“The 16th FAB Awards are now open for entries with a Final Deadline on  28th February, 2014. The FAB Awards is an International Awards programme focussed entirely on work done for Food And Beverage brands. It recognises the critical contribution that outstanding creative work makes to building food and drink brands, it identifies and rewards the leading practitioners, and it acknowledges their contribution both to their Clients and their Agencies.”

By Kristina de Verdier on 12 December, 2013 In Beverages, Competition, Food

The Packaging Arena and WDO Innovation recently launched a Sustainable Packaging competition ( in Swedish). The competition is already open, and ideas will be screened throughout June. The winning concept will go through a refinement process, and finally be presented to the jury. The companies in the jury are Smurfit Kappa Sverige, BillerudKorsnäs, Stora Enso, DS Smith Packaging Sweden och Nordic Paper. All members of The Packaging Arena.

By Kristina de Verdier on 23 April, 2013 In Competition, Events, innovation, packaging, sustainable

PIDA, a prestigious packaging design competition that Korsnäs runs in partnerships with universities in France, Germany and Sweden.

The winner of PIDA Sweden 2011 is: BAS/the daily bread – flour, seeds, baking seasoning and recipes. Simple, gently loaf-shaped packaging containing the right amount of the various ingredients of the attached baking recipe. Colour coding on certain areas on the package indicate different types of bread. By Adam Ahlström, Barbro Norin, Ylva Falquist, Lisa Åkerman-Hoffman, Nackademin.

The Brief was to Create a promotion package of Korsnäs Material. The concept should incorporate a futuristic view trying to imagine what a promotion packaging can look like in the near future (5 – 10 years) See more here

By Kristina de Verdier on 10 October, 2011 In Competition, Food, Korsnäs, Nackademin, package, Paper, PIDA

Mondi Tire Kutsan invites undergraduate creative students to Kutu Kutu Project Design Competition with a concept of ‘Shelf Ready Packaging’. The aim is to combine design & innovation with corrugated packaging, identifying new, aesthetic, functional and environmentally friendly ideas to our daily lives.

Undergraduate students at the Universities of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus can apply to this competition until April 12th, 2011. The winner will be awarded a Design Culture and Management certificate program in İstanbul Bilgi University. The second winner will be awarded a Mac Book, and the third winner will be awarded an I Pad. These three winners will as well have the possibility to have an internship in Mondi Tire Kutsan’s plants. More details about the project

By Kristina de Verdier on 11 February, 2011 In Competition, corrugated, Design, environmentally friendly, functional, innovative, mondi, Secondary Package, shelf ready packaging, sustainable, turkey

58 billion paper coffee cups are thrown away, unrecycled, each year. The BetaCup Challenge – is asking designers to invent a mean to dramatically reduce the wastage resulting from unrecyclable paper coffee cups. Here are two of the ideas; Coffee to grow and 100% recyclable Une Coffee Cup. See more of the most promising ideas here

By Kristina de Verdier on 28 April, 2010 In Beverages, coffee cup, Competition, contest, Design, Material, package, packaging design, recyclable, starbucks

ONE Off, supported by the Torino Chamber of commerce and in collaboration with the International Food Design Society and the London Metropolitan University publishes its sixth edition of the Food design® competition. Click here

By Kristina de Verdier on 13 March, 2010 In Competition, Events

The theme of design for iida 2009 is Green Design and Daily Life. They invite green design imagination that embodies harmonious co-existence of humans and nature. “A green design should imply aesthetic, ethical, social and economic effects” So submit your green and great ideas before August 25th!

By Kristina de Verdier on 31 July, 2009 In Competition, Design, green life, iida, packaging, sustainable

Design to improve life! A contribution to the Index Award in connection to Copenhagen Design Week later this year. Here the description of this disposable mug concept; “In India, people prefer water to toilet paper and use plastic cups and empty bottles to hold water. This foldable mug is meant for washing after using the public lavatories in train compartments. It is inexpensive, holds 1.2 liters of water, and disintegrates within 15 minutes after use, solving problems concerning price-sensitive consumers, hygiene maintenance, and waste disposal.” Designed by Paul Sandip

By Kristina de Verdier on 20 May, 2009 In award, Competition, copenhagen design week, Design, disposable, index, india, mug, packaging, paul, sandip

A competition focused on packaging sustainability, sign up here before June 29th. The winners will be anounced fall 2009.

By Kristina de Verdier on 8 May, 2009 In awards, Competition, greener, package

This is one of the rewarded packages in 2008 Pentawards. Now it’s time to sign up for this year’s edition. Pentawards is a worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design in all its forms. It is open to everybody in all countries who are associated with the creation and marketing of packaging. The winners will receive bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond Pentawards according to the creative quality of their work.

By Kristina de Verdier on 19 April, 2009 In 2009, awards, Competition, contest, Design, Events, packaging, pentawards

Sign up to the design contest: Beer Bottles nei luoghi pubblici. An international sustainable design competition to develop creative solutions to the problem of glass drinking bottles left and broken in public meeting areas in Milan and other cities. The winner will be announced 31 January 2009 and exposed at the Milan design week in April 2009.

By Kristina de Verdier on 26 November, 2008 In beer bottles, Competition, Design, Events, milan, sustainable design

The Young Package winners 2008 have been anounced. This Picnic set won first price and is presented with these words: “Intended for outdoor dining of four people, is an example of achieving the maximum effect with minimum means. The simple and practical package – together with printing limited to some basic yet sufficiently explicit graphic symbols – fully support the product purpose. The product life, based on a one-time use, ends in total composting without any environmental consequences. A rare balance of form and function is thus attained with regard to strict ecological requirements.”

By Kristina de Verdier on 8 September, 2008 In Competition, Events, Food