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Packaging
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Submitted by: Geoff Howard
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Lesson Context
Used as part of a general introduction to 2D drawing software

Resources Needed
A computer, printer, and suitable 2-D drawing software (e.g. !Draw, ClarisWorks, CorelDraw, !Artworks) or a Desk Top Publishing package (DTP) such as MS Word or !Impression

Teacher Preparation
Assemble a display of commercial packaging to stimulate ideas

Project Brief
Produce the labelling needed on the packaging of a healthy food product you have designed and made. The labelling should represent the natural or wholesome nature of the product and be targeted at a teenage audience.

Design and Manufacture
Investigate the packaging of commercial food products and list the information given on labels (e.g. product name, nutritional information, storage instructions, cooking instructions, and a picture of the product).
Find out what information is required by law.
Research some older labelling styles, in museums for example, for ideas of traditional designs which may be updated.
Decide on a suitable colour scheme and lettering style which will reflect the theme of the product and yet be eye-catching and attractive to a teenager. You may choose to make the whole packaging or self-adhesive labels to go on other wrappings.

Expected Outcomes
Labelled packaging based on a variety of cuboid and cylindrical forms

Image
Packaging design ideas

Additional Information
Take apart existing packaging and turn it inside out to provide a net or design your own using 2-D drawing software on your computer. Packaging may be based on a cylinder (e.g. made from card tube with vacuum formed ends), prisms and polyhedra (e.g. waxed card tetrahedron drinks containers) as well as the more usual square shapes. Containers may have compartments (e.g. to hold dips, sauces, yoghurts or cheeses) and may be made of card and/or vacuum formed plastics.

MS Word file of associated pupil hand-out

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