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She spent two years taking care of the ‘perfect plant.’ Then, she realized it’s plastic

"I feel like these last two years have been a lie."

Top Four Best Places to Buy and Sell Antiques

If you’re up for the travel and antique shipping, here are four places to start your search for the best place to buy and sell your antiques away from home.

Making consignment easy for 30 years

Stuff Etc. plans continued growth after reaching milestone

Leland Maschmeyer on the Future of Package Design

Leland Machmeyer on the Future of Package Design The Dieline Summit is setting out to create a different kind of package design conference and to prepare the next generation of designers. We are excited to properly introduce all of our speakers for The Dieline Summit with a series of questions that

Tips for sending thoughtful snail mail

I absolutely love finding beautiful snail mail in my mailbox. And I bet you do, too. I’m not talking about bills and advertisements, but a classic, hand-written note from a friend. Getting something written in ink, on real paper is such a novelty in the age of text messages and emails. I have a few…

Why the Postal Service Is So Screwed

Reduced volume, financial crises, and a pandemic have wrecked the beloved institution. But Americans still need their mail.

What Does Your Life Expectancy Have To Do With Your Zip Code? Everything.

Think everyone should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps? Try this one on for size.

Flexible packaging’s role in a sustainable world

The Flexible Packaging Association introduces a free 180+-page report that provides a holistic view of the current sustainability benefits of...

Anti-Forgery Technology For Packaging Materials:

Want to fight against forgery and counterfeiting of your products and packaging? Check this out!

Knock Their Socks Off With Your Packaging

by MAD Contributor-Freak Sylvia Cochran You do not have a lot of time to turn shoppers into buyers. Even if you have the greatest craft brew on tap, you will join the 85 percent of annually failing…

The Science Behind Superb Packaging [Infographic]

Product and shipping packaging is often the first impression retail consumers have of your product or brand, so you've got to get it right. See how innovations in product packaging can help.

Catch This World Cup Packaging Before It’s Gone (But Don't Use Your Hands)

Packaging is a huge opportunity to tell your customers who you are and what you care about.

Blue Wrap or Rigid Containers for Sterile Storage?

Should you use blue wrap or rigid containers for sterile storage? Here is everything you need to know.

Paper or Plastic? 4 Materials That Blur The Line Between Natural and Synthetic

Over the last few years, it has been exciting to watch how material innovation in the packaging world has evolved, especially now that it's possible to get both performance and sustainable advances from the synthetic and natural sides of the debate. However, it can be difficult to distinguish betwee

Biomimicry: Using fungi to grow packaging material

Biology is influencing design and Biomimicry in packaging is a science that studies nature's models and then uses these designs and processes to solve human problems.

That’s It: Biodegradable packaging from algae-based material

Petroleum based plastic, and especially packaging, is a major problem in our world. It does not degrade, at least not in our lifetime, and if it is not recycled, a large part of it ends up in the ocean. To find a solution for this problem, product designer Austeja Platukyte has been experimenting to make …

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