PRINTlovers just featured our Play with Finishes project. A deck of illustrated playing cards where foils, textures, and storytelling become part of the game. Check out the full article at the link below: https://www.printlovers.net/play-with-finishes-giocare-con-le-finiture/

Last week in Helsinki, Studio Zak won the EPDA Label Design Challenge with our label design for Ordre de Malte France. The brief was simple, but very challenging, summarized into a single phrase: “Every light, small or grand, creates a ripple of hope.” Ordre de Malte France has been supporting vulnerable people for almost a thousand years through healthcare, social services, emergency response, and humanitarian aid. When approaching the brief, it quickly became clear that thi

Paula Pozza took the stage at the European Brand & Packaging Design Association conference in Helsinki as part of this year’s theme, Pause to Think, Move to Create. EPDA brings together some of the leading packaging agencies, brand specialists, suppliers, and industry experts from across Europe. It has long been one of the most important forums for discussing where branding and packaging are heading, making it a particularly meaningful stage for the conversation. The talk exp

Canmaker Magazine featured Barzini and our thoughts on the often-overlooked relationship between design and production. From colour consistency to print finishes, packaging only works when the physical product matches the vision. Download full pdf below.

We attended the European Brand & Packaging Design Association conference in Porto. We’re closely connected to EPDA, and it’s a space that brings together deep knowledge from across the packaging field, while keeping us in conversation with others shaping the industry. One of the highlights was the Sandeman talk, followed by a visit to their cellars. Sandeman is often referenced as a heritage brand, but seeing it up close shows what that actually means. They were pioneers in a

Paula Pozza will be speaking at the EPDA Conference Helsinki 2026. The talk focuses on something we don’t always make visible. The time we carve out beyond client work. To explore, test ideas, and work without a brief or a deadline. Not as a luxury, but as part of the process. Those moments are where new directions start. Where ideas are pushed further, without constraints, and where creativity is allowed to reset. And in the end, it feeds everything else. Because better thin

This year, Studio Zak took part in Packaging Première Milan together with DIW Print, presenting Play With Finishes.

Petras was selected for the Avant Garde section at Packaging Première Milan this year. The Avant Garde highlights projects that stand out within the luxury packaging industry through innovation, materials, finishes, and overall execution. And seeing a charcoal packaging project there proves that any category can be disrupted. Packaging Première is deeply connected to the luxury world. Spirits, beauty, fashion, confectionery. Categories where elevated packaging is already expe