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5 Tips for Effective Label Writing

Effective Label Writing one of the most deceptively simple aspects of label design, is all too frequently taken for granted. We might think that the ability to read and write might carry us through the process with relative ease, but surprisingly, these skills are often not enough. We don’t want to seem as though we…

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Packaging Design Mistakes: Why Brands Fail To Perform

The CPG industry is littered with design fails. We expect packaging design mistakes from small companies with minimal resources. Due in part to capital constraints, small brands must assume what causes a consumer to purchase. What we do not expect but is almost as common is that companies with a significant amount of investment capital…

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Packaging Design 101: Don’t Assume Anything.

There’s an old expression — possibly firstborn from the TV show “The Odd Couple,” but we won’t get all anthropological – that goes: “To ASSUME is to make an ASS of U and ME.” Clever, huh? And largely accurate, although some assumptions in life are necessary, we ASSUME that a bullet to the head will…

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Website Design Comparison Guide: MODx Versus WordPress.

We don’t generally do a ton of techno-blogging because it’s far more fun to riff on client headaches, stupid design choices and ill-conceived packaging decisions. However, our front-end development sister company SmashStack has been getting a lot of questions about their content management system of choice, namely: “What is your content management system of choice?” As…

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