Category Archives: Graphic Design

Creative Genius, how does it apply to your new packaging?

You’ve created a product from scratch and are starting thinking about your packaging. The last thing you feel like is a creative genius, but the first thing you must be is just that, how can you do it?!

The first thing to do,, is not put that pressure on yourself and just relax. Then, think of your favorite toy from Christmas, Hannukah, or a birthday. What was it? Do you remember opening it? Was there a surprise? How did that surprise unfold? Could you tell what it was? Did it feel heavy? Was it moving around in the box? Did it fall out when the packaging came off?

Think about what to you makes a great package. Does it tell you what’s inside without having to read? Do you know how to use the product without having to read the instructions. The more you can answer yes to these questions, the better you’ll feel about your packaging results.

One of the easiest way to make your packaging work out at the professional level is to use professionals and not worry about getting to that genius level of inspiration. Simply use professionals. They are there to serve you and make your product look amazing without you having to spend a lifetime to learn their special skills.

If you’re looking to make great packaging, come to our webinar and learn all about making and manufacturing great packaging on your own, and how to work with packaging professionals so you can work with them to make your packaging.

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What’s to be confused about

aarrgh!!! Wordpress!!!So I’ve been working on getting all my “web 2.0″ “social networking” schmutz together, and, well, I’m still a tad confused.

So apparently to make WordPress really work for you (read, unlock and host with more data) one must buy some credits (no biggie,, but I didn’t know). No wonder WordPress seems to do fairly well and seems rather professional (cause it really is!)

That would explain the limitations I’ve been fighting with loading simple things like feeds and ads into my site,, I wasn’t allowed (told you I’m not really a web guy!)

So yes, I’m a product designer (what, I didn’t mention that?)

So now I know, once I get some “credits” at wordpress I can pretty much do what I want (then I’ll need to buy more space at wordpress, or I need to host my wordpress site at my Go-Daddy hosting site). Whew!! There’s a lot to this stuff.

Then (after blogging and keeping everything updated, I’ll need to build a store to actually sell the things I’ve been making (we’re still on stealth mode there, but things are coming soon!)

Baby Steps people,, Baby steps,,,

The Genesis of a Product, David Seah has made a thing!

Dave Seah Emergent Task PlannerI have a friend/co-conspirator/digital acquaintance, David Seah. He has an amazing blog and take on everything. If you read blogs regularly, or receive RSS feeds, I cannot recommend reading what Dave has to say enough!

He has been working to develop a product, from his brain, to other people’s hands for quite a while now.

Well, it’s almost time and he actually has a product, well, it’s being printed now anyway. He makes amazing planning sheets. He has been developing this, and many other charts for some time, this is the first of likely many to be coming from him.

It’s called his Emergent Task Planner. It’s like those little “to-do lists” you make all the time,, except,, it’s awesome! So neat, so clean, so organized. More than that, it really makes it fun to tick off tasks as you go. It’s funny, I’ve been using Dave’s forms for quite some time, along with a bunch of other time management sorts of things, and his just plain old work.

He’ll probably have an official purchase link up before too long, or you can just email him now (go to his site for the proper instructions here).

Way to go Dave!!!!

(oh yeah, if you wonder about the drinks photo on the site,, Dave’s not much of a drinker, but one hell of a photographer!)