Some designs for consumer products

Here's my design for an eye-catching wrapper for "Sure-Fire Ammo Chocolate". The speeding bullet conveys the idea that the chocolate bar is full of energy, and the fact that it is clearly heading straight for a bull's-eye stimulates positive emotions even before the wrapper is opened. The Latin homophone amo ("I love") also has a positive connotation.
The tear-off ends add to the length the package, and are also convenient for sporting consumers who are on the go and don't have time to waste with fussy alternatives. The red sawtooth-edged tips are signifiers that tell the consumer that he or she can tear them off, without specific symbols or instructions:

[Ammo chocolate bar wrapper]


Quoridor is a popular board game that received the Mensa Mind Game award in 1997. Here's my design prototype of a "Travel" version of the game. Games are often packaged in cardboard boxes, but for a travel version I decided that a cloth bag would be more appropriate. It is easier to open and close and offers better protection for the contents, which include the walls, counters and an instruction booklet as well as the folded board. Because the bag doesn't have a rigid shape it can more easily be packed in luggage, and potential purchasers appreciate that it is made from environmentally friendly material:

[Travel Quoridor]


Today a huge number of domestic products are battery powered, so a battery tester can be very useful. Unlike an ordinary DVM, which indicates the open-circuit EMF because it has very high input impedance, my design applies a load to the battery under test so that its voltage is measured under realistic conditions:

[Battery tester]


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