This shoebox design is for Excentricity Shoebox Design competition held at University of News South Wales hosted by Real Life Skills. The design was successfully done by Christie Lau and Penny Pang where we have both ended up in top 4 finalists to pitch the design to the company in China.
Displayed version for the shoes from Excentricity Shoes. The octagonal shape allows plenty of storage such as brush, shoe horn, shoe cream and many more. One left-hand side of the box can fit bigger material whereas the right-hand side of the box is divided into 3 to fit smaller object. The space allows for future storage when you reuse the box for other purposes. The 2 mm thickness of the cardboard material is covered in red synthetic leather, also replicating the texture of the Excentricity shoes design and professionalism.
Inside the box is protected by red suede material for protection against the shoes. This also applies to the interior of the side storage.
The open lid flap-like will be magnetic for the aesthetic purpose and convenience.
We included the design of crossed shoelace surrounding the box to acknowledge the Excentricity Shoes’s main feature.
The most important little feature of our box is the golden metal buckle on the handle. This design was inspired by Excentricity shoe’s design from the “Adaptive Wink” shoes as this represents the beginning of the Excentricity shoes journey. So we wanted to keep a little historical feature on the box.
Summary of Design for Submission
Mechanical Drawings for Manufacturing Purpose
To explain the manufacturing process, we have completed an Engineering Drawing to show all the measurements needed. Using a scale of 1:1 and the measurements in mm, the overall box has a length of 49.3cm, height of 40.6cm and width of 15.5cm. The magnetic flap can open up to at least 70 degree and the two lids on the side has maximum opening angle of 90 degree.
