Packaging Design

L/Os To understand the requirements for the Packaging Design section of this unit

Starter - 15 minutes

Ensure that you have completed the packaging design on paper and in 2D Design and added it to your design log

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Main Task - 40 minutes

You are going to start to create the artwork DESIGN for your packaging this lesson...

The packaging design must relate to the style of the shop and include:

• a photomontage to cover the outside of the packaging
• the logo
• the shop name

Create the surface design for your packaging. Remember you must comply with copyright.
Definition: Photo Montage - Photo Montage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining two or more photographs into an illusion of an unreal subject.

Instructions on how to get your 2D Design into Photoshop:

1) In 2D design, delete all measurements, select all and then increase the thickness of the line you have used - up to about 3mm should be fine.


2) Once this is done, select all again and copy and paste your net into a new Photoshop file. Set the canvas size as below, essentially A4 landscape.



Your net should paste into a new layer that is separate to the background layer. Lock the layer your net pasted to so that you do not edit it by accident.



3) Begin to fill your net with your packaging designs - see example below

Plenary - 5 minutes

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Add a blog post, detailing what you have achieved today