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The Brand Without a Product
Hipper-than-thou (Über-hip?) branding project “Hessian” is making the rounds on design blogs this week. What is Hessian? It’s whatever you want it to ...
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Summer Internship Available
PKG, a West Loop-based branding and packaging design agency is looking for you, Intern-to-be. Especially if you can nod your head "Yep!" to the ...
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Girl Scouts Chocolate - Throwback Thursday
We don't always have the ability to talk about some of our previous work in our portfolio so in honor of Throwback Thursday and Valentine's Day we're ...
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Using Your Packaging To Delight Consumers
Packaging is a great place to connect your brand with consumers as the only touchpoint they'll always interact with. One of our favorite ways to ...
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Rejoice! The Clamshell Will (Fingers Crossed) Soon Be Extinct!
A few weeks ago, I read a wonderful article at Slate.com about the diminishing use of clamshell packaging. "HUZZAH!" I yelled in my head. You know ...
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Differentiating Within Store Brand Packaging
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon an image of what I thought were three nearly identical Tesco Everyday Value brand spray cans. As I took a closer ...
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2013 American Package Design Award – Mueller's Pasta
While we love winning awards, we love developing packaging that sells too. I recently had a chance to see our Mueller's pasta design on-shelf in an ...
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Five Ways to Say “Fresh” Through Food Packaging
Your consumers are just as conscious about your branding and marketing as you are. Is your packaging telling the right freshness story? Check out ...
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American Package Design Award - Colonial Bread
PKG worked with Sara Lee Bakery (now Bimbo Bakeries USA) to update the Colonial bread brand by taking it back to it's roots. In our initial research ...
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Pouch packaging offers convenience and portability
NASA may have ended the shuttle program, but space-age technology keeps popping up in the packaging world. Since the late 60s, astronauts have been ...
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News from Sara Lee Premium Meats
We were excited today to see an exclusive video from National Provisioner debuting the refresh of Sara Lee Premium Meats. We were pleased to partner ...
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Much Ado About Something
A friend brought me back this package from the Victoria & Albert Museum Store in London. Aside from a clever structure—the plastic blister ...
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Branding and Packaging That Sells
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Wanted: Freelance Proofreader
Do you have what it takes? Wanted: Freelance proofreader for packaging design. Y'know...when we sat down to write this ad, we thought we would add ...
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Sara Lee Hearty & Delicious
OPPORTUNITY Sara Lee® asked us to develop new packaging for its Hearty & Delicious® brand. Consumers told Sara Lee that its brand is too ...
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Tylenol - Using Structure to Improve Merchandising
We were wandering the aisles of our local Costco the other day (I know, total madhouse during the holidays) when we came across this new Tylenol ...
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Creating a Billboard with Packaging
One of the best ways to gain more consumer attention on-shelf with your products is to unify multiple packages with the billboarding effect. If your ...
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Is Your Brand Clean and Modern, or Just Plain Generic?
Is it just us, or has every major logo update this year been eerily similar? A brand looking for a slick, simple update for the 21st century decides ...
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Capturing the "Coffee Moment" with Senseo
There's a moment I experience when I take my first sip of coffee in the morning... a moment of relaxation, relief and satisfaction. The aroma of ...
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Hand crafted lettering inspiration found on Pinterest
If you haven't checked out our Pinterest site you might not realize that we are avid collectors of inspiration. After years of tacking up magazine ...
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Sharpie Holiday Concepts
Often times we have clients call on us to generate ideas to sell in new products to internal stakeholders or retail partners. We developed a few ...
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