Journal
Packaging · August 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Design packaging systems, not packaging
Why the best packaging projects end with a template your client can use without you.
Tomás Reis
Senior Designer
A beautiful box is easy. A box that still looks beautiful on its fortieth variant, designed by someone else at 6 pm on a Friday, is the real job.
Three rules we follow
- Fix the grid, flex the color
- Write the guidelines while you design, not after
- Test with the printer before you present
For Fieldnote Coffee, a new origin now takes an hour from template to print-ready file.