Young Designers Awards Dinner 2018

The Young Designers Award Competition was created to showcase the extraordinary and emerging talents of packaging and design students at the college level. The goal of this competition is to encourage, foster, and develop future leaders in the packaging design industry. The awards dinner marks the end of the competition by honoring and celebrating these bright young minds for their creativity and ingenuity. This event draws key packaging industry experts from around the country for the elite networking opportunities it provides, as well as the event’s legacy of hosting prominent and brilliant keynote speakers. Participating schools are provided a clear, 9oz jar with cap and are instructed to design a product and label/outer packaging. Schools submit their top entries to be judged. Judges will then select the top 5 entries. Honorable Mentions are awarded to two and the top three are flown to southern California for the awards ceremony. The esteemed judges are a prestigious panel of cosmetic and personal care packaging design experts. The criteria in­cludes overall uniqueness, ability to be reproduced economically, and ability to stand out favorably against competitive packages.