Monday, September 29, 2008

Project 2: Postal Presents



For this project I have designed a flat pack photo album designed to hold a dozen or so photos. I wanted to make this as simple as possible for the user to interpret on delivery, but I also wanted to create something that was different to ordinary albums already on the market.

Essentially this album is designed as a free standing and self supporting piece that can hold two photos per A5 page; one on each side of each sheet. This allows the album to be opened like a book but in two different directions, and also reduced the overall size and volume of the product. The two colours were chosen for different reasons; the matte black for the main section as it makes the photos stand out against it, while the silver creates a contrast to the black and also draws peoples attention to the product.

The album is made from only 3 pieces; making it fairly simple and quick to assemble, and means the receiver isn't overloaded with complicated bits and pieces on delivery. It uses a simple tab system to keep the photos in place and doesn't add undue pressure to the pictures to reduce risk of damage.

2 comments:

Derek Mansur said...

i like your postal present. i like that it looks very simple, and easy to use. i wish i would have seen your photo album last week to get a better idea of it (the photos are very good though)
without interacting with it it is hard for me to suggest improvements. the way that the photos are held in seems like it would work perfectly well and i see you have obviously tried them. i like the colour schemem you chose. it is classy and not overstated. afterall the attention should be on the photos, the role of the album is just for support, with i think your album does very well.

Mina Chung said...

I think,It is really nice Photo album. If you give me as postal present, I will really happy to using it. It is simple so that even women(like me) can easy to make and use. And another thing i really like is that It can be photo album as well as nice photo frame to display on the table. However,The only thing I would like to suggest is it would be nicer if it can put more photos in one album.