Inside+Outside-+Paper+Container

In this project, you will plan, design, and build a container for something that is important to you personally. This object can be anything:

Something from your childhood A favorite photo a memento from a special place

Be creative with your choice, the first step to an interesting project is choosing a subject that works! Also, __//**NO PHONES!!!!!**//__

The box can completely enclose the object, or hold it and leave it partly visible. The box must support the weight of the object, so structure matters! The design should be unique, so no cubes or rectangular boxes. The object must be secure yet accessible, so the box should be able to move, either by folding, sliding, swinging, opening or flexing. You will use Bristol board for models, but Stonehenge paper for your final project.


 * 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: **

Requirements of the project:


 * several sketches of your object and possible container forms
 * one sheet of Bristol with 9 textures, low to high
 * One sample box from template, with texture
 * minimum 1 rough draft model
 * finished project with texture

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.

Package design examples are here: http://atimidmulestudio.wikispaces.com/Package+Design+Examples and paper sculpture examples are here: http://atimidmulestudio.wikispaces.com/Paper+Box+Examples

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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