediately becomes environmental pollution on the spot.
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Art work by headdog / 1/100 ETDP 2024 Drawings for printing
Where do you get your cute purple packaging at? Its super cute and I've been looking for something similar!
Right now I get it from this Etsy store. I feel like the prices aren’t the cheapest, but I don’t feel they are unreasonable either. I’ve always gotten my shipment very quickly (sometimes in two days) and the mailers have been in perfect condition and very true to the color shown.I highly recommend papermart as well. Though they don’t have purple bags, but they do have yellow and red and I think I’ve seen other colors before. Again, always fast shipping and great products. I buy all my other shipping supplies here, including my pearl shimmery purple tissue paper. Shipping can be expensive, but it’s very much a bulk order site and you can get some seriously large quantities for relatively cheap prices. I’ve probably spent over a thousand dollars on shipping supplies from them and I’ve never received a damaged shipment, defective item, or mixed up order. VERY HIGHLY recommend them. I also think other people ask them or suggest to them to start stocking purple bags because I’d love to buy from them. Uline is a site thatcomes highly recommended by other Etsy sellers. I haven’t ordered from them, they don’t have purple, but they do have a few other colors. I’ve also ordered from the store eighty8kreations on Etsy. I had a good experience with them. They actually carry the lavender mailers with the white interiors that I’d prefer to be using (just to match my branding colors). The only downside for me was that these were also more expensive than others around and they don’t carry many sizes. But I feel like they are less bulk order oriented as they give you the option to orders even just one if you wanted. Plus I feel like they have some unique colors. If you just wanted to order a handful of mailers to try them out for yourself, I’d recommend them.Another shop I’ve ordered from was ValueMailers on Amazon. They’re usually who I buy grey colored mailers from. But I’ve gotten some colored ones too. I’ve never had an issue with a shipment, but I’ve never been particularly impressed by their quality either and the colors were off from what the photos show. They are cheap with free shipping over $35 usually. But you get what you pay for. Not my first choice for mailers, but still a usable product.I’ve previously ordered from a store called TheShippingGuru and I mention it only because they also offer the same purple bags for a cheaper price and people may be tempted to order from them. From them I received horrible quality bags. They had printing errors with lines on them, arrived weeks late, had grey interiors when the pictures had shown white interiors, and the packaging for them was ripped and torn. I sent them several messages and got no response for over a week. I had to open a Paypal case just to get a response and even then they would not offer a full refund unless I sent back the defective bags with my own money and shipping supplies (not cheap unless I wanted it to get ripped up in a paper mailer like they sent it with). I received very nasty, rude, and unprofessional messages from them. The sellers wife even contacted me from his account to argue with me further on her husbands behalf. I finally actually had to tell them to stop contacting me or I was going to report them to Etsy for harassment. It was THE ABSOLUTE WORST experience I’ve ever had on Etsy. Don’t be tempted by cheap prices, just spend extra to get quality supplies and customer service. (On a slightly offtopic note, there are services that let you order custom bags with your own design on them and I’d love to get those some day. If anyone has experience with custom shipping supplies I’d love to hear it)
Our temporary packaging has arrived! 🎉
We’ve had a bit of a tough time sourcing 100% home compostable bags and boxes, but we’ve finally tracked some good ones down 🤍 We’ll be ordering them soon (they’ll look just like these), but in the meantime, we’re almost ready to start selling!
This was for my packaging project from my Graphic Design Level 3 course in year 2. I was tasked to create some packaging that could convince customers to pay more for a cheep product of my choice. we also had to create a physical demo for it.
I had to create a net for the packaging on Illustrator, and the design for the packaging on Photoshop. I also glued and sewed the handle and front button on.
This is the final packaging for Unit 19 Packaging Special Delivery in year 1 of HND graphic design. The goal was to create a creative and innovative design to convince people to buy a more premium looking packaging, then make a mock up of said design.
The product I decided to use was a light bulb. I thought a lantern looking design would be a great, and creative idea for the packaging, because the packaging demonstrates where the product could be used. I also thought lanterns look quite elegant thus making it look more premium.
The ribbons are used for both decoration and function, as they are keeping the packaging closed. There is also padding inside to keep the light bulb safe so it wont break.
The net for the packaging, packaging design, and packaging was created by me on Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop.
The fonts weren’t created by me.
Some recent stuff.
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Day One - Blog Post #1
I knew that class would be good today when we walked in and there was a picture of an egg on the powerpoint. I thought we were probably going to talk abt how an egg is a naturally good package, I didn’t think that we were going to have the opportunity to try and design a safe package for an egg in 20 minutes!
We weren’t given a lot of direction other than to make the package, so my group wondered if we were supposed to focus on appearance, function or perhaps both. We decided to go for both and used two rolls of duck tape to encase the egg, paper to cushion it and then we wrapped it in foam. We also gave our package a little bit of decoration in the form of a pipecleaner bow and an origami butterfly.
I think we focused too much on the appearance of the package instead of putting as much focus on the function. Our package was poorly taped and when Nancy shoved it off the table, unfortunately, the package burst a bit and the eggshell got a crack in it.
