Nov 16, 2009
Student Work - Sarah Déry
Designed by Sarah Déry | Country: Canada
This package was developed to solve the problem of neatly disposing of caught vermin by building the trap itself into a mini, rodent-sized coffin. With a simple slogan atop the box (Oh My God! Mouse Trap) the container can be opened using the lid… or not, for the more squeamish pest catchers among us. Déry designed the trap whilst studying under professor Sylvain Allard at UQAM in Montreal.
No animals were harmed in the making of this packaging.
via UQAM
14 Comments, Comment or Ping
Inka Mathew
Love it. It handles the problem with good design and a sense of humor. Great job!
Nov 16th, 2009
pretty
“Ignoble”…. AWFUL….
Nov 16th, 2009
chapolito
novel idea….but it seems like a lot of packaging for a disposable item…if we were to use one of these for each rat or mouse then we’re talking about hundreds of millions of these filling the landfills…
Nov 16th, 2009
sheepshanker
Brilliant! I’ll take ten.
Oh mon Dieu!
(I will feed the paper to the
worms and the mice to the cats.)
Nov 16th, 2009
Daniel
As a matter of pure practicality, the trap as shown does not have enough clearance for the death bar. It would hit the lid, probably forcing it open, and the death bar would be slowed and thus more likely to terribly injure the mouse but not kill it immediately.
There are simpler traps that will capture a mouse without injury, allowing it to be relocated to an undeveloped area. (Not to farmland, as it will then be a problem for the farmers.)
(FWIW, a mouse can be freed without injury from a glue trap by using cooking oil.)
Nov 16th, 2009
Gianluca Gimini
I don’t understand why people are so often this harsh on student works and concepts. Many of you are judging it as if it were a shelf product but it isn’t.
I think it’s a great concept, funny and clever!
Nov 17th, 2009
Radka
it´s amazing! I like this!
Nov 17th, 2009
Brch
la gracia no se debería de perder ni al final de nuestras vidas. magnífico
Nov 18th, 2009
Chelsey
It’s like a Big Mac box, for my cat.
V. cute.
Nov 18th, 2009
Antoine Guédès
Really good idea!
I love it.
Nov 21st, 2009
horrible haridas
ouch i always wonder the state in which rats are found in traps such as these. love the coffin idea though! great work, student!
in india we mostly have the rat box thingies. rat walks in, struggles with foodbit, catch releases, door snaps shut. no injury. maybe its got to do with the religious significance that rats have in indian culture and mythology.
Nov 21st, 2009
Lauren
@Sarah Déry, pay no mind to the naysayers on this piece. The design is appreciated for it’s creativity, it’s new, -it’s funny, great job. I second the emotion of Gianluca Gimini, it is very clever, don’t be distracted by criticism that’s not constructive.
@ Anyone else concerned, the invention of new mouse traps/rat traps and the like as well as the improvement upon them is surprisingly diverse and has been for quite some time. So, get over it.
@Daniel: I did not know that about the glue traps though. Good to know. Thanks.
Nov 21st, 2009
ce
poor little mouse!
:’(
Dec 1st, 2009
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