Video

Unboxing Liquid Death

Shipping canned water is serious business.

Jesse Genet · Jul 28, 2021

Video

Unboxing Hilma

This is what it looks like when customers can choose less packaging.

Jesse Genet · Jul 21, 2021

Podcast

Motivated by obligation

Climate reporter Kendra Pierre Louis's bylines follow the impacts of climate change in all forms — from caterpillar plagues to wildfire season. To solve climate change, she's shifting the lens from consumers to companies and regulators.

Kendra Pierre-Louis and Stephan Ango · Jul 15, 2021

Video

Unboxing Front Of The Pack

A doggie unboxing with enough style to rival any high end home brand.

Jesse Genet · Jul 14, 2021

Video

Unboxing For Days

Skip the poly mailer. This closed loop fashion brand is sticking with paper.

Jesse Genet · Jul 9, 2021

Podcast

Following opportunity

"I think Gin Lane's impact got a lot larger once we quit Gin Lane." After building the brand identity for dozens of iconic modern brands, Gin Lane founder Emmett Shine is scaling a new home brands collaborative — Pattern Brands.

Emmett Shine and Stephan Ango · Jul 1, 2021

Video

Unboxing Barkbox

Barkbox is hiding a lot of delightful design details in this doggie dental kit.

Jesse Genet · Jun 30, 2021

Video

Unboxing Tea Drops

A new type of tea that's easy to gift, with just the right touch of shine.

Jesse Genet · Jun 23, 2021

Podcast

Writing a more optimistic future

While building Sudowrite — AI for writers block — Amit Gupta is also writing sci-fi that bucks the trend of doomed gloom dystopias.

Amit Gupta and Stephan Ango · Jun 10, 2021

Podcast

Making meaning

Reggie James is questioning the role of our online identities and the platforms that contain them. As the CEO and founder of Eternal, he’s challenging product language with inspiration from game design, iconic futurists, and sci-fi.

Reggie James and Stephan Ango · May 27, 2021

Podcast

Taking things apart

Tyler Mincey is a Partner at Bolt where he's always thinking about the long view of new products. With a decade of product experience, he's envisioning a future of tech that's more integrated and ambient than ever before.

Tyler Mincey and Stephan Ango · May 13, 2021

Podcast

Shipping is changing

After a record year of ecommerce, Shippo CEO Laura Behrens Wu returns with an update on the current state of shipping. Customers want more choice and transparency at checkout, and mega shippers' shortcomings are making way for more fragmented, hyperlocal logistics.

Laura Behrens Wu and Stephan Ango · Apr 29, 2021

Opinion

Slash Packaging: Earth needs progress not perfection

Why something is better than nothing. Reflections on the first year of Slash Packaging.

Stephan Ango · Apr 22, 2021

Podcast

Becoming good ancestors

As a futurist, purveyor of tech tools, and the founding executive editor of Wired, Kevin Kelly has spent a lot of time thinking about the future. But his latest project is a 50-year visual anthology that cherishes the past while bringing a more long-term vision into focus.

Kevin Kelly and Stephan Ango · Apr 15, 2021

Podcast

Sourcing more patiently

As the natural food market has boomed, Thrive Market's Jeremiah McElwee has learned that scaling a healthy, sustainable supply chain takes patience and a constant pursuit of perfection.

Jeremiah McElwee and Stephan Ango · Apr 9, 2021

Podcast

Taking care of yourself

The price, time commitment, and vocabulary involved in self-care can leave consumers stranded and overwhelmed. With Golde, Trinity Mouzon Wofford is determined to make healthy changes — in business and body — more accessible.

Trinity Mouzon Wofford and Stephan Ango · Apr 1, 2021

Podcast

Testing the edges

"I'm still the person that just wanted to make beautiful things and that hasn't changed." Jenna Lyons is diving back into creative with full force: launching a new lash brand, hosting a TV show, and designing a new hotel.

Jenna Lyons and Stephan Ango · Mar 18, 2021

Podcast

Keeping clothing out of landfills

On average, each person in the US sends 70 pounds of textiles to a landfill each year. For Days founder Kristy Caylor is building a textile recovery stream to close the loop and build a supply chain fueled by fashion waste.

Kristy Caylor and Stephan Ango · Mar 4, 2021

Podcast

Streaming the runway

It’s been two years since Vogue Business editor Hilary Milnes was on the show to share her DTC retail predictions. One year into the pandemic, trend trajectories have spiked, forcing brands to accelerate faster than anyone predicted.

Hilary Milnes and Stephan Ango · Feb 25, 2021

Video

Unboxing Native

What's missing from this plastic-free deodorant packaging is the most impressive thing about it.

Jesse Genet · Feb 24, 2021

Podcast

Impressing the eco-nerds

Sustainability is not binary. Returning guest reporter Alden Wicker is breaking down what we talk about when we talk about sustainability and exposing common red herrings.

Alden Wicker and Stephan Ango · Feb 18, 2021

Video

Unboxing Function of Beauty

A high-impact beauty suite with low-impact packaging that's pared down for easy recycling.

Jesse Genet · Feb 17, 2021

Bulletin

You can now hire exceptional packaging agencies and freelancers with Lumi Experts

Discover our new partnership program for experts in packaging design, engineering, sustainability consulting and supply chain

Stephan Ango · Feb 11, 2021

Podcast

Getting comfortable with trade-offs

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.

Ian Montgomery and Stephan Ango · Feb 11, 2021

Innovative brands use Lumi to manage scalable and sustainable packaging.