my Creations - #3

Xeofreestyler

Belgium6768 Posts

March 03 2008 16:51 GMT

Direction we took this time was product design.

Assignmentname: Transformable package

The assignment asked for a packaging system that was environment-friendly not necessarily by using nature-friendly resources but by promoting the transformation of itself into another, usable product. Thus, giving the package a second life.

The assignment also stated that we did not have to keep the commercial element in mind. We were free and were even encouraged to have very experimental ideas.

While most people took traditional routes to accomplish a 'solution' I opted for a more technical approach. My concept goes as follows: A rewriteable CD or DVD 'spindle' contains 50 cd's.
By creating a package completely constructed out of 2 elements, a clipping unit that has 3 'connection points' with a clip to hold cd's(which would of course not damage the cd) and bendable tubes that stay strongly in the shape you bent them, a modular system emerges that can be transformed into any kind of CD-storage unit the user wants . It encourages a creative approach to storage.

The clip
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First 2 images show the package itself, last 3 are -possible- transformations.
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Comments/woots/anything welcome

pyrogenetix

China5094 Posts

March 03 2008 17:08 GMT

damn. now i wish i took product design.

really good idea and i understood it instantly. if u dont need to worry about much specifics then yea this is an awesome idea.

Southlight

United States11766 Posts

March 03 2008 17:09 GMT

Dude I'd be totally all over that.

Xeofreestyler

Belgium6768 Posts

March 03 2008 17:11 GMT

Actually pyro I do graphic design. But we have such creative freedom in our school that we're allowed to do things like these and get such assignments

glad to hear that southlight!

vGl-CoW

Belgium8305 Posts

March 03 2008 17:19 GMT

woah, very nice idea and well presented

how'd you come up with this?

Xeofreestyler

Belgium6768 Posts

March 03 2008 17:44 GMT

On March 04 2008 02:19 vGl-CoW wrote:woah, very nice idea and well presented

how'd you come up with this?

Well the product which we had to make a package for wasn't defined.

So I went looking for things that bothered me in real life. And the packaging of CD's was always one of them. The assignment also said that there didnt need to be an actual connection between the product it contained and the product that the package was transformed into. I, however, found it rather stupid to not have a connection.
So I was first thinking of just regular CD boxes and how to turn those into little storage units.
The thought of making a modular package grew on me though, so I started seeing things bigger, ie: stack of 40-50 cd's instead of just 1 to 5 or something like that.
Eventually I had the concept down of using small parts to make the transformation possible and making it possible for multiple 'outcomes'. So from then on it was just looking for the shape of my package and the configuration of the parts. The bendable tube was a given since I had this tree-like shape in mind. The clip was also an outcome of a thought early in the conceptual-process and I decided to give it 3 connection points. 3 because it would work well with the shape of the entire thing which I had by then thought up and 3 because 4 would be kinda dull, seeing as it would promote symmetrical transformations. I think that real creativity truly shines in a 'universe' of limitations (as it is with starcraft).

Then I learned 3Dstudiomax while I was totally baked one evening and I spent about 3 to 4 days working on the model.

Hope that kind've explained it