“Elegant” gold award winner in packaging design competition PIDA France 2018

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The theme for this year's PIDA, unboxing, was as usual responded to by the participating students with great creative height. Of the twelve contributions by students from Esepac, ESIReims and IUT Reims, “Elegant” was awarded the Gold award as winner of all categories.

BillerudKorsnäs Packaging Impact Design Award (PIDA), this year celebrates it’s fourteenth year as an international competition. This year's challenge, unboxing, is based on the moment a package is opened for the first time, and is about the consumer's first meeting with a product, but also a brand's ability to make a global impression through the unboxing phenomenon in social media. However, the brief to the contestants was more far-reaching than that. The contributions should also reflect a sustainable, innovative and functional packaging concept that differs from the conventional solutions we see in stores and e-commerce today.

PIDA Gold Award. Winner all categories: ”Elegant”
The French PIDA Gold Award was awarded the concept ”Elegant” developped by Marie Rosset, Gwendoline Rimbert, Manon Lombard and Julien Ettore from Esepac. Motivation of the jury:
The winning project, Elegant, particularly successful, fulfilled most of the evaluation criteria. The proposal of a century-old chocolate brand was able to express itself with modernity. The visual impact, with its colorful geometry, is available on all components of the packaging, creating the movement to the sophistication of a delicately packaged chocolate square. The end product is magnified and its discovery is both simple and spectacular.

 
PIDA Gold Award: Elegant

In addition winners was also appointed for the highest level of sustainability, innovation and user friendliness as well as the People's Choice Award (most  likes and shares on PIDA's Facebook page):

Highest level of sustainability, winner: “För US”
The
award for the highest level of sustainability was awarded the concept "För US" by Lise Dillies, Tristan Lorain and Margot Alberge from IUT Reims. Motivation of the jury: The jury rewarded the possibility of a second use of the packaging of the beauty product which becomes an object of wall decoration, to be multiplied, a proposal both playful and aesthetic.


Highest level of sustainability: För US

Highest level of innovation, winner: “Fika”
The
award for the highest level of innovation was awarded the concept "Fika" by Faustine Flamand, Mélanie Gingreau and Néféret Dumont from IUT Reims. Motivation of the jury: Innovation is understood here as the perception of an astonishing proposition: the movement provoked at the opening of the pack stages a chocolate tasting moment. The design is coherently articulated around the notion of mirror. The jury greatly appreciated the contrast between the sobriety of the outdoor pack and its more sophisticated content.


Highest level of innovation: Fika

Highest level of user friendliness, winner: “Groomed Man”
The
award for the highest level of user friendliness was awarded the concept "Groomed Man" by Margaux Bergère, Thomas Varnier and Marie Meyer from IUT Reims. Motivation of the jury: The jury enjoyed discovering a new way for men to heal their beards. A compact package, practical, easy to carry that perfectly expresses a world both refined and masculine.


Highest level of user friendliness: Groomed Man

People's Choice Award, winner: ”Shelby Gin”
Winner of French PIDA People's Choice Award, with the most (855) likes and shares on PIDA's Facebook page, was the concept "Shelby Gin" by Clément Reolon, Julie Perin, Sacha Berrier, Clémence Mprenne and Hadrien Brigot from ESIReims.


People's Choice Award: Shelby Gin

Renowned jury
This year's jury for the French PIDA consisted of a collection of renowned industry specialists: Jean Louis Azizollah (Founder Jla And Partners), Klaus Gruber (Founder KDesign), Aurélie Lebas (Sales Director Thibault Bergeron), Caroline Moulin (Founder NAO Design), Nicolas Salah (Founder INELIA), Vincent Villeger (former Director Packaging Design Burberry), Wouter Wiels (Founder Rives de la Beauté Intuid), Christophe Delrive (Business Development Director BillerudKorsnäs) and Christoffer Windal (Packaging Developer BillerudKorsnäs).

For press pictures, movies and more information about the contributions, visit: http://pida.billerudkorsnas.com/en/PIDA/Gallery/2018

About PIDA
BillerudKorsnäs Packaging Impact Design Award (PIDA), has been organized annually since 2005 in collaboration with leading colleges and universities in France, Germany and Sweden. The goal with the competition is to put the packaging at the center and show how significant packaging is for both the product and the environment. Every year, approximately 200 design students participate in the competition, which is an integral part of the education. Read more about PIDA at http://pida.billerudkorsnas.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/PIDAcommunity/

For further information, please contact:

Christophe Delrive, Business Development Director, +33 632 658 556 christophe.delrive@billerudkorsnas.com

BillerudKorsnäs provides packaging materials and solutions that challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future. We are a world-leading provider of primary fibre based packaging materials and have customers in over 100 countries. The company has 8 production sites in Sweden, Finland and the UK and about 4300 employees in over 13 countries. BillerudKorsnäs has an annual turnover of about SEK 22 billion and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. www.billerudkorsnas.com

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