MADAGASCAR project

This is what I have so far. Im sticking to the idea of the crate. This would be the front of the slip case. It would have a dicut to show the animal's faces.



























This is the front of the digipak after removing the slipcase.




These four panels will be where the trays will go. I wanted to show the four main characters. I am still working on the rest, it is hard to explain in writing so I'll just show you when I do it!

CD/DVD COLLECTION PROJECT

I decided to do the "Madagascar" dvd collection. "Madagascar" is a DreamWorks animated comedy. I'm not sure about what I want to do exactly for the packaging yet. I know it wil be Madagascar (2005), Madagascar 2, and the third disk will be either a game or soundtrack. I do know that I want it to look fun.



MADAGASCAR (2005)
Plot Summary: "Four best friends (a lion, a giraffe, a zebra, and a hippo) stay at the At New York's Central Park Zoo. When one of them goes missing, the other three escape to go looking for him only to find themselves reunited on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild."



MADAGASCAR-RETURN 2 AFRICA (2007)
Plot Summary: "The four best friends, still stranded on Madagascar, start to leave the island. All of a sudden, they land in the wilderness of Africa, where Alex the lion meets the rest of his family, but has trouble communicating with them after spending so much time at the Central Park Zoo."


RESEARCH:
Below are some examples of dvd packaging that I found. Hopefully it will inspire some of you.

Health and Beauty Project- Kiss My Face

History:
In the 1980's, a couple of very young veggies, Bob Macleod and Steve Bycklewicz, founded Kiss My Face in a 200-acre organic farm in the Hudson River Valley, New York. They began making big, ugly, green bars of pure olive oil soap from Greece. From moisturizers, liquid soaps, shower gels to toothpastes, shaves, deodorants, now, over 200 different natural and organic products are being produced. Kiss My Face provides the consumer with products that are healthy, and contain natural and organic ingredients at a reasonable price.

This is how it looks on display:




Audience:
Kiss My Face targets anybody old enough to care about their body and their environment. Kiss My Face uses no artificial colors, no unnecessary chemical additives, no animal ingredients, and no animal testing.

Competition:
Jason Natural
Aveeno
Burts Bees, Inc.
Procter and Gamble
Avalon Organics
Alba
Dr. Bronner's Magic






Why I chose to redesign Kiss My Face:
I chose this product because I think it's a good product that would benefit from a newer and more organic sophisticated look. When I saw it on the shelve at Target, it looked just plain green. All of their products are green and they look very similar to each other. It also looks very similar to Avalon Organics shampoo (check competition image).





Basic Strategy:
My Basic strategy would be to make it look organic but at the same time more sophisticated. It looks too cheap for what it offers. I would definitely change the graphics as well as add color to differentiate each product. Perhaps change the shape of their containers because right now everything pretty much looks the same.

Bad Packaging Design

Here are three examples of bad packaging design. First of all, the packaging of the flour is terrible. It always leaves a mess when transferring it into another container or when using it. I also hate the marshmallow bag because if you don't finish the entire bag, you have to either tie the bag (which is made out of very stiff plastic) or put it inside another bag. The packaging of the noodles also bothers me for the same reason that it has to be transferred to another container.

Good Packaging Design

I think these are examples of good packaging design. The "Lysol/Clorox" toilet bowl cleaners are very convenient, you can just twist the cap and squeeze directly on the right spot. The "Smucker's" spread container is also great, one no longer has to dip a spoon inside a jar, now we can just "squeeze" the bottle and spread it directly on the toast. The "Cheerios" individual container was also a good idea because one can just remove the cover, pour milk, and enjoy!