Design Secrets: Packaging : 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered

How well a product is packaged can make or break its commercial success. The latest volume in RockportÆs popular Design Secrets series is a hands-on sourcebook for designers in any industry.

Design Secrets: Packaging deconstructs 50 projectsùranging from food and beverages to gift sets to electronics -- to illuminate some of the best thinking in this challenging arena. Unlike showcase volumes that present only the finished design, this book goes behind the scenes to highlight the entire design process, from how the idea was initially conceived to the techniques and trade secrets that produced the end result. Each project profile includes original sketches, computer visuals, color photographs, and other images, so designers can both see and understand how these award-winning designs came to life.

Filled with inspiration and professional tips, Design Secrets: Packaging will help designers -- and the clients and marketers they work with -- wrap any product in the perfect design.

The Design Secrets series brings you inside the intriguing process of design. Unlike other design books that only show the final product, this series profiles design projects in detail, from concept to completion and all the stages in between, seasoned with the designerÆs insights and inspirations. Each volume presents 50 successful projects, created by leaders in the design field.

Catharine Fishel runs Catharine & Sons, a full-service editorial company that specializes in working with designers and related industries. Editor of Dynamic Graphics magazine, she frequently writes for Step-by-Step Graphics, PRINT, DesignNet, and other trade publications. She is the author of Paper Graphics, Minimal Graphics, Redesigning Identity, The Perfect Package, and Designing for Children, and co-author of Logolounge.