8 DESIGN TECHNOLOGY GRAPHICS GIMMICK PRODUCT IN A CAN PRODUCT DESIGN

SITUATION: You and your friends were having a barbecue one evening and the conversation got around to eating yuck food such as lambs tongues, bulls eyes etc.. You get the bright idea that may be there is a market for a gimmick product that people could purchase to put in their pantry to gross visitors out when they come over for dinner.

DESIGN BRIEF Design and graphically develop a gimmick product in a can that can be placed in the home pantry to make visitors squirm when they read the contents of the can. This is a graphics competition and there is a double pass to the movies to be won for the person how wins the competition.

TASK ONE Using a mind map to assist you, think of as many names as you can for your gimmick product Highlight the one you are going to use Practice a lettering style suitable to place on the gimmick can Gather four examples of caned products from magazines, junk mail or any other source. Cut them out and lay them up on a sheet of A4 paper and write comments beside each one about colour, shading, text, etc..

TASK TWO Using your freehand sketch three large pictorial cans onto a sheet of A3 paper On the first can practice shading using suitable colours On the second can develop the product name (follow the curve of the can) On the third can combine colours and lettering to develop the final product sample (make the can look realistic)

TASK THREE Cut out the third can only Develop a background using pastels and other techniques (when choosing colours for the background use colours that make the can stand out) Paste the cutout can onto the background Sign your work and write your full name clearly on the back of the drawing