It was really fun to do something so fast and right away and got our brains thinking for the rest of the day!
We learned how to score paper using a bone tool and tried it out ourselves on a box shape. So far, I’m really enjoying how hands on this class is.
Our assignment for this next week is to take a package that we were given in class and reproduce it three times, let’s see how it turns out!
Something to reflect on: We’re always wanting to think of the environment as graphic designers but when it comes to packaging and brand, brand needs to come first for a corporation. I think that makes it the graphic designer’s job, to provide a sustainable design for the company in question from the get-go. When redesigning for a brand, however, and working for someone like coca-cola who uses tons and tons of plastic each year but is so iconic, how much room does a designer have to play and is it that designer’s duty to do what they can to help the environment even if it means deviating from brand standards? Is it possible to stick to brand standards with the environment in mind?
Activity One - Blog Post #2
Activity One turned out to be a more fun challenge than I initially thought. I picked up a package that had a hole cut into it and when I unfolded it, I actually found that there were two holes! I was dreading trying to cut it. However, I decided not to worry about it too much and just enjoy the process.
I started out by tracing the package twice on tracing paper. I found I had to be careful with the tracing paper because it crinkled up easily when I used my eraser. I had trouble with tracing the entire package without it moving because it was too long for my hands. Eventually, I realized that if I folded it halfway, it was doable.
After taking the measurements and making note of all the writing on the little package, I finally decided to draw it out with my ruler using the measurements that I had taken.
Before cutting it, I carefully used my bone tool to create folds in the package. It was actually really good to struggle with getting the same effect in class with a pen lid, only to do it so easy with the actual tool at home. Even so, my tool got a bit ruined by my ruler because it was only hard plastic so I’d like to find a better material to use in the future.
I decided to opt out for drawing the fold marks, going off the measurements and bone fold lines instead. The hardest part was definitely trying to cut holes into the package and unfortunately, I didn’t do the best job at it. I need to figure out better tricks for cutting holes in the future.
This time, I tried cutting a pie into the holes, hoping that I could cut them out section by section. This just resulted in a choppy cut.
Still, it was a joyful experience to fold my little package up and understand just why each flap had to be different, and understand how it fit together.
While I wasn’t entirely happy with the recreation, I was satisfied with the way it folded together and when I pushed the flaps together correctly, I knew some glue would keep the holes lined up. I decided to leave it unglued for further work in class as it held together perfectly otherwise.
Reflection: Working with something tactile for the first time in a while was a joyful and happy experience. It reminded me what I love about graphic design, the simple happiness of making something that works. I need practice cutting holes too and I guess I’m going to need a steady supply of fresh blades in order to get through this semester and my fresh pad of bristol paper.
Day Two - Blog Post #3
Today we swapped the packages we’d worked on this past week and our assignment was to recreate the new package but digitally! My new package is fun because each text block has a gradient colour scheme. After getting a close to accurate digital outline, I made sure to grab the correct swatches for the gradient from the Pantene swatch books that my professor provided in class.
I’m lucky that I’ve had quite a bit of practice with the pen tool this past summer or I may have found this a bit more frustrating. At this point, I think that illustrator is my favourite program to work in. I still need to get on buying some replacement blades for next week to ensure a good cut. I really want to make sure I get this package as accurate as possible so I’ve scanned the package itself to double check my work.
Reflection: Taking this tactile work back to digital adds a fluidity from hands-on to computer work, something that I’ve always appreciated about design work.
Day Three - Blog Post #4
Today was fun! We took our digital work and printed them out to see how the type and colour looked and to make sure that we had our sizing right.
I had a heck of a time with it and needed to print my package out three times! The first time I did it, I accidentally cut a flap that was meant to be a fold. The second time I printed, I ripped my paper when trying to use the bone tool on it. For my third attempt, I realized that patience was key so when I glued the design onto the bristol, I pressed firmly and then waited for a few minutes before trying to use the bone tool on it. I also made sure that I had a fresh blade in before I tried to cut out my package.
I was happy to see that my colours worked perfectly! I used the pantone book last week to choose them but I was worried that they wouldn’t be quite right. Working with the gradient has been a bit of a chore but also fun! Getting it just right will be tricky so I really need to spend some time on that.
Now I just need to make sure that I have my type set perfectly before I send my package off to print!
Day Four - Blog Post #5
Today was the end of activity two!
Although I’m not 100% happy with my outcome, I’m proud of the work I’ve done. I learned a lot about packaging through this activity. The biggest thing was having the proper measurements to work with and having the original package and mock-up made by my partner to show me what was important.
Every little thing about a package has to be considered. For example, my package had little cut-outs on the bottom flap, and a cut-out on the top flap to make it easier to open. Two of my folded in flaps were also shorter than the other two by a mere millimetre! It was cool to understand this and figure out the best way to adjust for this.
My takeaway from this project is that it’s important to look at the small stuff and to sweat it when it comes to designing a package!