Paper, Packaging & Printing

Fall Out Boy's new album comes with a special edition vinyl record printed with the band members' actual tears, complete with packaging that includes a functional tissue dispenser.

As a trend that aims to make brands or products have greater appeal to customers by highlighting…

Packaging plays a huge role in branding, image, and overall judgment of a product. Even though it typically gets torn apart, discarded, and eventually thrown away, packaging will always set the tone. It’s what takes a product from being great to being amazing.

There is an opportunity in the print market for digital embellishments. It’s a matter of figuring out where to find the opportunity and how to take hold of it, along with understanding the challenges.

Jeff Cowens, owner of Amplify, Memphis, Tennessee, not only used the power of the s’more with a branded Solo Stove as an appreciation gift, he combined the promo side with the print side by putting the whole kit in a custom-printed box.

TemperPack, which supplies insulated packaging to meal delivery services, is giving its customers the chance to print insulation in-house to offset truck delivery needs. Could this be the future of eco-friendly packaging to some degree?

McDonald's just unveiled a new bit of packaging a few months ago called the TableBag, which turns your food back into a standalone cardboard table. It shows that designers are thinking about eco-friendly ways to create promotional items, and also new ways to play with packaging design to create a memorable experience.

Chips Ahoy is joining other food brands by creating limited merchandise for the NTWRK platform, but doing things a little differently by piecing together a branded kit for its birthday celebration. The Chips Ahoy! Happiest Party Kit container products like branded birthday candles, cookie-shaped confetti, a disposable camera, a wireless Bluetooth speaker with power bank…

B.J. Novak's Chain restaurant concept is a parody of sorts, taking pieces of America's fast food culture and turning it into an elevated dining experience using incredibly detailed branding. But where fast food is so accessible, this feels like a patronizingly exclusive endeavor, even down to the promotional items.

Christian Louboutin took over a Neiman's store in Dallas for a fully-branded experience promoting its new merchandise capsule. Across the 3,000 sq. Ft. Space on the store's main floor, there was a simulated pool, a "Loubi" bar, lounge chairs, palm trees, lifeguards in swim trunks, and more.