From July 13th to August 21st, Tradelocks will be giving away one Free bottle of Oil or Balsamic every week FREE OF CHARGE on every order over £150+VAT!
Week 4 – 3D Sculptured Oil Organiser Tray
Monday 3rd August – Sunday 9th August 2015
Designed by UAP’s award winning R&D manager, John McLoughlin:
The brief was to create a design to organise and present the range of prestigious olive oils being offered to loyal customers. It had to be “special,” just as UAP’s customers are special.Though the lyrics of the old song, “Ten Green Bottles” tell us they were “standing in a row,” John wanted to show them proudly, rather than just line them up. In any case, there were to be five, not ten and he certainly did NOT want them to “accidentally fall.”
The inspiration came from John’s long experience as an amateur musician in bands, choirs and orchestras. To get the best visual and acoustic impact, musicians often stand or sit in an arc, rather than in a straight line. With this in mind, actual bottles were set out both in a gentle curve and a straight line. The curve won the beauty contest!
The design process then moved to the CAD (Computer Aided Design) stage on PC. After a few minor adjustments to the layout, John then designed what was essentially a stage, with the star performers —the bottles — held safely and presented attractively.
A clear material was chosen so as not to visually “compete” with the bottles and the thermoforming process was chosen as most appropriate for the numbers required. A quick check was made on the candidate material’s (PET-G) compatibility with any spilled oil. This is a sort-of “cousin” to the tough and strong polymer used for drinks bottles.
UAP had already built up expertise in using their 3D printing capabilities in novel ways and not “just” for developing product designs. Their latest printer was used to directly produce a mould for the forming process. This was supplied to the forming company, saving both them and UAP the time normally taken by mould manufacture.
Kamila designed a discrete label for the tray. So, apart from the specialist service-providers who moulded the trays and made the high-quality decals, everything was done in-house, with the same attention-to-detail and specification of high quality materials that is a hallmark of UAP’s philosophy.
Who knows, the tray may well become a collectors’ item in years to come!
Each week there we will also send you a different recipe to try with each oil or balsamic.
If you fancy getting creative in the kitchen, submit your own recipe to us using the oils and balsamics, and your recipe could feature in our 2016 calendar. If your recipe makes it into our calendar, you will win yourself a 100 year old bottle of balsamic!
So get your thinking caps on, and submit your recipes to marketing@uapcorporate.com!
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