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Package Design: Selected Design Management Review Articles

Packaging on the Web

Edwin Visser, Strategy Director, Partner, TBWA\Designers Company

Edwin Visser shares his insight in the usefulness of the Web as a tool with which to unlock information--information to which packaging can act as a gateway.

 

The Core Creative Concept in Branding: A Streamlined Approach

Kim Zarney, President & Creative Director, Zarney Creative

Effective packaging depends on many players, elements, and decisions that change from project to project. Kim Zarney offers a tested recipe for getting the most from these ingredients, a process that stresses the development of a “core creative concept.”

 

The Role of Consumer Research in the Brand Design Process

John Recker, Vice President and Director of Brand Strategy, Libby Perszyk Kathman; Jerry Kathman, President and CEO, Libby Perszyk Kathman

John Recker and Jerry Kathman use case studies to illustrate consumer research evaluations.

 

Proving Our Value: Measuring Package Design’s Return on Investment

Kim Zarney, President & Creative Director, Zarney Creative

Effective packaging depends on many players, elements, and decisions that change from project to project. Kim Zarney offers a tested recipe for getting the most from these ingredients, a process that stresses the development of a “core creative concept.”

 

Mission Foods: Unifying Cultural Consumer Expectations Through Design

Susan Bierzychudek, Vice President of Marketing, Axion Design

Susan Bierzychudek recounts how Axion unified Mission Foods’ brand's visual language so that it would resonate with 2 different  consumer groups while building a stronger "premium ingredients" message.

 

The Evolution of Health Food: Erewhon Bursts the Plain Brown Wrapper

Charles Verde, Charles Verde, President, U.S. Mills and Nicholas Zarkades, Creative Director/Founding Partner, Marketing By Design

Using U.S. Mills as example, Charles Verde and Nicholas Zarkades utilize product placement and package design to increase sales by more than 15%.

 

Amazing Pace: Shared Views on the Design Process

Pam DeCesare, Associate Director of Packaging Communications, Kraft Foods and Rob Wallace, Managing Partner, Wallace Church Associates, Inc.

Pam DeCesare and Rob Wallace converse on the need for quality, cost savings and speed to better optimize client business.

 

Transforming the Brand Narrative

Emily Kokenge, Associate Director of Design Innovation and Strategy, Procter & Gamble and Liz Grabow, Director, Libby Persyk Kathman

Emily Kokenge and Liz Grabow tell how the Pantene Pro-V brand has been revitalized with new graphics, packaging, and advertising based on a strategy that blends local marketing and sales tactics with a compelling global presence.