Prusament Design Challenge  

RE: Prusament Design Challenge

Agreed.  

RE: Prusament Design Challenge

I see 2 possibilities there:

1. They hired a designer or asked some graphic guy/gal in-house to design a box that would be minimalistic, cheap, and represent core values of having functional, simple, eco-friendly and "good enough" design.

2. They didn't bother too much with graphic design, just slapped a label to see that it's a Prusament, because it is minimalistic, cheap, and represents core values of having functional, simple, eco-friendly and "good enough" design. 😆 

If you buy filaments from them, they are these plain cardboard boxes with simple black text. Including Filament-PM, despite the fact that PM has their own boxes printed in color if you buy from them directly. So maybe this is on purpose? Kind of like old iPod boxes - black and white with silhouette of a person listening to music.

I would not oppose to having some contest of this kind, people can be very creative and something really good can come out of it. Though I guess rules would be to design something minimalistic, cheap, ... you get the point 😉 

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I much prefer plain boxes, some jurisdictions have issues recycling glossy printed things or things with adhesives on them.

I like a fancy box as much as the next guy, but not at the expense of the environment, especially for a consumable. 

Think about how much stuff you've bought that came in fancy decorative boxes, and how long you actually spent looking at the box before shoving it in a closet for warranty reasons or disposing of it...

RE: Prusament Design Challenge

Probably all of the above is true.  I don't know about making a "rule" that it's minimalistic and/or cheap ... but that's probably the type of design that would eventually get Josef's approval.  I'd like to see all concepts have a shot.

RE: Prusament Design Challenge

Posted by: @vintagepc

I much prefer plain boxes, some jurisdictions have issues recycling glossy printed things or things with adhesives on them.

I like a fancy box as much as the next guy, but not at the expense of the environment, especially for a consumable. 

Think about how much stuff you've bought that came in fancy decorative boxes, and how long you actually spent looking at the box before shoving it in a closet for warranty reasons or disposing of it...

It's not a contest to change the box design.  We're just proposing a brand appropriate sticker be included with and order of Prusament.  Much like many other manufacturers send stickers, I would like to see Prusa do something similar.  

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@smoking_rubber

Thank it is a great idea!

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Sorry I misunderstood, I thought you are talking about the box. 

Sticker would be very neat!

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Maybe incorporate the Easter Egg found on the flap of the Prusament box?

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@smoking_rubber

Easter egg?

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@charles-h13

If you break down a Prusament box you'll find this

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With all the boxes I have opened, I must be blind.  

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@charles-h13

I love the new "Blend" colors they're releasing.  The pink and blue both look amazing and I can't wait to get the green.  So a sticker highlighting the colors would be nice, but I'll leave artistry to the artists.