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 * The _ of Egg Containers **

In this project you will be making an egg storage or carrying, box. It must be the ___ of egg containers. This means you must choose some kind of inspiration for your design. The inspirations can range anywhere from biology (cells, sea life etc.) to cars (the Porche of egg containers) and anything in between.

You should make a bank of at least 3 images (start with more, but work it down to 3) to draw inspiration from. You may take texture from one image, clean lines form another, etc. Use these images to drive your design and inspiration. Identify those design qualities that make those things unique and translate them into your paper container, either subtly or overtly.

The paper you choose must work with the design, for example, you should not choose standard corrugated cardboard for a small intricate form and you would not choose rice paper for a design that requires good structural stability. The kind of paper you choose is up to you. Limit yourself to one or two papers for the final project. Too many materials can clutter a design.

The box must hold at least 3 weighted eggs. I will supply you with three white plastic eggs, but we will critique with 3 real eggs, so structure matters! The design should be unique, so no cubes or shoe boxes. The eggs must be secure yet accessible, so the box should be able to move, either by folding, sliding, swinging, opening or stacking.
 * Possible papers: **

stonehenge or other drawing paper single layer cardboard or chipboard corrugated cardboard newspaper rice paper any kind of recycled paper newspaper etc.


 * Some questions to ask: **

How is the box itself stored, does it fold, stack or collapse? Is there an overriding design theme, i.e. repetition, balance etc.? If the box is fully closed, how are the objects revealed as the user opens it? What, if any, is the surface treatment? What kind of clue does the shape of the box give as to what is inside it? What are the defining qualities of my inspiration and how can I incorporate them into my design?

Economy of form and material security and accessibility effective engineering innovative use of material
 * The goals of the design are: **

Remember, paper can be folded, scored, cut, bent, twisted, scraped, balled, glued, stapled, tabbed, laminated, wrapped, twisted or manipulated in any number or combination of ways. Paper can form any 3-d shape except a true sphere, and even that can be approximated.

From artist Richard Serra, a list of action word that can be applied to design as well as art:

Richard Serra, "Verb List Compilation: Actions to Relate to Oneself" [1967-1968] to crease to fold to store to bend to shorten to twist to dapple to crumple to shave to tear to chip to split to cut to sever to drop to remove to simplify to differ to disarrange to open to mix to splash to knot to spill to droop to flow ||  || to curve to lift to inlay to impress to fire to flood to smear to rotate to swirl to support to hook to suspend to spread to hang to collect of tension of gravity of entropy of nature of grouping of layering of felting to grasp to tighten to bundle to heap to gather ||  || to scatter to arrange to repair to discard to pair to distribute to surfeit to compliment to enclose to surround to encircle to hole to cover to wrap to dig to tie to bind to weave to join to match to laminate to bond to hinge to mark to expand to dilute to light ||  || to modulate to distill of waves of electromagnetic of inertia of ionization of polarization of refraction of tides of reflection of equilibrium of symmetry of friction to stretch to bounce to erase to spray to systematize to refer to force of mapping of location of context of time of cabonization to continue ||
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