PPA Announces 2017 Student Design Challenge Winners
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The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA), Washington, D.C., USA, this week announced the winners of the 2017 Student Design Challenge at its awards luncheon in Las Vegas, Nev., USA.
The challenge participants designed an interactive package for a fitness tracker that allows customers to try on the product before purchase and to store the tracker after purchase. The submitted designs http://paperboardpackaging.org/university-features/2017-sdc-winners-and-entries can be viewed online.
"Congratulations to this year’s Student Design Challenge winners on their impressive designs, which stood out among submissions from more than 220 student designers," said American Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman.
"We hope all 2017 participants enjoyed their Student Design Challenge experience and are now considering a career in the paperboard packaging industry," said Paperboard Packaging Council President Ben Markens.
2017 PPA Student Design Challenge Winners:
1st Place: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Entry Name: MISFITBURST
Team: Stacey Yip, Andrea Shaver, Diana Elias, MiMi Ace
Professor: Bill Wynkoop & Lorrie Frear
2nd Place: California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly)
Entry name: Moov Now
Team: Nicolas Le, Julia McKeag, Konstantin Marowitz, Cody Mindling
Professor: Javier De La Fuente
3rd Place: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Entry name: Fitbit Wave
Team: Garret Chase, Jessica Belcher, Kaia Bolland, Yunjing Jiao
Professor: Bill Wynkoop & Lorrie Frear.
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 program. First place: $5,000 to the team, $5,000 to the school; second place: $3,000 to the team, $3,000 to the school; and third place: $1,500 to the team, $1,500 to the school.
For more information about the PPA Student Design Challenge, like the Paperboard Packaging Alliance on Facebook and visit paperboardpackaging.org.
