For my graphics project I was asked to design a presentation pack for a new theme park containing a map, brochure and business cards. .
Looking at my prototype I can see that I have had to make a lot of modifications. Therefore I did not achieve my original objective. However it is still very similar to the original and I still feel it attracts attention and fulfils the qualities of the packaging design I was trying to create. .
During the design process my boxes lid was vandalised so I had to repair it which left my lid with a slight bend in it. Therefore the lid will not sit properly on the box. It still fits securely but not as accurately as I had envisaged it to be. This would be a simple thing to overcome as a modification. .
I had originally intended to scan my chosen box logo into the computer and improve by using photo editor to smudge the colour and give a professional finish. I accomplished this easily. However I wanted to add text to the logo and a yellow shaded background using fill effects on the computer. Unfortunately I came across computer faults and had problems printing and actually putting together my logo with the text and background. So I overcome this by covering my box in yellow card then sticking the logo and text on top. I didn't get the desired shaded affect of dark yellow to light yellow that I wanted. However the yellow is a bright colour and attracts attention and is still very similar to my original intention. To secure everything into place and give a more professional look to the box I covered both the lid and base (separately) in sticky back plastic. This gave a very good textural shiny look to the box. However the box looked very "tatty". I would overcome this by cutting a big long strip of card to fit around my box and not stick single bits of card on each length. I felt that the outer part of the box looked very bare even though it had the logo and text, so I modified it by placing the park name around the box.