After having decided on the box-like shape I decided to make different models from cardboard. This was done in order for me to get a sense of the size of the box that came to be LOUE. I find that making boxes from cardboard is very effective as the fabrication is super simple and quick.

I'm bending pieces of cardboard into triangular shapes and gluing them inside my model to make it more steady.

First, I built this 20 cm^3 box as that at first seemed perfect in my mind. However, after building it. And seeing it in relation to what else was on my working desk I saw that it was way too big!

Thus I proceeded to build a new box 15 cm^3. This was even better but however still to big as it didn't seem right in my relation to my hands.

Finally, I built this small 10 cm^3 box. That size was much better in relation to my hand. However, this felt too small to be visible in the context of a real office environment where things move quickly. I wanted it to be more noticeable. Thus in the workshop when I built LOUE I made it 12.5 cm^3 the perfect size lying between the sizes of my second and third cardboard model.