STEMI classroom kit

Client

STEMI d.o.o.

Creative Team

Izvorka Jurić (creative and art direction)

Jurica Kos (design, photography)

Natalija Najjar (production manager)

STEMI (stemi.education) is an educational technology company that develops STEAM projects and introduces advanced technologies into educational processes. The STEMI Hexapod Robot is an educational product that enables children and young people to learn 3D modelling, mobile app development, and programming.

The classroom kit packaging had to meet the requirements of product protection and transport, enable easy organisation and storage of components during classes held in different shifts, and ensure the long-term use of the kits in the classroom. The packaging was designed for 11 robot kits – ten student kits and one teacher kit – intended for primary and secondary schools across the USA.

One of the requirements was to allow the teacher kit to be easily separated so that it could be used for teacher training before the beginning of the school year.

Among the shortcomings of the existing solution, the client highlighted the varying needs of different markets, such as classroom kits consisting of six or eight units, as well as the existing individual product packaging, which did not allow the assembled robot to be stored.

Our solution is based on a modular system that allows classroom kits of different sizes (6, 8, 11…) to be assembled using the same basic individual packaging, depending on the needs of each classroom. Using the same base and system components provides the client with a more flexible and modular approach to planning, sales, and production.

This approach reduces production costs in the long term. The new individual packaging also allows the assembled robot to be stored, giving the packaging an additional function while keeping it within the same shipping category as the existing smaller box.

The modular system consists of a two-part base, an insert, a lid, and a modular sleeve that secures the stacked kits. The development process included the preparation of detailed technical drawings, prototype development in collaboration with technologists, and the production of a final prototype used for tool-making and manufacturing.

The design allows the teacher kit – the top kit with the lid – to be easily separated, while the remaining kits can be used throughout different stages of classroom work: during lessons, when storing components, and when putting away the entire kit after class.

For projects like this, we prefer environmentally friendly materials and design solutions that allow for the reuse of packaging, in line with sustainable development principles and the values of the STEMI brand.

Since students use the kits individually or in groups and during different shifts, it was necessary to develop a system that would make individual kits easy to distinguish. In line with the manufacturer’s visual identity and colour palette, we designed 11 different patterns for the interiors of the boxes. Each pattern consists of a spatial line drawing of the Hexapod Robot and detailed drawings of the electronic components that make up its “smart” system.

After completing the educational programme, students can disassemble the robot and return all its components to the packaging so that the kit can be used by the next generation of students. For this reason, the exterior of the box is designed to be strong and durable, while the interior features a simple, logically organised insert with compartments.