Working in a physical format has always been an interest of mine, being able to appreciate the work created with your own hands holds more value to me. This was one of those briefs. Both me and Courtney had multiple ideas for this project, so working collaboratively seemed a good way to combine these. This was an environmentally driven brief which is in fitting with my design ethos. I enjoyed experimenting with different and abstract ways of visualising our idea, mocking up vacuum packed chicken was a new experience.
This brief started off strong then was set back for a month or so whilst me and Courtney put our focus into our dissertation which resulted in a shorter time-frame to put together the physical piece itself. This was an oversight but was rectified when we managed to produce the piece within a matter of days ahead of submission to Starpack. Booking print slots and managing smaller tasks between the two of us helped to speed up the process, through using a day by day timetable.
Something that I would have done differently is to explore more packaging option to optimise it’s portability and also to experiment with more finishing techniques to increase it’s appeal.
Since submitting we received confirmation that we were shortlisted for the competition which is exciting to see our idea being acknowledged as something feasible and real world solution to the proposed problem.
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