Technical drawings resubmit

Project 3 rationale

Project one peer comments

http://edricides1122.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/studio-project-1.html?showComment=1338154808891#c2954870736149296902
http://dougcusack-ides1031.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/studio-project-1-biomimetics.html
http://shixiaomeng3361028.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-size-modle.html?showComment=1338155435502#c6644153542676145929
http://romanradoczy.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/poster-bioinspired.html
http://rachaelsigley.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/final-design-poster.html?showComment=1338155753603#c857691181516432437

Reflection on “Giving packaging a new life” and “How it’s made: packaging”

As designers we need to understand the life cycle of a variety of materials. This will effect our design process and choice of material in the future and help us approach our concepts in a socially and environmentally acceptable method. The “Giving packaging a new life” and “How it’s made: packaging” give extensive information about the recycling process of a range of materials. I found these videos very useful due to the extensive explanation and clear illustration of manufacturing and recycling process of these materials. The video “Giving packaging a new life” focuses of materials such as plastic, aluminium and glass. It shows that only a small percentage of material used in the plastic bottles used to package drinks is made of newly processed material, most of the material is made of recycles plastic. This gives opportunity of save fossil fuels for the next generations on the planet. But it is also important to alert the users of the characteristic of these bottles. This is the reason why it is advised not to use these bottles for more than one time. One of the other emphasises of these videos are aluminium and glass. It was useful to know how aluminium and glass can be recycled continuously; this can affect our attitude about using aluminium in our products. Even though aluminium and glass are infinitely recyclable though, it is important to come up with solutions to prevent these expensive products so as designers we should always think about ways to come up with innovations to help the environment. The video “How it’s made: packaging” emphasises on the production of paper and points out that around 60% of the paper we use daily today is recycled. Then it has been explained how this process takes place as the used papers are classified in different types then is pressed and recycled using heaving machinery. Also the benefits of aluminium has been pointed out in this video as it explains how aluminium is flexible to be in very different shapes as well as being very suitable material for recycling. Also the fact that aluminium does not rust adds to the life cycle of this product. Through these explanations these videos have taught me useful information about what materials are environmentally friendly to use for the future designs and specially packaging. This can also affect so many other designers which can lead to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly planet.

Peer Comments

http://rachaelsigley.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/blog-post.html?showComment=1336989511801#c9075065627030495568

http://haresama.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/project-2-medical-packaging-for.html?showComment=1336989876881#c486409579781019126

http://21612a3377299.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/project-2-final.html?showComment=1336990408159#c3826598385558152862

http://maxglanvillez3333044.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/rationale-booklet-packaging-assignment.html?showComment=1336990714979#c8689393039445994169

http://3377850assesment.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/packaging-project.html?showComment=1336991375046#c7407363576275564270

Original Concepts

Technical Drawing

Rationale for wine rack table

This table has been designed to hold wine bottles in its stand. The general shape of the table has been inspired by the positioning of corn seeds on corn. The idea of growth in nature has inspired me to make the table flexible to have 1 to 3 rows of wine racks in the table stand. The table leg area will be made out of high density polyethylene and the table top will be made out of reclaimed lumber.

The table is designed to store the maximum number of wine bottles in order to maximise space efficiency. Table stands  are usually not used for any purpose other than keeping the table top to a particular height therefore the idea of storing wine bottles in a space otherwise would be wasted would be efficient for medium to high density residential places.

The table will be purchased with one extra row of wine rack that can be used individually or assembled in the table stand. This can change the table from a coffee sided table into a stance table for reaching for bottles and pouring them in glasses on top of the table targeted for gatherings. This idea is inspired by how plants add branches to them selves as they grow and how different plants can be found in different sizes.

This table is designed to hold bottles in right condition for them to last for years. The wine bottles are kept in an angle to keep the cork of the bottle wet to prevent penetration of oxygen. Also wine bottles are kept away from the light due to the structure of the table in order for last longer.

The finished presentation model of the product was made by blue foam but the finished manufactured model will me made out of reclaimed lumber and high density polyethylene. The injection melded polyethylene prevents wastage of material as well as being recyclable. The table top is going to be made out of reclaimed lumber which would have suitable friction and prevents table top to be slippery in case of drink spill.

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