Think unusual shapes, think luxury and think cartonboard. That was the challenge in this year’s edition of the Packaging Impact Design Award (PIDA). Korsnäs’ competition for design students in Sweden, France and Germany is now under way, with the Swedish competition wrapping up at the end of May. Under glorious blue skies, students and businesspeople met at Korsnäs in Frövi for a full day of packaging design activities. The competition entries were of very high quality and Maria Hjerppe from Mälardalens Högskola took home first prize – a trip to Barcelona – with her DVD box for the Space Wars trilogy.
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This bag from Pozzoli Deutschland GmbH is one of the nominations for the 2008 German Packaging Institute's prize.
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The KHS Innofill DVD can filling system, tried and tested worldwide, now offers a variety of innovative advantages. A new generation of the Innofill DVD precisely geared towards today's requirements is now being introduced to the market. Even greater machine availability, optimized sanitizing processes, hygienic design as far as the eye can see, simplified changeover: these are just a few of the numerous benefits offered by the new Innofill DVD concept.
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A new packaging type is finding greater popularity abroad in the publishing and
advertising area. With the help of a special device, CDs, additions or gimmicks can be packaged
together freely variably with different sized print formats during sealing
without moving and still can be properly affixed and visible.
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A new packaging type is finding greater popularity abroad in the publishing and advertising area. With the help of a special device from Hugo Beck Film Packaging Machines, CDs, additions or gimmicks can at last be packaged together freely variably with different sized print formats during sealing without moving and still can be properly affixed and visible.
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Is it possible to have the advantages of a traditional direct mailing when the content is digital information? A Swedish invention called Expericard is a traditional postcard which has been cleverly redesigned to contain a CD or DVD and be sent by post at the lowest postal rate. The paperboard envelope functions like a postcard, with the printed cover making a strong visual impression. The unit cost is relatively low for editions of a few thousand or more.
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