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Replicating an existing package: Basic panels

Replicating an existing package: Basic panels

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Replicating an existing package: Basic panels

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One of the best ways to start learning about designing for packaging is to take one apart and replicate it. You can start with something as simple as a cereal box and that'll still teach you a lot. So you should examine the anatomy of the carton. Notice the mechanics of it. How it folds up. How it glues. Look at the areas for glue and the little tuck in tabs. Notice how they're shaped and that's to facilitate folding on the machine that's going to put it together. So here, I have a cereal box that I've taken apart. And that's a little fold crease, and when you look at it you can see that it's indented. And that's because of those creasing rules that are part of the dye that created this. The little tabs that are going to tuck in. You notice that they're smaller, you see how they're sort of indented, and that, so they'll fold in easily, and again, it's to accomodate the machinery that folds this package up. And that's while it's still empty, long before you ever put cereal in it. And…

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