[Gruso]

Maybe the only heart should be after 'open' and the others changed to minimal symbols for what the unit can do? Icons for Web, Email, Games etc.

Something like that would be cool. A little while back I suggested some chunky pixel art characters, drawn by someone like Mr Gonzo. A combination of all of the above would be excellent. [edit] For the record though, I love the hearts.


To those who don't "get" the colour scheme, or any of it, go and browse some design mags, fffound.com, maybe even deviantart. It can all get a bit wanky but you'll get a feel for the world of graphic design / digital art. Then, go digging for some of the advertising and product packaging from the 70s and 80s. Games and computers in particular. I'm not saying you'll suddenly love traylorpark's work, but a few things might fall into place.

Oh, and CandidStan: More of that crap and I'll be the snitch who requests a holiday for you. Totally not cool.

This post has been edited by Gruso: 06 February 2009 - 07:35 AM

[cappuchok]

traylorpark's designs certainly stand out, I'd use one of them if I were the OP team. They have a really nice "retro 80's home computer" style. I especially like his slightly updated box design (which replaces most of the hearts with icons like craigix suggested):

This post has been edited by cappuchok: 06 February 2009 - 07:25 AM

[Mjlink]

I like the black design with Alt icons as per CraigX. The white looks too much like a Sharp Minidisc package circa 2001

[PoisonedV]

traylorpark's designs certainly stand out, I'd use one of them if I were the OP team. I especially like his slightly updated box design (which replaces most of the hearts with icons like craigix suggested):

it looks worse. the asthetic isnt the same when the icons are different, furthermore they are icons but they aren't 'iconic'. nice mushrooms though.
another design thats unusable because some people are so afraid of confronting their own sexuality

also, anyone who doesn't "get" the palette has never seen the so called 'vintage' pink floyd, jimi hendrix, etc shirts

This post has been edited by PoisonedV: 06 February 2009 - 07:26 AM

[cappuchok]

it looks worse. the asthetic isnt the same when the icons are different, furthermore they are icons but they aren't 'iconic'. nice mushrooms though.

A suggestion, then: Maybe a row of 'iconic' icons (representing the capabilities of the Pandora) could be placed along one edge of the original box design?

[lulzfish]

"another design thats unusable because some people are so afraid of confronting their own sexuality"

Is there something horribly wrong with disliking cartoon hearts?

[.Gogeta§§J4BR.]

I thought you'd make use of the fact that there is a pandora BOX actually. make something mythological or something like the saint seiya's backpacks
(the ones who kept the armors, like this one, Milo's golden scorpio one: http://www.clothmyth...ra_scorpion.jpg)

This post has been edited by .Gogeta§§J4BR.: 06 February 2009 - 08:08 AM

[Alpha2]

Maybe the only heart should be after 'open' and the others changed to minimal symbols for what the unit can do? Icons for Web, Email, Games etc.

I like that idea. Box art should be pleasing to the eye as well as indicative of the content. It's not that the Hearts are "gay" it's that it's overly sugary. You almost expect there to be a MyLittlePony inside... Like I said I dont think there's anything wrong with a couple of hearts here and there but make the iconagraphy mean something where you can even if you use them to put negative space images of the icons on top of them at least make them more functional. Design is balancing function and style.

[torpor]

I like the Loveheart box, but I think it needs more Tux The Penguin and other interesting characters .. Not just a few hearts (a few are okay), but also some other characters, like craigix suggested ..

Of course I look at this box packaging from the perspective of someone who might see the box in the shelves at a game store .. and if there are love hearts and a few other characters - Tux, and any other "open" game characters we can find - then it'll sell a bit better to those who don't yet know what an OpenPandora is and why its so cool.

So maybe a little collection of 'open' game figures and symbols can be collected and used to replace a few - not all - of the love hearts?

[fusion_power]

I'd like something friendly and fun.

"Pandora" usualy suggests something evil. So, please no hearts! Devil Horns are OK.
Plain black Box would be also OK. The GP2X F100 had a very nice small black silky box, smooth surface, not shiny, simple, perfect. The Pandora deserves something in that Quality.

[conso]

I think the pandora's box should somewhat represent the mythological archetype. I think of making myself a wooden box with metal fittings and filled with satain

[Bosbeetle]

or even :

[ste_167]

Personally, I think a plain Fedex box makes the Pandora even cooler!

[mcqfesijiba2]

Personally, I think a plain Fedex box makes the Pandora even cooler!

Yes, I'm all for the plainest box possible. Not into the hearts and rainbows personally, although in the end I'll be keeping the Pandora in the box, not the box itself.

[MDave]

Hehe, that's the problem with a box with a very specific style to it. People are either going to love it or hate it. Generic box doesn't suffer from the same extremes of love or hate. It's just a box anyway if it looked like the second coming, I wouldn't want to throw it away, making my small house even smaller.