Research
For this project, we had to readings that talked about gifts and gifting, and there was a quote that I liked in the gift introduction by Lewis Hyde:
I started researching quotes related to design or interior design:
After talking to my mentor I made a mind map:
I researched about cords organizers to get more informations about it:
exercise/Activities:
for the exercise we had to choose one tool and package it. The tool I chose was a scissor, I started by sketching some ideas:
The final look, was inspired by the third picture( with the danger word). We always hear people say be carful when you are cutting whether it was a scissor or any other sharp tool, so I decided to create strips that are all around the package in an X shape, and made the color bright so that it catches the eye, and I added a little ribbon above to make it look less serious:
Iterations
I started researching and sketching after asking my mentor more questions:
The color Templates that she likes in addition to neutral colors and light/bright colors in general:
I started a prototype using Bristol paper:
After discussion and critique, I realized that the gift would be the cord organizer rather than it being the container. So I looked up more about puzzles because my mentor was very interested in and I tried to combine them:
After realizing the mistakes, I started to redesign my final in adobe:
While assembling the pieces and designing/decorating it:
Concept statement
The quote I choose is “A room should never allow the eye to settle in one place. It should smile at you and create fantasy.” —JUAN MONTOYA. The purpose of the gift is to be a cord organizer and help with organizing and managing the cords in her personal space. My mentor struggled with her cords because of the many plugged-in electronics that she needed to charge and use, so from there I started making the gift be a cord organizer with a cover that has a designed line movement that reflects the minimalist style and also reflects the eye movement part mentioned in the quote, then it gets flipped to be a simple puzzle piece on top that she could play with while waiting for her device to be charged or even if she sat beside the cord organizer, where it will help with relaxing and clearing her mind. The container is a holder for the gift that has some abstract triangles to emphasize the gift in the middle and has on it other abstracted triangles that hold the puzzle pieces, and it’s designed to go with the overall design of the container and the gift. The container has the quote and my mentor’s name both in English and Arabic. The design on the container is reflecting the eye movement that was mentioned in the quote as well the puzzle on top of the cord organizer, and the triangles on the container/holder. The main material I used is chipboard because it’s much more stable and could be much stronger and more flexible too. I used color to bring more details and to make both the gift and the container go well with her space. Harmony and interaction are shown in the final outcome of the project by the container/holder being without color but with more shapes to harmonize with the gift that has more color.
Production
Before finalizing the gift and getting critique, I understood more about changing some parts to make the container be what it’s supposed to do so I made the change where I flipped the top cover which was the puzzle and made a holder for the puzzle pieces, this is a picture of before the change:
After the change and the final composition:
