From First Sketch to Print-Ready Artwork
Our packaging design services cover the whole process, from early concept work and structural thinking through to print-ready artwork a printer can run without a query back to us. We start by working out what a pack has to do in practice, survive a courier van, sit upright on a shelf next to a dozen competitors, or open cleanly at a kitchen counter, because the structure has to work before the graphics do. For a client of our food and drink branding work, that often means testing box formats, label stock and print finishes long before a single graphic goes on screen.
Typography, illustration, colour and material choice get treated as one connected decision rather than handed to different people at different stages, which is how the packaging designers working on your project keep a pack looking and feeling like one idea rather than a collection of separate calls. We build in the practical detail, bleed, dielines, barcode placement and regulatory copy, early enough that it never holds up a print run later, working closely with our print design team on production.
Why Packaging Design Pays Off Commercially
Temple is a packaging design agency built around a simple fact: a pack has a couple of seconds to earn a second look, whether it is sitting on a shelf in Newquay or appearing as a thumbnail in an online listing next to five near-identical rivals. That decision happens before a shopper reads a word of copy, which puts real commercial weight on colour, shape, material and the first impression they create together.
For a start-up launching its first product, strong packaging can do the job of a much bigger marketing budget, and for an established brand refreshing a range, it can be the difference between a shopper reaching for the familiar option or picking up something new. Everything we make as food packaging specialists gets tested against that pressure, not just against how it looks in a presentation. Good packaging earns its cost back in repeat purchases and shelf recognition, which is why we treat commercial performance as the actual brief, with the design work built to serve it rather than sit alongside it.
How a Packaging Project Runs With Us
We keep packaging projects small and direct, deliberately. Clients who come to us as their brand packaging design studio deal with the designer or director actually doing the work from the first call, not an account handler passing briefs along a chain, so decisions get made faster and nothing gets lost in translation. A typical project moves from brief and research through concept routes, refinement and structural checks, then into artwork and print liaison, with clear stages so a client always knows what stage they’re at and what’s coming next.
We work with businesses across Cornwall and UK-wide, from architecture and hospitality brands through to food producers and corporate organisations bringing out a new product line. Based in Newquay but built for remote working, we’ve never found distance a barrier to how closely we work with a client, and that closeness matters most when a print deadline is tight and a pack needs sign-off fast.
It depends on the scope, a single label redesign costs less than a full range with several SKUs, structural work and print liaison built in. We quote per project once we understand what you need rather than working from a fixed price list, so every figure you get reflects the actual job. Get in touch with a brief description of the product and range size and we'll give you a proper number, not a placeholder.
A single pack redesign typically runs four to six weeks from brief to print-ready artwork, while a full range with several products and structural development can take two to three months. Timelines depend on how quickly feedback comes back to us, since review rounds usually shape the schedule more than the design work itself.
Our branding work usually sets the wider identity, name, logo, tone of voice, across every touchpoint a business has. Packaging design applies that thinking to a specific physical object with its own constraints: materials, print processes, shelf presence and regulatory copy. We do both, and often the two run together, but a packaging brief needs decisions a general brand project doesn't, like dieline structure and stock choice.
Yes. We're based in Newquay but work with clients across the UK as a matter of course, and most packaging projects run perfectly well over calls and shared files. Where a client wants to meet in person that's easy to arrange too, but distance has never changed how closely we work with someone or how the project gets run.
No. Food and drink is a large part of what we do because the category rewards strong shelf standout, but we also design packaging for architecture and design-led businesses, hospitality brands, and start-ups launching a first product. If your product needs a box, label, pouch or bottle that has to work commercially, it's a fit for us.
We do. Once artwork is finished we brief printers and manufacturers directly, checking proofs, stock and finishes against what was agreed, so a client isn't left interpreting technical print terms on their own. For brands new to packaging production this is often the part that removes the most stress from the process.
A typical project covers research and concept development, structural thinking where relevant, refinement based on your feedback, and finished print-ready artwork with all technical detail in place. We stay involved through proofing and print liaison too, rather than handing over a file and stepping away once the design stage ends.
If you're planning a packaging project, whether it's a single label or a full range, we'd like to talk it through. It's the same standard we bring to every project as a creative agency. Get in touch and we'll give you a straight answer on approach, timings and cost.