product | corner box

designer / hsiao-yuan, huang; tseng-yin, lin
advisor / none

year / 2011

category / package; box

material / cardboard

size / 500x500x500 (mm)

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concept

Corner Box is a simple cardboard case design. To prevent hurting fingers from unloading a heavy cardboard case to the ground, we make a small design on the corner which provides a concave space for fingers-in by folding yellow-zone corner.

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problem & Solution

How can people unload a heavy cardboard case to the ground without hurting fingers? Some might use feet to hold the heavy cardboard for a second before putting it down. Besides, how about pull one box out of a pile of cardboard
cases if that one is in the middle?
Corner Box is a simple cardboard case design.
1. Make the triangle dieline on the diagonal corner of each box.
2. Use fingers to manually fold the yellow-zone corner.
3. With a space for 2~3 fingers in.

Before
Hurt user’s fingers before putting the cardboard case down. Use feet to hold it temporary.

After
Yellow-zone corner for folding. Fold the corner easily.

Make triangle dieline on the diagonal corner of each box, then use fingers to manually fold the yellow-zone corner. The concave corner offers 3-fingers-in space. With redesigned corner, pulling one box in the middle out of a pile of cardboard cases is easily.