BACKGROUND STUDY
SHOES
PACKAGING
Until the mid 1800s, shoes were
handmade in small shoe-making shops by cobblers. Since shoes were either made
to order or in limited quantities, cobblers had no need for significant storage
space or adequate housing for shoes. As innovations in the shoe industry
advanced–the invention of the sewing machine in 1846 and automated shoe-making
machinery, like Jan Ernst Matzeliger’s shoe-lasting machine in 1883–so too did
the need for a storage utility for the newly mass-produced product. Shoe boxes
began as a way to store shoes sold at retail, but fashionable women who spent
thousands of dollars on expensive designer shoes helped give birth to the shoe
box used for storing and preserving shoes at home.
Significance
Shoes tell a history, and
shoe boxes preserve this history. Shoes can preserve the story of a period,
society and the economic conditions from whence they came.
Some of the oldest and most
celebrated shoes of all time are now kept on display at museums around the
world. The most expensive shoes in the world, a $1.6 million pair of shoes
inspired by Dorothy’s slippers in “The Wizard of Oz,” are woven of platinum
thread and house 642 rubies. They are currently stored in the creme de la creme
of all shoe boxes–a bulletproof case with a full-time guard at Harrods in
London. The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Ontario, stores shoes dating back
4,500 years. That’s more than 10,000 shoes exhibiting the highlights of shoe
history.
Shoes are an artifact like
any other and the information and insight they hold within their soles is an
invaluable part of history. Modern shoe boxes allow these artifacts to be
preserved for centuries.
Types
Shoe boxes come an array of
shapes and sizes and are made from an even wider array of materials, from
cardboard and plastic to fabric and fiberboard. Shoe boxes come in a variety of
stacking and storage options as well. Top-open boxes are a more rudimentary
system for shoe storage and require you to unstack several boxes if you’re
trying to get to something on the bottom. Newer, drop-front boxes, allow you to
reach something without unstacking, while the more modern pod systems, which
run on tracks, can be designed to fit any storage space.
Benefits
Storing shoes in shoe boxes
has many benefits. Not only do shoe boxes protect your shoes from the
weathering caused by changing temperatures and humidity, dust and
bugs–therefore elongating the life of your shoes–they also maximize storage
space. Shoes are awkwardly shaped accessories that can be hard to store in
small spaces, and cramming them in corners and sliding them under beds can be
harmful to the material and function of the shoe. Shoe boxes allow you to
create easily stackable storage units that can be hidden away in closets, slide
under beds or even be stacked neatly in an open room.
Function
There is a difference
between shoe boxes used for retail and those used for storage. All shoes are
sold in some type of shoe box, usually made out of heavy-duty cardboard. While
these types of shoe boxes can be, and often are, used for storing shoes after
they leave the sales floor, they aren’t as strong or long-lasting as plastic
shoe boxes that are specifically designed for lifetime shoe maintenance.
Storage shoe boxes help to prolong the life of your shoes by protecting them
from moisture, dust and bugs. Shoe boxes that are used to store shoes in retail
stores have another purpose as well. The outside of the box is marked with the
size, color, design and name of the shoe being sold. This allows the shoes to
be kept organized and clean while they are waiting to be sold.
Purpose
Shoe boxes are a storage
utility that help manipulate space and increase organization. They can be used
under beds, in closets or in any available space in open rooms. While the
primary function of a shoe box is to store and care for shoes for retail and
over long periods of time, there are many other fundamental uses for shoe boxes
as well.
Over the years, shoe boxes
have been used for a variety of purposes–not just the storage of shoes. People
have used these small rectangular boxes as organizational tools for storing
letters and notes, photos and piecemeal tax items. If you’re crafty, they can
be used to store your art supplies or be transformed into craft tools, like
ribbon dispensers. Shoe boxes are also used to store other accessories like
purses, gloves and hats.
As for my packaging design. I have design a packaging that will
attract consumers. The theme that I have applied in the design is classic
design packaging I will also use colors
that will complement each other to give a proximity
feel.
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DESIGN BRIEF
DESIGN
STATEMENT
To
design an attractive packaging design for shoes by using recycle cardboard
SWOT
ANALYSIS
PROBLEM
STATEMENT
Most
shoes packaging are bulky and not user friendly
The
graphic layout for shoes packaging are less attractive
DESIGN
CRITERIA
1. Packaging can be recycle
2. Light weight
3. Multi-functional
4. Attractive design layout
TASK BY TASK PROCESS
I have to do a SWOT
analysis of each packaging. I was also required to research about the
similarities and differences between the types of each packaging.
I
was required to do the packaging net template. I was also required to the
graphic layout.
Later
on, I was required to do the mockup using the actual scale size of my
packaging.
Finally,
after everything is completed. This is the final outcome of my packaging that
was printed out with the chosen graphic layout.
