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2021 Design Challenge

This year’s Student Design Challenge asks students to develop a 100% paper-based,
sustainable packaging solution for a community relief organization.

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Each year, the Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) challenges students in leading sustainable packaging design programs to show off the design skills, innovative capacity and savvy in meeting real-world customer needs and marketing scenarios.

 

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Key Dates

Challenge Announced

October 29, 2021

Challenge Announced

Our 2022 Student Design Challenge theme will be announced at the PPC Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference on October 29.

Submission Deadline

June 2022

Submission Deadline

The deadline to submit a project for the 2022 Student Design Challenge will be June 2022.

Finalists Announced

October 27-29, 2021

Finalists Announced

2021 Student Design Challenge finalists will be announced at the Paper Packaging Council’s Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference, October 27-29 in Savannah, Georgia. 

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1st Place

1st Place

$5,500 to the team
$5,000 to the school

2nd Place

2nd Place

$3,300 to the team
$3,000 to the school
 

3rd Place

3rd Place

$1,650 to the team
$1,500 to the school

Earn cash prizes and bragging rights

The top three finalist teams will be announced at PPC’s Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference on October 27-29, 2021 in Savannah, Georgia.

PPC’s annual Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference brings together more than 200 paperboard packaging and processing professionals. Previous student designers have received internships and jobs as a direct result of their participation in the Student Design Challenge.