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10.06.2009 | Popular Popcorn Packaging

In 2008 Anni Nykänen won four awards for her Popcorn concept. Three of them European student design awards at the IOP: Student Starpack Awards. The Gold, Best in Show Award, Marks & Spencers / Korsnas Frovi Sponsored Award as she helped PACKLAB. Lahti Institute of Design to win the Eric Dickens Award for the second time in 2008. Months later her packaging picked up a 2008 Honorable Mention at the Worldstar Student / Packaging Design Competition (International) Award. Since then the internet has been alive with activity over her innovative concept.

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Beautiful sculptural concept! what is so great about this is the designer has taken something so mundane and lacking innovation and has reinvented it as an object of beauty that one could even serve straight out of the package

Yael Miller / Creative Director

I love cleaver designs, and Anni Nykänen of Packlab at Lahti Institute of Design in Finland has really amazed me with this brilliant popcorn package that not only looks surperb while you pop your popcorns in the microwave but the packaging itselfs pops-up into a nice bowl when your popcorn is ready to be served! How clever is this design!

regards, playmedesign

Love microwave popcorn, but hate the bag? You’re not alone. Designer Anni Nykänen of Packlab at the Lahti Institute of Design in Finland apparently shares your sorrow and has designed what will probably be the future of microwave popcorn - a slick container that folds down to fit into your fast-heating oven, then pops-up to become a bowl once the contents are ready to eat.
That’s right, the Pop-Up Popcorn Bowl sports two functions in one, affording you a small package to hold the kernels in and a four-legged bowl you can stand on the nearby table. Instead of having to move all that buttery, salty snack onto a separate serving dish for consumption, you simply keep it in the exact same place.
Currently a concept, don’t you think it’s a better, more convenient replacement for those fugly popcorn bags? Even if we never see it branded with Pop Weaver and Jolly Time, it can be sold on its own as a hip alternative to those discouraged by the health concerns related to microwave popcorn pouches (i.e. the bags’ PFOA content, which has been found to be a carcinogenic among lab animals).
I think the Pop-Up Popcorn Container is the future of popcorn. Just throw the kernels in, add a little oil and get your popcorns exploding inside its stylish frame. If not, it at least looks like good paper Origami.

Noel from www.coolthings.com

22.05.2009 | Finnish designs shine at Student Starpack

Starpack

A novel and imaginative milk pack stole the show at Student Starpack 2009, winning Supreme Gold and a Gold Star for Roman Klementsov, of Finland’s Lahti Institute of Design. The second year student in product design’s innovative PET concept bottle features a stand-up base in the shape of cow’s udders.

Students from the Lahti Institute of Design led UK colleges a merry dance taking IOP: The Packaging Design Society’s Eric Dickens Memorial Award for the most successful college for the third year running. The awards ceremony was hosted by Dr Bernie Rickinson, Chief Executive, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and the awards were presented by Sanjay Patel, Euro Innovation, Packaging Innovation Manager, The Coca Cola Company at IOM3 offices in Central London on May 21.

Lahti students won 22 of the 46 awards out of 166 entries. These included Supreme Gold, two Gold Stars, five Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars and two commended certificates; plus nine sponsor awards.

Overall judge and Nestlé’s senior designer Ben Mortimer commented: “Starpack is doing something quite unique by combining graphic and structural packaging design and this is a good thing. But not all UK courses are set in this way and tend to focus on a particular area of expertise. For example, graphics-based courses do not always consider structure/function and vice-versa. “However, students will have to understand that if you want to succeed at Starpack, you need to consider complete packaging solutions”

However, UK students were not bereft of ideas with Narut Ruthiraphong of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design taking the Logoplaste Milk Pack Sponsor Award with a stunning portable and easy to use PET milk bottle and a silver star in the category.

Wow! I wish I’d though of that!

The Britvic Soft Drinks Sponsor Award called on students to pick any packaged product found on a supermarket shelf and improve its presentation. Lahti came out on top with Anni-Julia Tuomisto taking bot the Sponsor Award and the Gold Star with her Chubby muffin pack. The spirally wound container, opened by twisting the centre in opposite directions, contained beautifully presented individual muffins wrapped in ovenable board ready for the oven.

Little bits of fun

The Nestlé Sponsor Award for “Little bits of fun” asked students to create a new way to sell fun-sized confectionery that was different, interesting, creative and convenient. It was won by Lahti’s Yuki Miyagi, who also won a Silver Star, with a cleverly-linked Smarties’ Snake that demonstrated excellent structural design with the potential to be extended across a range of ‘animal’ designs. Individual small food grade cartonboards are linked by tags in the shape of a snake’s tongue to create a multiple strings of packs in the shape of a winding snake.

The Coffee Experience

Kraft Europe’s Sponsor Award asked students to consider packaging solutions to enchance the coffee experience by producing a creative and exciting pack to stimulate consumer purchase. Borut Kerzic from Lahti came up trumps with his idea to extend the Carte Noir range of coffees. The design featured four or more individual servings of coffee in elongated cartonboard packs, which were then packed in an oblong carton with an integrated easy-open device. The idea was described as a professional and “saleable” extension of the Carte Noir brand, by Jo-Ann Clark, industrial design engineer - global coffee technology, Kraft Foods.

Waste frozen out!

Students were challenged by Iceland to create an “environmentally friendly” lightweit pack for Frozen Ready Meals that considered every aspect of material structure, branding and shelf appeal. The sponsor award, which was also supported by Benson Group, Trident West and Paragon Print + Packaging, went to Lahti’s Tuomas Järvenpää for his novel unbleached microwaveable board pack with internal silicone coating. Dubbed “Open and Pan”, the pack unfolds to create a platform which can be used in direct contact with a frying pan. Iceland said, “This is an innovative idea with strong and striking graphics that create instant brand appeal.”

Concentrated effort for toiletries

The Tesco Sponsor Award which challenged students to create a recyclable toiletries pack combining three products seemed to stump most entrants, with no Gold or Silver Stars being awarded. However, Lahti’s Saana Hellsten caught Tesco’s eye with an innovative concept that linked three concentrated products in tablet format which were attached to a cartonboard sleeve housing a spray dispenser. Users simply place a concentrated tablet in a bottle, fill with water and insert the spray dispenser. Consumers can then purchase concentrated refill tablets separately for re-use.

Cereal killers for Pro Carton

Challenged to create an innovative, functional and eye-catching range of cereal packs, the Pro Carton Sponsor Award was won by Lahti’s Ilari Laitinen. The ‘Fitness’ multipack of four cereals offered real shelf stand out and demonstrated an understanding of functional design. Ilari also took a Silver Star. The pack was described as unique by Pro Carton’s Head of Public Affairs Jennifer Buhaenko who added: “The concept has been well thought through with the individual carton and multipack requirements working well together.”

The UK provided the Gold Star winner with Maria Elisabetta Bortolin, of Blackpool & The Fylde College taking the top award. Her innovative and environmentally-friendly multipack is created from four triangular cartonboard servings which fold together and are fixed by a tab to reproduce a clever display pack. A colourful paperboard band completes the pack.

Durable design for internet shopping

The Smurfit Kappa Sponsor Award focused on the rise of internet shopping asking students to create a durable pack made from corrugated board to house a small electrical item and a hard back book. The Winning pack, which had to survive three drop tests, once again went to a student from the Lahti Institute of Design. Markus Toivanen’s ‘Durable Design’ offered great product protection with minimal board usage and, said Smurfit Kappa, could be used easily in the current internet shopping market. The “first-rate” concept also won a Gold Star.

However, despite some very worthy winners a major disappointment this year was the love standard of entries to the Premium Meat Packaging brief sponsored by Marks & Spencer and Korsnäs which were so poor that no packs reached the second round.

Laura Fernandez Marks & Spencer’s Technical Packaging Developer - Grocery & Events said: “Surely UK students can be as imaginative and creative as Lahti students? The Lahti entries show pride and professionalism while some UK entries seemed to be last minute and poorly thought through.” Fernandez added, “Some of the school entries were fantastic and of a higher calibre than some student entries.”

Starpack is co-ordinated by IOP: The Packaging Society (a Division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining and IOM Communications Ltd.

Presented May 21, 2009

[link] Starpack Student Awards

[link] http://www.designweek.co.uk/finns-sweep-the-board-in-student-packaging-awards/3000724.article
[link] http://www.packnews.no/xp/pub/venstre/emballasje/429231
[link] http://www.packnet.se/iuware.aspx?pageid=3520&ssoid=102252

May 22, 2009 | Filed under Media | Permalink

03.04.2009 | Special Award at Young Creatives 2008

The results of the Grafia association’s Best of the Year 2008 competition in advertising and graphic design were announced at a gala event to be held at Telakkastudio in Helsinki on 2 April 2009, and the works will be on show in the Best of the Year 2008 exhibition at Design Forum Finland opening on 3 April.

Representing the elite of Finnish design and marketing communications, the panel of the Best of the Year 2008 competition has once again judged last year’s crop of advertising and graphic design. The 56-member panel selected from among the 1,319 submitted top-level achievements 11 Golden Awards, 29 Silver Awards and 48 honourable mentions. Two entries received the Ladder, the main prize of the Young Creatives series.

Special Award - Doiley
Marika Luoto, PACKLAB - Lahti Institute of Design

The most comprehensive work in the entire series reaching from the product idea to the package and even to presentation. Innovative thinking from start to finish. The original idea has remained strong, free of runners and high-quality through out the different stages. Outstanding.

[link] www.vuodenhuiput.fi

Apr 03, 2009 | Filed under Media | Permalink

31.03.2009 | First & second prize at the Easy To Open Competition

Easy to Open invention competition, jointly organised by the Finnish Rheumatism Association and the Foundation for Finnish Inventions, culminated in the award ceremony on 31 March 2009. The prizes were awarded in connection with Tekes’ annual Futupack seminar in Espoo, Finland.

The aim of the competition was to find new easy-to-open package inventions for consumer goods and medicines. A total of 132 competition entries were submitted and eight packages already on the market or being designed participated in the honorary mention category for companies.

The invention competition was a part of the Finnish Rheumatism Association’s ETU - Easy to Use Packaging project. The aim of the project is to provide citizens with increasingly easy-to-open packages. The aim is to influence retail, packaging industry and designers in particular. The ETU project receives funding from RAY, the Finland´s Slot Machine Association.

High quality entries

Numerous inventors and design students participated in the competition. The jury considered the level of entries high. In choosing the winning entries, the jury emphasised the novelty value of the inventions. In addition to financial awards, the winners will receive considerable support from the Foundation for Finnish Inventions for the protection of industrial property rights of the inventions, their further development and their commercialisation (approximately valued at EUR 6,500 for each invention).

Winners and grounds for the jury’s decision :

1st prize (3000 EUR): Iisi
Ilari Laitinen & Nikolo Kerimov - PACKLAB, Lahti Institute of Design

Iisi is an extremely simple and functional package. Opening is easy and the place where the package should be opened is clearly marked. After opening, Iisi can also be easily closed. Iisi commendably utilises the flexibility of carton. Iisi’s triangular shape decreases the need to use force when handling the package and simultaneously forms a spout at the front edge of the package. Iisi is well suited for, for example, flour, flakes, bran and rice.

2nd prize (2000 EUR): Flopda

Per-Oskar Joenpelto & Lauri Lindqvist - PACKLAB, Lahti Institute of Design

flopda

Flopda is a versatile and easy to open package. Flopda ingeniously produces two functions with a flexible material: sealing and closing force. However, large opening surfaces enable opening and closing the package using little force. Flopda’s strength lies particularly in its re-closeability. Flopda is suitable for a variety of products, such as food spreads, take away foods, cheeses, jams, ice cream and frozen goods.

It possible to make packages easier to open

“Our packaging projects have received a great deal of publicity. Everyone has agreed that many packages are difficult to open. Companies, designers and design students have embraced the opportunity to participate in developing packages that are easier to open. This competition demonstrates that we are going in the right direction. We have a good basis for the future,” says Tita Ström, the chair of the jury and Health Manager of the Finnish Rheumatism Association.

“From the point of view of the Foundation for Finnish Inventions, the competition once again proved that problems perceived around us, in this case packages that are difficult to open, can be solved by tackling them actively. All the awarded inventions share the fact that they have been ambitiously thought out and designed by competent individuals,” says Kusti Alasalmi, project manager at the Foundation for Finnish Inventions.

“A package that is easy to open is the right of each and every consumer. This can be achieved by boldly combining various perspectives in package design: design, utilisation of consumer data and, for example, materials and nanotechnology. The aim of Tekes’ Futupack network is to consolidate the formation of this comprehensive perspective in companies. The Easy to Open competition makes the significance of well-functioning package as a strategic competitive edge concrete to companies,” says Anna Alasmaa, senior technology adviser from Tekes.

“Designing a functional package is a demanding task, one that requires profound study of various details and overall optimisation. The competition was topical because the preparation of a European standard of testing how easy packages are to open is in the process of being drawn up,” says Terhen Järvi-Kääriäinen, research manager from the Association of Packaging Technology and Research. She is taking part in the preparation of the standard in an expert role.

