Reader´s
Book Reviews:
This is a visually stunning
book. There are many examples of very exciting
packaging designs in all materials and for a
broad spectrum of products and product types.
Each design is briefly described and technical
and author/client, etc. information is provided.
The reason it rates 4 stars instead of 5 is
due to the very poorly implemented
cross-platform CD-ROM that comes with the book.
If you are a Mac user you will be disappointed
to discover that there are no Mac files to
launch and fully use the CD.
In fact, the only way I could view the
contents was through either Netscape or
Macromedia Director. And, the Director version
is old, so you have to convert the files to an
updated movie to see them in that program.
However, if you do that, they no longer play in
Netscape. Oh, yes, you MUST have the shockwave
plug-in in your Netscape plug-ins folder for
this to work. All the same, many of the controls
do not work in Netscape, and if you try a search
the program stops altogether (you can quit, but
you can't do much else).
I would recommend this book to anyone who is
interested in package design. I would also urge
the publishers to fix their CD as a huge
installed userbase of package designers use Macs
as a matter of course.
by "A Reader"
Packaging
and Business Books and Literature
