For this craft class, we were required to bring an object from home as well as triplex board and other crafting tools and materials. We were then required to recreate the object's shape with the triplex board using techniques such as cutting and scoring the triplex at 0,5cm intervals in order to be able to shape and bend it. We kept the measurements rough in order to experiment with the space that something takes up and how to recreate it as a rough model or prototype as would initially be done when designing a product. 

I enjoyed the activity as it was exposing us to an area of design that we had otherwise not toughed much on at Vega, where working physically with our hands was refreshing. Admittedly, my model of the Polaroid camera would need some more work and attention to detail to be a more refined prototype. With this said though, I feel that the activity served as a good introduction into understanding how product and tangible designers need to think. By working backwards from a finished product into a prototype, I feel we were able to consider the thinking that is needed when designing something physical. This is something that I enjoyed and would want to push further as I enjoy working in a physical setting, building things such as furniture. 

The techniques learnt in this exercise were something that helped me in my packaging design project (as seen below), where I made use of certain folding techniques and focused on the importance of measurements. By first experimenting in a rudimental way, I feel I was able to expand on my thinking in order to use it in other areas of design such as packaging.