Better with Less – Design Challenge 10 finalist designs feature creative alternatives to plastic packaging
The international packaging design competition Better with Less – Design Challenge 2019–2020, organised by Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, challenged designers to create more environmentally-friendly solutions for some of the most frequently used consumer packaging. The competition received 146 entrants from 28 countries. Ten finalists are now chosen to compete for the winning entries of the competition and its main prizes:
- Elisabeth Wittauer, Austria – Onlineworld epack
- Jasper Chou, China – Preject FF
- Magdalena Schmitz, Germany – Disposable razor packaging
- Hamzeh Za’balawi, Germany – Reload
- Alessandro Grossi, Italy – Twist pop and host
- Pricila Rios Salas, Mexico – Cosmos
- Silvana Ruiz, Mexico – Crayon house
- Christine Gamboa, Philippines – Expandable eco street food package
- Anna Nowak, Poland – Cradle box
- Eric Smith, United States – Bruk
This year, sustainability and the dual role of packaging played an especially strong role among the participating designs. There were several inspiring solutions reflecting a shift in consumer trends from plastic towards more sustainable packaging materials. In several designs, the packaging had a dual role, becoming part of the product when using it, which further strengthens the circularity of packaging.
The competition’s chairman and the member of the jury, Ilkka Harju, Packaging Services Director at Metsä Board, summarises: “The quality of the designs and highly international group of participants was impressive. It was easy to note that we share the same environmental concerns in the very different corners of the world – the need to find alternatives to plastic is a reality.”
The winners will be announced in March 2020.
All the ten finalists are featured on the competition website betterwithless.org and there is an opportunity for the public to vote for their favourites.
For further information, please contact:
Marjo Halonen, VP Communications, Metsä Board
Mobile: +358 (0)50 598 7046
Email: marjo.halonen@metsagroup.com
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Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards including folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners. Our lightweight paperboards are developed to provide better, safer and more sustainable solutions for consumer goods as well as retail-ready and food service applications. We work together with our customers on a global scale to innovate solutions for better consumer experiences with less environmental impact. The pure fresh fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable resource, traceable to origin in sustainably managed northern forests.
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Metsä Group is a forerunner in sustainable bioeconomy utilising renewable wood from sustainably managed northern forests. Metsä Group focuses on wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboards and tissue and greaseproof papers.
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