Thursday, September 17, 2009

Design of Food Packaging Containers for Indian Railways

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Total passengers travelling in trains everyday = 1,80,00,000 (18 million)
The above is total number of passengers which includes local trains, short distance and long distance.
Assume that 15% of travelers buy food in the train.
Thus no. of passenger buying food = 27,00,000 (2.7 million)
Thus approximately 3 million food packages are required everyday
And 3 million is quite a big number to cater..!!

There can be many solutions. Here is one.........

Designer: Parag Deshpande
Guide: Asst. Prof. Manas Ranjan Mishra
M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies.


Radical Design


This good looker designed by Maximilian Busser & Friends is surely a collector’s item as has been designed especially for those who would like to own a masterpiece. The overall technology is based on Horological machines which tell time. The machine is designed and constructed in unlike the traditional wrist watches and hence are revolutionary. This version called as Horological Machine No.3 has been introduced in two versions : “Sidewinder”, with its cones perpendicular to the arm; and “Starcruiser”, with its cones in-line with the arm. Each has its own very distinct visual characteristics; each offers its own unique angle on telling the time.

[Source: http://www.tuvie.com/horological-machine-no-3-radical-watch-design-by-maximillian-busser-and-friends/]

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Three ways that makes a good design happy - Don Norman

Good products gets appreciation is not just because it is good at Design but the type of link that it actually bridges more than its style, look or by function

Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy

posted by
Karthik TD