Competition organisers:

The Finnish Rheumatism Association and the Foundation for Finnish Inventions, and the Finnish Food and Drink Industries’ Federation, the Pharma Industry Finland, the Association of Packaging Technology and Research, the Finnish Grocery Trade Association, the Finnish Design for All network, the Finnish Packaging Association, Tekes´ Futupack network, the Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo and VTT.
For more information (in Finnish, photos of prize-winning packages):

[link] http://www.helppopakkausonetu.com/

Articles from the media (in English):
[link] http://www.tekes.fi/eng/news/uutis_tiedot.asp?id=7071
[link] http://www.packagingdigest.com/articleXML/LN950372459.html

Articles from the media (in Swedish):
[link] http://www.ray.fi/pasvenska/avustustoiminta/tiedotteet/avustus_uutinen.php?id=565&l1=2

More articles from the media (in Finnish):
[video] http://www.uusisuomi.fi/videot/55423-helppo-avata-kilpailun-voittajat
[link] http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kuvat/2009/03/31/helppo-avata-keksintokipailu
[link] http://www.turunsanomat.fi/ajassa/?ts=1,3:1007:0:0,4:7:0:1:2009-04-01,104:7:602522,1:0:0:0:0:0:
[link] http://www.marmai.fi/uutiset/article265448.ece
[link] http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/tyo/article265504.ece
[link] http://elisa.net/uutiset/ruoka/?id=4059
[link] http://ray.fi/raytietoa/medianurkka/tiedote.php?id=563&l1=1
[link] http://www3.vtt.fi/vtt/31032009_helppoavata.jsp
[link] http://www.finnishdesigners.fi/open/index.php?article_id=6112&lista=
[link] http://platform.synocus.com/plus55/mambo/index.php?view&id=722&Itemid=35

Mar 31, 2009 | Filed under Media | Permalink

30.01.2009 | Pro Carton Awards - Functional & ingenious refinement

‘The Pro Carton Nordica Design Competition’ for Students in 2008 will be remembered for ‘functional and ingenious refinement’ of existing packaging ideas so say this years judges. Out of the four possible awards up for grabs three of them went to PACKLAB. students at the Lahti Institute of Design in Finland. Senior Lecturer Ian Rooney decided to only enter first and second year students into the competition. He said ”I was not shocked but I was pleasantly surprised by the results”.

On Thursday January 29, 2009 the student semi-finalists enjoyed a morning tour and dinner at Tetra Pak. The evening proceeded at Lund University, Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre in Lund Sweden where the seminars and prize ceremony were being held. The results are as follows:

WINNERS - Refinement of a classic

Ville Martikainen & Yuki Miyagi - Second Year Students - PACKLAB. Lahti Institute of Design, Finland

The students redesigned and refined details of the old Tetra pack for slow-pouring liquids. Judges were very interested in this idea and told students how the industry has been trying to solves these kinds of issues for the past 5 years. The judges encouraged the students to also talk with Tetra Pak and other manufactures of carton containers for possible further development.
The jury’s statement: An innovative development of the function combined with a new form of a well-established type of packaging. It is easy to pour from and its new construction allows consumers to empty the packaging completely, thereby allowing them to make big savings. The designers intended the packaging for yoghurt but it can also be easily used for other kinds of slow pouring liquids.
Construction: One die-cut piece that is erected and glued before filling.

SECOND: - Exclusive for costly content

Mattias Carlebert, Johanna Broo, Johanna Bergstrand & Joakim Bodim - Broby Grafiska, Sweden

The jury’s statement: An exclusive packaging for costly contents. With its appealing decoration and typical wrap-around label it hints at its contents without destroying curiosity. It opens like a book and displays its contents behind windows. It is well executed and the decoration is two-colour printed. The documentation is informative and easily accessible. This packaging solution is also well suited to other types of products and can easily be made in various sizes.
Construction: The packaging is made from one die-cut cartonboard blank and a lengthwise glue seam plus a wrap-around label.

THIRD: - Four flavours in one packaging

Alina Juntunen & Irene Virtanen, Second Year Students - PACKLAB. Lahti Institute of Design, Finland

The jury’s statement: An ingenious reinement of the Toblerone carton for an anniversary. The traditional form is retained well. This is a practical concept, simple in its design – one sheet – and easy to open and reclose. An excellent example of further development into multi-packaging. This particular carton contains the fruit&nut, white and dark chocolate, and the original Toblerone chocolate favours.
Construction: The packaging is made from one cartonboard blank that is creased and glued on the triangular outer sides.

