Packaging Progess

The past week I created two models for my Women's Health Magazine package. The first was made of thin chipboard with a clear acetate covering to protect the magazine but also allow customers to see it. I painted it as an experiment, just to see how acrylic paint looks on chipboard. Green happened to be the color I had lying around, but I will be using a red and black color scheme that is associated the magazine. I thought it looked unpolished, so I bought colored board instead. The thin chipboard also seemed a little too flimsy.

 

 Before I settled on the colored board, I also made a model of foam core. The model was sturdy but did not related to my packaging idea. It was too stiff for a magazine package.

Right now I am working on constructing my final package using the red and black color scheme. I am going for a very clean, simple, yet effective design. I have narrowed my ideas down to two. The first incorporating a woman jumping rope and using an actual jump rope as the handle and a bonus that comes with the magazine. The other idea is using a women doing yoga in a bridge pose (see below) as the handle. I don't think the package needs a whole lot of text because the magazine is the focal point, but I will still incorporate "Find Your Healthy Place" and include the title of the magazine, and possibly a barcode on the back.