Desperate

It's late and I am not able to sleep because I am really bothered that I cannot find a creative packaging idea in my head ofter two weeks and four models that conveys this idea of timelessness.  I feel like I am still at square one with this project.  I spent saturday scavenging the aisles of Michael's, AC Moore, G Street Fabrics, and Joanne Fabrics to no avail.  Exasperated I went to the mall and went into every jewelry store/department store in the homes that some supreme idea would waft its way into my thick skull.  I have what ever the equivelent of writer's block is but with design, maybe designers block.  Yes, that's it, I have designer's block.  Officially.  I have done so much just to realize how little I have come.  I need to add the photos of the other models I made, so below take a look.  Again, as with the first model, please keep in mind I was only looking for a shape that would work. 

Image of circular model

Ok, so here I decided after the French label box to go back and try at least to make a model of my original idea (the hat box) it its most basic form, the circle.  After making it though I realized I had just made a round box in an attempt to make a hat box.  This round box was no different though than any candy box, or anything else for that matter.  I also made an awful attempt to create the insert for how the necklace would lay inside of the box, here is the result (its very crude):

Circle Model Box Insert

Those lines were Prof. Anderson's attempt to try and teach me how to more cleanly create an insert, which I really appreciated.  I feel sort of desperate for any instruction at this point, so even if she is teaching me how to make an insert I probably won't end up using in my final model, I am really grateful for the lesson.  My next model was more traditional; instead of trying to reinvent the box, I just build a box and tried to come up with some ideas on how that box will be unique.  I decided on a box that hinged up to reveal the necklace, inside of a more temporary packaging that was like an envelope that just carried the box inside.  Here is the result:

I liked the envelope box the best, because I thought it had some clean, minimalistic lines and because I like the idea of the flap opening to reveal the box within.  However, I still for the life of me cannot justify how this relates to my necklace, or how any box will relate to my necklace.  I have tried a ton of different shapes here.  I even thought to do a quadrafoil until Prof. Anderson told me that it was the trademark of a modern day jewelry company, Van Cleef Arpel.  Great, I am lost.  I even had a discussion on the basics I know of what consists classic.  Maybe I should reiterate them here.  First of all when I think classic I think of black and white, as a color combination.  I think of a pearl necklace against Jackie O's bubble gum pink Chanel suit.  I think of the french twist (yes the hair style).  Finally, I think of pretty much everything Audrey Hepburn.  How these relate I do not know.  How I can relate them to my necklace I do not know.  I wish I had a Tinkerbell of design wishes in my pocket and hopefully the idea would just flash into my skull.  I know I really like the idea of a silhouette, like the ones from my original advertisement, but more old school, like a real profile silhouette.  I also like the idea of the black and white contrast here.  But I cannot have a box of just a black and white silhouette, can I?  I am lost, tired, and stressed!  Welcome to GW grad school right?  I really want to do well on this project, I just feel like nothing cohesive or even legitimate has struck me yet. Maybe sleeping on it will help.  Otherwise I will have to make that envelope container that I cannot even begin to rationalize how it relates to my product.  Stay tuned...