MOST INNOVATIVE: - Stackable single packets

Inka Niskanen, Katja Mustaniemi, Linda Holmqvist and Esther Engel - First Year Students - PACKLAB. Lahti Institute of Design, Finland

The jury’s statement: A new and interesting form that permits many opportunities for display, promotion and co-branding, e.g. for hotels. This packaging is intended for a teabag and can be used to put the used teabag in so as to avoid dirtying the table and plate. The jury feels this is a well-planned packaging concept that raises the product’s status and would therefore be good for other things than tea.
Construction: A die-cut and creased cartonboard blank that is glued on two sides.

[link] http://procartondesign.com/competition/winners

More articles from the media (in Swedish, Danish & Norwegian):
[link] http://webnews.textalk.com/se/article.php?id=363937&context=74529
[link] http://www.packnyheter.se/default.asp?id=3604&show=more
[link] http://www.packobserver.dk/idn1859.asp
[link] http://www.packnet.se/iuware.aspx?pageid=3520&ssoid=95282
[link] http://www.packnews.no/xp/pub/venstre/emballasjedesign/404923?tips=1

Jan 30, 2009 | Filed under Media | Permalink

28.01.2009 | 1:1 PROTOTYPES exhibition in Helsinki

Students from PACKLAB and the Lahti Institute of Design showcase their work at the 1:1 PROTOTYPES exhibition at the Artek Esplanadi store from the 28th of January to the 14th of February 2009. The exhibition shows a selected set of prototypes, miniatures, product innovations and video installations made by young future designers and artists.

The whole exhibition is carried out by the students of the Design Institute. The different departments of the Design Institute are broadly presented; the exhibition shows industrial design, furniture design, interior design, packaging design, applied art and design, jewellery design, multimedia production as well as film and TV production.

1:1 PROTOTYPES
Artek Esplanadi Store
Eteläesplanadi 18
00130 Helsinki
Avoinna ma-pe 10-18, la 10-16

[link] www.artek.fi

Jan 28, 2009 | Filed under Media | Permalink

10.12.2008 | Interview with Ian Rooney and packaging design students…

Magazine Packnaden (Sweden)
by Peter Nygren

(English)

In fact we only have one small problem, and that is that we are so often traveling to receive prizes in design competitions. He says it jokingly and with a twinkle in his eye, the combination of designut and leader Ian Rooney. But the tone is the expression of legitimate pride, Lahti Institute of Design is now considered to be the world leaders in educating packaging designers.

(In Swedish)

Egentligen har vi bara ett litet problem, och det är att vi så ofta är ute och reser för att ta emot priser i designtävlingar. Han säger det skämtsamt och med glimten i ögat, den för designut- bildningen ansvarige Ian Rooney. Men tonen ger uttryck för berättigad stolthet; Lahti Institute of Design anses numera vara världsledande när det gäller att utbilda förpackningsdesigner.

Tidningstorget

Article in Swedish, pages 29 - 31

[PDF] http://multi.mediapaper.nu/Pdf/?Pubid=AA942AB2BFA6EBDA4840E7360CE6E7EF

Dec 10, 2008 | Filed under Media | Permalink

05.12.2008 | Pop goes the Student Starpack winner…

As part of their on-going commitment to packaging development and supporting the designers of the future,Korsnäs has once again co-sponsored the Student Starpack Awards in the UK, together with the leading UK retailer Marks & Spencer. This year M&S and Korsnäs combined to create a brief to explore the field of children’s packaging. Students could choose from a range of products to be packaged in Korsnäs cartonboard with the overall aim of designing new and innovative packaging that will appeal to children. Furthermore, the design had to take into account the environmental impact of packaging and child safety, but still be functional both for the consumer and for the producer and retailer. A challenging brief indeed!

The number and quality of the entries received was very encouraging for the future of packaging design, which this competition is keen to nurture to protect the future health of the packaging industry. The creativity and hard work evident in the pack solutions submitted by the students was clear to see, and the judges had a tough task deciding on the winning entries.

Finally a clear choice was reached for the winning pack – an ingenious popcorn pack which displayed creative thinking combined with practicality. The pack, which won a gold Student Starpack star and was also named “best in show” at the awards ceremony in London, was designed by Anni Nykänen, a student at the Lahti Institute of Design in Finland. The winning pack has visual impact which is heightened by the transformation of the pack shape as the contents are heated and expand. The concept utilises the board characteristics of strength and formability, plus the ability to have direct contact of the food contents to the board because of its purity. The space saving design provides for efficient transportation and distribution (environmental considerations) combined with effective use of shelf space and an appealing concept for young consumers to want to try.

