Project Woes

Hmm.

Prepare for some serious whining (from me).

I created a small box for my tape dispenser which had to be handed in for blaspheming by my graphics design teacher, Ms Kummy (not her real name). I painstakingly calculated out all the angles, the measurments and such. In the end, I created something like a squat hexagonal block. It didn't look too bad, except for the fact that it was completely unadorned and somehow looked out of place as a packaging of a cool, sleek tape dispenser.

Apparently, this is what some people commented on my tape dispenser box prototype:

Alvin says: 'Fried Rice Da-Bao (Takeaway) Box!!!'

Valerie says: 'Hmm, Chinese New Year tit-bit container'

Joanne says: 'Pizza Box!!'

Ms Kummy says: 'Not Professional!!!'

Ms Kummy has now developed a habit (or rather a fond usage) of the term 'not professional'. Her direction of learning with us is to turn us into persons capable of producing packagings, logos, posters etc which look expensive. Not that it's a bad thing, but the phrase 'Not Professional!!!' wheezed out with a Japanese accent at a high pitch somehow doesn't appeal to me.

It's just a pity my tape dispenser box is twice the size it should be (meaning it can contain two tape dispensers instead of the intended solo product per box), and it looks like the hybrid of a fried Rice Da-Bao Box, a Chinese New Year tit-bit container and a pizza box all in one.

Hey, come to think of it... it's a versatile packaging solution!!!

Garrhhh, anyhow, I just have to imagine her (Ms Kummy) saying 'Not Professional' full blast in my ear, and I'll wake up and improve my design.

Cheers,

Crawldaddy