Alterations to Original Design

With my original design (early POC) it was functional and did its purpose but it had a major flaw.
From feedback I realized that my package was using too much cardboard and was edging away from being green. Knowing this I went back to my original design and looked at how I could improve it and reduce the amount of cardboard while keeping it functional.


This is a drafted net of my new design

The first thing I did was to remove the sides and tabs, the purpose of these were to stop the contents falling out and holding the lid together.
To replace this holes are dotted down each side that can then have twine stringed through them to form a mesh. It will be done so it is easy to take off when needed but can support the bottles if they lean against them.

Next was the issue of how the lid was going to hold together. To fix this I shrunk the size of the handle on both sides and extended out tabs on one side. These tabs then go into slots on the opposite side and hold the box together.

I have also made a few small alterations to the sizing of the package, when I create my prototype I found that the bottles had difficulty fitting. With some alterations the bottles should now fit snugly in and be held tightly to avoid them clashing together.

For the second uses of the packaging it can do a few things.

• It can be re-used to transport more bottles or other object.
• The inside of the box will have a drafts board printed onto it and there will be tokens that can be popped out and used for it.
• Behind each bottle will be a food and beer combination recipe which is specific to whichever product it is behind.

This new design now uses a good portion less cardboard, uses tabs effectively and is still just as strong as the original.

This is how I wish the final box in terms of design to look at this moment in time, this may change as the project progresses -