Third Year: Portfolio Box/Packaging Research

I have now started to gather some research on presentation boxes for Nikita's personal branding, she will use these to send her prints and postcards to future employers.

Nikita mentioned that she only needed one box for hand in, however she will be wanting more to send off in the future to studios and photographers that she wants to work with so it's important that they're of good quality but not too pricey. She also mentioned that the largest prints that she would be sending are A4, so the box should be slightly bigger than A4.

Furthermore, the box will be personalised through displaying her logo somewhere, peer feedback mentioned that either stamps could be created or to use vinyl. I think vinyl will be the best option as it will look clean and won't get messy compared to the logo being stamped or printed onto the box.

Vinyl colours (provided in digital print):

The colour of the vinyl will depend on the colour of the portfolio box, but will most probably be either black, white or silver as this matches the business cards best, Nikita also mentioned that she wanted to overall branding to be sleek and minimal, so black or white would be appropriate.

Portfolio box research:

1. https://www.londongraphics.co.uk/thin-archival-photographic-image-box-a4
Regular box with lid opening- card board
Price: £14.46

2. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/720811747/large-a4-rose-gold-magnetic-gift-box?ref=related-3
Large A4 Rose Gold Magnetic Gift Box
Price: £8.49 including postage

3. https://www.graphicsdirect.co.uk/products/single-display-boxes-37mm-depth?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoKmiuoyr5wIVirTtCh2JFgXSEAkYECABEgKAT_D_BwE

Attached top

Price: £12.24

4. https://www.pullingers.com/c/72365/seawhite-archival-boxes-50mm-deep?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=pricecomp&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1eLZsqmr5wIVS7DtCh1SewoWEAQYASABEgKX6PD_BwE

50mm deep

Price: £11.95

5. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seawhite-A3-Archival-Box-Deep/dp/B003UN29XK/ref=asc_df_B00BFDQYR4/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=214522367922&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13030658525838915615&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006864&hvtargid=pla-421692927480&th=1

Canvas cloth

Price: £11.98

My top 2 favourite boxes are number 2 and 4. Number 2 I love because of the colour and feel that it'd match the colour used within Nikita's business cards (Rose Quartz) and is also more eye-catching than a regular black box. However, a black box may be more professional, out of the black boxes number 4 is my favourite because of the clampshell opening, it also looks a lot sleeker than the other black boxes. I will show these to Nikita when I next meet up with her or send her the links so she can have a proper look through them herself.

Nikita also mentioned that she wanted to include A5 postcards in the portfolio box with her A4 prints and that she wanted some sort of packaging/sealing for them.

Initial ideas for packaging of the A5 postcards:

A5 envelopes sealed with a sticker of her logo
A5 plastic wallet/bags sealed with a sticker of her logo
Tie the postcards with a ribbon of a colour that match her personal branding (baby pink, white, silver or black