Pint= 568, Half=284ml
Many Australian products I observed in supermarkets were in the range of 200-300mL for children.
The cartons usually took the form of a 70x70mm square base, with ranging heights of 76.5mm up to 100mm, depending on the construction and pitch of the gable top cartons.
The height of the carton from the base to the gable top ranged between 65-75mm
From this research I concluded that the volume and dimensions of the carton had some freedom, and this allowed me to explore forms that most suited the purpose of my design i.e. easily re-used as a physical activity product after consumption
Box/Carton Construction without Gable-Top
Standard 300mL Pura Milk Carton 70x70x100mm
(65mm to gable start)
Possible form, 300mL, NB the Perforation
used to access the contents inside the box.
55x40x175mm
(145mm to gable start)
The Milk carton may take a no. of possible forms however the main objective is to construct a milk carton that involves at least 8 trapeziums, like this:
To create a throwing toy like this^^^
This frisbee/boomerang is made from
8 posted-notes folded in half,
and corner folded in(see left)
The Frisbee flies really well, despite being paper-thin,
it seldom falls apart, and is very simply joined together.
Using a thicker material like card, with a tighter crease
leads to even greater performance and durability:
The above throwing toy uses the material from
the previous Pura Milk carton (see above)
Exploration into position of Trapeziums:
Front-to-front, back-to-back, perpendicular Corner-not-folded, front-to-back
More research into perforation methods is needed before a final form can be decided.
This is a video showing the method of laser-cutting perforation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=280g8vFqCDI
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