An award winning design
September 17, 2009
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Mr Mark Rieken and Anthony with his certificate
St Joseph’s Nudgee College teacher Mr Mark Rieken shares the story of his Year 10 Graphics class who entered the 2009 National Schools Packaging Design Challenge with great success.
In Term 2, my Year 10 Graphics class entered into the 2009 National Schools Packaging Design Challenge. The challenge was to design packaging for any imaginary Australian product to be sold in Australia.
Students were required to work individually and had to address simple technical considerations, environmental issues and modern society lifestyle choices. The students showed a high level of originality, creativity and innovation.
The judging process only allowed for the two best entries to be sent for judging. The two entries chosen were Matt Burls and Anthony Vollert.
It was with great pleasure that we received notification recently Anthony’s design was selected to enter the top eight in the national finals where he was awarded second place. A wonderful effort!
The National Schools Packaging Design Challenge encourages young people to research issues relating to packaging in our modern society and produce innovative and creative designs in response to current issues and problems. It also encourages students to start exploring possible innovative solutions beyond current industry practice
Consequently each student’s design needed a rationale addressing their reasoning and design considerations. This rationale, in terms of the competition, was the most important part of the entry and judging process. It told the judges the reasons behind design choices and indicated the student’s understanding of the packaging issues addressed.
The PCA website states that to live sustainably in the future, consumers, designers, manufacturers and businesses must address packaging issues broadly. Recycling and reusing, whilst useful tools, are not enough.
Environmental impact can be reduced in many ways. Smarter design is a must, including material reduction, shape and stacking efficiency, more appropriate material choice to avoid breakage during transportation, and minimising energy and water use in manufacturing and transportation just to name a few.