Project 2: Product Packaging

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: For the packaging project, we were asked to select a type of art supply and design the packaging for the product. We then had to construct the boxes for the products. I chose to make packaging for oil pastels. The objective for this project was to design the packaging with a specific group or individual in mind, and have the design reflect that. I chose to design my packaging with free-spirited, travel-loving individuals in mind. 

My concept for the packaging was based on the phrases “free-spirted” and “on-the-go”. I wanted my packs of pastels to be portable so that you could travel with them. The component was a small paper box, with a a slitted platform within for the pastels to sit on. I chose different colors to represent a desitnation for each of the 5 different packs of pastels. I used thinned oil paint to create whimsicial, colorful gradients for the outside of the boxes. I finished the designs with the names of the pack in an adventurous typeface.