Packaging design service
Packaging range design that scales to every new SKU
Packaging Range & SKU Extension Design is the design of one system for every flavour, size and variant. Adding products should not mean starting again. We design packaging systems with fixed structure and flexible elements, so new flavours, sizes and variants slot in quickly and the range reads as one family.
- Get a quote
- First concepts in 48 hours
- Minimum order
- 500 boxes (rigid)
- First concepts
- 48 hours
- You receive
- Print-ready PDF + dieline
- Production
- Our own factory
- Approval
- Digital proof + 3D mockup
- Shipping
- Worldwide, air or sea
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What we design
Packaging Range & SKU Extension formats we design
- Flavour and variant systems
- Size extensions
- Limited and seasonal editions
- Bundles and multipacks
- Range-wide label templates
- Retail shelf blocking
Category examples
Design directions for this category
Deliverables
What you get
- Range architecture and naming hierarchy
- Master template with variable areas
- Colour coding system
- Artwork for each SKU
- Guide for adding future SKUs
Good to know
What this category needs
- A shelf block of the whole range should look intentional, not like separate products.
- Variant cues (colour, icon, name) must be easy to scan from a distance.
- Templates save time and cost on every future launch.
Process
Five steps from brief to box
- 1
Brief
Your product, audience, references and where it will sell.
- 2
Concepts
First design directions on 3D mockups, usually within 48 hours.
- 3
Refine
One direction developed across every panel and variant.
- 4
Artwork & proof
Print-ready files on the real dieline, checked against our press.
- 5
Production
Made in our factory if you want it, with production photos on WhatsApp before dispatch.
Designed here, made here
We also make the box
Your design goes straight to our own factory, with 15+ years in packaging behind it: rigid and printed boxes from 500 units, with a digital proof before print.
See how a project runs, our factory, design pricing and the FAQ.
Tuck End Box
Folding carton with tuck flaps at each end.
Folding Carton
Custom-structure paperboard cartons: crash-lock bottoms, sleeves with inserts, multi-packs.
Display Box
Counter display trays with a printed header card, shipped flat and assembled at the till.
Pricing
Design packages
Basic
One design on an existing structure.
Get a quote
- 1 concept
- 2 revision rounds
- Print-ready files on our dieline
- Free artwork check
Standard
Concepts, refinement and 3D mockups.
Get a quote
- 2 concepts
- 3 revision rounds
- 3D mockups
- Print-ready files
- Colour proof
Premium
Structure and graphics designed together, with a digital proof.
Get a quote
- 3 concepts
- Custom structure and dieline
- Unlimited small revisions
- 3D mockups
- Digital proof
FAQ
Packaging Range & SKU Extension questions
Yes. We work from your existing files and build a template for new SKUs.
Guides
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The packaging design process explained, step by step
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Design fee credited when we manufacture your order.
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- First concepts in 48 hours