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Returning from a 3 weeks holiday in Vietnam, we would like to find a way to send several typical asian souvenirs to relatives and friends. Inspired by Asia overall we aimed at developing a postbox that can be mailed and upon opening reveals itself as a bento-style box, including different gift items. This way the presents would reveal themselves in a traditional way and create a long lasting impression.
What to consider:
Firstly it is important to measure the size of the box to be shipped. Next find a carton base, that serve as the floor for the bento box. This enables us to find out how many items can be included and we can begin to shuffle the objects around to find the right order and layout for the box.
On this floor the layout of the objects should begin. Once it has been decided in what order the objects will be placed, it is time to go ahead and punch holes around the objects, so they can be secured accordingly. As a next step the floor of the carton can be decorated with japanese wallpaper to give a better impression.
In order to secure the items, but make sure that they can be taken out, once the present has been opened, we decide to use cord and let it run through punches in the floor. The knots then can easily be opened, without damaging the box or the presents.
As a next step we start building the walls, so the items can be placed within them. For this we use a hot-glue pistol, as it enables us to “lay” the walls ontop of the glue lines and dries fast. It also serves a connection for the corners of the different carton pieces, that have been cut out.
The different items, such as coffee bags, tea flowers, chopsticks, Asian sweets and envelopes with teabags then get put into place and as above, holes are punched around them, to enable the cord to run through the carton base and secure them. All items then are being tied in the different compartments.