Packaging Decorative Pattern Design Based on Genetic Algorithm

Abstract

The science, art, and technology of covering or protecting things for distribution, storing, selling, and usage are known as packaging. Decorative design is the process of applying color, line, texture, or pattern to an object. Decorative design can be used to complement a structural design, or it can simply be a piece of art. Designers not only have the necessary design knowledge and expertise but they should also have certain observation, inventiveness, and other conditions. When it comes to packaging materials, most businesses want their products to be unique and attractive. The inventive design has entirely relied on people’s thinking, and there is no technology or approach that can substitute human creative thinking. A genetic algorithm (GA) is a metaheuristic motivated by natural selection that relates to the wider family of evolutionary algorithms (EA) in computer science and operations research. Therefore, this paper first introduces the theoretical basis of genetic algorithms and then describes the generation process of packaging decorative patterns. Following the generation of the first population by coding the control points of the initial design line, the genetic algorithm is used to perform genetic operations on it in order to obtain multiple design solutions. The study found that this approach can alter the basic design scheme and provides an efficient way for the inventive creation of packaging decorative patterns, assisting designers in improving design efficiency and developing design ideas.