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Packaging Fundamentals

The vocabulary and the decisions behind every custom box: constructions, board, print methods and what a packaging specification actually contains.

New brands
DTC & e-commerce

Guides

2 guides in this topic.

Packaging Fundamentals · 8 min

How custom packaging is manufactured, from artwork to delivery

The full production sequence — structural design, prepress, printing, finishing, die-cutting, gluing, assembly and dispatch — and where a buyer can intervene before a mistake becomes permanent.

Rigid boxes: a green lid-and-base, a black magnetic box and a cream drawer box

Packaging Fundamentals · 5 min

How to measure your product for custom packaging

Length, width, depth — and the clearance, weight and count that turn those numbers into a box that fits. What to measure and how to send it.

Vocabulary

Terms from this topic.

External dimensions
Internal dimensions

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