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Structural Packaging

Design your own Boxes and 3D Forms
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Structural Packaging by Paul Jackson empowers designers to craft unique 3-D packaging forms tailored to their specific needs, moving beyond traditional template copying. The book introduces a straightforward 'net' construction system—a one-piece 2-D card layout that unfolds from a 3-D package—enabling the creation of strong, practical, and imaginative packaging. Each chapter offers clear principles followed by photographic and net drawing examples, showcasing innovative design applications.
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Ideal for packaging designers and creatives seeking to deepen their understanding of packaging construction and develop original, functional designs using technical and practical guidance.

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Unlike other packaging titles, which simply provide templates to copy, this book enables designers of all packaging types to create 3-D packaging forms that are specific to their needs rather than based on an existing design

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Unlike other packaging titles, which simply provide templates to copy, Structural Packaging enables designers of all packaging types to create 3-D packaging forms that are specific to their needs rather than based on an existing design.

It teaches a simple 'net' construction system—a one-piece 2-D configuration of card seen when a 3-D package is opened out and flattened—which enables the designer to create a huge number of very strong 3-D packaging forms that are both practical and imaginative. Each chapter concludes with photographs and net drawings of 6-10 creative examples of packaging designs made using the principles outlined in the preceding chapter.

Structural Packaging gives the reader an understanding of the underlying principles of packaging construction and the technical knowledge and confidence to develop a greater number of their own unusual and innovative designs than any comparable book.

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ISBN: 9781856697538

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 February 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 430g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Paul Jackson is the author of more than 30 books on paper arts and crafts. He has taught the techniques of folding on over 150 university-level design courses in the UK, Germany, Belgium, the US, Canada and Israel, and has been a 'folding consultant' for such companies as Nike and Siemens.

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