2025 Student Design Challenge
Fiber-based packaging is sustainable and recyclable. To increase its use, this year's Design Challenge asks students to design a new paperboard packaging line for an original pet care company, PPA Pets.
Each year, the Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) challenges students across North America in leading sustainable packaging design programs to show off their design skills, innovative capacity and savvy in meeting real-world customer needs and marketing scenarios.
Key Dates
Get Inspired by Past Entries & Winners
Earn cash prizes and bragging rights
The top 3 finalist teams are invited and expected to present their designs at the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) 2026 Spring Outlook & Strategies Conference on March 25-27, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky.