To ensure the items would be secure within the box I needed
to think of a way of packing them.
I thought about
bubble wrap; however I wanted the items to be seen when the box is opened. Also
it can be time consuming and annoying having to un-wrap all the items and
sorting them into order before starting, then packing them back up when
finished.
When looking at packaging in general, I noticed a lot of
things are packed away by plastic moulds or polystyrene.
As I thought polystyrene was properly the easiest to use and
get hold of, I experimented with this. I wanted to create different
compartments for the different object for ease of the user.
cut with a craft
knife - didn’t work well as it left me with jagged edges and in a
mess. 
Cut with a hot knife- more successful as it cut through the
polystyrene neatly, but at the start of the cut the knife was hotter so it
melted more from the top than the bottom.
Another idea was to use foam, and putting slits to hold the
object in. This worked out the best, so I will be using foam.
When I slotted the test tubes down into the foam, they didn’t
sit neatly together, so I placed them at an angle so they all fit in a row,
this also allowed the labels to be seen clearer.
