Injection pen mock-ups and counter displays for Novo Nordisk

Mock-ups of an injection pen for Novo Nordisk, printed in white SLA resin and held on magnets in a stepped box, then 300 counter display sets with an acrylic back plate.

Client: Novo Nordisk
Service: Production Runs & Reverse Engineering
Also used: Custom boxes
What it is: Injection pen mock-ups on a stepped box, with an acrylic back plate
What we did: 3D design, SLA printing, stickers, boxes and acrylic back plates
The order: Pen sets in boxes, then 300 sets with back plates

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Counter display sets in the second order: 300
Pen mock-ups in each set, one on each step: 5
The two pen sizes we modelled: 139 and 156 mm
Acrylic back plate, UV printed: 5 mm

What we brought

What we can do
Pen mock-ups modelled from references
We modelled the pen in two sizes, 139 mm and 156 mm long, from the client's references, and printed them in white SLA resin.
How we look after you
Magnets keep every pen in its place
A magnet set into the end of each pen holds it to a metal plate on its own step of the box, so the five pens stand in order.
What you get
Pens, box and back plate as one set
Each of the 300 display sets had five pens with stickers, a printed box with magnetic plates and a UV printed acrylic back plate.

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The finished piece
RenderRender: five pens, one on each step.
Front on.
The pens up close.
The back plate on its own.
The V, in portrait.
From behind.
The bend, from the side.
The pen set.
From a little to the side.
The pen set, in portrait.
The other side.
From behind.
The pens, the box and the back plate · Pen set, Revision 0RenderRevision 0, the pens on their stepped box.
RenderThe two pen sizes, 139 mm and 156 mm.
The pens, the box and the back plate · Counter display, Revision 0RenderRevision 0, the box on a bent acrylic back plate.
Render5 mm acrylic, bent and UV printed.
The pens, the box and the back plate · Counter display, Revision 1DrawingRevision 1 artwork with its sizes.
Printing the setsA UV printed back plate on the bench.
The UV print on the base strip.
The base strip, up close.
How a set goes togetherRenderA magnet in the pen, a metal plate in the step.
RenderOne pen lifted off its step.
Each pen on its own step.
The steps and their labels.

The build

How we built it

5 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.

The brief

Step 1 of 5

Pens: Mock-ups, five to a set, each with a sticker
Material: White ABS-like SLA resin
Second order: 300 sets with a printed box and an acrylic back plate

At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we made injection pen mock-ups and counter displays for Novo Nordisk. The first order was for mock-ups of an injection pen, printed in SLA with stickers and set in a custom box with magnets. A second order followed for 300 sets of pens with the box and an acrylic back plate with graphics.

The pens, the box and the back plate

Step 2 of 5

We modelled the pens and the box first, then designed the back plate for the second order. Each round came as a deck of renders with the sizes marked.

Pen set, Revision 0

Two pen mock-ups, 139 mm and 156 mm long, on a stepped box with one pen on each of its five steps. A magnet in the end of each pen holds it to a metal plate in the step.

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Counter display, Revision 0

A back plate of 5 mm acrylic bent into shape, 265 mm tall on a base 205 by 113 mm, with the colour and type UV printed on it. The box of pens sits on its base.

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Counter display, Revision 1

A new shape for the back plate in 5 mm clear acrylic, UV printed, with parts left clear, including a band about 80 mm deep at the base. The title plaque is 203.79 mm wide, and text that was missing was added back from the client's artwork file.

Drawing

Printing the sets

Step 3 of 5

We printed the pen mock-ups in white ABS-like SLA resin and put a sticker on each one. The back plates are 5 mm acrylic with the colour and type UV printed on them.

A UV printed acrylic back plate lying on the bench under clear film: a pink to blue V shape with a raised title plaque, a printed figure on each side, a plain lower panel and a printed strip along the bottom — A UV printed back plate on the bench.

The printed base strip of the counter display close up, its stepped pen artwork and QR code — The UV print on the base strip.

The base strip of the back plate close up, the printed tagline across it — The base strip, up close.

How a set goes together

Step 4 of 5

Each pen has a magnet set into its end, and each step of the box has a metal plate, so every pen holds to its own step. In the display sets, the box sits in front of the acrylic back plate.

Close render of the end of a pen on its step, with labels pointing to the metal plate in the step and the magnet set into the pen — RenderA magnet in the pen, a metal plate in the step.

Exploded render of one pen above the white stepped box, with the magnet and plate parts shown in a column between the pen and its step — RenderOne pen lifted off its step.

The pens seated on the stepped stand, each on its own printed dose step — Each pen on its own step.

Close-up of the stepped stand, the dose labels printed on each step — The steps and their labels.

The final build

Step 5 of 5

Novo Nordisk received the pen sets in their custom boxes, then 300 counter display sets. Each display set has five SLA printed pen mock-ups with stickers, a printed box with magnetic plates and a UV printed acrylic back plate.

Render of the pen set: five pen mock-ups with teal, magenta, orange, blue and dark grey labels standing in a row on the five steps of a printed box — RenderRender: five pens, one on each step.

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Injection pen mock-ups and counter displays for Novo Nordisk

What we brought

Pen mock-ups modelled from references

Magnets keep every pen in its place

Pens, box and back plate as one set

Gallery