WORKSHOP - SHOPPING BAGS

 

YOUR PRODUCT

Right now when looking after the environment is so important, you are going to design a distinctive Indigenous Australian shopping bag to encourage people to use this instead of plastic bags.

Your shopping bag has to be something which all members of society would like to be seen shopping with!

This shopping bag will be in direct competition to the "green" shopping bags now seen in major retail shops.

YOUR TASK

To design a shopping bag that will out-class the current shopping bags and become a household name!

GETTING STARTED

You might look at the effect that plastic bags have on the environment:

Competitors Bags:

 

Here are some ideas to help you along the way......to running "My Business Rules"

Questions for you to consider

  • Can you find a suitable design for a durable bag that is environmentally friendly?
  • What will be the handle design?
  • What will it look like?
  • What will be its dimensions?
  • What material will it be made from?
  • What graphic design will you decide on?
  • Is there any drawings that are suitable for the shopping bags?
  • What colours?
  • What about the competition already - how can you break into this market?
  • Who would you have to see to do this?

 

RESOURCES

Hessian Shopping Bags

Calico Bags

 

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Teacher's Guide