PACKAGING GUIDES

Packaging guides: what to know before you order

Dielines, paper, finishing, eco stock and gift wrapping, explained the way we explain them to customers: short, specific, and with the limits stated. Every guide is written by our designer from jobs the factory actually produced.

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How to read a packaging dieline: a designer's guide to 11 box and bag styles

How to read a rigid box dieline: wrap paper, liner and greyboard for 4 rigid box styles

BY OUR DESIGNER

ALL GUIDES

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Design guide8 min

How to read a dieline

Cut lines, fold lines, glue flaps and tuck-ins explained, with the dieline of every BM Pack box style so your artwork lands on the right panel facing the right way.

TopicDieline diagrams for 11 box and bag styles

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Design guide6 min

Rigid box dielines

A rigid box is three layers, not one sheet. Learn which layer you design, where the turn-ins hide, and read the dieline of every BM Pack rigid box before you start a gift box.

TopicDieline diagrams for 4 rigid box styles

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How to wrap odd-shaped gifts: six ways that work, and what each one costs

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Gift wrapping guide6 min

Wrapping odd shapes

Round bottles, soft toys, bundles of small things, anything without flat sides. Pick by shape, fragility and occasion: tissue paper, honeycomb sleeves, paper bags, a box with an insert, then a seal and a tag to finish.

TopicTissue, honeycomb, bags, boxes with inserts, seals

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Packaging materials: which paper for which box? Cardboard, kraft, corrugated and greyboard explained

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Material guide7 min

Packaging materials guide

Four paper families cover almost every box we make. Start from where the box will be used, then read what each paper feels like, what it costs, what it prints like, and the weight to ask for.

TopicCardboard · Kraft · Corrugated · Greyboard

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How to do eco packaging: FSC, recycled paper, less plastic and ESG, settled before you order

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Sustainability guide7 min

FSC and eco packaging

What the FSC label certifies, how small the logo may be printed and whose licence code goes beside it, what recycled stock changes, and the claims not to print on your box.

TopicFSC · Recycled paper · Less plastic

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How to size a custom box: from your product size to the box size, explained simply

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Box size guide7 min

How to size a box

Sizing a box for the first time can feel tricky, and that is completely normal. Here is how to go from your product's size to the box size to order, how big each box style comes out, and how we can measure for you and send the dieline.

TopicProduct size · Inner size · Finished size · Inserts

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Food packaging, from design to materials: how we choose boxes for cookies, egg tarts, cakes and takeaway

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Food packaging guide8 min

How to choose food packaging

A friendly walk through food packaging: which box style suits which food, the four things we check in a food box design, the papers we usually use, what "eco takeaway" means in practice, and how festive food gift sets come together.

TopicBox style · Design · Materials · Eco takeaway · Gift sets

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Christmas and Lunar New Year gift boxes: when to order, which box, and how to keep it affordable

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Seasonal gift box guide8 min

Christmas and Lunar New Year gift boxes

A friendly guide to the two gift seasons back to back: a timeline counted back from 25 December 2026 and 6 February 2027, what we usually suggest for Christmas and for Lunar New Year, how one box can serve both, and where the budget goes.

TopicChristmas 2026 · Lunar New Year 2027 · Timeline · Box styles · Budget

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CLIENT CASES

See the guides applied: real client packaging cases

Every case breaks down the structure, the paper and the print a Hong Kong brand chose, and why.

All case studies

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Send the product size, the quantity and where the box will be used. We come back with a structure, a paper and a price.

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