Looking to improve my Package Design skills. Any good Seminars, classes, groups?

[InsaneIrish]

Hello all,

I am looking to improve my product package design skill set.  I work in a sporting goods industry and we are looking to expand the creativity of our packaging.  What I am looking for is any good peer groups, online classes, Seminars, or Conferences that I can take.  Specifically I am looking for package design as it pertains to package type, shape, material, creativity, and manufacture.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[John T Smith]

Please post the name of the program you use so a Moderator may move this message to the correct program forum

This forum is not about help with programs... a program would be Photoshop or InDesign or Illustrator or ???

[InsaneIrish]

I use the entirety of the Adobe Creative Suite.  My question is not about how to do XYZ in a specific program. It is asking for resources for Package Design in the Professional Community. IE, programs like Photoshop World for Package Designers or similar programs, seminars, classes, Conferences.

[Szalam]

I think package design is so interesting. How do you make your client's product stand out on the shelves? How do you make a consumer feel good about the purchase they made? I'd be interested in just hearing how some of the great designers think about these kinds of things.

[Pariah Burke]

John,

That question is precisely the kind of question that belongs in The Lounge forum.

[SJRiegel]

There are several industry magazines and websites you could check into

Here are a couple that I look at:

the first few are primarily packaging, the last one, in-store displays.

Packaging Materials, Companies, Equipment, Events and News | Packaging Digest

www.packworld.com

www.packagingoftheworld.com

Home | P2PI

The dieline is a good source of design inspiration, too.