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ABSTRACTIt is perplexing that Package Design has traditionally been taught as a course isolated in either Graphic or Industrial Design programs. To develop a truly unified brand narrative, package design necessitates an interdisciplinary, human-centered, and collaborative approach, which expands on the knowledge of each discipline and reaches into other areas of expertise. Communicating a brand message extends beyond the information and visual content applied to a package. The package’s physical structure, materials, finishes, and interactions can also strongly influence the consumer’s experience and subse­quent perception of the brand. As a result, the effective communication of a brand’s message requires a symbiotic relationship between the languages of two- and three-dimensional form. This paper presents case studies of successful integrated package design projects produced through an interdisciplinary studio course with 30 undergraduate design students from Graphic Communication Design and Industrial ...