After conducting some further research we decided that for the tall pasta, like the noodle we would construct a telescopic tall tube to hold the product. I built a net on illustrator which we could use to mock up the idea from card to work out the exact sizes we needed to make the packaging.
We printed the net on standard stock to mock up to confirm dimension as well as ensure the net worked as a telescopic tube. As a result of this I found that the net only needed to 1mm smaller for the inner tube rather than 2mm smaller which I have originally made it. In order to make it tight fit it needed only to be 1mm smaller, I also tweaked the dimension of height to better fit the size of the pasta as a result of this mock up.
We also experimented with created different size variants of this packaging as we needed a slightly different format for the loose pasta shapes like the Fusilli, however the hexagonal format still didn't give us enough volume to hold the space as it's much more bulky than the noodles. Myself and Eve will need to considered for packaging shapes and formats for this alternate packaging.
The plan now is to order some grey board offline (see below) and mount a design on to it. James also has a brilliant laminating machine which make the paper robust and gives off a satin effect. We have researched into lots of variations of packaging and are made out of a gloss or a satin stock. The product we aim to make is also influenced by makeup packaging so we want it to look and feel like a luxury product.
Below is an example of a piece of paper that has been laminated (you can see the shine) Plus due to lamination it is really easy to fold without cracking the paper.
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