Karan Saini Product, packaging and print designer Toronto

Design for screens,
and for print.

Brands I’ve designed for at bigDAWGS

Brands I’ve designed for at bigDAWGS

Selected work

Product, packaging
and brand.

FSEA Gold Leaf Awards

7 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards: foil, die cuts and variable data

Packaging and print
The client dashboard with sample data on a laptop and a phone

An AI team for a shop of one

Product and web
Printed video card lying open, its screen set into a printed cover that wraps the whole module

Packaging and print products, from dieline to press

Packaging and print
The bigDAWGS booth at Collision Toronto 2019

Booth, nominee kit and a new brand

Packaging and print
punch.ninja NFC business card beside a phone showing the page it opens

punch.ninja: link pages sold with our NFC products

Product and web
Screens and design system from the bigDAWGS website redesign

bigDAWGS website redesign and design system

Product and web
A phone tapping the Tap to Give plaque opens the church giving page

NFC tap to give plaque

Packaging and print
Three online stores Karan designed and built: bigDAWGS Greetings, bigDAWGS Express and Canada Type

Three online stores

Product and web
pixelFOUR logo variations on light and dark backgrounds

Brand and campaign work

bigDAWGS Brand Guideline cover: logo top left, Brand Guideline in large white type on bigDAWGS orange

bigDAWGS brand revamp

EXPERTISE

Digital platforms.
Physical ecosystems.

A punch.ninja NFC card beside a phone showing the card’s page The smart socket box open, with the die cut tray that holds the socket A holographic foil swatch card with raised patterns catching the light The 2026 bigDAWGS brand book cover on the brand orange
PRODUCT

Product and UX,
with AI

Research, user flows and high fidelity prototypes in Figma. I took punch.ninja to a live product with 10+ clients in its first month, and I design AI systems like products, for a client and in my own work.

PACKAGING

Packaging and
structure

Boxes and print products taken from brief to production: the structures, the dielines and the files. A video card cover that wraps the whole screen module, and a box line for a client that runs on one die.

PRINT

Print and
embellishment

Foil, raised varnish, soft touch and die cuts, planned with the press operator. I designed embellished print and packaging for the NFL, Netflix, Deloitte and USA TODAY. Work I designed, directed or mentored won 7 awards at the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze).

BRAND

Brand and
systems

A brand book of colour, type and spacing rules a team can follow, and Figma libraries built on tokens. I directed the bigDAWGS brand revamp, and its rules became the tokens of the website redesign.

EXPERTISE

Digital platforms.
Physical ecosystems.

PRODUCT

Product and UX,
with AI

Research, user flows and high fidelity prototypes in Figma. I took punch.ninja to a live product with 10+ clients in its first month, and I design AI systems like products, for a client and in my own work.

A punch.ninja NFC card beside a phone showing the card’s page
PACKAGING

Packaging and
structure

Boxes and print products taken from brief to production: the structures, the dielines and the files. A video card cover that wraps the whole screen module, and a box line for a client that runs on one die.

The smart socket box open, with the die cut tray that holds the socket
PRINT

Print and
embellishment

Foil, raised varnish, soft touch and die cuts, planned with the press operator. I designed embellished print and packaging for the NFL, Netflix, Deloitte and USA TODAY. Work I designed, directed or mentored won 7 awards at the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze).

A holographic foil swatch card with raised patterns catching the light
BRAND

Brand and
systems

A brand book of colour, type and spacing rules a team can follow, and Figma libraries built on tokens. I directed the bigDAWGS brand revamp, and its rules became the tokens of the website redesign.

The 2026 bigDAWGS brand book cover: the logo above Brand Guideline in large white type on the brand orange
INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Award winning
execution.

Work I designed or directed won 7 awards at the 2026 Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) Gold Leaf Awards (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze), for die cutting, foil and print with technology built into it. One of them is an intern’s piece I mentored.

Gold Leaf Awards
2 pieces

Silver Leaf Awards
2 pieces

Bronze Leaf Awards
3 pieces

Gold Leaf Awards
Best Use of Digital Foil (Varnish Adhesive)

Holiday corporate favor boxes

Best Use of Digital Embellishments (Miscellaneous)

bigDAWGS yoga banner

Best Use of Digital Embellishments (Folding Carton)

Holiday corporate gift boxes, with variable names

Best Use of Special Diecut

RE/MAX Premiere pop up business card set

Best Use of Digital Embellishments (Client/Self Promotion)

NFL Draft videoFOLDER

Best Use of Embellishments with Technology

Gideon portfolio videoBOOK (hardcover)

Best Use of Foil/Embossing (Business Card)

bigDAWGS NFC business card

Get in touch

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Let’s talk.

I design where the screen and the printed piece meet: packaging, embellished print and the digital products they connect to. Toronto, remote or relocating. You can also find me on LinkedIn.