Packaging

On the most basic level, a package is a necessity. It is used to protect, contain and identify products.

Beyond that, a package can have many other functions. It may be used to present information, prevent theft, or to set the product apart from the competition.

With the variety of materials currently available and efficient proto-typing and manufacturing processes, package design is a world of opportunity today. The importance of packaging is becoming more obvious, and the world is shifting in favor of it.

4 Criteria of a Successful Package

1. Identification: How easily a consumer can identify product from package -Consider all of the senses, engage the consumer. -Great package design takes a leap within the category, not completely out of the category and over a cliff.

2. Functionality: Usability of the product -The package can become an integral part of the product. The lines between product and package begin to blur when the package adds an unexpected benefit to the product.

3. Personality: How the brand comes to life -The package is the first and almost always the last moment of truth before the purchase is made. It is often the only personal interaction a consumer may have with the product, and is kind of like an actual person itself.

4. Navigation: How the consumer finds your product within the category -Navigation uses visual clues like type, colors, patterns, words and shapes -An individual brand’s products should be easily identifiable and should stand apart from others. Different products within a brand may use parts of the package to connect it to the larger family of products, while other elements make the package distinctive.

Other neat things

Shape and structure-The shape of the package says something about the product and brand that words, graphics and colors cannot. If you were blind folded and someone put five similar products in front of you, could you pick your preferred brand? The next time you are consuming a product directly from the package, ask yourself, “What do I feel?”

Green-With increased awareness of the consequences of too much packaging (and too much everything) in landfills, we now find ourselves considering what happens at the end of the life of a package.-We, as a design community, have the ability to make a positive impact. Just saving inches of packing material, choosing biodegradable materials, or making energy-saving decisions in the production process can make a difference.

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