Designing packaging for a real shelf

Three seconds, three metres. A short guide to testing packaging where it will be sold.

Packaging is judged in a glance. I test every design the way a customer meets it.

The shelf test

Print a few, put them next to the competition, walk away and see which one you notice first.

Then the details

Only after it wins the glance do I spend time on finish, copy and the story on the back.

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