paper
form
packaging.
Designing three paper forms to hold various items, with three emotions guiding the designs message.
Elegant Pen
Inspired by contour of a crouching martial artist, or the sword of a samurai, I created this elegant pen holder. The sleek lines give the form an elevated prestige, and the almost precarious holding notches make the pen look as if it's preforming a balancing act.
Outcomes
My final outcome for this holder consisted of two simple triangles, folded neatly along the edge, and the notches pushed inward.
As a fail, I created over ten different iterations of this, experimenting mainly with 3D forms, only to find out that most people preferred when it was just folded in half.
An important part of this project was to make it easily recreatable, so below is the paper template on 11x17 paper.
Playful Ping-Pong
Using a child's puzzle toy as inspiration, I wondered how I could make a ping-pong holder "playful". To answer this question, I aimed to make a package that reminded people of their childhood and was made of a lot of small parts.
Outcomes
The final outcome was cut on thick cardstock, which stood up by itself, and allowed the balls to gently roll to a stop like a slide, which added to the fun aspect. Below is the template printed on an 11x17 in piece of paper.
Angry Pasta
This design had a lot of changes to it, but was originally inspired by the shape of a geode cut in half. I wanted to make it feel scary, with spikes coming from all sides that would make the user not want to put their hand in it to retrieve the pasta.
Outcomes
The final outcomes ended up looking a lot more like a mouth of a sea creature than expected, however, it gave the form completely new meaning, which almost made it scarier.
I was not allowed to use any kind of fastener for any package, so I fit the spikes into the form with friction, but kept the ends pointed so it looked like thorns protruding from the shape.
