FISKARS PACKAGING & PRODUCT DESIGN
My time at Fiskars was primarily focused on packaging for home and craft products. Fiskars is a centuries old company, best known for it's Orange Handled Scissors. They engineer and develop products for all aspects of the home, from yard care and home improvement, to sewing, crafting and classroom.
Trilingual Packaging
During my time at Fiskars one of their primary customers, Michaels, established new rules for packages sold in store: everything needed to include equal representations of English, French and Spanish. Following their requirements, I helped develop trilingual packaging that Fiskars continues to use for their craft products. Examples shown here are the more complicated boxed paper trimmers.
Illustrations
Line drawings are included on backs of packages for products that require explanation on how to use. While I did not develop the initial illustration style, these drawings were something I frequently created. They typically involved multiple steps to create; we would begin by taking photos of the product in use, to help establish the clearest angle from which to build the illustrations.
Product Design
Fiskars also produces seasonal and specialty craft products, which provided opportunities in in product design. Shown here is a selection of designs I created for a seasonal lever punch. My witches hat, formally named "Hat's Off," was selected for production.
Other product designs include stamps, scissors handles and letterpress plates.