The Pro Carton Young Designers Award is Europe’s leading annual young talent competition for packaging design.
Focussing exclusively on cartonboard, the award plays a pioneering role in promoting sustainable packaging and innovation amongst students across Europe.
The design competition is free to enter and open to all students enrolled at a European school or university. We encourage teachers to make the award a course project!
Entries can be submitted in four categories:
- Creative Cartonboard Packaging Eat & Drink: The focus lies on cartonboard as the most sustainable food and beverages packaging material and its recyclability. Give us a taste of great design!
- Creative Cartonboard Packaging All Other – excluding Eat & Drink: This category is focussed on using the most sustainable packaging material for non-food packaging. Everything needs packaging, have a look around yourself and get inspired!
- Creative Cartonboard Ideas: Think outside the box! Here is a chance for you to put forward your cartonboard ideas outside of the packaging market.
- Save the Planet: Show us your ideas as to how cartonboard can reduce or replace plastic and help us save the planet!
In addition to these four category winners, the jury will also choose the winner of the “Newcomer Award“. Additionally, everyone will have the opportunity to vote and select the winner of the Public Award.
The competition is aimed at all design students in Europe who are not working as professionals.
Ideally, participants should submit physical 3D samples of their designs but illustrations or two dimensional layouts are also welcome. The initial submission should be made online and the physical 3D cartonboard design only needs to be sent if it has been confirmed that it made it onto the shortlist.
For inspiration take a look at last years entries and videos of the gala on the official website.
Awards:- In addition to these four category winners, the jury will also choose the winner of the “Newcomer Award“. Additionally, everyone will have the opportunity to vote and select the winner of the Public Award.
Deadline:- 22-05-2022
