AI Box Design

Pick the structure before the look, because it decides where the front is and which panels show. A reverse tuck end box has a tuck flap at each end, one opening on the front and one on the back: it is the everyday carton for soap, cosmetics and small retail goods, like this kraft soap box. A straight tuck end box opens both flaps on the same side, the back, which keeps the front panel clean from top to bottom.

A box with lid is two pieces, a base and a lid that slips over it, and suits scarves, apparel and gift sets. A drawer box is a tray that slides out of a sleeve, the matchbox shape, and suits small sets, jewelry and anything you want opened slowly. Measure what goes inside, add a little room, and type the inside size: the dieline generator allows for the board thickness, so the product still fits once the box is folded.

New to dielines? Our guide to what a dieline is explains cuts, folds, bleed and the safe area in plain words, and every box design here starts from one.

The front, or main panel, carries the brand, the product name and the main picture, and on a retail box the net quantity low on that panel. The sides suit a pattern, a short story or how to use the product, and the back is the quiet panel where a barcode label usually goes. Keep words a little in from every fold and off the glue flap, since folds shift a fraction when the box is made.

When you design your own box with AI here, the artwork is made on the dieline with its named panels, so the front lands on the front and each panel reads the right way up on the closed box. Type the words to print in their own fields and they are printed as you type them, like the brand and bit count on this screwdriver set.

Need a scannable barcode on the back? Make it in our free UPC barcode generator and place it with your other exact text in the dieline generator, where printed words stay sharp at any size.

Quiet Luxury uses one calm color, wide margins and a fine serif, for scarves, skincare and gifts that sell on restraint. Kraft & Stamp looks like brown board printed with one or two stamped inks, for handmade, eco and farm goods. Bold Color Block uses big flat color fields and oversized type, for products that need to be seen across a shelf.

Botanical Line draws fine leaves and flowers on cream, for natural care and tea. Swiss Grid puts the information itself in a strict grid, for tools, tech and anything precise. Playful Illustration brings friendly characters and bright color, for kids and snacks. Monochrome Pattern repeats one ink across the box with a calm band for the words, and Vintage Label frames the brand in a crest or badge, for heritage and gift sets.

Not sure? Generate the same box design in two directions and compare them side by side. The style sets the look; the words you type and the panel rules stay the same.

In the US, most packaged consumer goods state the net quantity on the main panel, in the bottom 30 percent of that panel (16 CFR 500.6), and foods follow the same placement (21 CFR 101.7). Type it in the Net quantity field, such as NET WT 4.5 OZ (128 g), and this packaging box design tool places it low on the front panel in bold letters, above the fold.

The generator prints only the words you give it, so add the rest of the label as exact text: ingredients, a maker or distributor address, care instructions. For food, our free nutrition label generator makes the Nutrition Facts panel to put on a side panel. Rules as of October 2026.

A print shop takes the print PDF as it is: the dieline at full size, the artwork on its own layer under the cut and crease lines, and 1/8 inch of bleed past the cut. They convert it to CMYK for their press and send a proof, so check the colors on the proof before you approve it. Short runs are usually printed digitally, and large runs on an offset press with a steel cutting die made from the same dieline.

For a few boxes, print at home on cardstock and cut along the lines, or start from our free box templates, which print at actual size on Letter or A4. The board in the PDF is the one set in the dieline generator, solid bleached sulfate at 18 point by default, the common board for retail cartons.

The examples above are one box packaging design for each style direction: a kraft soap carton for a farm workshop, a crayon box for toddlers, a sneaker care kit in bold color, a screwdriver set on a Swiss grid, a silk scarf in a green box with lid, a stoneware mug in one blue ink, a hand cream trio in fine botanical lines and a gift set of whiskey stones under a vintage crest. Click any of them to start from its settings.

Each box design costs from 5 to 15 credits depending on the mode and resolution you pick, and the button shows the total before you start. Plans start at 800 credits a month (see pricing), and you pay only for the designs you receive. Designing a gift set? Try AI gift box design.