Thursday, July 10, 2008

Making the World a Better Place

That title was given in irony. This isn't exactly my proudest moment as a product designer, but still worth mentioning.

Sometimes the client has an idea they're pretty convinced is a good one, and they're willing to spend money for us to develop it. So what if I'm not convinced? my job is just to make it as good as i can (within the budget and other limitations like production cost). so that's what i did.

...and here it is:












it's only sold at
Amazon for now. Check out the link if you're wondering what the heck this thing is. I didn't design any of the components that go inside, just the bag itself.

While the end result is nothing too impressive, i actually put a lot of work into this project. most the time there is more than one designer working on various stages of a project. but this one was all me, from initial sketches to final instruction sheet illustrations. here are some images of challenges and steps of the design process:

how to fit all that stuff in there (image not the final layout).











internal structure







how it folds for shipping







How the bag and all the components fit into a box sized for fitting as many as possible on a pallet.








marketing illustrations.
























So those of you who've wondered what it is i do on a daily basis, that should give you a rough idea.

2 comments:

Kerry said...

Was this something you did with Insync? or was it an earlier thing?
Its actually pretty cool.

Jason Pruett said...

making the world a better place?! I love it.

that one teacher we had - "we can solve world hunger with a good enough logo" . . . . nice.