YOUNG PACKAGE 2014: TAKE AWAY DESIGN

Description

Young Package is a competition in packaging design. Since its foundation in 1996, the Young Package competition has achieved an international reputation and a distinctive position among competitions for young designers. Every year, several hundred participants from the whole world send their entries. Young Package focuses on packages made of paper. The competition was founded to invite students and creative people, and challenge them to create designs of corrugated and smooth cardboard or other paper materials widely used in packaging design. Originally, a term “take away” was related to packaging of fast food meal. However, today it isn’t only about quick lifestyle and junk food. Every producer or seller, who wants to be up to date, offers take away too. Almost every restaurant, café or shop provide take away service of food and other things. The question of this year’s competition is: How to pack it nicely, originally and functionally at the same time? The competition jury will mainly assess: innovativeness and creativity; package ergonomics; functionality; easy manipulation (packages should be easily open by elder people or children as well) environmental aspects; shape, and originality of the idea; constructional imaginativeness; quality presentation. Participants will submit their entries in the form of a full-scale functional model. This means that it must be a functional mock-up; if it is designed to open, it must open. The model must be of high quality, with regard to potential representational and exhibition purposes.


Eligibility

Competition entries will be accepted in two groups:

   - University students and young designers of up to 30 years of age
   - High-school students


Awards

University students and young designers of up to 30 years of age:

   - 1st prize 1,100 EUR
   - 2nd prize 370 EUR
   - 3rd prize 250 EUR

High-school students:

   - 1st prize 800 EUR
   - 2nd prize 180 EUR
   - 3rd prize 110 EUR


Deadline: 14 March 2014

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