Jenn David – The Power of Design

Jul 15, 2018

For Jenn David,   it started at a very young age, helping her mom and dad in the kitchen make pies and other baked deliciousness from scratch—mixing the dough, combining the fruit with the spices, feeling the textures, tasting the ingredients, smelling the aromas. These experiences laid the foundation for Jenn’s passion for food—she is still amazed at how simple ingredients transform into something incredible with a little effort and love. In 2002, Jenn and her husband-to-be packed up everything they owned in a small moving truck and drove from their hometown of Boston across the country to San Francisco. The dot-com bubble had just burst but Jenn’s business started to flourish, which included working with Williams-Sonoma and designing their specialty food packaging. It was here that Jenn’s two passions for food and design first intersected and stayed.

Now with nearly two decades of specializing in food packaging and branding design, Jenn is an expert in creative strategy for specialty food brands. She brings her passion to each client she works with, and thrives on the challenge of creating branding that truly captures the essence of the product and life of the brand. She continues the tradition with her own children of experimenting and having fun in the kitchen. Learn more about Jenn at  Jenn David Design.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • Why food & beverage packaging can often have a greater impact on a consumer than the actual product itself
  • How multiple languages on the packaging can affect consumer’s expectations of the product or experience
  • How attractively packaged food/beverage products can help foster long-lasting visitor memories

Discussed in this episode:

How to Design Your Specialty Food Packaging to Sell , a book by Jenn David Connolly

Striking view of the Madeiran coastline.
by Erik Wolf 22 Apr, 2024
Why Madeira, Portugal is the next undiscovered culinary destination.
Meet Emerging Leader Sonia Seivwright
20 Mar, 2024
A short audio interview with Sonia Seivwright, a member of the World Food Travel Association's Emerging Leaders Council
08 Mar, 2024
News announcement about new partnership between the Culinary Heritage Network and the World Food Travel Association.
Covers of the State of the Food & Beverage Tourism Industry report in 4 languages
by Erik Wolf 04 Mar, 2024
The World Food Travel Association's 2024 State of the Food & Beverage Tourism Industry report is available as a free download in 5 languages.
A dish of mote pillo from Cuenca
by Erik Wolf 04 Mar, 2024
Press release about Cuenca, Ecuador joining the Culinary Capitals program.
Ep 68. Fred Lizee - Tout Est Possible
by Erik Wolf 10 Feb, 2024
In this episode, number 68, of The Business of Food Travel podcast, we speak with Fred Lizée. Fred is a tourism industry professional from France. He has been working in responsible adventure travel for 15 years, with professional experiences in Europe, Asia and Australia. He is passionate about outdoor expeditions, community travel and disruptive tourism projects. To that end, he created his own competition called the New Explorer Challenge to help train international students on the subject of sustainable adventure tourism. As you probably have guessed, Fred loves to travel and has visited 72 countries already.
More posts
Share by: