Postal Presents

The postal presents project encapsulates the essence of 3D transformation through flat pack design and the use of sheet material. At first I started off with some storage products but I wanted to move away from storage items as they are popular reusable products. Although they may be useful, there are other little things that someone would want and would be useful. So i decided on my one idea, a Calendar.
The product was made from MDF and this was laser cut -- mainly for the appearance and the precision in manufacture. The rings and components are cut and the text is engraved; all the components are shipped along with the 'offcut' sheet for protection. Contrasting colours such as the burnt edges, darkened engraved letter and the untouched MDF surface create an interesting appearance making the product have more presence.
The original design of the calendar was for it to be wall mounted, hence the wall mount components along with the main calendar rings are fit into one sheet of approximately A4 sized MDF. However, as a later development, I added a desktop version, which would not fit into the original sheet, thus it is made from a separate sheet.
The wall mount version is mounted using 3M Velcro Command strips as they are versatile,easy to use and does not damage the walls.
Being laser cut, the CAD drawing could then be sent to any manufacturer and the same product could be reproduced.
This calendar is an interactive product, where the user has to change the date -- by rotating the respective rings; and by not having years, it could be an everlasting product. With very few components, it is easy to assemble and can be done so with very little effort.