Final image

Fotoshoot(2)

Fotoshoot

Final model

This is the final model. There are some cut-outs needed for the 2 boxes to fit.

Aspired result

The model I planned to make, eventually it seemed too complex to develop an unfold:

The basic setup to design a packaging for:

A simple sloped dual box setup:

New bottle model

A new champagne bottle that I'll use and model in Siemens NX:

New model of another champagne bottle (more accurate). This one will be used henceforth.

The new model put in a basic box.

My next idea is 2 identical packages who fit perfectly onto each other. When they are seperated, parts of the bottle inside are shown.

To model the shape of the bottle in NX, I linearised the curves first. After the straight-line model was created, I bended the edges to become a quite correct model.

First Try-out (Bottle Selection & Concepts)

As shown below, I tried to make packaging solution for 'any bottle'. Any bottle is off course a very broad target, but I mainly refer to the typical bottle (flat ground surface, with some cross-section which becomes smaller towards the top.
In my explorations I'll be using a bottle of Champagne (Cava actually) as a test-case. Why? Because it holds some other challenges as well: there's the uncorking, the pouring and general handling. All these actions are quite typical to Champagne bottles.
The simple cut-out I made, consists of a triangular ground surface, wherefrom a cardboard strip wraps around the bottle. This eliminates the diameter of the bottle as a parameter.
The strip comes back to the handles, which are attached to the ground surface as well, allowing the bottle to be picked up in a pouring position.

(the cut-out unfolded)

(bottle placed on the triangular ground surface)

(bottle in a pouring position, tilted backwards)

(bottle in a pouring position, tilted forward)

(the cut-out wrapped around the bottle)

Problems:

• The strip might be to weak
• The strip needs to be folded at its startpoint
• The connection to fold the ground surface will not last
• The bottle cannot be held in an upright position