Topic

prototyping

Podcast

Ian Montgomery, Guacamole Airplane: Getting comfortable with trade-offs – Well Made E138

Ian Montgomery, founder and Creative Director of Guacamole Airplane is merging environmental science and design to push the limits of how we think about sustainable packaging.

Podcast

Eric Prum and Josh Williams, Very Great: Building Genuine Brands – Well Made E107

A great product does not equal a great brand. Co-founders Eric Prum and Josh Williams share the strategy behind the Very Great platform and how it has helped to build three consumer brands and counting — W&P Design, Wild One, and Courant.

Podcast

Jeremy Lang, Pela: Using Waste as Currency – Well Made E105

Phone cases don’t need to last a lifetime, but in a landfill, they might. Pela founder Jeremy Lang shares how he developed the compostable flax-based phone case material and how Pela is making a place for itself in the responsibility economy.

Podcast

Adam Simone, Leaf Shave: Engineering Lifelong Razors – Well Made E83

Hear how founder Adam Simone took his experience creating medical-grade tools to develop a refillable, plastic-free Leaf razor.

Podcast

Alex Matisse, East Fork: Kilning It – Well Made E82

Alex Matisse of East Fork talks about walking the line between small scale craft and large scale commercialism.

Podcast

Ollie and Lerer Hippeau, Ollie: Launching a New Unboxing – Well Made E75

Ollie Sr. Operations Manager, Nancy Walton, and Lerer Hippeau Principal investor, Caitlin Strandberg talk about the supply chain strategy behind Ollie's new packaging redesign.

Video

Unboxing Backdrop

See how Backdrop is delivering a complete click-and-ship painting kit experience.

Podcast

Joseph Guerra and Sina Sohrab, Visibility: Designing Your Product Playbook – Well Made E67

Industrial design office, Visibility, walk through the step-by-step process of bringing a physical product to market.

Podcast

Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost, Studio Neat: Making Whatever You Want – Well Made E54

The founders of Studio Neat talk about the ups and downs of running their product design business.

Podcast

Ken Tomita, Grovemade: Failing Without Fear – Well Made E32

Grovemade founder, Ken Tomita talks about designing products the hard way, and how to embrace mistakes along the way.

Video

What You Need to Know Before You Order Custom Packaging

Get ahead of the game and streamline your packaging timeline with these tips.

Video

Samples and Prototypes — What You Need to Know

From samples to production prototypes, we’re covering the full gamut to give you an idea of the time and cost involved in every option so you can feel confident about your packaging production run.