For over 20 years, the competition has transformed the dreams and aspirations of young design students into concrete professional results, and represents the company's commitment to innovation in the world of luxury packaging.
Berlin Packaging, a global hybrid packaging supplier specializing in glass, plastic and metal packaging, has announced the winners of the 16th Berlin Packaging | Bruni Glass Design Award competition.
Established in 1997, the initiative offers a design workshop-competition for students from leading universities, with the aim of creating new, innovative forms of packaging to bring to market. Thanks to collaborations with renowned design institutes around the world - including Milan's Politecnico, Madrid's IED and Milan's IED, Santa Fe's UCSF, University of Arts London and Berlin's Weissensee Hochschule - the competition enabled students to create 5 prototypes for each of the four categories of Berlin Packaging's reference sectors (Spirits, Oil and Vinegar, Wine and Home Fragrances).
The students tried their hand at designing ever more innovative solutions, with the aim of proposing a contemporary packaging, in an avant-garde spirit and in line with the latest trends.
market trends. For each category, there is a ranking of a first and second contender, and then an "absolute winner" for the whole competition.
" We're very proud to present the winners of this year's competition, especially as it's the first post-Covid edition. At Berlin Packaging, we're delighted to offer young talent the chance to play with their technical and creative skills, and can't wait to see which of these projects prove most successful with our customers. "said Paolo Recrosio, CEO of Berlin Packaging Emea. " For the company, this competition represents an important tradition which, over the years, has helped to underline our innovative nature and our commitment to finding solutions which are not only always in step with the times, but which also know how to anticipate market trends. We therefore intend to continue investing in this project, relaunching it in the years to come in conjunction with the world's leading design schools. "
During these 16 editions, the BGDA has proposed around 300 models, over 60 of which have been produced on an industrial scale, generating over 200 different items in terms of capacity, color and mouthpiece. The company has sold over 10 million pieces born or developed by the competition, with copyrights retained by the young designers.
For the latest edition of the BGDA, students from Milan Polytechnic (Italy), Munster School of Design (Germany), FS Pack Cognac (France), Ucsf Universidad Catôlica de Santa Fe (Argentina) and UlC University of Illinois Chicago (USA) were involved, and the prototypes of the 20 finalists were presented to the jury.
presented at the awards evening. As usual, the finalists' projects will be registered and submitted by Berlin Packaging, so that they can be marketed if there is demand.
Home fragrance category :
Fuji took first place, a project by Pham Minh Phuc of the Münster School of Design, while Maria Cecilia Buonocunto, a student at Milan Polytechnic, came second with Grammy.
Finally, in Engineering, Agustina Massei from UCSF won the special mention for sustainable development with Driko Eco, a project competing in the Home Fragrances category.
