Experimental Packaging Lab

• Ongoing support of Fall term Packaging Design Collaborative 4^th year SOD course, both in materials and tools, and class exercises conducted through the lab in conjunction with the course, such as the “Hackaging” prototyping sessions 

• Recurring workshop series with Eurostampa in collaboration with the University of Gastronomic Sciences at Pollenzo (Italy). – centered in sustainable consumption patterns, social and environmental responsibility, and manufacturing realities.

• Bi-annual Packaging Design Japan travel workshop in cooperation with Chiba University. Students work on internationally composed small teams to tackle culturally-relevant sustainable consumption – related packaging design problems.

Mobile Packaging Lab (MPL) rolling toolbox of package prototyping tools, The MPL is a collection of iterative packaging model making tools and learning aids that is rolled into our classrooms to support packaging-design related activities. The toolbox and contents were purchased with O-I support. The MPL contains the following:

• Industrial Heat sealer
• Assortment of stock packaging bottles, caps, closures for “hackaging” – 150 pcs
• Cricut card stock cutting machine and supplies
• Various handheld prototyping tools and materials such as cutting mats, rolling cutters, tapes, glues, and card stock

• Large format card stock and plastic films in various thicknesses for prototype creation
  
  
• PLA filament for 3D printing of prototype packaging bottle forms and mechanisms