Packaging Designer — Front Panel Concept (Premium Children's Crayon Box)

Budget: US$50–80 fixed price
Deliverable: Front panel artwork only (closed gatefold box — two doors as one image)

About the project

Buzz & Bloom is a premium natural children's brand based in New Zealand. We're designing a gatefold crayon box and want to test a few designers on the front panel concept before awarding the full project.

The concept — front panel (closed box):

Background: sage green, uncoated matte feel
Illustration: a two-door wooden garden gate in fine cream line art, one door on each half of the box, with climbing flowers either side
A small friendly bee sitting on the gate latch — to be applied in warm gold foil (indicate as gold in the artwork)
Above the gate: wordmark "Buzz & Bloom" (files supplied) — gold foil treatment
Below the gate: tagline "Where creativity begins to bloom." in small cream type
Bottom strip: "12 beeswax crayons · ages 3+" in small restrained type
No colour swatches, no rainbows, no cartoon clutter

Style direction: Premium, botanical, restrained. Think heirloom stationery or a natural skincare brand — not the toy aisle. References: Aesop, Honeysticks, botanical gift brands.

Estimated box size: 250mm wide × 170mm tall (final dimensions TBC from supplier)

Assets supplied: Wordmark AI file and concept reference renders

Deliverable: One front panel concept as a high-res JPG or PDF. Source files not required at this stage.

Final print files required in: Adobe Illustrator (AI) format — CMYK, uncoated

If your concept is selected, the full project (all panels, dieline, 3D mockup, print-ready AI files with separated gold foil layer) will be awarded separately at an agreed rate.

Please include in your application:

Examples of packaging design work, especially premium, gift, or children's categories
Your availability and estimated turnaround for the front panel concept
Your rate for the full project if selected