Mentos challenge
The Mentos Company has approached your class in designing a new logo and packaging for the Mentos Mint candy.
Your challenge is to design a NEW logo for single serving Mentos mints. Along with the new logo, Mentos has asked that you also design a new packaging scheme. The current Mentos packaging is in a cylinder form.
In creating the new packaging for the Mentos Corporation you must place information on the packaging that is required by law.
This information is:
Guide for making the package.
What is to be turned in for a grade.
You must construct a finished product along with 2 rough sketches of the preliminary design. Also remember that you are redesigning the logo not copying it from the internet. All information must be keyed by you, not copied and pasted from the internet.
*Since this is a prototype for the item, you don’t need to print all the information on the package. (Some can be glued on),*
Here is a website for information about Mentos.
http://www.kyrene.org/staff/sreed/science/scientific%20method/mentos%20ingredients.html
"This is a nice set up for students to think about packaging engineering. I would consider it academically sound on design, however I would suggest the following change to fit better into engineering and mathematics:
In the criteria overview it is stated -
"The package must not have excess room.
The package must be able to be placed in boxes for transportation and display."
These need to be clarified. How many mints are in a package? Are they the same as a regular package, could it be a travel size or family size? If this is identified then the students could determine the volume of the package. At present time the mathematics are not necessary, which is unlike most packaging engineerings. Secondly, how many packages are in the box? Again, by identifying the amount, students can calculate and better apply the mathematics."