Using the logo you created in Week 1 and the brochure you designed in Week 2, think about your brand and design packaging for your product. Remember that you can decide about the detail of your product. Is it dog biscuits, meat products in a tin, dry pellets or a new and exciting product?
Do your design according to the following steps:
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Exploration
Use sketching techniques to draw thumbnails and hand in your thumbnails as scanned PDFs. -
Brand integration
Choose one of your thumbnails and refine your design. Place it next to your brochure and logo and see how you can merge your design with the brand identity. Also, what fundamentals of the brand can you draw from and use in your design? Hand in a picture of your thumbnails, mock-ups, logo and brochure together. -
Design
Now design your packaging properly, using any design application of your choice (or a combination of e.g. Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator). Export the flat design as a PDF. -
Testing
Print out the final design and make a mock-up. Make sure all panels line up when folded and glued. See to it that the information flows well on all panels. -
Presentation
Take pictures of your printed mockup to show off the various aspects and angles of your packaging. You can also make a digital mock-up*.
