Prototyping was the main goal for the week, with a brief look into how other products connect and interlock with each other, which led to magnets! Testing out these magnetic structures show how the "Ootcuts" can come to be, picking these out from the beasts, and creating as you go along. This opened avenues to exploring how the "Ootcuts" and offcuts from the Kelpies themselves can become creative tools, and how this may differ between users. This is a playful interpretation of the welding process, with the magnets acting as "fusion points", a taster and a push to be creative. The prototyped "Ootcuts" led to other ideas of magnetised, connective products, such as the Head Up and Head Down builds, again focussing in on the skin, with some screws and bolts for an industrial stand. These magnetic builds would act as suggestions which could lead to great creations when not limiting people to the end form, distortion and goal.
This week I explored how to make the packaging a bit more unique and see if I could find a way to link the packaging to the product. By looking at different ways the box could open. I then created illustrations linked to The Kelpies. however, I feel the piece is quite busy and I hope to simplify it down. I feel I took more of a route that promoted the kelpie’s backstory rather than the product, which I hope to develop further. I made a small prototype of the packaging and to see how it would come together. Furthermore, I then looked at creating the prototype with bolts to help link to the product.
Contents -
Products that Connect, Overlap, Interlock
Quick Sketches
Prototyping - Build Out, Ootcuts, Magnetic Skins and Potential Structures
Packaging Examples
Packaging Design and Development
Illustrations
Packaging Prototypes