by Dennis Salazar | Jan 21, 2026 | Culture
I recently saw a sale paper promoting a “natural wood” clothing rack. As a leader is sustainable packaging, this ad caught my attention because isn’t all wood “natural”? Is there a forest full of fake trees out there somewhere that is used to make fake or artificial...
by Dennis Salazar | Dec 23, 2025 | Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
I recently watched a movie titled The Outfit, which was set in 1930, Chicago. During a street scene I noticed the lead character’s business window showed his name and the word BESPOKE. As a fan of brevity, and a lover of old, unusual words I had to do some digging. A...
by Dennis Salazar | Dec 10, 2025 | Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
For years our tag line has remained Packaging That Communicates because we’ve always believed the graphic and structural design of your direct-to-consumer packaging speaks volumes. So, the question remains, what does your packaging say about you? Consumers expect and...
by Dennis Salazar | Jun 27, 2025 | Packaging Solutions, Packaging Design
Packaging, especially corrugated packaging, has become a global community. Anyone can borrow or steal any design they see, primarily because corrugated designs are very difficult to patent, especially internationally. Many times, over the course of the last eighteen...
by Dennis Salazar | Feb 21, 2025 | Sustainable Perspective, Sustainable People, Inside Sustainable Packaging
My “checkered past”. I reluctantly admit it, but I am quickly approaching my 50th year in the packaging industry. What truly makes me cringe is the fact that for the first thirty years, I was almost totally devoted to plastic, flexible packaging. Shrink film, bundling...