[link] www.packagingeurope.com

Dec 05, 2008 | Filed under Media | Permalink

05.12.2008 | Success in Sweden…

Oriflame, The Arena Packaging Design Award, awarded Saana Väisänen & Sipuliina Kinanen for their second place concept of magnetic cosmetic packaging.

[link] Packaging Arena / Pacsem

Dec 05, 2008 | Filed under Media | Permalink

25.11.2008 | First, second and third prizes - Food Packaging Awards 2008

Eco-efficiency of packages can be significantly improved by new types of packaging. This was clearly demonstrated by the winners of the 2008 Food Packaging Design Awards.

Stora Enso and the University of Art and Design Helsinki in Finland have announced the winners of the 2008 Food Packaging Design Awards. A common feature of the prize-winning packages was their successful use of paperboard to replace plastic, glass or aluminium packages, thereby offering new types of food packaging with a reduced environmental impact and, in particular, a smaller carbon footprint. This shows that more sustainable types of packaging can be created for a variety of foodstuffs, from meat products to sauces, liquids and ready meals.

“Making packages more sustainable by using renewable and recyclable raw materials is a field in which we can successfully work together with designers, the packaging industry and brand owners to curb the climate change,” says Päivi Harju-Eloranta, member of the jury and director of environmental affairs at Stora Enso Consumer Board. Reducing waste of food The Food Packaging Design Awards competition was open for students of selected design schools worldwide.

The first prize of EUR 3,000 was awarded to Hanna Päivinen from the Lahti Institute of Design in Finland for her folded, two-compartment paperboard tray, which can be made of Stora Enso Trayforma board. “The waste of food that puts a burden on the environment is reduced, since half of the contents can be used first and the other half is preserved in the tight package. This tray is suitable for the packaging of a variety of different foodstuffs, such as ready meals and cold cuts. It is perfect for smaller households and a magnificent, new break-through for paperboard, with plenty of market potential,” stated the jury.

Marika Luoto and Thomas Åkerfelt took the second-prize of EUR 1,500. According to the jury, their round carton has considerable market potential and a luxurious image. The package, which can be made from Stora Enso Natura liquid packaging board, is easy to flatten and suitable for recycling. The third prize of EUR 1,000 was awarded to Saana Hellsten and Elina Ahonen for their take-away or ready-meal packaging with an advanced closing and opening mechanism. The prize winners are students of the Lahti Institute of Design. In addition, the jury granted an honourable mention to Juho-Pekka Virtanen and Matti Pärssinen from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Great versatility of ideas “The competition entries showed great versatility and an exceptionally high level of quality. The award-winning entries were particularly successful in combining the theme of the competition with the requirements of production, the specific characteristics of the material, and the universal applicability of the solutions. The best entries are the result of strategic planning, generating major volume benefits and supporting the creation of brand value,” says Tapio Vapaasalo, Jury Chairman and Professor at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. “The strong performance of one particular school sets an attractive challenge for other schools, most of which do not necessarily give such a high priority to packaging design in their curricula.”

[link] www.packnyheter.se
[link] www.packagingnews.co.uk
[link] http://www.storaenso.com/products/packaging/consumer-board/in-focus/fopda/Pages/fopda.aspx
[link] http://foodtechie.com/2009/01/fibre-based-packaging-paperboards-for.html
[link] http://www.agisuomi.fi/index.php?path=news&uutisluokka=7&news_id=549 (in Finnish)
[link] http://www.julkaisija.fi/uutiset/index2.php?sivu=2009 (in Finnish)

Nov 25, 2008 | Filed under Media | Permalink

25.10.2008 | Second & third prize at The Nordic Aluminium Packaging Design Awards 2008

Second prize: Thomas Åkerfelt - Fishy

The classic herring medium in glass jars are subject to change packaging. The benefits are simpler and easier handling in the purchase, beating nutrient use efficiency, packaging and environmentally friendly recycling. The jury believes that Thomas Åkerfelt in a playful manner developed the established aluminum bottle and found a new use. As a bonus, we see other goods that can win on the packaging where the bottle serves as a base. The contribution Fishy offer new ideas for uses of the jar and other prices in the Nordic Aluminum Package Design Award 2008 is very well deserved.

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