Studio Week 3

In this class of studio we talked to peers and our tutors to further our designs. I have chosen to go with medicinal packaging of ibuprofen, and wanted to make it more arthritic friendly. I wore snow gloves (thickest gloves i owned) and tried to open existing pain killer medication. It proved extremely difficult as i could not get the grip i was looking for, and couldn't muster the 'push and turn' mechanism. With that in mind, my
design as changed quite a bit from the previous week.

Feedback From Peers:
I spoke to Christina Le about my concept development this week, and she liked the form of the rounded container and said it was easy to grip. However she asked whether the capsules would stick together, but that should be unlikely as Advil capsules do not in their plastic container. Daniel liked the design of the second container too, and said it suited the "medical standard" of packaging, yet the form was interesting enough that it should stand out on supermarket shelves.

Feedback from tutor:
I talked to mar again this week, and he made a very important point that i need to concentrate on making the packaging more inviting to users. This would mean less harsh edges, possibly more rounded corners, and just concentrate on the visual language cues. He also suggested i think about space issues/shipping issues and supermarket shelving displays. We looked up the existing packaging of Advil liquid capsules, and it seems that most of their packaging is not childproof, so mar suggested that i may not need to put a childproof feature in my design.

Other Tutor Session:
I listened to scott talk to a couple of students and listened to his suggestions of doing further research into specific mechanisms. He compared sponge applicators to things such as shoe polish