The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA), Washington, D.C., USA, this week announced the winners of its 2018 Student Design Challenge. The winning teams presented their designs to executives from the top paperboard packaging manufacturers in North America alongside the winners of the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) Annual Carton Competition at PPC’s semi-annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

 

The 2018 challenge was to design packaging for the contents of a subscription box package that enhances the customer experience and can be reused for storage. All submitted designs can be viewed online.

 

"Congratulations to the 2018 Student Design Challenge winners," said AF&PA (Washington, D.C.) President and CEO Donna Harman."Two hundred students from 13 universities submitted 58 designs, showing remarkable ingenuity."

 

PPC President Ben Markens said that "we hope the Student Design Challenge provides a meaningful contribution to the portfolios of these young designers. By connecting employers with the workforce of the future, we can create a stronger, more innovative, and forward-moving industry."

 

 

1st Place: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

Entry Name: Packin’ Heat

Team: Nicole Longford, Kelly Fellner, Andrew McMahon, and Dylan Fisher

Advisors: Bill Wynkoop and Lorrie Frear

 

2nd Place: California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly)

Entry name: Harvest

Team: Amanda Truong, Mitchel Salles, Audrey Gerughty, and Andrew Fulton

Advisors: Irene Carbonell, Javier de la Fuente, and Mary LaPorte

 

3rd Place: Chowan University

Entry name: Moment

Team: Shelby Barlowe and Gabrielle Wilson

Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Henke.

 

Winners were chosen by a team of paperboard packaging industry professionals who rated submissions based on their response to the competition scenario, innovative structural and graphic design, functionality, and the quality of the finished product.

 

The winning student teams received a cash prize to share among their team members and their respective schools received a cash award to support their academic programs—first place: $5,500 to the team, $5,000 to the school; second place: $3,300 to the team, $3,000 to the school; and third place: $1,650 to the team, $1,500 to the school.