The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns [Paperback]

Laszlo Roth (Author), George L Wybenga (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0471284114 | ISBN-13: 978-0471284116 | Edition: 2

This handbook for packaging designers and students contains 550 patterns for packages, containers and point-of-sale displays made of paper, paperboard and corrugated cardboard. It provides patterns, drawings of assembled packages and detailed drawings of special application features. The patterns are intended to be traced or photocopied for use by designers. They are supplemented with appropriate technical data including size restrictions, materials, adhesives and possible applications. These applications range from cartons for major appliances to cosmetic packaging.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The best competitive advantage in a single volume

Fifteen years after the first edition of this landmark resource, The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns continues its long tradition as a useful tool in the ever-changing world of packaging design. This Third Edition features more than fifty new patterns and new material on the latest advances in closures.

This unparalleled, hands-on resource gives designers the advantage they need to successfully meet any packaging challenge. Every pattern has been test-constructed to verify dimensional accuracy and is ready to be traced, scanned, or photocopied for immediate use. The patterns can be scaled to suit particular specifications—many are easily converted to alternate uses—and most details are easily customizable. This new Third Edition includes:

• A broad array of patterns for folding cartons, trays, tubes, sleeves, wraps, folders, corrugated cartons, point-of-purchase displays, and more
• Patterns that are based on the use of 100% recyclable paper materials
• Glue areas on patterns that are clearly indicated with black dots

The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns, Third Edition is a powerful tool to help packaging designers gain an edge over the competition.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Now retired, GEORGE L. WYBENGA was professor in the Packaging Design Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology and succeeded Lászlo Roth as chairperson. He remains active as a consultant to the packaging industry.

The late LÁSZLO ROTH was chairperson of the Packaging Design Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (June 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471284114
• ISBN-13: 978-0471284116
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,165,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Packaging in 5 min or less., October 12, 2000

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Jennifer Becton Cronenberg (Bogota, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns (Paperback)

This book takes all the stress out of figuring out how to put unique and traditional packages together and lets you focus on what interest you the most instead of fidling with technical details. Its easy to read, and has nice large illustrations. I have found it really easy to trace these illos in adobe illustrator instead of starting from scratch. It is thick and comprehensive. There are so many examples it is hard to find one that isn't in the book.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make a package for anything, April 1, 2005

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wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns (Paperback)

This incredible reference shows hundred of patterns for boxes, cartons, tubes, displays, etc. I don't mean "four sides and a bottom", though you have plenty of those. I mean things with internal dividers, things the hold together by themselves, decorative, utilitarian, and the entire range.

This book has an industrial orientation, as if you're planning a die-cut paper product. It also assumes that you're a fairly skilled designer. Although the patterns are given in full detail, you'll have to make lots of adjustments. That includes sizes, cardboard thicknesses, customization, and proportions. That last can be tricky, because so many of the measurements interlock with with each other, and Roth hasn't given any indication of what the dependencies are. Some of the more complex pieces also appear to assmble in non-obvious ways, which you'll have to work out for yourself.

Still, many of these patterns are well within the reach of a home crafter, and offer some exciting possibilities for gift boxes and other kinds of containers or stands. The patterns aren't the kind you can cut out directly from the book, but can be scanned and scaled, or just act as a conceptual inspiration.

Whether you're a commercial designer or a paper-crafting hobbyist, this is a unique and incredibly rich resource. Even if it doesn't solve your design problems directly, it shows hundreds of techniques that can be adapted to your own solutions.

//wiredweird

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good material, bad presentation, February 16, 2007

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A. Macedo - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Packaging Designer's Book of Patterns (Paperback)

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.