Packaging Prototypes

After sketching the designs and digitising what they might look like I began to prototype the boxes so that I could practice crafting as I hadn't done this year and I wanted to get better at this skill.

I began by drawing the net of a square box 6x6x6cm.

Cut out net.

Made box. 

I created a belly band for the box, this is where I intend to put the information of the product.

The back of the box shows the type of lock that I had tried, which is a click lock. 

This is how the box would open when the lid is liftedI like the way the box looks like this. 

I then began again but with a different style of lock. The net shows that the box now has a tab and a slit in the middle. 

This lock ensures that the box closes more securely. 

However with the bellyband style the tab is hard to open and close, it pulls on the band as well. 

The boxes together so that I could compare. 

I decided that I liked the click lock more as it doesn't disturb the bellyband. and it looks neater its more suitable for the health and beauty sector. 

I then tried the larger box which will be rectangular, this has a slightly different net shape and folds differently and so it was beneficial to me to try.

The different boxes and different sizes, two of the boxes I remade 2cm smaller as they where too large and the other boxes looked very small and there was too much room when the bottle was placed inside. 

I then moved on to the overall packaging of the products and I decided I wanted to try a more complex net to add a more crafted/ special feel to the pack. 

I looked at a range of nets and I decided upon this one, which had a hexagonal base and fold inwards at the top and ties with a ribbon. 

I drew out and tried the net above, it was hard to get the dimensions right and I found that the base was too big, as well as this the curved lines where hard to cut neatly and hard to score for the folds, and then when I was folding the top together it was hard to bend.

And so I went back to more research and I found a similar net but the top part was square. with triangle bends which was much easier to draw, score and cut. 

This box also went together well and the triangle fold was geometric which is more in keeping with the  other packaging. 

I also added a ribbon that shows how the box closes and the ribbon adds a more feminine touch, and adds a different texture.