Foam testing
       
     
Prototype
       
     
Mushroom factory
       
     
Quality check of the foam mushrooms
       
     
Spray paint the boxes
       
     
Prototypes with mesh bag
       
     
Packaging boxes inside the exhibition cart
       
     
Object inside the packaging
       
     
       
     
Foam testing
       
     
Foam testing

This is a group project for packaging of 2018 Whatnot Collection that launched in Rosanna Orlandi Gallery during Salone del Mobile 2018.

Link to the 2018 Whatnot Collection:

http://sites.saic.edu/whatnot/

Team members are: Dingyue Cao/Eunice Choi/Sun Kawazoe/Kyuho Kim/Teagan Chatterley/Zoe Liao/Yejin Kim/Sepide Ghanadian Ladani/Min Jee

Prototype
       
     
Prototype

"Mushrooms" are for both interior protection and exterior visual language of the packaging.

Instructor: Jim Termeer

Mushroom factory
       
     
Mushroom factory

From left to right: Sun Kawazoe/Teagan Chatterley/Yejin Kim/Dingyue Cao

Quality check of the foam mushrooms
       
     
Quality check of the foam mushrooms

Credit to Zoe Liao/Teagan Chatterley/Sun Kawazoe/Eunice Chio/Dingyue Cao

Spray paint the boxes
       
     
Spray paint the boxes

Credit to Kyuho Kim

Prototypes with mesh bag
       
     
Prototypes with mesh bag

Material: Wood/Foam/Mesh bag/Acrylic

Packaging boxes inside the exhibition cart
       
     
Packaging boxes inside the exhibition cart
Object inside the packaging
       
     
Object inside the packaging
       
     
Process of making the foam mushrooms

From left to right: Eunice Chio/Sun Kawazoe/Dingyue Cao