Boxed and Labelled Two: New Approaches to Packaging Design
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Innovative packaging design's artistic and functional showcase.
If you're fascinated by the intersection of art and commerce, particularly how products are presented, "Boxed and Labelled Two" is a visual feast that might inspire your own creative projects or business ventures. It's a glimpse into the ever-evolving world of packaging, highlighting the ingenuity and thoughtfulness that designers pour into wrapping the mundane in the extraordinary. This book could change the way you see every package in your life.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
Boxed and Labelled Two: New Approaches to Packaging Design
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The suggestive power of packaging as a communication tool. Packaging is the face of a product. Packaging not only gives a product its visual identity, but it can also determine where that product is placed on a crowded store shelf and can be the crucial factor in determining our decision to buy. Over the last few years, however, the understanding of the role of packaging has changed. In the past, packaging was thought of as an extension of the product’s print advertising campaign―as a mere projection screen for established logos and brand messages. Today, packaging is considered to be a self-contained facet of an overall communication concept. Boxed and Labelled 2 documents the main strategic directions that exist in current packaging design―all of which address a longing for "truthfulness." One of these directions is an increased tendency to emphasize the tried and true values of a product, for example, with a retro look that aims for an "Ah, just like grandma used to make!" reaction. Another direction is down-to-earth rather than in-your-face packaging, including unostentatious solutions made of recycled paper that play up a product’s connection to nature. On the other end of the design spectrum, there is also packaging that gives a product a distinct look and feel through a very playful use of graphic design, patterns, and illustration. Because our relationship to food products has changed so drastically in the last few years, especially
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Innovative packaging design's artistic and functional showcase.
If you're fascinated by the intersection of art and commerce, particularly how products are presented, "Boxed and Labelled Two" is a visual feast that might inspire your own creative projects or business ventures. It's a glimpse into the ever-evolving world of packaging, highlighting the ingenuity and thoughtfulness that designers pour into wrapping the mundane in the extraordinary. This book could change the way you see every package in your life.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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