Project Development

As I started to begin making my final model, I came up with an alternative to shutting the boxes easily rather than just closing the lid of the box as the user may not be able to find out where the actual opening is on the box as all the sides look the same. I tested this concept on one of my final concepts shown below. To shut the box, I have decided to use a thumb tack with the tack removed and a small rubberband that is tied into the lid of the box.

Through the process of making my final model/s, I came across some areas that needed to be changed. Once I had made the plain cardboard boxes, I realised that I didn't actually need the tabs that sat underneath the lid so decided to cut them off. The same situation came along with the cork lined boxes but I accidentally didn't think about the fact that the cork makes the sides of the boxes thicker so the tabs wouldn't fold into the inside of the boxes easily so decided that I would be able to glue the box together without the tabs on the cork boxes.