Sustainable Application and Evaluation of the Novel Stingray Model in Non-Heritage Packaging: The Case of Clay Sculptures in Joon County

Generative tools often lack the guidance of scientific design methods in the design of non-heritage products. This study proposes a new Stingray model, which collects perceptual vocabularies of modeling and other aspects by integrating the perceptual engineering method to clarify the design direction and establishes the design objectives by ranking the importance of the vocabularies using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) hierarchical analysis method. Taking the Joon County clay sculpture as an example, this study uses generative tools to achieve the innovation of packaging patterns, selects sustainable materials such as straw to complete the sustainable non-heritage packaging design, and verifies its feasibility using the TOPSIS method. The results show that the new Stingray model effectively integrates multiple design methods and solves the subjectivity and feasibility deficiencies of a single model. Meanwhile, the system-guided generative tool significantly improved design efficiency and simplified program adjustment. This study provides theoretical support for generative tools and opens a new path for the sustainable development of non-heritage packaging.