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Title: The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns
ISBN: 0471385042
Author:
Lazlo Roth
George L. Wybenga
Publicate Date: 2000-01-15
Publish: 2000-01-15
List Price: $65.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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Amazon Lowest Used Price: $49.43
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1: The first professional packaging book I have
I have looked and analised the book, and compared with the Peppin Press books, this book is all you need to learn and study packaging design.
This book will teach me and maybe you how we can design packaging.
All cash deserved
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2: A nice book with lots of patterns.
I bought this book after seeing a copy one of my graphic design professors had, actually the class was package design. Not being a graphic designer well-versed in packaging, I ended up buying this book and it's served as a wonderful resource for ideas. I only wish it came with the patterns on CD in Adobe Illustrator format or something, that would save me the time scanning, hand-drawing and tweaking the templates. But it's still worth having if you do any sort of package design.
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3: Wonderful Book of Patterns
The patterns in this book are fantastic - a great book for designers of all types. My only wish is that it came with a CD ROM of the patterns.
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4: Good material, bad presentation
The information is a great database for packaging design, but, it comes in a very thin paper. As you use, handle it, you'll feel as if your book is melting in your hands. And you'll miss a CD-ROM with the patterns, in a vetorial format. I have no idea why they didn't provide that.
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5: A monster of a book!
"The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns", currently in this newly revised third edition, is a massive collection of cardboard and corrugated board packaging designs. The book has a small introduction to these materials, highlighting the basic principles behind scoring and die-cutting, plus some information on the common printing processes available for folding carton and some comparison charts between the materials. There is a chapter (mostly in diagram form) about closures and corner locks, which could perhaps benefit from some extra (textual) aids, but it serves its basic purpose. The book chapters are organized by packaging type (Folding Carton, Set-up Paper Boxes, Corrugated Containers and Point-of-Purchase Displays), with various designs of cartons, tubes, trays, multi-packs, point-of-purchase displays, shipping containers, etc. Each design features both the pattern and assembled forms, but there is little or no accessory information to complement them (the author states that this is intentional, not to "stifle the creative process", but as he himself states, many people have asked for this, so why not give the people what they want? Maybe a fourth edition will correct this). There is practically a design for every use imaginable, and you can surely adapt the designs to other purposes as well. Supposedly, these designs are ready to be scanned or photocopied (be aware that some of the designs are patented), but you will probably find this very difficult without damaging the book's spine, as many of the graphics are too close to the inner margin and will most likely suffer distortion if scanned/photocopied. To make matters worse, the paper used for the pages is also incredibly thin for a book of this size and at times, even with mere handling, I am genuinely afraid of making a tear in them. Whether you are a hobbyist looking for functional packaging patterns, a student trying to learn from practical examples or a designer looking for inspiration, this book will most definitely be of use.
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