Polyhedral Structures

Phase A Photographs

Phase B Photographs

Phase A Approach

When starting to solve the problem in Phrase A,  I played around with the various polyhedrals to experiment and see which shapes would be interesting together. I started to see the image of a beak forming so I headed in the direction of creating a birds mask. I love bright colors and toucans are known for their bright and vivid colors. I researched many different kinds of toucans and picked one with what I thought was the most interesting beak. I had to use atleast three polyhedrals in the mask to solve the problem presented. I used two of the same pentagonal polyhedral for the eyes. The pentagonal shape created an interesting view of the eyes and it allowed me to artistically cut triangles in the center to create pupils for the eyes. For the break, I created a custom-made polyhedral to recreate the curve of the toucans break. To fulfill the problem's requirement of three polyhedrals, I added a tropical fruit polyhedral that is held in the toucan's mouth, between the two beaks. 

In addition to the polyhedral's unity in creating the toucan mask, I also used bright, tropical colors to paint the bristol board and make it look like the photograph I found of the toucan.

Phase B Approach

When starting out Phase B of this project, I experimented with many ideas ranging from goldfish packaging to candy packaging. I settled on a new package design for the candy Starbursts. I wanted to create a package that was festive and full of bright colors like the toucan mask in Phase A. The problem presented in Phase B was to creative a package design contrasting and challanging the idea of a normal rectangular polyhedral. By using Starbursts, I based my idea around the polyhedral shaped like a star. I wanted to challenge how people viewed the candy apart from being the square pieces that they eat. I unwrapped many individual starbursts and cut triangles to match the spikes on the star polyhedral. I limited the colors to warm colors that comes in the original package of Starbursts. I am displeased with the construction of the polyhedral. It was very hard to work with hot glue and the star shape. I do like the final outcome despite the craftsmanship. I would advertise this packaging as a Starburst Party Dish or a Collector's Edition Package.