This is a story about a box. That's it, just a box. "It's not rocket science," said Rudy Youell. "It's almost so stupid it's ridiculous. But it's saving so much money it's amazing." His simple box ...

ADDISON, Ill. — It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and Bubble Wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with brutal-looking ...

Print them at 50% scale for a far cuter (and much less useful) result. [Jacob Stanton]’s design for 3D-printable, stacking and locking boxes is a great example of design for manufacturability (DFM).

Jim Keller is general manager of Weyerhaeuser Co.'s containerboard packaging and recycling business, so it's not surprising that he sees his company's core product as something more than a handy ...

The Help Desk uses a stencil to put essential school supplies in the hands of poor school children in India. Most schools in rural India can’t afford basic supplies like desks, and most of the ...