by Melissa Simmerman | Apr 3, 2026 | Brand Strategy, CPG Trends, Innovation, Inspiration, Material and Finish, Packaging Design, Prototyping, Structural Design, Thought Leadership
Your Packaging Is Saying More Than You Think Consumers create and assign meaning to many things. As a brand, some of that is out of your control. Much of it isn’t. Consider the name “Corona” during the pandemic. Not controllable. But how the brand...
by Anna Kniesly | Mar 9, 2026 | Brand Strategy, Conference Recap, CPG Trends, Inspiration, Packaging Design, Thought Leadership
What Expo West 2026 Told Us About the Future of CPG Packaging Our team spent the week walking the floor at Expo West, and several signals stood out about where food & beverage, and the brands behind it, are heading. Beyond individual products, the Expo West...
by Melissa Simmerman | Mar 5, 2025 | CPG Trends, Packaging Design
Packaging Design It’s 2025.This CPG Packaging Deserves a Re-Design Melissa Simmerman Sr. Director, Growth & Strategy March 6, 2025 Inspired by the good folks at IDEO—and in the mood for some fresh, blue-sky thinking, being that it’s a whole new year—we asked...
by Bart Laube | May 16, 2024 | CPG Trends, Inspiration, Packaging Design
Five Ways Better-for-You Food Packaging is Changing Brand Design Last year, we looked at five emerging trends in packaging design within the exploding better-for-you food and beverage category. We believed then, and still do, that BFY is setting the trends...
by Jennifer Garcia | Nov 28, 2023 | Brand Strategy, CPG Trends, Inspiration, Packaging Design, Thought Leadership
CPG Trends Thirsting For Change How Disruptive Brands are Shaping the Beverage Landscape of Tomorrow Jennifer GarciaDesign Director November 28, 2023 In the ’90s (bless them), the world saw a surge in the popularity of bottled water, with brands like Evian becoming...
