Right at the boundary between patent law and trademark law lies the interesting phenomenon of product design. The United States Patent and Trademark Office will issue you with a design patent if you ...

This article is by Simon Preece, director of effectiveness stuff at Elmwood, a brand design consultancy whose clients include Fairway Supermarkets, Kimberly-Clark and Nestle. Consumer products brand ...

To stand out among competitors (consider, for example, the multiple retail channels for computer electronics), brands must convey their message distinctly. And there are few better ways to do so than ...

Let’s get something straight—packaging isn’t just about protection anymore. It’s about perception. Positioning. And ultimately, performance. If you’re running a product-based business in 2025 and ...

In the culinary world, there's a saying that people eat with their eyes. Beautiful-looking food makes people not only want to consume the food but also to believe that the food actually tastes better.

Your products and product designs are the life blood of your business. However, many companies don’t think about protecting their creative product designs, and product packaging with intellectual ...

The Global Plastics Treaty could transform how packaging is designed, made and managed throughout its lifecycle.

The end of the financial year provides businesses with an opportunity to review key areas of performance and planning. Increasingly, packaging is being included in these assessments, as organisations ...

Packaging science goes far beyond mere protection and containment. It's a bridge between products and consumers, serving as a powerful tool for marketing, sustainability, and innovation. This is where ...

Thanks in no small part to Apple, packaging design is a major part of the design process at many companies today. So when designing the new Xbox Adaptive Controller–a gamepad for people who might not ...

Gain Real-World Experience: Two blocks of cooperative education provide you with hands-on, full-time paid work experience in the packaging science industry ...