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Hi guys,

I came back from Outward Bound last week and had the most fantastic week in my life. It took me a while to get back to the real world. Here is the photo of our sailing course.

At last, it goes to the box.

I had spent quite some time choosing between redesigning the yoghurt cups,coat hanger and cereal boxes. I’ve done mindmaps trying to analyse which one has more chances to add value. I also tried out my “pollination colour wheel”, which is my own creativity generation device as shown below.

Eventually I went for the box. The reason is I  think there are more opportunities to recycle the cardboard box. It should be fun to do some origami although I recall that I once spent 3 bloody hours just to fold 3  stars for my best firend’s birthday. I  was aiming to make a full jar of them, but after hours of struggling I finally gave up on this silly idea. It might take me months to fill the jar due to my speed. Well, some people are just not that good with handcraft. What can I say? It should be fun. I hope I won’t cut myself or anything like that.    

Thoughts from research II

1 Tissue box: I’ve thought about making the tissue box adjustable to the volumes  of tissues left in the box, by tearing off the top half of the height of tissue box and make the lid come off and reattach to the bottom half. 

2. Tea box: The closing tab is creative yet thoughtful. It prevents accidents like dropping all your tea bags out of your pantry.

3. There is a plastic sheet in between sticky tags. It allows users just to get one tag withought peeling off too many at a time.

4. Icebreaker Package: The design, as well as the material, of the draw increases the product value.

5. Cup Handle: Here is an interesting one. For people who are fond of peral milk tea ( Taiwanese cold drinks), it’s a real hassle to carry the cup without asking for a plastic bag for it. Now they have come out of a brilliant solution for diminishing the use of plastic bags. Simply put the central loop around the cup and use the other two loops on the side as handle. Viola! It’s smart, economical and eco-friendly. Best of all, it’s reusable and you can carry it everywhere by wearing it as bracelets.

6. Chocolate box: I’ve noticed that most of the food packages are composed of a plastic bag plus a paper box. What a waste of materials. Big no no for the sustainability design. What can you do with the paper box since it’s almost impossible to reuse the plastic wraps/ bags. 

7. Royal Albert Soap Package: The package itself definitely adds value to the product. It feels like opening a gift box when you unwrap the ribbon. There is also a folder slab to seperate two bars of soaps. The expensive looking package of soaps distinguishes a great gift from cheap daily necessity .

8. Cereal Box: Well, every time I open and flatten the cereal box and put it in the paper recycle bin, I feel like there must be some other way to recycle the big piece of cardboard. It’s just a waste to throw it away like this. I may further develop the ideas of reusing cereal box apart from making it a breakfast tray.